Plastic Surgery Foundation – The Home of Beauty

A home is a place where we can find comfort and security. It is the place where we think we have safety. It is the place where we are first molded before we go out to face the world. These are all the descriptions of what an ideal home is, but don’t you know that aside from the home that we are calling, there is also a place where other people are calling, “The Home of Beauty”.

Plastic surgery foundation is one of the best examples of non-profit organizations in the world. The only difference is it is helping through plastic surgery operations. This form of philanthropy is concerned on the reconstruction of facial and body tissue that requires a reshaping or remolding due to disease, a defect, or disorder. Usually they go visit deprived communities and look for people who deserve to have such treatment. The objective of the said organization is to change the lives of those people who are before victims of lack of self-confidence in their selves and of course from cynicisms of the society. Plastic surgery foundation wants to give back the beauty that was once taken away from them.

Now the number of this kind of philanthropic organization is still increasing as well as its volunteers who are coming from different parts of the world. Most of the volunteers are certified plastic surgeons who have already gained the skills that they needed in doing their work so they want to share that talent to the needy. Aside from visiting deprived communities, the organization also accept people who have body deformities at the same time homeless and living along the streets. These people are always welcome to their organization, but temporarily only since it cannot accommodate these people for a long time. The organization provides only a temporary home for them, and after these people have undergone plastic surgery, they will now be turned over to another concerned agency to provide their other needs.

The goodness and greatness of plastic surgery foundation is really incomparable. Its kindness and the way it helps people is splendid. There is a saying that it takes hands to build a house, but only hearts can build a HOME. Yes, such organization is indeed a home because the spirit of love and beauty always reign inside it. Plastic surgery foundation deserves the title – The Home of Beauty.

Dr. Horowitz and His Great Advocacy

Man has a reason why he is living in this world. He has purposes. As he grows older, he will finally know what those purposes are and how to put those things into action. Some of them would say, “I am living to please and to give happiness to everyone”, “I am born to love and be loved”, and the other one is “I am born to serve and share what I have!” What a great principles, isn’t it?

Dr. Jed H. Horowitz, a certified philanthropist, is a plastic surgeon and Vice President of Plasticos Foundation, a non-religious and non-profit organization that has the goal to provide life changing reconstructive surgery to those children in need. His goal is to help his patients enhance their self-esteem through surgery. Dr. Horowitz and the other members of Plasticos Foundation including its volunteers go visit deprived communities around the world to identify children with body deformities, birth defects, and other congenital malformations such as cleft palate, hare lip, webbed hands or feet, burn scars, and tumors. They provide free reconstructive surgery for these children to bring back the deformities as well as the children’s lives into its normal form.

Here is a letter of thanks from one of Dr. Horowitz’s past patients.

“Dear Dr. Horowitz,

Thank you so much for the great care and attention I received during my recent surgery.

You were so kind and your staff was exemplary just the right combination of friendliness and professionalism to help get me through a very difficult time.”

Dr. Jed Horowitz’s extensive knowledge, training and exceptional abilities in plastic surgery have changed many lives. He has already performed thousands of reconstructive surgery operations which mean that Dr. Horowitz is indeed blessed with great skills with regards to his field of expertise and because of it many deformed lives have been reshaped as what they usually say in Plasticos Foundation. His vast surgical knowledge and experience allowed him to create beautiful and natural results. Aside from this, he also travels abroad to developing countries to train the local surgeons about the modern reconstructive surgical techniques. His kind heart, his determination to help and to serve the less fortunate especially the children, and his dedication to his work resulted to what he calls his “great advocacy”. I hope that Dr. Horowitz’s advocacy will also inspire others to do the same thing even in small ways.

Reconstructive Surgeon – Reshaping Lives, Revealing Beauty

Every little thing around has its beauty. The only problem is our misconceptions about it. Maybe it is now the right time to correct these misconceptions and reveal the real meaning of beauty.

Beauty is the quality that gives pleasure to our senses. Beauty has two kinds, the external beauty and the internal one. External beauty refers to the pleasure and satisfaction we get through our perceptions in a particular thing, its size, color, and shape. While internal beauty is the beauty that is found deep within ourselves, the beauty which is only seen by our hearts. But sometimes beauty is unfair because of the misconceptions or the false impressions attached to it, that a thing possesses beauty only if the eyes liked it. This is indeed a great folly. Remember these famous quotes, “Not all glitters are gold!” and “Beauty is not in the face it is in the heart.”

As the world changed, the misconceptions about beauty remains, and because of it, discrimination between people arises. How sad isn’t it? How sad to see that many people are deceived by their eyes, and how sad to see that there are people being discriminated because others say that they do not have beauty. But remember, we are now in a modern world where technological advancements are leading the way in uplifting the lives of many so we can say that everything is almost possible.

With this great milestone, the misconceptions about beauty can now be corrected and that is through the help of experts who have spent great time just to achieve the skills that they needed. One of these experts is the reconstructive surgeon who has the expertise in correcting birth defects, congenital malformations, and other body deformities and bringing it back to its normal form.

Reconstructive surgeon is a doctor who can surgically reshape, reconstruct, or restore the shape, function, and appearance of body structures. This people as blessed with an exceptional skill have the hands that can reshape not only body deformities but also the deformed lives of many. Every single stroke of the hands means a new beginning for those people who were before victims of beauty misconceptions and the lack of self-confidence. Through the help of reconstructive surgery as well as the surgeons, no more misconceptions and false impressions will exist because the real meaning of beauty will now be revealed.

Plastic Surgery Organization Corrects Beauty Misconceptions

What is beauty all about? How can we say whether a thing is beautiful or not, by our eyes? Is beauty only about what is shown externally? Let us find out.

Beauty is a characteristic of a person, place, object or idea that gives a perceptual experience of pleasure, meaning or satisfaction to our senses. Meaning beauty is not only seen through our eyes. It is also about the things we hear, we taste, we touch, and feel. But for those people who have misconceptions in beauty, it is really all about the external attributes of a thing. In reality, not all things possess this external beauty especially to those people who have body deformities. For them, achieving beauty was only a dream that is hard to reach. As a result of this, they pulled away themselves from the society, making them dumb, but thanks to some concerned groups like the plastic surgery organization because this people with body deformities may now have the change that they have been waiting.

Plastic surgery organization is a philanthropic group that is dedicated to serve and change lives of those people who have body deformities, birth defects, and congenital malformations through plastic surgery. Usually they give this free service for those people who belong to impoverished communities since they cannot afford to undergo such medical procedure because of its high cost. But in order for them to render the said service, the organization has certified volunteer plastic surgeons to do the risky operation. Yes, plastic surgery is really risky since it involves the reconstruction of the deformed body part so the plastic surgeons must be careful in performing such operation. Aside from their free plastic surgery operations, they also conduct symposiums that educate the people that beauty is not really all about the things that our eyes perceived, that the real beauty is not in the face it is in the heart.

Now, there are already a great number of plastic surgery organizations around the world that have changed many lives through plastic surgery. The dedication to their work and their passion to serve brought a new hope for the people who are before victims of their own misconceptions of what beauty really is. Thanks to these organizations because the misconceptions, false impressions, or fallacies about beauty will no longer appear in our minds since it is now being corrected.

What is Health Education?

Education for health begins with people. It helps them to motivate with whatever interests they may have in improving their living conditions and health education has something to do with it. It is indeed a broad topic to talk about and it requires a long time; a long time to discuss, a long time to understand, and a long time to put in action. That is why here comes a new way to let everybody understand clearly the real meaning of it. Using the letters of these two words you will finally know what health education is all about.

H - Health behaviors: actions that help prevent illness and promote health
E - Education on the restoration and maintenance of good health
A - Absence of illnesses: avoidance from poor health
L - Lessening the impact of stress, depression, and other emotional disturbances
T - Transmitted disease prevention
H - Health awareness

E - Effective tool to change unhealthy lifestyle of people
D - Development of life skills
U -Ultimate Positive Behavioral Modification: the use of empirically demonstrated behavior change techniques to improve behavior, such as altering an individual's behaviors and
reactions to stimuli positively
C - Condition of the body and mind
A - Absence of injuries or impairments
T - Tackles community and individual health
I - Improving knowledge on health literacy; individuals can obtain, process, and understand
the basic health information and services they need to make appropriate health decisions
O - Overall condition of the body and its vitality; capacity to do vigorous activity
N - Nutrition and weight control: achieving and maintaining a healthy weight by eating well
and getting regular physical activity

Understanding health education means saving one’s self from any harm. It is an effective tool that helps the people achieve desirable attitudes and practices related to critical health issues. Always remember that the greatest wealth that we can have is nothing but HEALTH.

Planning an Effective Health Education and Outreach Program? Here’s How

Calling all kind-hearted, generous persons, and philanthropists out there! Are you planning to conduct health education and outreach program in your community? Feel free from hassles and no more worries, just follow the steps below.

• Plan as early as you can. Events like this require a lot of time of planning so as much as possible make your plans as early as you can before the target day of plan presentation. This will help you to avoid rush and putting yourself in a hurry.

• Make use of committee. This event requires a hard time of preparation so it would be better to form committees. Through the help of committees, responsibilities will now be easily delegated and accomplished just make sure that you monitor these committees about the task assigned to them.

• Inform the public. You can make use of posters, fliers, advertisements on TV or in radio, and of course the internet to inform the public about your event. This will help to make your event visible to everyone and who knows you might get volunteers and donors from them.

• Decide about for whom the health education and outreach program are you planning. You cannot help all the less fortunate in the world or in your community so plan and decide who will be the people that you are going to help.

• Choose the best program design for your event. Consider a variety of instructional methods for your audience such as interactive panels, poster sessions, small group sessions or activities, and hands-on works so that your event will not be just a pure outreach program. This will also add an enjoyment to your audience.

• Look for other interested volunteers. It is not easy to convince people whom you don’t know to be your volunteer that is why the best thing that you can do is to start with your close friends and relatives. I know once you ask them there is a 99% possibility that you can convince them. It is also a perfect time for all of you to bond with each other.

• Be responsive. You cannot avoid to have unexpected problems prior to and during the event so what you should do is to become alert, flexible and responsive. Always be ready to deal with this eventuality in a calm manner.

The 8 Effective Ways to Improve Your Children’s Health

Children are said to be demanding. They insist for something and they would ask to have everything. That is why parents should always keep any eye to the health of their children. As you can see, below are the 10 effective ways on how to improve your children’s health.

1. Make exercise their daily routine. Teach them as early as you can the importance of having exercise. Make them as sports lovers.

2. Let them have a balance diet. Some parents would love to see their children growing bigger and bigger in size because they say that they are cute so they do not limit their children when it comes to eating. Yes, it may seem good to some parents, but the truth is, parents should guide their children in their eating habits. Teach your children the importance of balance diet before it’s too late.

3. Let them take enough rest and sleep. It is already proven that enough rest and sleep have a good effect on children’s health.

4. Avoid giving your children junk foods. Junk foods (sweets, crisps, fizzy drinks) are foods that have unhealthy and poor nutritional value. Eating this kind of food will not bring any good effect to the health of your children.

5. Limit the amount of time your children spend in front of the television. Tell your children that it is not good to sit in front of the TV for a long period of time scientifically because of the radiation. In addition to this, parents should guide their children when watching the television because not all the things flashed in the TV are good children.

6. Teach them good and proper hygiene. Proper hygiene refers to keeping things clean in order to maintain good health. Teaching this to your children will be as easy as ABC if you too practice good and proper hygiene.

7. Encourage your children to drink plenty of water. Water has an important role in our health. Our body is about 75 percent water so we as well as our children must drink plenty of it (at least 8 to 10 glasses a day). Remember that WATER is LIFE.

8. Be a good role model to your children. It is very easy to tell your children what to do than to let them do it. “Actions speak louder than words.” Make sure that the good things that you teach to your children are the things that you also practice. Remember, “The things that you do today, will be the things that your children will do tomorrow.”
   

The DO’s and DONT’s in Volunteer Medical Missions

Getting bored? Want to try something new? Well, if that is your problem, then be a volunteer!

The world is still in need of volunteers that will continue the advocacy in helping the less fortunate people. If you are qualified then hurry; get yourself enlisted to philanthropic organizations so you can experience the great feeling of helping other people. But before that you must know first what are the DO’s and DONT’s of a volunteer as well as when you are in volunteer medical missions.

Here are the DO’s:

• You must know what volunteer is. A volunteer is someone who works for free because he chooses to do so. He decided to become a volunteer because he has what it takes to become one, a loving, caring, and helping heart.

• Enjoy. Expect to get personal enjoyment and satisfaction from your volunteer experience. Remember that when you enjoy the things that you are doing then you are giving your best.

• Be responsible. Being a volunteer requires a hard time of serving people. If you are responsible enough then you can help many people also remember that many people will be depending on you.

• Give your 100%. Giving your best in serving other people will give you the feeling of incomparable happiness.

Here are the DONT’s:

• Don’t be a volunteer just to earn publicity. If you want to earn publicity then you should not be a volunteer. Remember in volunteer medical missions there no cameras surrounding you. Maybe you just bring your own camera and get a snapshot of yourself and send it to your friends or to the internet.

• Don’t be querulous. Usually, medical missions are conducted in remote places where there is no electricity and good source of water so you may be irritable. Keep in mind that it is not a vacation. You were there to serve not to be served.

• Don’t just be a volunteer. Your primarily role as a volunteer is not just to be a plain volunteer, but also to build a good relationship with other people. Makes friends with them. Remember we always learn something good and significant out of making friends.
  

If you have all the DO’s and not the DONT’s, then be a volunteer. I am sure that the world will be proud of you. Go and enjoy serving for God will always be with you!

Pediatric Health Tips!

Shocking news spread out all over the world, the China’s milk scare and the recalls of the plastic toys with lead content. The said products were said to have melamine and lead - chemicals that are used in manufacturing plastic products. The people were alarmed about the news and started to become more censorious before purchasing especially that the involve products were usually consumed and used by children. The following tips will help parents on how to give their children a good pediatric health.

1. Check the product. Before buying something for your children make sure to check its expiration date, if it comes from a registered manufacturer, and the content or ingredient.

2. Seek advice from the authority. It is not good to buy something for your child without seeking advice or tips from other people, and it is not good to believe on people who have no medical background. The best way is too seek advice only from the authority (the doctors, nurses, and other health officials). If you purchased something without asking for any good advice, well, you are just putting your child’s pediatric health at risk.

3. Trust only the registered and well-known companies. Nowadays, the increase of the products that are only imitation and does not have any good quality is becoming alarming, and where did these products come from, from those unregistered and illegal manufacturers or producers. Although we are now feeling the effects of global financial crisis, but we should still buy the good things for ourselves especially for our children. We should not patronize products that do not guarantee any good result. We should not be deceived by the price. Trust only the authority because they serve what is best for us.

4. Avoid giving or buying your children unnecessary things. Parents really love their child that is why they will give anything to their child especially toys. They would buy this and that just to express their love. Because of this bad attitude of parents, they forget about the importance of money at the same time their child’s health. Now that the issue of the toys containing lead content has become alarming, so we should avoid buying such things just to make sure our child’s safety. We should always bear in mind that the best thing that we can give to our children is our own love not expressed in any material thing.

Medical Mission – A Great Service

To achieve a goal one must give effort. To go the distance one must continue the walks in life and never yield. Same with rendering services one must know his endeavor and the reason why he is doing such action.

Service is a work done by one person or groups of person that benefits another and it is also an act of help or assistance. There are many forms of service as well as its kinds. It can be done with pay or free. Nowadays, you can seldom see a service that is done for free except if the reason is to earn publicity. But no, there are still people and groups of people who are rendering services voluntarily without asking for any payment.

NGOs or non-governmental organizations are non-profit service-oriented/development oriented organizations that are established to achieve a goal and that is to help the less fortunate people in deprived communities around the world through philanthropic services and to uplift the lives of these people through the spirit of charity. Usually, what they do is they go to the place and identify what are the needs of the poor community dwellers and provide those needs for free. You may ask this question, “How can they do such kind acts?” Well, the answer is under your nose. These philanthropic groups have volunteers that are helping them in fulfilling their mission and vision statements. Thanks to the volunteers!
In reality, there are many non-governmental organizations around the world and up to now there numbers are still increasing as well as its volunteers in spite of the global problems happening around. As mentioned, they do philanthropic services to those people who are in need. Particularly, most of the NGOs focused in performing medical mission and other health related services to the people who belongs to poor communities. They have volunteer doctors and other health officials with them to do the services so they are confident that they can really give a good help to the people. Aside from medical mission, they also conduct trainings and symposiums that will educate the people of poor communities about the importance of health, livelihood perspectives and the most important of all, life.

These non-governmental organizations are the replica of God’s great love to his people. We should be proud that we have these philanthropists. Thanks to them. Thanks to their great service!

Lessening Burdens through International Health

As man grows older his needs also grow bigger. Aside from the basic needs like the food to eat, clothes to wear, and a shelter to live in, he looks for other things that will bring him the pleasure of living but then he cannot find the contentment. On the other hand, there are people who cannot find the pleasure of living because they do not have anything to enjoy, their lives is in misery. They are victims of misfortunes.

Hapless, unfortunate and poor as we call them are the people who have no voice, who have no chance to prove to the world that they are part of it because others misjudged or underestimate them. They may seem dirty because of their unclean clothes, but still they are our brothers. What they need are love, respect and care. Let us be fair to them. Let us try to lessen or at least diminish the burdens in their lives.

Non-governmental organizations around the world answer the call of the poor. These philanthropists make plans and actions on how to help such people effectively. One of the effective actions that they are implementing is promoting global health or international health since they see that the poor cannot afford to undergo proper health related procedures and services. What they do is they go to deprived communities and identify what are the needs of its people. Usually, the services provided by the NGOs include direct health care through medical missions, community potable water, and the mitigation or lessening of epidemic diseases and malnutrition in the community. Aside from this, they also conduct trainings that will educate the poor community dwellers on how to achieve good health.

“The greatest wealth is international health”, that is what they believe. So they make ways to help especially the poor who really deserves to have it in any form, in any ways. The kind acts of such philanthropic groups may seem simple in other people’s eyes but not in God’s. Even if the services and benevolence of the NGOs may not be very obvious to the world, but for the poor the kindness of such groups is a gift. Because of them, many poor lives are now enlightened with happiness, no more miseries. The misfortunes of the poor are now gone, no more sadness. The burdens of the poor are now lessen, no more worries.