Botox and Restylane are entirely different products with different effects and purposes. Botox basically relaxes the injected muscles. This is excellent for the frown lines and crow’s feet, but it would not make your eyes look less tired. Restylane is a filler and is used to elevate depressions or hollows in the face. Tired looking eyes [...]
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Compare Botox with Restylane for treatment of tired eyes
January 8th, 2012How long does Sculptra last?
November 28th, 2011I 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 [...]
Facelift or Fillers?
October 31st, 2011The question often arises as to whether one should have a facelift or injectable fillers, such as Restylane, Juvederm, Artefill, or Sculptra. The answer is another question: What is the primary problem? Let’s examine the physiology of looking older. Everyone knows that we lose some elasticity, but another primary cause of looking older is loss [...]
What should I do: get a facelift, fillers, or both?
October 30th, 2011Patients 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 [...]
Older by a Nose: The Aging Nose is a Giveaway
June 28th, 2011Have you ever noticed that older people have larger noses, and that cute little button noses are reserved for younger people? Or the noses of your friends and relatives may have changed over the years, but you’re not quite sure why. So, why do older people’s noses get bigger or distorted? The answer is that [...]
How Do You Treat Dark Circles Under the Eyes?
May 31st, 2010Dark circles make a person look older, stressed and tired (no matter how you feel). There are three causes of dark circles. The most common cause in my experience is what we call “shadowing.” Most light comes from above, so any protuberance above the “dark circle” will cause a shadow and thus the complaint of [...]
Double Chin Surgery
January 30th, 2010Doctor what can I do about my double chin? First your doctor must analyze why you have a double chin You may classify double chins into those that have a normal placed chin (when looking from the side) and those who have a small chin, meaning the chin is set back from the rest of [...]
Ear lobe repair and wrinkles
January 17th, 2010Doctor what can be done about torn ear lobes? Tears in the ear lobe occur from using very heavy earrings. Also those shaped like rings lend themselves to be caught in something, tearing the lobe. Sometimes the ear piecing hole is so large that it must be repaired, although there has not been an actual [...]
Non-surgical chin implant
January 16th, 2010Chin implants can offer the most dramatic improvement in one’s face, if it is needed. A small chin, called microgenia, makes a face, and particularly the profile, asymmetrical. Generally, plastic surgeons divide faces into equal thirds. The upper third is from the eyebrow to the hair line, and the middle third from the brow [...]
Q&A in Savannah, Ga. : Why Chin Implants?
October 30th, 2009We have many requests for chin augmentation for those with “weak” or small or retrusive chins. When looking at a profile of a person, the chin should protrude to about the vertical level of the lower lip, or slightly behind. When the chin is set back from that position, it is hereditary and the result [...]
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