The current popularity of injectable treatments is based on placing synthetically-derived compounds and drugs into and under our skin. At best, these are well tolerated agents that create their effect and then are gone after a relatively short period of t...

The tremendous popularity and prevalence of plastic surgery in the past decade has led to widespread advertising and promotion, both locally and on the internet. Much of plastic surgery promotion today is geared towards the selling points of minimal downt...

Men, like women, are equally concerned as they age about their sagging neck or, unflattering called, the neck waddle or turkey neck. This is usually more important to men than other facial aging changes such as occurs around the eyes. As men often wear sh...

It is not rare to hear a patient say...'my Botox seems to be wearing off earlier than usual'...or...'I had Botox but it didn't seem to work'. Some few patients even suggest that they may be immune to Botox or that they are becoming resistant ot it. Many p...

Botox accounts for millions of cosmetic facial injections each year in the U.S. due to its tremendous effectiveness at reducing forehead furrows, the appearance of crow's feet, and softening smile lines. The average cost of a Botox treatment will vary acr...

When one thinks of facial aging, they inevitably look to the jowl and neck area.While this lower facial area is of big concern to many and is the foundation of facial rejuvenation surgery (usually through a facelift-type procedure), the underlooked area i...

Most people in America have now heard of Botox and if they haven't, they surely will in the immediate future with its TV advertising campaign. The commonality of Botox has not only generated lots of interest but with that level of curiousity comes misconc...

A smaller lower face has been shown to be more attractive and youthful looking. Recent research (at the University of Texas - Southwestern and published in the journal, Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery in 2008 by Dr. Joel Pessa) has shown that, as we ag...

While more women than men undergo facelift procedures, men still make up about 15% to 20% of the facelift population. Men are almost exclusively bothered by a 'neck waddle' and usually consider a facelift at an older age than women when this waddle is mor...

Do your hands give away your age? In many people, the hands are just as revealing as our faces about our age. But our faces understandably get much more attention and the hands are often forgotten. (but not unseen by others) As we age, our hands (particul...

While now nine different synthetic injectable fillers exist for the cosmetic treatment of facial lines and wrinkles, none of them are permanent. As they are all artificially-created materials, the body will eventually absorb or break them down so their pl...

One of the most common facial areas that bothers many patients is the development of the nasolabial folds, also referred to as the lip-cheek groove, or in a recent television commercial known as the parentheses. You can argue whether it is a fold or a gro...

Breast reduction is a tremendously effective procedure are reducing the size of the breasts and the associated musculoskeletal neck, back and shoulder pains that result from them. Frequently, although not always, breast reduction can be covered by your me...

Not infrequently I get requests from patients for the desire to transform a round face into a more shapely appearance. One cause of a round face is that the patient is overweight. A full neck, round cheeks, and a lot of subcutaneous fat throughout the fac...

LipoDissolve, or the injection introduction of a fat-emulsifying chemical solution to treat small areas of excessive fat for cosmetic improvement, is a controversial procedure that is not FDA approved. (or even off-label as it has no approved medical uses...