Just a few short months ago, hardly anybody had heard of coronavirus, let alone COVID-19. That’s no longer the case, of course.

Today, this nasty virus is recognized around the world as a mass killer. Here in Thailand, thankfully, we’ve been spared the worst effects of the disease with a relatively small number of deaths (50+) compared to the US (61,656) and Spain (24,000) – and counting.

For now at least, COVID-19 is less deadly than Thailand’s long list of other killer diseases - cancer, malaria, dengue, hepatitis, measles, tuberculosis, Japanese encephalitis, rabies, leptospirosis, seasonal flu and HIV.

But there’s another disease that few people know about – and yet it’s responsible for up to 2,800 deaths a year. Called melioidosis, it’s the country’s third most-deadly infectious disease after AIDS and tuberculosis. The number of fatalities could be even higher, according to some reports, because of a lack of information about the disease.​

Welcome to KHARITES Medical Aesthetic Clinic, experts in providing a variety of different face and body treatments that make sure that your specific needs are met. 

We have therapeutic treatments as well as treatments with medicinal properties. We will ensure that it’s an unforgettable sensory experience for your face and body. “Where aesthetic therapy and medical science meet.”  

OUR PROMISE 
Kharites Medical Aesthetic Clinic offers non-surgical aesthetic, medical grade products, and treatment therapy by experienced and skilled staff. So you can be confident that you are receiving the best possible care. We are dedicated to ensuring securing your safety and we focus solely on treatments that suit you. “Beautiful skin is our specialty.”

YOU ARE OUR PRIORITY 
We believe in listening to our patients and we customize our programs to meet their needs. We offer the service of accredited medical doctors to provide treatments that ensure the safety and satisfaction of our patients. Our clients include women and men of all age and cultures.
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We believe in excellence and strive to provide the highest quality services and products delivered by our knowledgeable and friendly team, including highly qualified registered nurses and skincare doctors.

​Proteins are made of amino acids, which are reprocessed in your body to make more proteins. There are essential, nonessential, and conditional amino acids. Your body makes 13 nonessential amino acids on its own. However, you need to consume proteinrich foods to get the nine essential amino acids. Conditional amino acids aren’t usually essential, but you need them inhigher amounts in time of stress and illness or intensive muscle training.
 
It’s easy to get protein in your diet even if you’re vegetarian or vegan. Following are recommendations for daily protein intake and a list of foods I have in my fridge high in protein that will maybe surprise you. 

Whole body cryotherapy, or WBC, is a bit different. Participants strip down and enter a freezing container, chamber, or room. They are then immersed in sub-zero temperatures and oftentimes liquid nitrogen for a short period (approximately 1-4minutes). Your body goes into what is known as survival mode, and your brain starts pumping endorphins where your body needs them the most. Blood flow is meant to increase in such cold temperatures as well, thus allowing vital organs to get more nutrients and oxygen.
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Who is using cryotherapy?
Many public figures have taken to the cool yet sometimes controversial treatment. A-list celebrities who have entered these infamous icy chambers include Lindsay Lohan, Derek Hough, Mandy Moore, LeBron James and more. Some celebs have used cryotherapy in hopes of losing weight while celebrated athletes vouch for it in regards to things like workout recovery.
 
Cryotherapy around the world
As the world’s coolest new spa treatment, facilities around the globe have been using cryotherapy in one way or another to keep up with the trend, including the U.S., Australia, Europe, Southeast Asia, and, of course, Bangkok. Visitors to the Ice Lab located in the Apex Medical Centre can enter sub-freezing temperatures without ever leaving the scorching capital. According to their website, participants remain at -110°C for one to three minutes. Ice Lab uses this state-of-the-art freezing technology to help aid visitors with things like skin blemishes, inflammation in muscles and joints and many more ailments.
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What are the risks?
According to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, there is no evidence that supports entering these ice-cold chambers will cure or aid things like chronic pain and the like. And while there is no substantiation that WBC will do all that clinics say it does, there are proven risks. One of the main risks is asphyxiation, which is exactly how a beauty salon employee died in Las Vegas in 2015. After her shift was over, 24-year-old Chelsea Ake-Salvacion went into the cryotherapy chamber at her work … her frozen body was found there the next day.
 
The coroner said that she did not freeze to death, rather she tragicallysuffocated because the chamber was filled with liquid nitrogen. Official cause of death: asphyxia. Salons do warn their clients of things like frostbite and burns
before entering, however.
Whether or not Bangkokians decide to turn themselves into human popsicles is uncertain, but one thing remains clear: this chilly beauty trend is hot.