ay MEDICINE ‘CastléSiit News February 20, 1985 B.C. PLASTIC SURGEONS IN HIGH DEMAND VANCOUVER (CP) — The quiét moments stolen in front of the bathroom mirror, cursing crowsfeet, sinewy necks or imperfect noses are no longer the reluctant tributes to an all-powerful hand of providence. Women — and men — are turning to British Columbia's 41 plastic surgeons. And for their. trouble, they are finding mostly satisfaction and new confidence. “I used to be really self-conscious,” said Londa McTaggart, 25, of Vancouver, who had breast reduction done two years ago. “I was afraid to walk into a room because I knew people would stare.” Cosmetic surgery is coming out of the closet. “There's a demand that we can't fill,” said Dr. Al Douglas Courtemanche, chairman and head of the divisions of plastic surgery at the University of B.C. and Vancouver General Hospital. Vanity should not dissuade anyone, either. “There's nothing wrong with improving your appearance, there's a little bit of vanity in all of us,” Courtemanche said. There are risks. Plastic surgery may not ‘give the exact results desired. It may create problems with hard sear tissue, fluid collection or loss of hair or sensation. There is also a risk of secondary infection or danger from anesthesia. At Vancouver General, cosmetic plastic surgery still makes up only 13 per cent of the 1,600 plastic surgery operations performed each year. Burns account for 16 per cent of the plastic surgery, emergencies such as industrial accidents, 25 per cent, and 46 per cent, reconstructions and surgery following cancer, paralysis or other medical problems. REDUCTION COMMON Breast reduction is one of the most commoh procedures. “We see a lot of patients with really gigantic breasts,” said Courtemance. “You may remove anything from one pound to 12 pounds. “One lady said, ‘If you tie a 10-pound bag of sugar around your neck and wear it, you'd know what it feels like.” ” Although 1.5 million North Ameriggn.women have breast implants, in B.C. the operation has been on the decline, said Courtemanche. “It may be because big breasts aren't ‘in’ any more.” Only about one per cent of women who have mastectomies opt for reconstruction, he said. “There are still so many people who are so overwhelmed that they have breast cancer, by the time they're finished the chemotherapy and the surgery they're exhausted.” Non-reconstructive cosmetic surgery has a lower priority and a price tag not covered by the Medical Services Plan. People may wait more than six months for the most popular operation, a nose job (rhinoplasty), or (in order of popularity), eyes widened and lids tightened, face lifts, tummy tucks and breast reduction or augmen tation. Four private clinics have opened in B.C. — one is in Victoria and three in Vancouver. One facility sees eight to 12 patients a week wanting anything from wider eyes to suction lipectomy to reduce fat. Each pays anywhere from $250, for eyebrow lifts, to $2,500, for face lifts. Abdominal surgery may be required by patients who have lost a great amount of weight, or had twins or many children. At Vancouver General, the number of plastic surgery operations has doubled in the past seven years, as has the plastic surgery staff. About 85 per cent of cosmetic surgery patients are women. “T think it's probably a little more socially acceptable for a man to look old and haggard,” said Courtemance. “The only male cosmetic surgery I've done is on doctors, stockbrokers and people in high pressure situations.” Pressures of a job and image cause women to opt for surgery, too. Vancouver actress and director Micki Maunsell had surgery primarily because of her work. “It's a business and we have to sell ourselves and you know what packaging looks like,” said Maunsell, who won't tell her age but admits to being a grandmother. SAYS SHOCK PATIENT depression. what cost. lowered his intellect. VANCOUVER (CP) — Federal authorities have for. bidden the sale of a tea derived from tree bark and described as a cure for can cer. The move has angered some users of the tea, sold as taheebo, also known as pau d’arco or lapacho tea. It is distilled from the bark of the lapacho, a fungus-resistant South American tree. Taheebo continues to be sold in the United States, but Canada's health protection branch has ordered it with. drawn until the distributors prove it is safe and effective. “The federal Food and Drug Act does not allow tah- eebo to be advertised or sold as a treatment, prevention or cure for certain diseases, including cancer,” said Jim Sloboda, of the branch's drug inspection division. In November, the branch listed taheebo as a “new drug” and banned its impor. tation into Canada or dis tribution within the country, though the drug has not been recalled at the retail level. Taheebo has been sold in about 1,000 Canadian health- food stores, but sales figures are not available. One dis tributor, Leo Schafer of Unity, Sask., said he has sold four tons of it in the last two years to health-food stores across the country. Susie Weeks, of Duncan on Vancouver Island, said tah. eebo has put her leukemia into remission. “My doctor said that whatever I was doing, to keep doing it,” she said. “I put it down to the taheebo. It cleansed my blood.” Elizabeth Kinnis of Victor. ia said the tea eased her ar- thritis, “gave me wonderful energy” and cured sores on her husband's legs. “We don't make any claims,” said distributor Doctors ‘slow’ EDMONTON (CP) — The inability of physicians to re- cognize depression among the elderly is a significant problem, says an Ontario psychiatrist. Dr. John Roy told a med ical symposium that doctors have generally been slow to recognize psychological dis otders among elderly pati NEW IN TOWN? LET US PUT OUT THE MAT FOR YOU! Joyce 365-3071 Connie 365-7601 AT THE “I'm quite dull now. Before, I would say I w average to above-average student. Now I would say I'm probably below average in intellect.” Doctors aren't sure why shock treatments work but they suspect the electrically-induced seizures alter the chemical balance in the brain. Ottawa bans cancer tea ‘My brain is fried’ WINNIPEG (CP) — In 1969, after drugs had failed to do the trick, Manley Waldman had a psychiatrist run an electric current through his brain to help shake a bout of severe The electro-convulsive shock treatments brought him out of the depression but Waldman, now 38, wonders at “My brain is fried,” he said in an interview. He lives at home, bounces from job to job, and feels anger at the lingering effects of the treatment which he says Schafer. “It's a tonic tea. It's like drinking carrot juice. It builds up resistance in the body.” Dr. Matthew Suffness, head of the natural products branch at the U.S. National Cancer Institute, said the danger is that taheebo may lure people away from their prescribed medicine. He said the plant base of taheebo has some toxicity to- wards cancer cells in test dishes, but not in animals. “There is no decent infor- mation on the pharmacology or toxicology,” said Dr. Rob- ert Armstrong, assistant dir- ector of the bureau of non- prescription drugs in Ottawa. “The fact that natives in the Amazon have taken it for a long time doesn’t mean anything,” Armstrong said. “We have had a number of letters from people across the country with cancer who stopped their treatment and carried on with taheebo tea, with unfortunate results.” The sales campaign organ- ized by Priority Products in- cluded in-home sales presen- tations with videotaped tes~ timonials by cancer patients. Mike Paterson, husband of a cancer sufferer in Van- couver, said a Priority Prod- ucts distributor phoned his wife and told her she was not getting better, and her doc. tors were lying to her. “She said, ‘Wouldn't it be nice to end the painful treat. ments and have a pleasant drink of team instead?’ It upset my wife so much that she was crying afterwards,” Paterson said said. The salesperson, Beatriz Gailitis, confirmed that she phoned Mrs. Paterson, but added: “I was trying in all my heart to help that lady. They must have misunderstood. I wouldn't encourage anyone to give up their medicatior COMMERCE THE RRSP LEADERS MAKE ITEAS) FOR YOU WITH ANEW CHOICE OF COMPETITIVE PLANS DEADLINE-MARCHI. The treatment was developed after it was noticed that schizophrenics who also suffered from epilepsy showed improvements after seizures. It was decided to try and duce seizures, first by insulin and later with electricity. ARE PUT TO SLEEP P, ients are now put to sleep for the treatment and are given to musele-blocking drug to prevent convulsions that would otherwise occur when the one-second, 150-volt shock is delivered. Patients generally awake to mild euphoria and some confusion. A typical side effect is the loss of some recent memories and sometimes more extensive memory loss takes place. Although the development of powerful anti-depressant drugs has lessened the need for shock treatments, it is still extensively used. “We consider shock treatment lifesaving and I would consider it a mistake if it were not given in certain conditions,” says Dr. Werner W. Hunzinger, chief of the psychiatric program at Winnipeg's Grace Hospital. Dr. John Toews, head of psychiatric services for Manitoba, says the treatment is relatively safe and effective, despite the unpleasant connotations. “None of us likes the idea of an electric current being passed through our brain,” said Toews. But both doctors said they have seen many pepole suffering from depressions so severe they were starving to death or on the verge of suicide. BELIEFS UNSHAKEN That doesn't shake the beliefs of Waldman and others who are fighting the continued use of the controversial therapy. He has collected signatures on petitions, has written to politicians and health officials and has sent letters to newspapers and magazines across North America. For the most part, he says he has been ignored. Bill Martin, Manitoba director of the Canadian Mental Health Association, says he tends to look at shock treatment in the same.light as the nitroglycerin tablets used by heart patients. “It may not be good for you but it saves your life,” he said. Young hit by heart disease EDMONTON (CP) — The age of people with heart dis ease seems to be decreasing, says Denyse Ryan, northern regional manager for the Al berta Heart Foundation. “Younger and younger people are ending up in cor. 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