Sunday, September 30, 2012

What is Lifestyle Lift Foundation?

The Lifestyle Lift Foundation was created to provide children with treatments for cosmetic conditions. It was founded by Dr. David Kent who pioneered the Lifestyle Lift treatment. It offers children the opportunity to look more like their peers and live a more normal life. While looking differently is something we encourage our children not to be held back by, there are some children that have conditions that are more serious than the typical differences.

Each year several children are born with disfiguring conditions that may make them appear quite different from their peers. Some of these conditions can actually make it difficult to perform typical activities as well. Still other instances result in health risks to the children that have these conditions. The Lifestyle Lift Foundation helps children to move beyond those conditions. The moving beyond that the Foundation facilitates is an actual change in the condition to create an appearance that resembles the child's peer and often an improvement in health.

Typically, the foundation uses one of four treatment approaches. These treatment approaches are often used in combination as well though. The first of these, in no particular order, is observation. There are several conditions that merit simple observation for some time before any action is taken. The next approach is the use of steroids. There are a number of conditions that can be effectively treated with steroids. In many cases treatments that begin with steroids will often be followed up by one of the other treatment approaches. Laser treatment is sometimes a follow up to steroid treatment at the Lifestyle Lift Foundation. Laser treatment is sometimes used to remove a lesion or other feature after steroids have been used to reduce the size of the feature. The final class of treatment that is common at the Lifestyle Lift Foundation is surgical treatment.

Each treatment that is performed by the Foundation is customized to the individual patient. The treatment plan is the result of professional assessment. The services that the Foundation supply are not limited to treatment though. They also provide educational services to the families. This is essential from the beginning of the process to ensure that the family is able to make a good choice regarding treatment. It also helps them to realize what may lie ahead.

The Lifestyle Lift Foundation is a non-profit organization. It is devoted to the health and treatment of children with cosmetic conditions. There are several photos that document the work that the Foundation has carried out to date. You can view those photos on their website, which is available for viewing online.

Their commitment to social welfare is one that many may benefit from. If you know a child with a cosmetic condition informing the family of the Foundation's existence may lead to a new life for that child. The changes that the Foundation facilitates are life changing. They help children to be more like they want to be.

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