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You eat right, you exercise, and you lead a healthy lifestyle.  If you’ve got it, then flaunt it, and with CoolSculpting®, you’ll be ready to do just that! CoolSculpting® is a revolutionary non-surgical contouring treatment that freezes stubborn fat, which then is naturally eliminated from your body.  No needles, no special diets, no supplements, no surgery. And most importantly, no downtime. It’s safe, FDA-cleared, and effective.

CoolSculpting is performed in our Charlotte and Gastonia (New Hope Rd) Offices.

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“I’m excited about joining Piedmont Plastic Surgery and Dermatology and look forward to the opportunity to offer my patients an array of services and treatment options, while continuing to serve the Gastonia community,” said Dr. Kahn.

Castle Connolly Medical Ltd. publishes its list of Castle Connolly Top Doctors® at www.castleconnolly.com, as well as in a wide variety of printed directories, partner publications and on partner/affiliate websites including US News and World Report’s annually updated list of “Top Doctors.” All told, fewer than 35,000 physicians – less than 5% of the nation’s licensed physicians – have been selected as Castle Connolly Top Doctors in their regions for their specialties.

Castle Connolly Top Doctors® are selected by Castle Connolly Medical Ltd. after being nominated by peer physicians in an online nomination process. Nominations are open to all board certified MDs and DOs and each year tens of thousands of doctors cast many tens of thousands of nominations. Honorees are selected from the nominees by the Castle Connolly physician-led research team based on criteria including their medical education, training, hospital appointments, disciplinary histories and more.

For more information on this Castle Connolly Top Doctor, please visit Gregory Swank’s profile on www.castleconnolly.com.

Castle Connolly Medical Ltd.’s President and CEO Dr. John Connolly has this to say about Dr. Swank’s recognition: “Only a small percent of physicians are selected to be Castle Connolly Top Doctors. Our goal is to make it easier for an average person to find the right doctor for them in what can be an overwhelming process at a difficult time in a person’s life. Dr. Swank was nominated by Board Certified peers and selected by our research team at Castle Connolly Medical Ltd. Selection is an impressive accomplishment worthy of recognition. My congratulations to Dr. Swank.”

This press release was written by American Registry, LLC and Castle Connolly Medical Ltd., with approval by and/or contributions from Gregory Swank and was distributed by PR Newswire, a subsidiary of UBM plc.

Castle Connolly Medical Ltd. identifies top doctors in America and provides consumers with detailed information about their education, training and special expertise in printed guides and online directories. It is important to note that doctors do not and cannot pay to be included in any Castle Connolly guide or online directory. Learn more at www.castleconnolly.com.

Dr. Gregory Swank is recognized among Castle Connolly’s Top Doctors® for 28602, NC region in 2013.

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Piedmont Plastic Surgery & Dermatology is excited to offer a new approach that is non-invasive and has shown significant results in clinical studies for removing fat without the potential risks and downtime of invasive procedures. We have found the procedure to be extremely effective, especially on resistant localized areas such as back fat, love handles and the isolated belly fat. CoolSculpting is extremely comfortable and patients are highly satisfied.

Special Savings – Save 15% on your Second Treatment. Call for details: Charlotte – 704-542-2220 or Gastonia – 704.866.4005

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Cleared by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), CoolSculpting gently cools unwanted fat cells in the body thereby inducing a natural, controlled elimination of fat cells. Based on science developed by the Wellman Center for Photomedicine at Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston, Mass., in the United States, this breakthrough is based on a vast body of research that demonstrates that fat cells are more susceptible to cold and are selectively, painlessly and permanently destroyed. Starting several weeks after the procedure, cooled fat cells begin a process called “apoptosis” and begin to shrink and disappear. The body proceeds to naturally and gradually eliminate the cooled fat cells, reducing the thickness of the fat layer.

Nicknamed “Gummy Bears,” women in counties all over the world had been using them for nearly 20 years. After years of testing, they have now been approved for use in the U.S.

Gummy Bear implants are only available through board certified plastic surgeons. Contact your local Piedmont Plastic Surgery and Dermatology office to schedule an appoint to see if Gummy Bear implants are right for you.

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• Charlotte704.542.2220
• Gastonia
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• Gastonia
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• Hickory828.325.9849

This 2nd annual event is the premier fundraiser for the organization which was created to honor Miles Against Melanoma founder Heather Joyner’s sister, Amy Jo Robinson. Amy was first diagnosed with melanoma when she was a junior in high school. She had surgery to remove the lymph nodes from the surrounding area of the malignant mole and was in remission for more than ten years before the cancer returned in her lungs and eventually took her life when she was only 30 years old. Her sister Heather founded the nonprofit in 2010 in an effort to raise the public’s awareness of melanoma and fund life saving research.

“In most cases melanoma is a preventable cancer, yet melanoma is the most common form of cancer in the U.S. and more than one million people are diagnosed annually.” said Tonya McLeod, a dermatologist with Piedmont Plastic Surgery and Dermatology in Charlotte. “Our office places a lot of emphasis on skin cancer prevention and we thoroughly support the mission of Miles Against Melanoma and their contribution to saving lives. It’s a pleasure to be a sponsor of this event.”

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Gregory Swank, M.D.

Dr. Gregory Swank, a board certified plastic surgeon with Piedmont Plastic Surgery and Dermatology in Hickory, NC has been selected for the North Carolina Medical Society Leadership College Class of 2013.  The Leadership College is an elite program that allows physicians and physician assistants to excel as leaders within organized medicine, hospitals, health care systems, medical staffs, group practices, and in the public policy arena.

Dr. Swank has been a plastic surgeon for 12 years.  He has been at Piedmont Plastic Surgery in Hickory for the past seven years and has privileges at Frye Regional Medical Center and Catawba Valley Medical Center.  Dr. Swank was recently named to the 2011 – 2012 Best Doctors in America list and U.S. News Top Doctors directory.  He was also honored with the prestigious 2011 Patients’ Choice Award.

Dr. Swank was nominated for this leadership program by the North Carolina Medical Society.

“To be part of the North Carolina Medical Society’s Leadership Class is a great honor and I look forward to honing my leadership skills with such a great group,” said Dr. Swank.

This photograph, published in the New England Journal of Medicine, shows what dermatologists call dermatoheliosis — sun damage, a common sign of aging. What makes it striking is that this man, a retired truck driver, shows the damage on only one side of the face.

“He was a truck driver for the majority of his life and never wore sunscreen,” said Northwestern University dermatologist Jennifer Gordon, who reported the man’s case. “We think the sun exposure just on this side of the face is what caused the damage.”

Ultraviolet A (UVA) light from the sun can easily penetrate window glass and even light clothing, Gordon told LiveScience. UVA rays cause damage deep in the skin, affecting connective tissues such as collagen and elastin.

“That’s where you get that aging effect: the wrinkles, the deposits of material in the skin,” Gordon said.

The patient in the photograph came to Gordon and her colleagues after he got tired of his grandchildren asking him what was wrong with one side of his face. So far, the man has not exhibited any signs of skin cancer, Gordon said, though he’ll need to be monitored carefully in the future.

“This article gives a visual depiction of the deleterious effects that the sun can have on your skin with continuous exposure; causing damage leading to skin cancers, skin thickening giving a leathery appearance and loss of elasticity resulting in sagging and wrinkles.  The current recommendation for sunscreen use by dermatologists is a sunscreen that covers both UVA and UVB with an SPF of at least 30 with re-application cycles of approximately 2 hours in situations with continuous long term sun exposure.”

Tonya McLeod MD, MPH, MBA