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During his 18 years in practice in Delray Beach, Dr. Steven Hacker has seen dramatic changes in noninvasive technologies available to help patients look and feel better without surgery.
Steven M. Hacker, MD Pa 230 George Bush Blvd., Delray Beach, 561/276-3111, www.coolsculptingdelray.com
A leader in introducing many of these technologies to South Florida, Dr. Hacker is now one of the few dermatologists in the area offering patients the CoolSculpting by Zeltiq fat-reduction technique. “People come to us for CoolSculpting because they want to reduce their fat in a safe, noninvasive way,” he says. “They want to be able to go back to work or to the gym the next day.” CoolSculpting is not a replacement for liposuction or a weight loss program. Instead, it’s designed for patients who want to reduce fat from targeted areas such as love handles or abdominal fat. “Most of our CoolSculpting patients are people who don’t have a lot of fat but can’t seem to get rid of problem areas,” he says. Developed at Harvard, the CoolSculpting technique uses
a cooling process that stimulates the body to destroy fat molecules in a targeted area. “It works because the body essentially takes over,” Dr. Hacker says. “On average, there’s a 20 to 25 percent reduction in the targeted area.” In addition to CoolSculpting, Dr. Hacker’s office offers full surgical and aesthetic dermatology including safe artistic full facial restoration with Sculptra®, Botox® and fillers. One of four doctors in the growing Delray Beach practice, Dr. Hacker has published numerous books and articles and has been recognized as a top doctor in his field by physician peers numerous times. “We now have a lot of new noninvasive techniques for making people look and feel better that have little or no risk and offer superior results,” he says.
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