If you’ve started to notice fine lines, wrinkles, and other signs of aging developing on your face, you might be curious about how Botox and injectable treatments can help contribute to a younger appearance. Despite how often you might hear Botox being mentioned and joked about among peers and on television, this type of treatment is actually incredibly useful and effective at smoothing out fine lines and wrinkles for weeks and months at a time.
Topics: dermal filler, skincare
A new year can be the most ideal time to revamp and revitalize your beauty routine if you feel as though you’re stuck in a beauty rut, or need a reinvention to help you meet and conquer your New Year’s resolutions. Refreshing your look can sometimes give you the confidence and self-esteem boost you need to feel more beautiful, renewed, and ready to face the New Year!
Looking to change your beauty routine? Try one or more of these new beauty routines to break into 2015 with a bang!
Topics: drooping eyelids, eyelid lift, Botox, dermal filler, skincare
Dermal fillers are commonly used to restore volume and fullness to the face and diminish fine facial lines. They work by restoring the layer of subcutaneous fat that we lose as we age, filling in gaps that could result in the appearance of crow's feet and smile lines.
Dermal fillers are great for those with signs of early aging or simply as a first introduction in preventive facial rejuvenation surgery. Dermal fillers can't perform miracles, but help delay the time before facial surgery becomes an appropriate course of action. Below are some things dermal fillers are commonly used for.
Topics: dermal filler
None of us are going to magically stop aging. Which means none of us are going to magically avoid looking older. It’s a race against time and, spoiler alert, we always lose! Don’t let that reality be overly daunting or depressing, though, because while the existence of magic isn’t up for discussion, there are real-life, readily available options for you to achieve looking younger. And if you’re under the impression that all cosmetic procedures require a lot of time (time for the procedure, time to recover, time to wait to see the results), then here’s a spoiler alert with a much more positive ending: a major time commitment is not necessarily part of the deal when choosing a cosmetic procedure with the goal of looking younger.
Here are four cosmetic procedures available to you at our GLOW Surgical Arts offices in Redwood City that can be done in under an hour:
Topics: blepharoplasty, laser skin treatments, Botox, laser skin resurfacing, erase wrinkles, dermal filler, aging skin, laser skin rejuvenation
The Great Recession has obviously had a negative impact on many aspects of American life. That goes without saying. Not everything has seen a downturn during these past several years, though. On the whole, cosmetic procedures grew in popularity
In 2013, just as they have for four years running. Over 15 million cosmetic procedures were performed in 2013, a 3 % increase from 2012. And why not? When it comes to improving one’s self-image, and feeling good about the body and face we see in the mirror, the chance to enhance things for the better is always going to be worthwhile.
Topics: eyelid lift, breast augmentation, Botox, liposuction, cosmetic surgery, dermal filler
Most of us have at least one feature we would change if given the chance. The mirror can quickly turn into an unwelcome reminder of this desire, especially if that feature happens to be on your face. For many of us, our nose is on the top of the "if I could only change one thing about my face" list If nose tops your list, the term “nose job” is undoubtedly one you’ve heard and maybe even looked into.That kind of surgical procedure can be daunting to contemplate for some and in the past meant a permenant alteration of your nose’s appearance. They key words are “in the past.” Today¸ it isn’t a requirement that you go under the knife in order to change the way your nose looks. Non-surgical rhinoplasty is now a viable and popular option.
At first blush, the idea of a non-surgical nose job may not make sense. Instead of surgery, non-surgical rhinoplasty involves injecting dermal filler into the face. The idea is to create smoother lines in the nose and improve its overall appearance from base to tip. Since material is being added, not taken away, things are technically getting bigger. Yet, the fine-tuned appearance can work to make the nose appearsmaller. The idea seems counterintuitive, but the important part is that the result positively impacts the nose’s appearance. By strategically adding volume to specific areas of the nose, your GLOW Surgical Arts cosmetic surgeon will be able to dramatically change the way your nose looks by straightening lines and smoothing out any visual irregularities. And it can all be done without the use of any sort of invasive surgery.
Topics: dermal filler
It turns out there are a few more things that are certain beyond death and taxes. Undoubtedly, as you have aged, you have already noticed some of these certainties when it comes to how your body has changed as you’ve gotten a little older. The inescapable reality of life, or one of them, is that by the age of 60, most of us will have lost a portion of our facial bone and fat, which causes a sagging effect. That loss of volume isn’t just limited to the face, either. It happens in places like our hands, too. Here’s the good news: none of these effects of getting older have to be permanent. In fact, whether it’s to address aging or simply to attempt to alter a part of your appearance you’re unhappy with, there is a quick, safe, simple procedure that offers an immediate positive impact: dermal fillers.
Topics: facial volume loss, facial wrinkles, dermal filler, aging hands
When Botox or dermal fillers, or really any variety of cosmetic surgery procedures, are brought up, the assumption is that the person contemplating getting such a procedure is a woman. That is simply the association most will automatically make, and the numbers generally support that notion. Most cosmetic surgeries are performed on women. However, it might not be as big of a gap as you think.
Topics: Botox, dermal filler, botox for men, dermal filler for men
Have you been thinking about having a little work done?You know, for the lines and wrinkles that have crept up around you mouth? Perhaps you've noticed some depressed areas, sagging or loose skin, or some volume loss along the jawline, in the cheeks, or below your eyes?
You are not alone. These age related facial changes are common, and quite normal. The good news is that there are reasonable, affordable ways to treat them, without undergoing surgery or spending a lot of money.
Tell me more, you say? We're talking about dermal fillers. Dermal fillers are a class of injectable medications that are used by cosmetic specialists and surgeons to add volume to certain facial areas to enhance one's appearance.
Topics: Juvederm, Radiesse, dermal filler, lip filler, lip augmentation, nasolabial folds
