Jenifer Scott George is the newest addition to the Live Well team. Jenifer has recently moved to Savannah from Jacksonville, Fl. where she was employed by Ponte Vedra Plastic Surgery for the past two years and prior to that she was with Mayo Clinic’s Plastic Surgery Department for 13 years. Jenifer is one of Savannah’s most experienced experts at facial aesthetics and rejuvenation. Jenifer offers complimentary consultations for skin care and all of your facial aesthetic needs.
Meet our Doctor
Dr. Mary Kay Ross
Dr. Mary Kay Ross is the medical director and owner of Live Well MD Savannah. Dr. Ross is a fellow of the American College of Emergency Physicians and is a board certified physician. She is also a member of the American Academy of Cosmetic Surgeons, the American Academy of Anti-Aging Medicine, the North American Menopause Society, and the American Society for Laser Medicine and Surgery. She has trained under some of the leading plastic surgeons nationally and is sought after for her research on anti-aging and bio-identical hormone therapy. Meet more of our team
Live Well MD Expands to Offer Primary Care
Now Accepting Insurance
Live Well MD has expanded their practice to meet all their patients medical needs. At the Center for Wellness and Preventative Medicine, patients will receive an integrative and personal approach to healthcare.
Based on the principal that preventing illness is much better than treating it, the center will focus on using cutting edge approaches in medical technology to help our patients achieve optimal health throughout their life.
The Latest in Technology
We Offer Tickle Lipo – as Seen on The Doctors.
Watch here for the latest in minimally invasive liposuction while the patient is entirely awake.
On the Cover of Business in Savannah
Live Well MD provides everything from hormone replacement therapy to Botox.
Featured week of September 8, 2010.
BY TINA BROWN
For BiS
Medical Center Helps You Live Better
COVER STORY: Patients feel better when they are done because of a host of hormone-replacement treatments available for men and women.
Michele Davis is a patient of Live Well MD, a medical center that specializes in treating menopausal symptoms, providing hormone replacement therapies and performing cosmetic surgeries for men and women in Savannah. More
Dr. Ross First to offer “Tickle Lipo” in Georgia
Some patients say the procedure actually “tickles” as it’s done
July, 2010 – A new body contouring procedure offered by Dr. Mary Kay Ross at Live Well M.D. Savannah is leaving patients with a sleeker look and a smile.
“Tickle Lipo” is a safer and quicker procedure than traditional and laser liposuction because it uses a small cannula and low frequency acoustic vibration that does not generate heat, which can damage the skin. Tickle Lipo is also an out-patient procedure that does not require anesthesia. Patients are awake during this procedure and the cannulas infiltrate the anesthetic solution as they melt and suck out the fat – it is quick and virtually painless
Tickle Lipo employs a unique rotating moving cannula for the liposuction process.The vibration of the cannula interferes with the brain’s pain receptors in the same way that scratching relieves an itch. Results are realized almost immediately.
Benefits to the patient include less bruising, little or no pain during the procedure, quick recovery time, and precise body contouring.
Unlike other Liposuction techniques that utilize the heat of laser or ultrasound energy, the surgical cannula used in Tickle Lipo stays cool, eliminating the risk of heat injury to tissue. Tickle Lipo can be used to safely and more effectively perform “high-definition” sculpting. The physician can also harvest the patient’s fat which is removed during liposuction for use as a long lasting natural facial filler instead of using synthetic injectables.
The Tickle Lipo device was developed in Belgium. It works by using acoustic waves to break up the fat cells, combined with gyrational motion of the tip that revolves 10 times per second and does not generate heat. The little tubes (cannulas) are also only the size of an IV, so it’s much less invasive than traditional lipo.
About Dr. Mary Kay Ross:
Dr. Ross is the founder and owner of Live Well M.D. Savannah, a medical practice specializing in anti-aging procedures, minimally invasive aesthetic medicine and bio-identical hormone replacement therapy. Dr. Ross has extensive experience and training in both emergency room procedures and age medicine management. Her combined knowledge has allowed her to provide patients with relief from the signs and symptoms of aging, menopause and male andropause.
A graduate of the University of Louisville, Dr. Ross is a fellow of the American College of Emergency Physicians and is board certified in emergency medicine. She is also a member of the American Academy of Cosmetic Surgeons, the American Academy of Anti-Aging Medicine, The North American Menopause Society, and the American Society for Laser Medicine & Surgery
Ask the Doctor
Savannah Magazine July-August 2010
Dr. Mary Kay Ross – Improving Lives
Skirt Magazine 2010
Mary Kay can recall many first visits with patients who “are in tears because they are so miserable.” Board certified in emergency medicine, Mary Kay has been making waves (and making people feel much better through her work in age management medicine and bio-identical hormone replacement therapy. Often associated with the treatment of menopausal women, hormone replacement therapy can actually be used to treat a diverse group of people.
Mary Kay’s patients range in age from 14 to 83; half of her patients are male, some suffering from andropause (the male version of menopause). Mary Kay discourages the association of her practice with the phrase “anti-aging” and instead defines it as “wellness and preventative medicine.” When asked to clarify the purpose of her work, Mary Kay says, ” Age management medicine is not designed to make people live forever – it is about quality of life.”
Mary Kay’s patients range in age from 14 to 83; half of her patients are male, some suffering from andropause (the male version of menopause). Mary Kay discourages the association of her practice with the phrase “anti-aging” and instead defines it as “wellness and preventative medicine.” When asked to clarify the purpose of her work, Mary Kay says, ” Age management medicine is not designed to make people live forever – it is about quality of life.”
A Balancing Act – Could the Secret Happy Aging Lie in Hormones?
The South Magazine, Winter 2010
Val Beaudreau was only 43 when her symptoms started. “I thought I was having anxiety attacks,” she remembers. “And I’d cry, just cry. I’d hear a sad song, I’d cry. I’d see a commercial, I’d cry.” She also started gaining weight, struggling with insomnia, having debilitating hot flashes and losing her interest in sex. “I was up, I was down, I was around and around,” says Beaudreau. “I’d tell my girlfriends, ‘Oh my God, I think I’m going nuts!’”
Her doctor prescribed her an antidepressant, but it didn’t relieve her symptoms. “I was on it for about eight months and then I thought, ‘No, I’m not doing this,’” recalls Beaudreau. “That’s when I started being my own health advocate.”
She hit the books, and in her research she came across a copy of Suzanne Somers’ bestseller Ageless. In the book, Somers describes symptoms similar to what Beaudreau was experiencing—symptoms related to the inevitable loss of hormones that goes along with aging. Somers also carefully documents her treatment through the controversial use of bioidentical hormones.
Beaudreau was intrigued, but first she needed to find someone who was trained in bioidentical hormone replacement therapy (BHRT) and willing to administer it. And this was harder than Beaudreau ever could have imagined.
Doctors have been prescribing synthetic hormone replacement therapy (HRT) to women for 75 years. Initially, physicians touted it as a preventative medicine and believed that every woman should use HRT when she turns 50 to prevent osteoporosis and heart disease, improve memory, and perk up overall well-being. Treating the symptoms of menopause was simply considered a bonus feature. However, in 2002 doctors significantly scaled back the use of the therapy after a study conducted by the Women’s Health Initiative linked HRT to an increased risk for blood clots, stroke, heart attack and breast cancer. More
Amazing Medicine: Biodential Hormones
By Jennifer Andrews, WJCL Savannah
February 18, 2010 See the Video
“How are you feeling?”
“Tired.”
And tired of the runaround. Angela Lee wound up here at “Live Well MD” with peri-menopausal symptoms, after she’d had it with another doctor.
“Said you’re approaching 40, have 3 kids and a stressful life, job outside the house, so this is the way it’s going to be for you, and I said this is totally unacceptable to me.”
Following an overall health plan and consultations with Dr. Mary Kay Ross, Angela took bioidentical hormones.
I’m sleeping, I have a libido, I have my cycles regulated, my hair’s not falling out, and I’m happier.”
Bioidentical hormones are made from soy or yams that have the same chemical makeup as hormones made by a woman’s body. Plus, they’re custom made for each patient.
“If it’s structurally identical to what your body produced prior, then it’s going to have an affinity for the receptor and work much better, easier. It’ll take less of the hormones.”
After evaluating Angela’s hormone levels from a blood test, Dr. Ross prescribes the bioidentical hormones to meet her needs. And like any HRT treatment, there are risks.
“There have been questions if it’ll include the risk of breast cancer, stroke, however I believe the bioidentical hormones are safer.”
Dr. Shauna Zaren supports bioidenticals, yet says they come with concern.
“The compounded forms are not regulated as closely. While they have FDA ingredients in them, the products they mix them with vary from pharmacy to pharmacy,” said Dr. Shauna Zaren, MD.
Dr. Ross says that’s why she sticks with a pharmacy and approach that she trusts. As does Angela.
“It just seems to help people with quality of life. I think it makes them healthier in the long run,” said Dr. Ross.
And as for Angela, “My energy came back, I was back in the gym, I had my strength back, my knees and joints weren’t aching, and I tell people that was the best thing I’d done for myself in 10 years.”
Copyright 2010 The Coastal Source
