A new take on Cosmetic surgery

A new take on cosmetic surgery - Businessworld special feature - July 17-18, 2009

Contours Advanced Face and Body Sculpting Institute (Contours), which offers a complete line of dermatological and cosmetic surgery services, is not your typical beauty clinic. A brainchild of Dr. Claudine Roura, a cosmetic surgeon and dermatologist who concentrates on surgical and nonsurgical body slimming and contouring, advanced body sculpture, vein therapy and precision skin care, Contours is a leading VASER center in the Philippines and the only institute certified to perform the procedure in the country.

VASER is a body sculpting technique that uses advanced ultrasonic tools and methods, and uses new standards in safety, effectiveness, comfort, and precision. Risk and complications that usually come with conventional lisposuction treatments are eliminated in VASER-based treatments. Because of its advanced technology, operating time is significantly reduced, recovery periods are cut shorter, and results are more accurate and better defined.

Aside from VASER Lipo and VASER High Definition Liposculpture, Contours also offers Medislim treatments, a combination of slimming modalities that specifically target unwanted fat. Just like the Vaser-based treatments, Medislim also uses ultrasonic technology that focuses on fat cells in specific areas of the body, with thermal energy melting the fat. Such procedure is recommended for those who are not yet ready for a major body enhancement.

Contours also offers Silkpeel Dermal Infusion (SDI), a non-invasive exfoliation process combined with dermal infusion that delivers skin-specific solutions. SDI works in tandem with Contours’ Theraderm skin care system, a blend of effective therapy and dermatology. Contours also specializes in Phlebology, which maintains safety standards for varicose veins were previously regarded as untreatable except through surgery, today it can be treated on a systematic outpatient basis.

Aside from the unique procedure it offers, Contours also has a full OR-RR complex, a conference room for in-house training seminars, a treatment room where dermatological procedures are administered, and another exclusively for facial treatments. It also has separate rooms for Intense Pulsed Light treatment and procedures such as hair removal, slimming and photo rejuvenation.

As a young institute, Contours is setting its sight on bigger growth plans, which includes expanded operations and more comprehensive services. Led by Dr. Roura, who has had extensive training in dermatologic and cosmetic surgery here and abroad, including personal training with Dr. John Millard of Colorado and Dr. Alfredo Hoyos of Colombia (considered the father of VASER hi definition liposculpturing), Contours aims to prove that proper health and beauty are everyone’s business and within everyone’s reach.