Dr. Edgar Ballenas has been certified in medical esthetics since 2004. He is a Board Eligible Emergency Medicine Physician, an Associate Member of the American Academy of Cosmetic Physicians and the American Society for Laser Medicine and Surgery. Dr. Ballenas is certified to offer treatments in the field of permanent hair reduction, photo skin rejuvenation, removal of pigmented and fine vascular lesions.
Also, Dr. Ballenas is certified in performing injectables (Botox, Dysport, Restylane, Radiesse, Juvederm and other fillers). Recently, he has become certified in the art of placing absorbable Polydioxanone (PDO) threads for a non surgical approach in collagenesis and lifting for the face, neck and body.
Dr. Ballenas is also proud to offer body sculpting lipolysis to relieve individuals of those areas which can not be reduced by diet or exercise. Smartlipo and Vaser body sculpting has been proven to be very effective for the treatment of lipomas, excessive sweating, cellulite, stretch marks and gynecomastia.
Smartlipo and Vaser body sculpting procedures are very gratifying and are performed under light oral sedation with minimal downtime. His certifications and training in this area are:
July 2008: Laser Lipolysis Fundamentals at the Advanced Body Sculpting Institute in CO. under the supervision of Dr. John Millard.
Sept. 2008: Center for Smartlipo in Langhorne, PA- Completion of Laser Liposuction Workshop under the supervision of Dr Richard Goldfarb.
Dr. Ballenas is certified in performing LipoSonix (an effective non invasive body sculpting procedure), Thermi-Tight (a fast and effective treatment for sculpting and tightening the neck)..
Dr. Ballenas is trained in providing patients (men and women) with Bio-identical testosterone hormone pellets for the treatment of fatigue, osteoporosis, night sweats, hot flashes, mood swings, loss of libido and loss of muscle tone.
Dr. Ballenas offers the most effective procedure in hair replacement today, utilizing the art of transferring hair follicle/bulb. He along with his advanced team of technicians, safely transfer individual hair follicles restoring hairline and fullness resulting in a youthful and confident appearance in both genders. To further enhance and stimulate hair growth, he employs the use of Platelet-rich fibrin matrix (PRFM).
Dr. Ballenas offers treatments utilizing microneedling with PRFM to restore tone, texture and structure to aging skin. The PRFM can also be incorporated with commercial (e.g. Juvaderm) or natural (autologus fat) products to enhance facial volume.
Under the guidance of specialists such as Dr Richard Goldfarb (Medical director for the autologous fibrin and platelet system, Selphyl), Dr. Ballenas also performs the placement of Platelet Rich Fibrin Matrix, in the treatment of acute, subacute and chronic pain conditions relative to the soft tissue and joints of the lower and upper extremities.
Placement is guided with the use of a state of the art digital Ultrasound device. His clients are among world class professional athletes primarily in the sport of pro boxing and mixed martial arts. The same PRFM, Selphyl system is being utilized in the treatment of both male and female sexual dysfunction to optimize sexual health including advanced treatment in female urinary incontinence.
With his understanding in the field of BHRT along with the structural value that is provided by the injection of PRFM, Dr Ballenas has instituted an additional procedure with the intent of enhancing the vascular perfusion necessary for optimizing sexual function by implementing the use of the Zimmer Shock wave device.
Dr Ballenas supervises in the offering and in the use of intravenous vitamin therapy for providing overall health and wellness. With the assistance of high tiered diagnostic laboratory testing followed then by prescribing high end quality vitamins and supplements, patients are then able to lead a more productive and healthier lifestyle.
His future expectation is to provide treatment (that has shown effectiveness internationally) by safely processing and utilizing autologus stem cells from one’s own adipose tissue in order to assist in the treatment of chronic and acute on chronic disease such as Parkinson’s, demetia, central as well as peripheral neurological disease. The hope is to use natural curative features versus that which is synthetically produced.
Dr Ballenas also heads a substance abuse addiction clinic to keep such individuals safe from their life long battle of relapse.
Lastly, Dr Ballenas makes time to serve on the state’s medical advisory board with the intent of keeping the atheletes involved in unarmed combat competition as healthy as possible.
In closing, as proud as Dr Ballenas’ is in outlining his current medical practice, accomplishments and knowledge, his ten years serving as a military physician in the United States Army, ranks as his highest achievment.
