tips for beautiful,wrinkle-free skin with leech therapy

Leeches, as we all know, can be viewed by many as quite disgusting creatures to look at, especially when they are full and bloated after gorging themselves on blood. Many people fear leeches and most stay away from them. Just the thought of having a leech attach themselves to a part of the body is enough to scare anybody. But remember, there are leeches that serve many purposes, especially when it comes to the medicine world. These medicinal leeches have long been used in the treatment of illnesses and diseases, and they have also been used in the healing process of skin grafts.

As soon as the leeches attach themselves to the skin graft site, they begin to suck blood. While sucking, they also release a component called hirudin from their saliva. This component is very important in the inhibition of platelet aggregation (the process where the platelets clump or stick together) and coagulation cascade (a series of processes that ends with fibrin clot formation). Since there is a vasodilator component in their saliva too, venous congestion is further reduced, promoting good blood flow into the skin graft. After continuous medicinal leech therapy, the skin graft will soon turn warm and pinkish, a good sign that there is an adequate blood supply.

The frequency of leech therapy in patients with skin replants is about four days to five days, while the frequency in patients whose skin grafts became compromised is about six to ten days.

Not all patients who undergo skin grafts are a candidate for leech therapy. Those who have AIDS or HIV are not recommended to undertake medicinal leech therapy because it could put them at risk of bacterial sepsis. Likewise, patients who take immunosuppressive drugs are also not advised to undergo leech therapy due to the same reason.
Although the risk of acquiring an infection is small, patients with skin grafts that have become unsuccessful are not always given leech therapy.

Question..........................

Leech therapy
My daughter (7 y.o) has some minor problems such as an attention deficit, insomnia, headache. And my wife decided to take our girl to the hirudotherapy. Our daughter is glad, and my wife claims that it helps. And they brought these full leeches home, they are like pets now. My wife and my daughters are crazy about pet animals including kinds of creepy crawlers (but for me these thick leeches are rather disgusting).
Well, the qtn is
Have you ever tried leech therapy?
Is it popular in your area?

Operation Beauty: Moore leeches!

Operation Beauty

Demi Moore covers herself in blood-sucking leeches to keep her skin looking fresh.

The actress -- who, at 45, is 15 years older than husband Ashton Kutcher -- is a huge fan of a detox treatment which involves the unpleasant creatures being placed on her body.

"I was in Austria doing a cleanse and part of the treatment was leech therapy," she told David Letterman.

"These aren't just swamp leeches though -- we are talking about highly trained medical leeches. We're talking high-level bloodsuckers."

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Presley -- ex-wife of Elvis Presley -- was injected with industrial-grade silicone used to lubricate automobile parts in 2003.

Dr. Daniel Serrano, who eventually was jailed for his illegal surgery techniques, performed the procedure on the Naked Gun actress.

Presley's representative said: "Priscilla Presley was one of many documented victims of Dr. Serrano. Ms. Presley dealt with this matter years ago and everything is well."

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The 22-year-old actress -- who had a nose job last November to correct a deviated septum and smooth out two bumps stemming from a past fracture --dismissed reports of further procedures, saying she is not planning to go under the knife again.

She told People magazine: "People are saying I had another nose job and I did not. That's ridiculous. I was away in New Zealand filming a movie."