Young people much more likely to use botox, sometimes disastrous effect
Under my direction, Erasmus MC conducted a new study on treatments with botox and fillers among 18-25-year-olds. In the AD of July 1, 2020, I explained some of the results. A selection from the article: Decates calls the increase “striking because it involves a vulnerable age group.” Teens and 20-somethings – who sometimes come along […]
Far from being back to normal
Virologist Marion Koopmans (advisor to European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen and the World Health Organization WHO) tells us that the Coronavirus is likely to come in our winter package. The idea that we will return to normal around May can be forgotten.The virus will most likely come back several times with fewer and […]
Cosmetic physician (KNMG): what does that mean?
A plastic surgeon or cosmetic doctor… In your search for a specialist who can help you treat your imperfections, you will come across many different options. Who does what? And where can you go? If you can no longer see the forest for the trees, this is quite logical – it’s not easy. As a […]
Where do these viruses come from anyway….
Nice historical overview of communicable diseases.Pay particular attention to the time between pandemics.Almost every disease originated from animals. So-called zoonoses. Think SARS, MERS, Ebola, AIDS, swine and bird flu etc. We owe this to our intensive livestock farming and in the Far East the overcrowded animal markets.These are literally hothouses for new diseases from which […]
Botox and fillers compared to Asian countries
In this broadcast of NOS on 3, Dr. Tom Decates talks about the increase in Botox and Filler treatments. Also in comparison to Asian countries like South Korea.
Success
Busy busy busy. Being busy is socially desirable and a status symbol in our Western culture. Just say out loud, “I have nothing to do this week” and register your feelings with that.Are you already filling up your week with fun things? Stop, no, this week you have nothing to do. Research shows us that […]
Face masks against Corona
In the hospital, my complication consultations continue, as usual, then I wear a mouth mask. In the Netherlands, we now have more than 14500 infections and more than 1330 deaths as a result of the Corona epidemic.If we want to reduce the risk of infecting each other, we can sometimes take an extra step, such […]
Walking for your brain
Did you know that walking calms your brain? https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23467965This research shows that walking helps with stress, frustration and brain fatigue! Now that we all have a little less exercise space and also have to keep 1.5 meters distance and not much will change in the next few weeks it is good to get out of […]
Stress
Are you stressed, or have you been stressed a lot? Start investigating where that came/came from.Make sure you have less stress, or preferably none, in the coming year! Everyone is familiar with it. Some more than others. Sometimes stress is necessary and good in certain situations. Your body goes into overdrive and all kinds of […]
Brussels sprouts
It’s winter, and in winter we eat stew!You may wonder how we used to get through the winter without the many kinds of fruit we can now get at any time of the year….How did we get our vitamins? Nature usually has an answer.Take Brussels sprouts for example… 1 cup of Brussels sprouts provides you […]