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Lip Enhancement Options

  Improving the size and shape of the lips is a frequent cosmetic request and a very commonly performed aesthetic procedure done in the office. While the vast majority of lip enhancements are done by injectable fillers, and most patients are only aware of this approach, there are other less common but equally effective options. Read More…

What’s New in Medical Skin Care? – Injectable Fillers

New Versions of Injectable Fillers keep coming…..and more are on the way!   Next to Botox coming out of a needle, the use of injectable fillers is only slightly less popular as a cosmetic injection method. While collagen was the only injectable filler for lines and wrinkles from 1981 to 2003, there has been a Read More…

Hyaluronic Acid-Based Injectable Fillers for Facial Lines and Wrinkles

The Science of Hyaluron Injectable Fillers The use of injectable materials for filling or plumping up facial lines and wrinkles dates back to 1981 in the U.S. when collagen injections became available. From 1981 to 2003, for over twenty years, injectable collagen was the only available facial filler. While the injection process was easy, the Read More…

Injectable Facial Fillers

INJECTABLE FILLERS – Many Types, Different Uses Up until 2002, only one type of facial line and wrinkle filler was available – injectable collagen derived from cow proteins. While it lasted only a few months, due to its animal origins, it was the only treatment option available. Since 2002, six (6) new injectable fillers have Read More…

Injectable Rhinoplasty

Quick Fix for a Nose ?? In 2006, nearly 150,000 in the United States underwent nose reshaping surgery. (rhinoplasty) Most of these procedures were undoubtably done for reduction of large humps, wide nasal tips, or long noses. In some patients, however, there is a need for augmentation of too small areas of the nose, such Read More…

Liquid Facelifts – For the Younger Patient

Injectable Botox and Fillers Together The combination of Botox (muscle relaxer) and injectable fillers (plumping agents) may produce an effect that is greater than the use of injectable fillers alone. By reducing muscle contraction, Botox helps slow down the breakdown of the filler due to less movement in the area that has been filled. However, Read More…

Upper Lip Wrinkles – Difficult Problem, Multiple Treatments

Upper Lip Lines – A Not So Simple Problem One of the seemingly ‘simple’ but most difficult cosmetic facial problems that I see in my practice is the woman with upper lip lines. Like dark spots on the hands, these telltale signs of aging are very disturbing for the aging woman. Ironically, I have seen Read More…

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