VITILIGO

Dear Friends,

We have some good news for those who suffer from VITILIGO

It can be cured!

The above picture was taken on the recent Vitiligo-Congress in Kitzbühel/Austria in December 2012.

From left to right: Patient Lee Thomas from USA, Horst Liebl from Germany, Professor Andrija Stanimirovic from Croatia and Patient Ogo Maduewesi from Nigeria.

Vitiligo is a sudden or slow depigmentation of the skin that can affect everybody, young or old, male or female, white or black people. Michael Jackson was one of the most popular victims. Vitiligo is not a disease in the classical sense only the loss of skin pigments (melanin). Its etymology is unknown. Although the affected persons, between 0.5 to 8 % of the world population, have no pain during pigment loss but they suffer heavily from their psychological burden, they feel stigmatised.

Since decades many researchers tried to find a cure. Unfortunately shady businessmen offered drugs of dubious origin via the Internet. Some skin professionals offered expensive laser and radio frequency treatments, but with no success.

In 2012 a medical team from the University of Bern in Switzerland managed the major breakthrough. The secret is: Stem Cell Transplantation! The therapy is simple, painless and side effect free with an 80% success rate.

The procedure in brief: Some hairs are plucked from the scalp. Stem cells, the pre-courser cells of melanocytes, are isolated from the Outer Root Sheath (ORS) from anagen scalp hair and treated by a non-cultured cell suspension. About 5 hair follicles are required to treat one cm² of de-pigmented skin. The cells are mixed with human AB serum and then separated by a cell strainer, centrifuged and re-suspended in a specific, patented protective application “solution”. The final stage is the infiltration of the solution through the skin. The first trials to create delivery channels were done by Fraxel laser.

Due to too much tissue damage by laser the university contacted us for our 14 years expertise in transdermal delivery of larger proteins. They have chosen our special Dermaroller^® microneedles to create tiny delivery channels. After a short Dermarolling of the de-pigmented skin parts the “solution” is applied on the needled skin and infiltrated into deeper epidermal layers for cell incubation. The Stratum Corneum (uppermost skin layer) is completely closed after 15 minutes. No systemic or topical co-medication is applied before and after cell application. The non-invasive procedure is done within one hour, it is free of negative side effects, can be repeated and requires no social downtime.

 Congratulations Prof. Thomas Hunziger, Alain Limat and your Team.

How and where can you be treated? – A simple question but a bit difficult to answer.

The inventors of this new VITILIGO-treatment insist that all therapists are initially trained at the University of Bern to build up certified centres and therapists around the world. This will take some time but patients, especially from Europe, can contact the University direct to ask for a treatment.

Inselspital
Universitätsklinik für Dermatologie
Freiburgstrasse
3010 Bern
Telefon: +41 (0) 31 632 22 18
Fax: +41 (0) 31 632 22 33

Further information can be obtained from: www.skinrephair.com

Many years ago I lived in Nigeria and met this little man and took him for a helicopter ride. I hope he still remembers me and never suffered from Vitiligo that often can be found in Africa:

Kind regards and a Happy New Year.

December 2012

Horst Liebl and his Dermaroller Team

Microneedle Congress 2012 in Cork/Ireland

Dear Dermaroller Friends,

We have the pleasure to announce that Dermaroller^® contributed a substantial amount to support further scientific research for Trans-Dermal-Delivery (TDD) of novel drugs and vaccines. This year again many scientists from all over the world gathered in the lovely Irish town of Cork. They introduced their latest findings how and by what means highly effective drugs, proteins and vaccines can be administered by microneedles directly through the skin.

Normally drugs are systemically administered orally (pills, drops, etc.) or intravenously (through the blood stream). Both ways have quite a lot of disadvantages because the drugs are changed either by first liver pass or the intestinal tract. Pills and larger capsules often are difficult to swallow and injection needles are painful. But there is a modern alternative, painless and far more effective delivery of drugs and vaccines through the surface of the skin. This process is named: Trans-Dermal-Delivery (TDD).

TDD has far less negative side effects and the body’s respond to DNA-vaccines is much higher compared with normal injection needle vaccination.

Very fine microneedles made from various materials such as stainless steel, biodegradable polymers or silicon, solid or hollow, open the upper skin layer. These needles are very short, only fractions of a millimetre, and therefore TDD is a painless procedure.

We are also proud to announce that Dermaroller^® was and still is the only company worldwide that managed to develop TDD platelets studded with micro needles made from stainless steel. During the congress in Cork Dermaroller^® signed the first contract with a pharmaceutical company.

Kind regards

Your Dermaroller Team

1001 Nights Dermaroller® Workshop

Dear Dermaroller Friends,

You possibly read the book 1001 nights, full of fantastic stories about the old days in the Orient. It sounds like distant history but oil, the black gold, made it possible that these dreams revived from the sandy dessert.

(A picture from my book THE WHITE SLAVE, 1995 in the UAE desert)

Imagine, only some 40 years ago the people from Abu Dhabi, the Capital of the United Arab Emirates, lived in such shanties covered by palm leafs. I visited the Emirates first time in 1975 and lived there for many years. So I was a witness of that miracle of 1000 and 1 nights.

And in only 40 years the revenues from their oil income catapulted them into the 21^st century – “From Rags to Riches” as a book title describes this miracle.

The EMIRATES PALCAE

However, as rich as the former Beduins may be now, they are humans like you and me, and many of them have skin problems such as deep acne scars, pigmentation problems or severe scars from accidents.

Several tons of gold were used for decoration

Rich as they are they bought all sorts of expensive lasers but operated them with little success. So they called us to give lectures and to teach their doctors and demonstrate how the Dermaroller® can change their life to the better. Also doctors from Saudi Arabia and Iran flew in to Abu Dhabi to attend the meeting to gain practical knowledge and learn all the little, but important tricks to achieve perfect results.

Dr Igor Safonov demonstrates his skill

Michael explains and answers thousand and 1 question

At the end of the four days workshops in many clinics, from Abu Dhabi to Dubai and the Emirate of Sharjah, some doctors admitted that they have worked with cheap copies from China and Korea and never achieved at least reasonable results. Only after they treated their patients with the Original Genuine Dermaroller® they suddenly understood the difference between quality and trash.

In addition it was an honour and a pleasure for us to invite Dr Igor Safonov from Kiev/Ukraine to join Michael and myself on that Oriental Workshop. I personally admire Dr Igor and consider him as one of the best dermatologist I have ever met in my Dermaroller-life.  As far as I am concerned there is no other doctor on earth that knows more about scars and how to treat them successfully – at least in most cases. For scar improvement he does not use the Dermaroller® alone, but mainly, he also developed different techniques that often result in a combination with the medical Dermaroller® and the medical Dermastamp®.

Dr Igor and his happy patients

He has treated far over 6.000 scar cases in his Kiev clinic and in the middle of this year he’ll harvest the crown for all his dedicated work: The world’s leading publisher for medical literature SPRINGER offered him an author’s contract for his outstanding book “THE SCAR ATLAS”. The case below, treated solely with the Original Medical Dermastamp®, is only one of over 600 photos to be published in his book.

A very disfiguring scar caused by a smashed glass (2 treatments with Dermastamp® in combination with a special home care ointment)

As far as I am concerned he would be the next candidate for the Nobel Price in Medicine. So far scars led a shadowy existence in medicine, but Dr Igor perfectly demonstrated that many people don’t have to live with their disfigurement. I am proud and happy at the same time that I met this gentleman 4 years ago when he asked me to visit him in Kiev to demonstrate the Dermaroller® and Dermastamp®. Since then he is our biggest fan.

Once you visit the Orient, don’t forget to ask for Lebanese food – fantastic!

What did we learn from this Oriental workshop in one of the richest countries in the world?

Money cannot buy everything only science is the base of success. Teaching and medical knowledge, paired with skill and a perfect tooled Medical Device, such as the Original Dermaroller®, form the foundation to help patients to forget their disfigurement.

Sincerely Yours,

Your Dermaroller Team

Horst Liebl

Dermaroller® wins Award

London, December 10, 2011 – Once again, Dermaroller® is receiving international attention for its innovative medical devices, used in skin micro-needling. At the 2011-12 Aesthetic Awards™ Show, held last month in Europe (the UK), Dermaroller® won the top-tier Gold Award as Facial Treatment of the Year and the Consumer Choice Treatment of the Year.
As inventor of the micro-needle device, Dermaroller® has led the way for over 12 years, proving itself as the leader in this industry with over 1 million successful procedures. Through non-surgical techniques, patients have been able to safely overcome unsightly acne scars, fine lines, oily pores, aging skin, stretch marks, and sun damage. Dermaroller® makes sure its reputation remains strong by ensuring that all of their providers are trained on the safety, effectiveness, and limits of each device, guaranteeing each procedure is indeed a safe one for the patient.
“As a dermatologist with more than six years experience using The Genuine Dermaroller®,” says Dr. Nelson Lee Novick, “I have been treating different and often difficult types of scars, including acne, traumatic injury, surgical, and burn scars. I have found that medical micro-needling with the Dermaroller®, versus other brands, to yield gratifying results for improving photo-damaged crinkly/creepy and blotchy pigmented skin.” Novick, a clinical professor of dermatology at Mount Sinai School of Medicine in New York, adds: “When compared to fraxel lasers, medical micro-needling (Collagen Induction Therapy) with the Dermaroller® has the advantages of being considerably less expensive, may be used anywhere on the body, and when recently tested against intense pulsed light therapy (IPL), was shown to promote a greater degree of new collagen formation.”

The hidden danger of Peelings

Dear Friends,

Medical Peelings, cosmetic peelings performed by beauticians and also so-called “light” or “fruit” peelings sold as OTC skin care products became very popular in recent years. Nobody actually cares for the term peeling or peel and its meaning. It originates from Latin and means: to remove the outer covering or skin… In comparison to dermabrasion, a mechanically procedure with a fast rotating diamond wheel, any peeling-compound is an acid based formulation. So the easy conclusion is, skin is ablated by acid. And the chemical action of acid is a “silent” (non visible) burning. Acid acts over time and by concentration. Especially high concentrated acids are tricky and difficult to handle. Left on the skin for too long and not properly neutralised by a base will result in scars.

Consumers may think: “My product is so mild is does not harm the skin” – wrong! No doubt after a peeling, the skin looks fresher and younger, especially on women’s skin beyond the thirties. The reason simply is, that the proliferation of new keratinocytes slows down with age, and therefore the skin’s top most layer, the Stratum Corneum, stays longer on the epidermis. The scales are subject to UV radiation and other environmental influences and they loose the natural transparency of keratin scales – they become slightly grayish. If removed by acid the skin gains more transparency. Provided a low acid concentration in a skin friendly cosmetic formulation is used we would not have to concentrate on this subject. However, reality is different. Being amazed by the positive skin response after the initial first trial, people start to exaggerate. Instead of peeling the skin according to instruction, possibly once a month, it is done daily. And each time, a tiny scale layer is removed. On top, we have another problem: Cheap acid products from non-controlled manufacturers and copycats, even the best FDA cannot control. The 5% concentration, written on the product, eventually turns out to be 30% and often more. Also the term “fruit” is misleading. Acid is acid, regardless from where it originates. In the end the consumer pays a high price by cancer in distant years.

The skin has two major enemies for premature aging: UVA & UVB radiation and so called “free radicals” (oxygen triplets). UVA and UVB are the same rays they only differ in wavelength and penetration depth. Our culture connotes that a suntanned Caucasian skin gives us the impression of health and beauty. The rest we understand by just glancing at the beach. Like oil-marinated Herrings to be air-dried they lie side by side – for hours. The grilling session is interrupted only by applying a new oil layer, and a drink for cooling off – so they think. They use cheap Sun Blockers by the Gallons and feel protected. They do not know that these Sun blockers have only chemical UVA/B filters that change their molecular structure by body fluids (sweat) within minutes. The longer they expose to the sun, the more UVA/B is transformed into infrared rays that are felt as heat, and the more they drink and sweat. So the question is, why do they still get sun burned and tanned in the end? The only reasonable answer is: some of these rays must penetrate the epidermis and activate the melanin production in the basal layer. Occasional sun tanning – done with common sense – does not harm our skin too much. It is vital and can recover. But have you ever seen common sense at the beach? – I did not. The skin damage comes over time, often in many years, by changing our genes and their expression. Eventually some of our genes are so badly damaged that their proliferation signals get out of control, they mutate and transform cells into rapid growing cancer cells. In Germany we have over 3.000 deadly cases, in sunny countries (Florida, California, Australia) the death toll must be much higher.

Now you may ask where is the relation of Peeling and sun? Very easy: Our epidermis with the underlying dermis not only is a protection against temperature and moisture loss, the epidermis with its full scale layers also acts as a filter. (See above). If you remove part of these scale layers (about 27 in total) the filtering action is decreased, often down to zero. This again results in intensified gene damage and skin cancer will start much earlier.

What to do? Peeling and sun (also solarium or tanning beds) are the skin‘s worst enemies. Avoid one or the other – best avoid both. A good sun protection is a so-called sunscreen. These are silicone-based formulations with embedded minerals, usually titanium- and zinc oxide. A good (medical grade) silicone screen does not prevent sweating, but protects your skin for many hours. Aged scales can easily be removed mechanically by using the Home Care Dermaroller several times per week – without any additional product. Don Owen, a US gene expert, found out that the tiny micro needles (0.2 mm) of the Dermaroller® stimulate gene expression that results in a faster proliferation of new keratinocytes and therefore thickens the epidermis. Forget peeling!

Everything we do should be done with common sense, even the use of the Dermaroller. But my final question is: were can we buy common sense?

Kind regards

Your Dermaroller Team

Horst Liebl

The Shady Sides of Copies

The Website Links below reveal the shady sides of Medical Device Copies. Ruthless vendors and fraudulent impostors offer copies of CE-marked and FDA-approved devices. These plagiarisms originate from dubious backyard chemical and mechanical outlets that never ever were controlled by official health inspectors. This applies for hyaluronic acid (HA) as well as for needle rollers. Such copies are made from contaminated ingredients or poor materials. They are definitely not sterile when placed on the market and are offered at alluring prices, usually over the Internet. In most cases one cannot trace back the senders, and if, they already have changed their address.

Remember: Quality has its price! But if you want to pay with peanuts, do not be surprised to be served by a monkey. Don’t let them fool you! Always look out for the Original, the Genuine Dermaroller and its Trademark.

http://www.dermaroller.com

We guaranty Quality Medical-Product – MADE in GERMANY.

Price consciousness is clever – Avarice can be a deadly poison!

In the long run: Self- or Non-Professional Treatment always ends in a disaster!

Daily Mail warning

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-2026700/Microneedle-Therapy-System-potentially-lethal-Chinese-women-warned.html

Microneedle warning Hong Kong

http://www.consumer.org.hk/website/ws_en/news/press_releases/p41801.html

Beware of Copies and do not play with your skin and natural beauty. If you have any questions we shall answer them to the best of our knowledge.

Kind regards

Your Dermaroller® Team in Germany

Defeat Acne Scars and End the War on Skin Aging

A report from our US affiliate

Dermaroller® Celebrates Over 800,000 Procedures Safely Performed

Carson City, Nevada-Dermaroller® is proud to introduce a recent graduate of The Dermaroller® Medical Training Program that helps to educate and train medical professionals about the many benefits and how to properly use Dermaroller® Medical Devices. Cosmetic Surgeon, Dr. Jonathan Walker is one of the first Dermaroller® trained doctors in Chandler and Scottsdale, Arizona area. Dr. Walker explains, “I added Dermaroller® to my practice because it was a perfect fit for my mission of providing minimally invasive cosmetic surgery. Dermaroller® is a superior alternative to more invasive lasers, surgery, and injectables. It also provides a more permanent solution for our patients. Instead of just covering up problems, the Dermaroller® fixes the problem. I also added it to my practice because of the cost to the patient. No longer will patients be accruing the costs of repeated injections or expensive laser treatments.”

Phillip Terrazas, Director of Sales and Marketing asked Dr Walker, “With all the micro-needling devices on the market, why did you choose Dermaroller® as the device to use with your patients?” Dr. Walker stated, “I chose Dermaroller® because it is the original micro-needling roller. It is built of precision-made components of the highest quality. Other micro-needling devices just do not compare. Dermaroller® understands the complexity of the human body and what it takes to care for it. Instead of focusing on shear sales volume, Dermaroller® instead focuses on the quality of their instruments and lets their product and results speak for themselves. They also offer a personalized training program to help me learn and achieve the best possible outcomes with my patients.”

Dr. Walker is available to provide public patient lectures and education in the Chandler or Scottsdale areas on the many benefits of Dermaroller®. To contact his office, call 888.271.8877 or visit http://www.dermarollerus.com/chandler/patient-seminar-request
or
http://www.dermarollerus.com/scottsdale/patient-seminar-request

About Dr. Walker
Dr. Jonathan Walker received his Bachelor of Science in Biology with Honors from Oklahoma Christian University and attended medical school at the Oklahoma State University College of Osteopathic Medicine. After completing Emergency Medicine residency training, he served as Chief Resident at York Hospital in York, PA. Dr. Walker is board certified by the American Board of Emergency Medicine.

About Dermaroller US
Dermaroller® US (www.dermarollerus.com) is the US branch, main supplier and educator of the non-ablative medical device, Dermaroller®. It helps treat different types of scarring including acne scars, burn scars, stretch marks, and sun damaged skin, wrinkles and fines lines. Dermaroller US is the only micro-needling company that has a medical director and a Pharm. D. on staff to answer clinical questions. It also has a dedicated staff to support, educate, and promote the legal, proper and the most efficient and ethical way to use and apply micro-needling devices. Together with its parent company Dermaroller® GmbH, the inventor of the micro-needling roller concept and the leading manufacturer and innovator of the micro-needling roller industry, Dermaroller® is trusted by thousands of doctors and their patients. Dermaroller® is the only micro-needling device that is recognized worldwide and that is CE approved, MedCert, FDA Registered, TGA Class 2a Approved, and GMP complaint.

Phillip Terrazas

Director of Sales

Dermaroller US

866-326-8412

info@dermarollerus.com