Tired, sad appearing eyes seem to come to us all at some point. You may even remember the first time when you noticed their transformation. Perhaps it was after a good night’s sleep when a quick look in the mirror suggested you needed eight more hours, or perhaps it was how your eyes just looked … Continue reading Smoothing Away Those Tired, Sad Appearing Eyes
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A recent peer reviewed study examined how your position during sleep may contribute to facial wrinkles. While sleeping, certain positions place the face in contact with your pillow that causes stretch, shear, and compression forces on your skin, which causing the skin to buckle eventually causing sleep wrinkles. The lateral sleep position (on your side) and the … Continue reading Sleep Wrinkles: Aging while you sleep
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Julie Chen, host of the television show Big Brother, and moderator of the morning television show, The Talk, recently revealed her long-held secret about having eyelid surgery (blepharoplasty) in the mid-1990s to help advance her career. During her poignant revelation, Chen detailed her time as a news reporter in Dayton, Ohio, and the conversations she … Continue reading Dotting the Eyes
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I commonly hear from new patients how their Botox treatments from other offices does not last long enough. While it is true that Botox works very well for 3 to 4 months, we often hear theses patients describe how their Botox results did not last longer than 2 or 3 weeks, or the Botox … Continue reading Does Your Botox Provider Properly Store Botox?
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I am often asked if I use dissolving sutures during my facelifts or eyelid surgeries (blepharoplasties). The answer is yes and no. I do use dissolving sutures on the inside but never on the outside portion of the skin and for good reason. In short, I do not use dissolving sutures on the outside portion … Continue reading Are Dissolving Sutures Better in Cosmetic Surgery?
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Facelift techniques vary from surgeon to surgeon but there are distinct differences in the techniques and in the results of these differing techniques. It is commonly regarded by well-trained facial plastic surgeons that are comfortable and experienced with performing surgery within the deeper layers of the face, that a better, very natural, and longer … Continue reading Facelift techniques: the differences explained
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The short answer is no, and there are significant differences. When looking for a fractional CO2 laser treatment to improve brown spots, uneven skin tones, roughened texture, acne scarring, and those troublesome etched lines and wrinkles the search can be confusing. In Orange County, the search is made even more difficult because of the range of … Continue reading Are All Fractional CO2 Lasers And Their Results The Same?
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Does Retin-A (tretinoin) help reverse skin aging? Yes. Retin-A, whose active ingredient is tretinoin, has been shown to have positive effects on both the deeper collagen layers of your skin as well as the upper most layer that is comprised of skin cells. Tretinoin effects collagen in two ways. With consistent long term use, tretinoin … Continue reading Does Retin-A (Tretinoin) help reverse skin aging?
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For those looking to bring back youthful contours and revitalize facial features, Sculptra may be the right treatment for you. The unique qualities of Sculptra were producing amazing results in Europe for over a decade before its arrival here in the United States. At first, Sculptra was introduced to correct the facial thinning in those inflicted … Continue reading Stimulating Facial Collagen with Sculptra
View More We are proud to announce that Refreshed Aesthetic Surgery has been voted into the Orange County Register’s Best of OC, Best Cosmetic Surgeon category in our very first year! On a personal note, I would like to thank and recognize my tremendous hard-working staff, and especially all the patients who have shown their support for … Continue reading Best of OC recognizes Refreshed Aesthetic Surgery
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