What makes hand look old? When you think of a young person’s hand, the dorsum (the top) looks clear of spots, the skin is thick and healthy, and you cannot see veins or tendons. Really young hands actually look chubby, as opposed to the paper thin skin of the aging hand. Many of my patients [...]
Read moreTreatment of Aging Hands
August 26th, 2012 | Posted in fat grafts, Fat transfer, Fraxel, Injectables, Juvederm, Old Looking Hands, Restylane | No Comments »
What is the difference in injecting fillers in a men and women?
July 4th, 2012 | Posted in Anti-aging, Cannulas, Fillers, Injectables, Non Surgical Facial Rejuventation | No Comments »
The first thing to consider when injecting fillers is that most men don’t want to look feminine and women would not appreciate appearing masculine, but there are some similarities. A prime example is that no one likes big depressions or circles under their eyes. They make one look tired and aged. Another area is the [...]
Read moreWhat is the difference in a needle and a cannula for injecting fillers?
July 4th, 2012 | Posted in Cannulas, Fillers, Injectables, Non Surgical Facial Rejuventation, Non-invasive | No Comments »
We all know what a needle is — a small tube with a point at one end and an opening at both ends for delivery of a medication or a filler. We are not talking about sewing needles here. A cannula is also a tube designed to either inject a substance or remove a substance [...]
Read moreArtefill® for Rejuvenation of the Face
November 28th, 2011 | Posted in Artefil, Before & After Photos, Fraxel, Injectables | No Comments »
Artefill is filler that is an excellent volumizer as well as wrinkle filler. Advantages are the duration of several years, plus, it is a soft filler, meaning it feels like your own tissue. The treatment takes about 30 minutes, and using the DermaSculpt® soft tip needles the bruising is minimal to none. Photos represent a [...]
Read moreHow long does Sculptra last?
November 28th, 2011 | Posted in Fillers, Injectables, Non Surgical Facial Rejuventation, Sculptra | No Comments »
I have been injecting Sculpta since 2004, and it is one of my favorite products for re-volumizing the face. However, I find that most people in their 60′s and older do not create collagen as well as younger people, and the collagen doesn’t last as long. Their studies are for 25 months and it apparently [...]
Read moreBOTOX® + fillers = Non-Surgical Liquid Facelift
November 23rd, 2011 | Posted in Botox, Fat transfer, Fillers, Injectables, Liquid Facelift, Sculptra | No Comments »
Your face changes as you age: collagen and elastin diminishes over time and skin becomes less toned, less elastic, thinner, and begins to show signs of aging like wrinkles, creases, age spots, and shows various shadows from loss of volume, which causes sagging. The once plump youthful cheeks lose their volume, and they drop to [...]
Read moreWhat should I do: get a facelift, fillers, or both?
October 30th, 2011 | Posted in Botox, Facelift, Fat transfer, Fillers, Injectables, Non Surgical Facial Rejuventation, Restylane, Sculptra | No Comments »
Patients ask me this question all the time. While there’s no pat answer, because each patient’s case is different, here’s some overall rules of thumb. Facial volume loss: one of the reasons you look older First, think about what happens when you age. Everyone knows that we lose elasticity as we get older [...]
Read moreInjecting the Lips with the DermaSculpt® Microcannula
September 7th, 2011 | Posted in Injectables, Juvederm, Lip augmentation | No Comments »
Common sense tells us that injecting anywhere with any needle can cause bleeding and therefore bruising. Especially when an injection is for cosmetic purposes, this is not a welcomed side effect. Most often people want to come in and get injected and go right back to work, and they do not want to have to [...]
Read moreSculptra Aesthetics: Why can’t any doctor purchase or inject it?
December 6th, 2010 | Posted in Injectables, Sculptra | No Comments »
Sculptra Aesthetics is different than others injectables. It is not a filler, such as the hyaluronic acid fillers, for isolated wrinkles. Many of these fillers are used primarily for the smile lines, called the nasolabial creases, or the marionette lines below the corners of the mouth. Sculptra changes the shape of the face back to [...]
Read moreStages of the Aging Face
September 14th, 2010 | Posted in Face, Injectables | No Comments »
The causes of faces looking older and saggier as we age are: Loss of elasticity Loss of volume Loss of elasticity will occur with time regardless of what we do, but we can drastically increase this loss with excess ultraviolet rays from the sun and smoking. These are the two most influential factors within our [...]
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