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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 return at around three months. So […]

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 roughly […]

Did you know that Cleopatra, who is renowned throughout history for her radiant skin and her beauty, used to bathe in sour donkey’s milk (lactic acid) to keep her skin soft and beautiful!? Chemical peels have been used for centuries to create uniform exfoliation of damaged skin cells. A series of chemical peels is great […]

We are very excited to announce that Restylane Silk® is now available at W Cosmetic Surgery! We are proud to be the first practice in the region and one of the first in the United States to have this brand new, FDA-approved formulation. Here’s some information about this great new filler: Just like other products […]

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: “I hear you tell everyone that.” They are, for […]

How long will it take to get back to work? When can I go out in public? Those are just two of the questions I get all the time in my role as cosmetic coordinator here at W Cosmetic Surgery. Here’s the truth…your downtime depends on you…and a few other variables. Those variables include how […]