14

Aug

A woman looking in the mirror

Fillers & Cosmetic Surgery: How Long Will My Results Last?

How Long Will Botox & Fillers Last? No matter what intervention you have, there is a shelf life to it. For example, the effects of Botox and the other neurotoxins, such as Xeomin and Dysport, last three months by the clock. Function of the muscles blocked by these injections...

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14

Aug

White Teeth, Male Hair Lines and Other Oscar Buzz

Not being at an Oscar party this year where I would have had to worry about being sociable, or keeping cheese dip off of my tux, it was nonetheless a challenge to stay at home with the family and try to sit through an excruciating 90 minutes of red carpet arrivals followed by a ...

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14

Aug

Shakespeare…and Why Every Woman is Beautiful

Shakespeare captured it and I hear it all the time, negative feedback from women patients during our cosmetic consultations. As we're deciding what it is that we might want to improve, I almost always tell the patient that she is beautiful. They often say, with disdain: &l...

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14

Aug

10 Ways To Spot Bad Cosmetic Surgery From Across The Room

This was the subject of my talk at the University of Pennsylvania and Scheie Eye Institute 140th anniversary alumni meeting in early April. I began with a picture of aliens, and the guys in the Men in Black film that are able to recognize them. It isn't hard to recognize p...

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14

Aug

A woman holding a cup of tea

Facing Facts About the Vibes We Send

My sister, Karen, a screenwriter and a lawyer in California, was just in town for a visit. We got a chance to talk about her blog, which reveals that our thoughts run strangely in parallel. Her blog, called Karenoia, discusses how the way we interact with people is often determi...

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14

Aug

Summer Becomes Fall…and a Father’s Amazing Mind

All of this warm, summer weather in October has been making me think of days enjoying beer, wine and my brother’s fantastic grilling skills. The summer’s harvest of vegetables from our garden—sweet corn, and amazing tomatoes—my family gathers to celebrate the return to school ...

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14

Aug

Fill ‘er up, Buttercup!

Patients ask me about the different fillers all the time…which ones I use and which ones I like for use in certain areas. Well, I liken them to cake, because anyone that knows me knows I have a sweet tooth and l like them all for different reasons. That DOES NOT mea...

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14

Aug

Gina’s Spring Skin Care

It looks like Spring is finally here to stay! As I look through the spring fashions in my favorite magazines, it looks like the theme is Vibrance! So why not apply that to our skin? As the weather changes, I suggest everyone start with a complimentary Visia skin analysis her...

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14

Aug

person's eyebrows

Botox – Beyond the Brows

Botox® is a fabulous “quick fix” for your wrinkles. In fact, Botox injections are the most common non-surgical cosmetic procedure performed at W Cosmetic Surgery®. The FDA has approved Botox ONLY for the treatment of forehead wrinkles—the ones that form...

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