ANNOUNCER: This is Hollywood Trend Report, the latest, cutting-edge celebrity trends,
and the best luxury living, culture, and lifestyle news in Hollywood.
Now, here's your host, Ann Shatilla.
ANN SHATILLA: Hi and welcome to Hollywood Trend Report. I'm Ann Shatilla in Los Angeles.
This is the number one show for the luxury life.
Coming up on this week's show, I take you into the world of anti-aging in Hollywood,
the latest beauty buzzwords making headlines today, what the celebrities are doing and buying,
and how they get that eternal youth.
In conversation this week with the top dermatologist to the stars, Dr. Harold Lancer.
He's the big man when it comes to knowing what the celebrities do to keep young,
known in Hollywood for his pedigree, his knowledge and extreme attention to patient care.
DR. HAROLD LANCER: When people look better, they feel better and it's very rewarding.
I get phone calls, letters, gifts all the time,
saying, "You know, it's amazing, that vanity, to a certain extent is a good thing."
ANN: We sit down this week and devote an entire half hour to Hollywood beauty trends,
everything from the hot celebrity products on the market today that really work,
to the latest, non-invasive facelift. This one is amazing, no pain, no downtime.
I did it, I loved it.
It's called Venus Freeze, and it's the number one skin tightening treatment today
in the world, and we take a look at the anti-aging buzzword for 2012, stem cell serum.
What exactly is it, and why can't celebrities seem to get enough?
That and more this week on Hollywood Trend Report.
In the meantime, check out our website, HollywoodTrendReport.com,
and our syndicated radio show, which is posted on the site weekly in case you miss it.
Okay, here we go. Let's get started.
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The latest and brand new FDA-approved anti-aging technology on the market today
is called Venus Freeze.
It's now used for wrinkle reduction and skin tightening, and people just love it,
because there's no downtime and it's painless.
The state-of-the-art device is safe for getting rid of wrinkles without injections or lasers.
Venus Freeze creates a synergy of magnetic pulses and radio frequency to the body,
the face, the stomach, under the neck, jowls, cheeks, under the eyes, the arms, and the legs.
As well it helps with cellulite improvement and circumference reduction.
The treatment penetrates into the multiple layers of the skin.
It heats the target tissues while treating the wrinkles
And it even creates enough thermal effect to induce collagen remodeling.
I sat down again with the anti-aging expert to the stars, Hollywood's top beauty doctor,
Dermatologist, Dr. Harold Lancer. I asked him, what exactly does this do?
DR. LANCER: The most popular treatment currently anywhere in the world is the Venus Freeze.
The one that we use, called the magnetic-driven Venus Freeze, is the most advanced model,
but basically, it's an instrument that painlessly, in a warm, fuzzy manner will get the skin to lift.
When it does that, especially on the neck, jowl, jawline area,
it causes the shape of the face to improve.
It's like causing that inverted pyramid look.
It's painless. It's something that, actually there's a waiting list for to do.
It works by using magnetic-driven radio waves,
to firm and heat the skin, all the way down to the muscle.
We're using it in particular now, to not only help the neck and face,
but we're using it to lift the bust line, the chest line.
And so it's a safe manner to heat that skin,
make it a little bit firmer and make the cleavage line crisper.
ANN: The treatment increases blood flow
to the treated area, changing the overall condition of the skin.
Improving circulation supplies more oxygen, vitamins, and minerals to the cells,
while also removing toxins.
A more youthful look emerges.
The eight energy waves combine into a single matrix, to reduce the temperature peaks.
So I decided to try it myself.
I had two sessions. And truly not painful at all. I actually liked the experience.
My goal? Smooth skin.
There's the device, shaped the size of a PC mouse applicator. It slides across your body
easily and very comfortably.
Most patients notice immediate results after the first treatment.
I noticed my skin did look better.
The procedure penetrates and triggers the body to produce the collagen and the elastic fibers.
And the building begins immediately, and the collagen production continues for months.
VANGIE EQUINA: It's like a flat iron for the hair. So this is an iron for the skin.
ANN: This is so relaxing, I could fall asleep.
VANGIE: Yes, and the good thing about this, it doesn't hurt, but it works.
ANN: It doesn't hurt. It feels warm. It's soothing, I like the movement up and down.
Will you come home with me?
VANGIE: Oh Sure.
ANN: I would just like to have this every day, done at home.
VANGIE: [laughs] Sure.
ANN: It's beautiful.
VANGIE: It will tighten your skin, firm your skin, tone your skin, especially on the neck.
The women here, it's always the problem here.
ANN: I feel the heat, and what is the heat doing, Vangie?
VANGIE: It increases the collagen and elastin synthesis. It's just massaging your skin.
There's a patient the other day that I did.
She said, "It feels like a stone massage. That's how it feels like", so she fell asleep.
ANN: You're right, it feels like a hot stone massage. That's exactly what it feels like.
I do feel it getting hotter, as the time is going on.
So, the increase in the heat is when it becomes beneficial, correct?
VANGIE: Yes.
ANN: For 34-year-old Mary Murphy, a publicist from Los Angeles, she had a little extra
tightening she wanted around the waist. She was excited to try the latest trend.
She said she felt the same way I did. She enjoyed the soothing effect.
MARY MURPHY: It was warm to very warm. It fluctuated a little bit, and rather tingly.
It felt kind of nice too. It glided around.
It was almost like a massage on my stomach, so I actually enjoyed the feeling a little bit,
and you feel like the magic is happening.
ANN: The word is, people get addicted to this. Once they do one part of the body,
they want to do the next part. Can you see that happening to you?
MARY: I can see why people say that, and I definitely would like to do it again.
ANN: Compared to Thermag, Venus Freeze is painless, repeatable and less expensive.
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