BEAUTY UNDER KNIFE

DR KRISHAN MOHAN KAPOOR 46, Director, Anticlock Medispa, Chandigarh

Bit of Me With over 17 years of experience, Dr Kapoor has seen cosmetic treatments coming of age. Earlier, surgical facelift was the only option available for enhancing one’s looks but now a host of sophisticated treatments for rejuvenation of skin and hair have emerged.

Take your Pick Talking about beauty treatments that are popular since they are painless and offer natural, long last- ing results, Dr Kapoor says, “These days, total face dermal filler treatments, also known as liquid facelift are the latest innovation that helps reduce eye bags and dark circles, give higher and fuller cheekbones, help diminish the appearance of tear troughs, and improve chin projection and jaw line definition.” The lip filler treatment is also quite popular among women.

Tress Talk With hairfall being one of the most common problems among youth, hair transplants have become a very important part of makeovers. New methods of surgical hair restoration like FUE (follicular unit extraction) can help reshape the lost hair with natural growth. Hair transplant is now used even for beard and eyebrow hair restoration,” shares the doctor.

Who’s Eligible? The treatment with injectables varies from person to person depending on sex, age, skin type and face shape.

Give me More People generally approach the doctor to improve a particular body feature they're unhappy with. "Many young women come with pictures of lip shapes of models or actresses when they go in for lip augmentation treatment," he says.

Fitness Mantra “I try to eat healthy, don’t drink or smoke. Regular intake of supplements and exercise do the trick for me,” he says. Price-wise The basic treatments start from ` 25,000. Contact kmkapoor@gmail.com

Regular intake of supplements and exercise does the trick.