Category: Botox | injectable fillers | laser resurfacing

Lip Wrinkles in Women: Anatomy and Treatment Approaches

There are many physical signs that can give away one’s age. Women know these signs very well and they include such areas as the back of one’s hands, the neck at the sternal notch area, and the mouth. The mouth area is a particularly bothersome area for many women. As a plastic surgeon, the Read More…

Common Questions about Rejuvenation of the Aging Mouth

What happens to the mouth area with aging? Like the rest of the face, aging affects the mouth by atrophy and sagging. This is manifest by lips that get thinner, the development of vertical lip wrinkles, corners of the mouth that turn down, and the appearance of marionette lines or folds. These changes collectively can Read More…

Glabellar Lines and Wrinkles – Botox Injections vs. Browlift Surgery

One of the typical features of an aging upper face are a variety of skin lines that develop between the eyebrows. The action of specific muscles combined with the effects of gravity create an abnormal skin pattern of vertical, oblique, and horizontal lines. These dynamic and eventual static wrinkles are bothersome for many patients Read More…

Uncommon But Effective Plastic Surgery Procedures

Cankle Liposuction Liposuction can be performed almost anywhere there is some thickness of subcutaneous fat. The thick leg, between the knee and the ankle, represents differing thicknesses of subcutaneous fat which yield an amorphous lower leg that has a straight line shape. Creating an improved shape comes by creating a thinner profile, or inward Read More…

Facial Marionette Lines – Combined Filler and Botox Treatment

One of the hallmarks of aging around the mouth area is the development of marionettes lines. Also known as melomental folds, this groove or fold (some call it a rhytid or wrinkle but this is not an accurate term) is the transition of the more fixed chin tissues against which the more loose skin Read More…

Common Questions about Botox and Dysport Injections

1. How soon will I see the results of my Botox treatment? And how long will it last? Unlike injectable fillers, the effects of Botox are not seen immediately. It takes several days for Botox to begin to ‘kick-in’and a full week for its maximal muscle-weakening effects to be seen. Clinical studies show Read More…

Dysport Clinical Study – Is It Better than Botox?

Dysport, with its recent FDA approval, offers a competitive product to Botox. Another neurotoxin for aesthetic use is highly welcomed by many as some are frustrated by the service and price that comes from a monopolistic manufacturer. As Dysport has become commercially available, rumors abound that it lasts longer than Botox and its price Read More…

Botox and Injectable Fillers in the Chemotherapy Patient

Botox and injectable fillers are the mainstay of non-surgical facial rejuvenation. Besides creating a relatively immediate change with less facial wrinkles and folds, they provide a great psychological boost to one’s self-image and sense of attractiveness. Often I see patients that undergo these treatments before a major event such as a child’s wedding or Read More…

Three Adverse Effects of Botox and Dysport Injections into the Forehead

Injectable neuromuscular modulators (Botox and Dysport)are the single most effective non-surgical treatment of the face for wrinkle reduction and an overall anti-aging effect. They are fairly simple to inject and the large numbers of patients who are successfully and happily treated, by practitioners of a wide variety of educational backgrounds, is a testament to Read More…

Botox Injections for Acne – A Promising Therapy

Just when I thought every conceivable use of the muscle relaxer Botox had been envisioned, a new application gets proposed. Recent anectodal reports and a clinical paper now support the possibility that Botox helps clear acne. The injection of Botox directly into the skin has been shown to reduce large pores, oil production, and acne Read More…