At Skin Laser & Surgery Specialists, our primary goal is to help patients achieve the most vivacious skin possible. Sometimes, external aesthetic treatments and cosmeceuticals are not enough to achieve the beautiful, vibrant skin you desire. Looking and feeling healthy needs to start from within. Our functional medicine physician, Dr. Raphael Kellman works with patients, acting as a medical detective, to get down to the root causes of why you may be experiencing certain skin or health problems. Whether it be acne that just won’t quit, unexplained rashes, chronic fatigue, or other mysterious medical issues other physicians haven’t been able to help you solve, Dr. Kellman can help you figure out why.
Benefits of Personalized Functional Medicine Programs
- Improve the look and feel of the skin
- Detect early antecedents of disease
- Diminish and prevent chronic disease
- Improve cellular functions at all levels
- Prevent and eliminate symptoms of menopause or andropause such as hot flashes, fatigue, moodiness and more
What is Functional Medicine?
Functional Medicine a fusion of conventional and holistic medicine that is personalized to each patient. It focuses on the strategies to find and correct the underlying causes of your chronic medical issues, getting down to the root of what is causing the symptoms of your chronic disease.
Functional medicine is an evolution in the practice of medicine that better addresses the healthcare needs of the 21st century. By shifting the traditional disease-centered focus of medical practice to a more patient-centered approach, functional medicine addresses the whole person, not just an isolated set of symptoms. Functional medicine practitioners spend time with their patients, listening to their histories and evaluating the interactions among genetic, environmental, and lifestyle factors that can influence long-term health and complex, chronic disease. In this way, functional medicine supports the unique expression of health and vitality for each individual. Functional medicine, approaches the patient as a total package and explores the connections between all of the various organ systems in what is referred to as a systems biology a
Almost everyone can benefit from functional medicine programs. Patients with certain health concerns, like those listed below, readily respond to functional medicine:
- Acne
- Arthritis
- Fatigue
- Fibromyalgia
- Migraines/Headache
- IBD/IBS
- Chronic Fatigue Syndrome
- Thyroid/Adrenal Issues
- Asthma
- Autoimmune Disease
- Celiac Disease
- Diabetes
- GERD/Reflux
- Menopause
- And more…
The staff is wonderfully attentive and kind.
