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Obagi Nu-Derm® - Epionce® - Theraderm® - Chemical Peels - Obagi Blue Peel® - Light Procedures
Photodynamic Therapy - Microdermabrasion - BOTOX® Cosmetic - Juvéderm® Injectable Gel
Radiesse® - Fat Injection - Jane Iredale® Mineral Cosmetics - Medi-Spa Services
As the skin ages from time and exposure to the sun’s radiation, the outer dead cell layer thickens. This causes the skin to look dull and feel dry. By removing this outer dead layer, the skin is smoothed and looks brighter, younger and more radiant. Although there are several ways to do this, including use of alpha-hydroxyl washes, superficial peels, and systems like the Obagi® Skin Care System, one of the quickest, simplest and easiest methods is microdermabrasion.
The procedure is non-surgical and noninvasive. It employs a wand that is passed over your skin. Tiny crystals are blown against your skin, abrading the outer layer. The used crystals and dead cells from the skin are simultaneously vacuumed away to a sealed container. The microdermabrasion takes about 30 to 45 minutes and has no discomfort. You can return to normal activities immediately, looking radiant. If you are using the Obagi® Skin Care System and having significant peeling, this is a great way to reduce the peeling and gain a healthy glow faster.
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BOTOX® Cosmetic, or Onabotulinumtoxin A, is a protein commonly used to reduce or eliminate the appearance of facial wrinkles. It is injected under the skin into the muscles of areas surrounding the eyes, between the eyebrows, the forehead, the neck and the mouth to smooth crow's feet, frown and worry lines, erasing your scowl of frown and making you look happier and less menacing. It can soften the lines around the mouth and in the neck and can raise the eyebrows. BOTOX® injections block nerve impulses, weakening muscles to relax wrinkles and give the face a rejuvenated look. We use topical numbing for the injections to reduce discomfort. Each injection lasts about 3-6 months. BOTOX® may also be useful for migraine headaches, excessive sweating, and eye and neck muscle spasms.
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Do those little worry lines, wrinkles, folds around the mouth or chin from aging or depressions from loss of tissue bother you? Have your lips lost their definition? Would you like to correct these problems without surgery? Do you "need" a facelift but don’t have the time or the money? With the new injectable products and modified techniques using your own fat, we can now provide you results that previously only surgery could. There is no down time and minimal risks. We jokingly call the products below "Liquid Facelift" or "Facelift in a Syringe" because they can almost give you a similar result. They can also correct nasal deformities (Liquid Rhinoplasty) or improve the aged appearance of the hands. For some people who have lost fullness as they have aged, fillers, especially fat, can augment the effects of surgery.
JUVÉDERM® is designed to smooth wrinkles, sculpt lips and shape facial contours. It is a clear gel composed of stabilized, non-animal derived hyaluronic acid, a natural substance found throughout your body that is a precursor of collagen, the support layer of the skin. This synthetic acid carries no risk of allergic reaction. It is extremely safe, with millions of injections, and is approved by the FDA for wrinkle filling and to last up to a year. The most common areas for treatment are the nasolabial folds (from the root of the nose to the angle of your mouth) and the marionette lines (the area from the corner of the mouth to the chin in front of the jowl). It also is very useful in treating the fine lines that appear on your lips and in filling or defining the lips. Additionally, it is excellent in treating other lines and some areas of tissue loss. When used to fill hollows around the eyes, it may last several years.With its unique ability to bind with water, it retains the volume correction until it is almost completely absorbed. We inject it using either a topical or regional nerve block or use JUVÉDERM XC® containing numbing, making it relatively painless. You can return to normal activities immediately.
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RADIESSE® is thicker than JUVÉDERM and the other hyaluronic acids. Its composition is calcium hydroxylapatite (a compound also found naturally in the body) microspheres in a nonreactive gel. Surgeons have used the basic molecule in cleft lip and palate and other facial reconstructions for over 30 years. The FDA has approved it for filling moderate to severe lines and folds and lipoatrophy (loss of fat or volume in the face). Because the composition is thicker than the hyaluronic acids, we inject it deeper. It is especially useful for deep folds and filling areas of volume loss or apparent loss, such as under your eye, your cheek, and your pre-jowl area. This disguises the area and can substitute for a facelift if your aging is early. It can also correct nasal deformities instead of doing a rhinoplasty. Although designed to maximize tissue ingrowth to prevent migration, we generally do not use it in the lips because of the small possibility of nodule formation there. Major advantages of Radiesse® are that it lasts up to 18 months and stimulates the tissue to produce new collagen and rebuild the skin foundation. Therefore, some of the correction achieved is maintained even after the product has absorbed. We prefer it over Sculptra® because whatever effect is achieved at the initial injection re,ains unchanged and does not require massage.
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Fat can correct any of the major lines and areas of fat loss or apparent loss, such as the cheeks, pre-jowl, and infraoccular areas. It is especially ideal when a large amount of filler is needed. If done properly, most of the fat injected remains alive and present where placed. However, to achieve the proper correction, more than one injection may be required. This is because the fat is a living tissue and requires good blood supply in the area where it is placed. If we inject too much at one time, the pressure reduces the blood supply, and some of the injected fat dies. In spite of this limitation, most people require only one procedure.
The procedure does require harvest of the fat from an area where you have excess, such as the tummy, upper thigh or neck. We then process the fat to remove everything except viable cells. Once we have adequate fat, we inject it where you need it using specially designed, fine, blunt tipped needles. We usually do this under local anesthesia in the office or at the time of another procedure. What minimal bruising that does occur can usually be covered with makeup and you can return immediately to most activities.
The major advantage of this procedure is that it is generally permanent. There also is some indication that the fat contains multipotential stem cells that rejuvenate the tissues in which they are placed. Not only do you look better from correcting the folds and volume loss, but the overlying tissues look better because they are rejuvenated.
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The Center for Plastic Surgery carries the Jane Iredale® line of mineral makeup. This line is a highly-sophisticated blend of minerals and pigments using microscopic flat crystals. There is no talc or other fillers present, as in other mineral makeup. Jane Iredale’s unique crystals allow the skin to breathe and function normally while still protecting it from air-borne pollutants. The staying power of the minerals is so great that they rarely need a touch-up during the day, and, because these silky-feeling powders are water resistant, they won't crease or smear even during the most strenuous exercise. The Jane Iredale Mineral® Makeup is also non-comedogenic, has virtually no allergy risk, is anti-inflammatory, and provides both UVB and UVA sun protection using zinc oxide built into both the loose and pressed powders. Their PureMoist™ LipColours and LipSheres lip colors and LipDrink™ lip moisturizer are the only such products on the market with edible zinc oxide to protect your lips from the sun. The Jane Iredale brushes are designed to be both effective and gentle. These products are also excellent in hiding redness and bruising after surgery or other procedures.
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Our medical spa combines pampering spa treatments in a relaxing atmosphere with medical grade skin care treatments and products that provide visible results. All regimens are scientifically proven to provide optimal improvement, and chosen to have the least discomfort and downtime possible to achieve these results. Our European facials include a warming hand treatment, facial skin analysis, steam and a deep exfoliation process followed by extractions of small cysts or other imperfections if necessary. Facial massage, acupressure, and lymphatic drainage are used as needed followed by a custom blended mask suitable for each individual skin type.
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