The decision to get any type of facelift is a big one. And it rarely happens overnight. More often than not, our patients have been toying with the idea for a few years before finally picking up the phone to make an appointment for a QuickLift facelift consultation.
Does this scenario sound familiar?
You catch a glimpse of yourself in the mirror—and (yikes!) you DON’T recognize that person. Or, you Read more
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After several months of treatments—alternating between Intense Pulsed Light (IPL and Chemical Peels on the right side of my face and Fraxel on the left side of my face, Nellie and I are finished with our Sun Damage Recovery experiment.
I’ve now had a series of three treatments on each side of my face plus Fraxel on my neck and upper chest (decollatage) area.
In my particular case, Fraxel gave us the most dramatic overall results, although IPL was also extremely effective at removing patches of hyperpigmentation. As you can see when zooming in Read more
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Treatment for sun damage—with a bonus!As mentioned in my previous post, I was lucky enough to choosing between the top two technologies available for the treatment of hyperpigmentation—Intense Pulsed Light (IPL) and Fraxel Laser Resurfacing.
After a consultation with my provider, Nellie Sicher, RN, we decided to do BOTH—in order to show our patients which treatment works best for my Read more
Real treatment for sun damage?Sign me up! Faced with the good fortune of choosing between the top two technologies available for the treatment of hyperpigmentation—Intense Pulsed Light (IPL) and Fraxel Laser Resurfacing—I had a tough decision to make.
Or did I?
After some serious discussion with the experts at The Skin Center about the benefits of each technology, I did something rather unconventional. I chose BOTH. I thought it would be beneficial for our patients to see the results of both treatments on the same face—mine. So I offered up the right side of my Read more
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Flowers? Chocolate? Romantic dinner for two? Tired of all that? For something new, how about a facial tattoo?
Yes, Valentine’s Day is around the corner. But really. Is this what it takes to prove one’s loyalty these days?
Perhaps love really is blind.
But we’d all have to be visually impaired to miss this declaration of affection.
Images of this Russian girl, Lesya, have recently flooded the internet. Just 24 hours after their first date, this beautiful 18-year-old let her new boyfriend (now fiancé), Rouslan, tattoo his name across her face in 5-inch Gothic script lettering.
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Strange things happen as your body ages. Bits that were full go flat, and vice versa. For the first time in my life, I have cheekbones, not because I’ve lost weight, but because everything seems to be shifting. Downward. Surprisingly, given what seems like a lifetime of using makeup to create contours in my round face, I don’t like what I’m seeing. It just doesn’t fit.
What is collagen?
If you’re over 40 and have noticed a loss of volume in your face, you have your collagen – or the depletion thereof – to thank. Collagen is a fibrous protein that provides an underlying framework to our skin. As we age, we lose collagen, and as this network of supporting fibers breaks down, our skin loses fullness and elasticity.
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Your skin is your largest organ. At The Skin Center, we strive to help you develop a healthy relationship with your skin. Our goal is not only to treat skin problems, such as hyperpigmentation, but to help you prevent them. And since knowledge is power, it helps to understand some skin basics.
The undisputed #1 cause of premature aging is “sun damage” which is the catch-all term for dry, wrinkly skin, often prone to “hyperpigmentation.”
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I wasn’t aspiring to be a California raisin. But I was unknowingly headed in that direction. I’ve wreaked havoc on my face over the decades—with sun damage of the all-encompassing kind: hyperpigmentation, fine lines and wrinkles galore. With a constellation of sun stars on my 50-something face, I’m like a poster child for sun damage. But all is not lost. (Thank you, Skin Center!)
Yes, there will be “afters” to go with these “befores.” But first, I must confess the insanity of my ways.
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By Dominic A. Brandy, MD
Over the last 30 years, thousands of Pittsburgh women have sat in my office, looking for a change. As a cosmetic surgeon, I have spent countless hours talking with them, listening to their concerns about their face, their neck, their body, their skin. I know what many of you are thinking — those who seek the services of a cosmetic surgeon do so out of vanity. However, in my experience this is simply not true. It is the stereotypes of those who choose cosmetic surgery procedures that are often played out in the media, which on the one hand chronicles every perceived physical flaw or change to a celebrity’s appearance, and on the other bemoans society’s fixation with youth and beauty. Read more
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