Posted on July 29, 2010 in Face, Skin / Nonsurgical, botox, eyelash enhancers, interesting & new, products, skin fillers
quick blog today, but just got the new promo in the mail for juvederm. I promise I will stop these market-y car salesman type blogs, but I had to let you know in case you aren’t actively checking my website specials page….
Free vivite defining lip plumper with juvederm xc treatment.
who doesn’t want their lips plumped
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Posted on May 27, 2010 in Face, Skin / Nonsurgical, Uncategorized, products
Summertime! Woop! Woop! Woop!
California summer sun is rapidly approaching. This means sun protection for you and your kiddos. I will repeat some of the most common mistakes and advice with sunscreen.
Apply 20 minutes BEFORE going into sun. If you are already at the beach, it is too late.
Reapply every two hours
Reapply every 45 minutes if
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Posted on April 29, 2010 in Face, Skin / Nonsurgical, eyelash enhancers, products
Ah. The price of beauty.
I hate all of these things which wear off if not maintained. It seems a lot of my plastic surgery bag of tricks: botox, latisse eyelash enhancer, and soft tissue fillers like juvederm and restylane all go away.
Latisse will thicken and lengthen lashes. It really really works. But the catch (ah,
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Posted on April 5, 2010 in Skin / Nonsurgical, Uncategorized, products, skin fillers
Ug. We can’t pee standing up, babies blow us to smithereens, and now this?
A study in the November December issue of the Aesthetic Surgery Journal finds there are likely differences in the skin around the mouth due to gender. The study was done by a group in the Netherlands. “The aim of this study is
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Posted on March 30, 2010 in Skin / Nonsurgical, Uncategorized, products, skin fillers
Yes. Finally.
Many of you have said when getting injections, “this is the price I pay for beauty.” Well, now that beauty will hurt a little less. Juvederm (and Restylane) have both come out with HA fillers with LIDOCAINE. I have tried it on some patients now, even in the lips, and it didn’t hurt much. (It
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Posted on March 23, 2010 in Skin / Nonsurgical, Uncategorized, products
It sucks to get acne and whiteheads as a 40 something woman. Haven’t we made it out of that pubescent teenager stuff already? Egads. So, being a true female plastic surgeon who has to endure all the stuff my patients do, I researched how better to exfoliate.
This product is my new regimen. You can’t do
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Posted on March 17, 2010 in Skin / Nonsurgical, Uncategorized, products
Skinceuticals is one of my favorite brands. It was developed by doctors, and it has good solid scientific articles (with histology and biopsies and everything) to show it works. As with many lines, I cherry pick the products I think work the best. This is a product I personally use.
Phloretin CF® represents a new class of
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Posted on March 1, 2010 in Skin / Nonsurgical, products
VIVITÉ® Vibrance Therapy is made with natural ingredients. I like things with science behind them, and this product is an alternative to hydroquinone products for those with pigmentation and sun damage. There was an article in Cosmetic Dermatology, 2008 showing UV damage correction was similar to a 4% hydroquinone.
The goal? In addition to the pigmentation,
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Posted on December 2, 2009 in Face, Skin / Nonsurgical, products
Yes, that was not a typo.
I do love skiing, and clearly winter is ski season as well. But as I am a plastic surgeon and not a world famous downhill racer, I am here to tell you winter is prime time, the best time, to improve your skin. Why? Mostly because it is dark, and you
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Posted on November 4, 2009 in Face, Skin / Nonsurgical, eyelash enhancers, interesting & new, products
The eyes have it.
I have to admit. It is my biggest vanity. I forget the make up. Sometimes I forget the shower. But forget mascara? Nope. I was one of those girls who was given lovely blonde hair and lashes, only to find when I got older, I got to keep the blonde invisible eyelashes and
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