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 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 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 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 February 1, 2010 in Skin / Nonsurgical, interesting & new, skin fillers
Both products are offering goodies right now.
Juvederm is offering a free Vivite lip plumper ($45 value) when you use a syringe.
Restalyne and Perlane are offering $50 back for every syringe you use.
Woo hoo! Call the office for an appointment. These are great fillers for the tear trough, cheek, nasolabial fold (the parenthesis around your mouth)
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Posted on January 5, 2010 in Face, Skin / Nonsurgical, interesting & new, skin fillers
Thanks to all of you for coming on Thursday for our informational session on Sculptra.
Here are some links to videos on the national news showing the injections: (No, I don’t look to these media outlets for my medical advice, but I do think these are good snippets to show you how the injections are done.
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Posted on December 15, 2009 in Face, Skin / Nonsurgical, interesting & new, skin fillers
Volumizing isn’t just for hair anymore.
There was a big shift in plastic surgeon thinking about a decade ago.
Look at the eyelid. We used to remove fat when doing lower eyelid surgery. The thought was remove the bulge, and the eye will look youthful. But the face doesn’t work that way. As you age, you lose
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Posted on October 31, 2009 in Face, Skin / Nonsurgical, botox, skin fillers
The Medi Spa. Who doesn’t want to have medical procedures done in a spa? The soothing lights, smell of lavender, and cucumber ice water. Sounds much better than a doctor’s office. Oooh, and it is in the mall? Maybe I can go get a pair of shoes afterwards.
The issue is no one should inject who
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Posted on September 25, 2009 in Face, Skin / Nonsurgical, interesting & new, skin fillers
Sculptra is not a new soft tissue filler. It has been out for years and is good to add volume to the face. What started out as a basic treatment for those with “lipoatrophy” (when your cheeks are hollow and sunken from losing your facial fat), has now been approved for cosmetic applications by the FDA.
Sculptra is
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