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NIA 24: Hydrates, Protects, Rejuvenates

Wrinkles, Age Spots, and Sagging: These are the three concerns women most often express about their skin. They are signs of aging due to sun damage. If you don’t address sun damage quickly, undesirable skin conditions can appear later in life...

Surgery Consultations Go Digital

At Aesthetic Plastic Surgery, we always make an honest effort to comfort and educate patients during consultations. One way to help along this process is through email correspondence. Prior to a personal consultation, you can contact us with questions and...

New Wrinkle Blocker Dysport Gets FDA Clearance

A new Botox competitor from Ipsen and Medicis Pharmaceutical has received FDA approval for treating wrinkles and dystonia. Plastic surgeons and dermatologists may have the drug available for cosmetic use in just 30 - 60 days. Rather than rebranding the...

Botox for Wrinkles, Headaches, Sweating….What Else?

By now, we have firmly established that Botox effectively smooths out facial wrinkles, but is that all we should use it for? Doctors once thought that off-label use of the drug - which was originally developed for treating muscles spasms...

Latisse Featured on The Doctors

https://www.youtube.com/embed/yx50MVidUMQ On this recent episode of The Doctors, dermatologist Jessica Wu describes the benefits of Latisse, Allergan's new eyelash enhancement drug. Dr. Wu explains the composition of Latisse (which is derived from a glaucoma treatment) and boasts that the drug...

For 1 in 4 Men, Gynecomastia Is No Joke

(Updated for 2019) The popular perception of enlarged male breasts seems to have changed over the years. What was once a relatively obscure condition is now approaching a level of pop culture phenomenon. The media calls them man boobs or...

Hollywood Latisse Event Contributes $500,000 to Make-a-Wish

Big name celebrities like Mandy Moore, Brooke Shields and Marisa Tomei attended a Hollywood charity event last March to launch the Latisse Wishes campaign - a charitable cause to support the Make-A-Wish foundation and generate interest in the new eyelash...

Botox Competitor Reloxin Could See FDA Approval This Year

A study on the safety of the wrinkle relaxer 'Reloxin' was just published in Archives of Facial Plastic Surgery's March/April issue. The safety and effectiveness of Reloxin was evaluated for moderate to severe forehead wrinkles or 'glabeller lines.' The FDA...

Fraxel and Thermage Plan to Open Hi-Tech R&D Facility

The new parent company of Fraxel and Thermage Inc - Solta Medical Inc., recently announced plans to open an Aesthetic Center in California that will function as an R&D hub and a physician training facility. The activities within the center...

Obagi: a terrific solution for uneven skin tone, melasma or hyperpigmentation

Have spots appeared on the sides of your face, chest and forehead? Did you know that in many cases, facial imperfections of this type can be easily treated and minimized? Blotches on the face, chest and hands are fairly common,...

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