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 July 22, 2010 in Face, Skin / Nonsurgical, Uncategorized, eyelash enhancers, interesting & new
BUY ONE GET ONE FREE.
$100 for two boxes.
(this is not expired, from a foreign country, in the back of a pick up truck. etc. it is real latisse from allergan… it is just due to a great promo i was given which i am passing on…)
AND, no kidding, YOU CAN STILL USE THE MAIL IN
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Posted on July 14, 2010 in Face, Skin / Nonsurgical, interesting & new
Summer deals abound.
A new deal came in and I couldn’t wait for my newsletter to share.
Buy latisse (one box special – $100) and get vivite vibrance (value $119) for free!
It is a mail in for the vibrance. I have the slips in my office….
Go summertime long lashes and pigment free skin!!!
Posted on July 12, 2010 in Face, Skin / Nonsurgical, Uncategorized, skin fillers
All fillers can be used to add volume to the cheek. The HA fillers are wonderful to give volume. You will see the results immediately. The issue with Perlane, Restylane, and Juvederm is these fillers last 6-9 months, and you will likely require multiple syringes, making maintenance of this more costly.
For large volume needs (in
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Posted on July 1, 2010 in Body, Breast, Skin / Nonsurgical, breast reduction
Kerplooey!
What is spitting a stitch?
I know. There are things which seem so normal to us surgeons, which the normal patient looks at and thinks, “What?!”
We surgeons sew. We stitch a lot. When we put the breast together after a lift or do a tummy tuck, we sew you back together with sometimes hundresds of sutures
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Posted on June 1, 2010 in Skin / Nonsurgical, pre op / pre procedure advice
The NY Times is a great paper.
They had an article recently on contaminants in herbal medications. As I have blogged about before, herbals ARE medications. The issue with herbals is when people hear “herbal” they think all is safe. Herbal anything sound like butterflies and sunshine with bright blue skies.
How could an HERBAL do anything
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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 May 26, 2010 in Face, Skin / Nonsurgical, pre op / pre procedure advice, skin fillers
Injections can always cause bruising. (Sorry. Not to be graphic, but there is no way to put a needle in the skin without getting some blood.) You don’t have to do these things. But if you want to stack the deck in your favor against bruising, what can you do to help?
PRE INJECTION: (starting two weeks
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Posted on May 13, 2010 in Picking a surgeon, Skin / Nonsurgical, Uncategorized, Welcome, interesting & new
I am a plastic surgeon.
A board certified plastic surgeon.
Yes, I am a real plastic surgeon certified by the American Board of Plastic Surgery. I am also a cosmetic surgeon. I do not call myself a family practice doctor, dermatologist, or ENT- though many of those specialties call themselves plastic surgeons. If you want to see how
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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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