Articles on facial aesthetics: facelift, eyelid surgery, fillers and botulinum toxin. They set out what each option can and cannot change, typical downtime and the safety questions to raise with your doctor.
Dermabrasion and dermaplaning are different procedures that happen to share a name. Dermabrasion is a surgical resurfacing treatment: under anesthesia, a clinician uses a…
3D planning for joint surface reconstruction uses a patient's own CT or cone-beam scan to build a digital and often printed replica of the…
Most people look socially presentable 10 to 14 days after blepharoplasty. Upper eyelid surgery alone typically allows a return to desk work in about…
IPL photorejuvenation is generally considered safest on lighter skin (Fitzpatrick types I to III) because its broad-spectrum light is absorbed by melanin in the…
Hand fillers and fat transfer both restore lost volume on the back of the hand, but they suit different people. Fillers are an office…
Laser resurfacing is usually uncomfortable rather than severely painful, and the sensation scales with depth. Light non-ablative treatments feel like brief heat or a…
During an in-office eye laser treatment, a clinician places numbing drops (and sometimes dilating or pressure-lowering drops) in your eye, rests a small contact…
Filler migration is when injected dermal filler drifts away from the spot where it was placed, most often appearing as a soft ridge above…
Staged tattoo excision is a surgical approach in which a larger tattoo is cut out in two or more planned operations, spaced weeks to…
After a chemical peel, tightness, mild stinging, pinkness and fine flaking for a few days are expected while the skin sheds and rebuilds. Redness…
Microsurgery recovery unfolds in stages. For the first few days, nurses check the repaired tissue's color, warmth and blood flow around the clock because…
An upper blepharoplasty removes excess eyelid skin and is usually appropriate when the heaviness comes from the lid itself, while a brow lift repositions…
Mesotherapy and microneedling both use fine needles, but they do different jobs. Microneedling creates controlled micro-injuries so the skin builds new collagen on its…
A blood lipid check usually comes before xanthelasma surgery because the yellowish eyelid plaques are deposits of cholesterol, and clinicians want to know whether…
Lip fillers usually cause brief, mild-to-moderate discomfort rather than sharp pain. Most people describe a pinch followed by pressure, eased by numbing cream and…
Masseter Botox side effects are usually mild and temporary: tenderness or bruising at the injection sites, chewing fatigue with tough or chewy foods, and…
Botulinum toxin, widely known by the brand shorthand Botox, is a prescription medicine that temporarily blocks the nerve signal that makes a muscle contract…
Nose filler, or liquid rhinoplasty, is an injection of hyaluronic acid gel into the bridge or tip of the nose to smooth a bump,…
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