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Lip filler injections are among the most popular procedures performed in the United States now– at this moment in time.  You can see the before and afters of filler injections to the lips everywhere from on TV –especially the “reality shows” and on social media from FB to TikTok.  You see it on the news– […]

What is laser skin resurfacing? Laser skin resurfacing is exactly what it sounds like. The light from the laser produces energy.  The energy causes disruption of some of the layers of the skin, and the skin is forced to heal.  When the skin heals, collagen is generated,  collagen reorganizes and builds skin that looks more […]

Cosmetic blepharoplasty is currently the most commonly performed surgical procedure on the face in the United States.  Most of the time, eyelid surgery (blepharoplasty) successfully removes puffs and excess skin, and when necessary, addresses drooping of the eyelids and cleans up the eyelid creases. It can be done on both the upper and lower eyelids. Once healed, it instantaneously […]

What are festoons? In architecture, festoons represent hanging arrangements of flowers, fruit or lights suspended between two points to farm an arc. In the face, they have come to be known as festoons because they are mounds of hanging skin and associated underlying tissue that appear in the mid cheek area seemingly suspended between the […]

Trauma helps the skin. It may be an apocryphal story, but it is based on the truth. One day, tired of listening to his girlfriend express her frustration with her complexion and the failure of dermatologic techniques to improve her skin, a paint and body technician decided to use the technology he used to refinish […]

The short answer to this question is…. No one knows. Why should a lip look better flipped upside down? Is that a good name for a procedure? And what does it represent?  And where is it described? The next question I have is—if this procedure exists, why is it not written up anywhere in the […]