For the many women looking for a way to look younger without resorting to surgery, the answer lies in these three words: Botox®, Radiesse ®/Sculptra and IPL (Intense Pulsed Laser treatment). And for many years to come you will see an increase in the use of these and other fillers and lasers to restore the aging face to a fuller, more youthful appearance.
The most popular and the first step to achieving a youthful appearance is Botox®. Botox® is still the most popular and least invasive procedure when a patient wants a quick remedy to smooth out frown lines, crow's feet and wrinkles, especially around the eyes and mouth. With over 20 years of experience in all injectables, Lisa Topham, RN, PC has mastered the injection of Botox® into furrows and crows feet of countless patients. Botox® wrinkle-busting effects become apparent within a few days. The benefits of Botox® will last between three and five months, depending on the individual patient's facial animations. Three treatments a year are the norm, and your face will not have a frozen-non-expressive look, as is common in over-users of the product. The idea is to soften lines in the forehead, around the eyes, and between the brows without totally paralyzing them. Botox® is made from Botulinum Toxin Type A, a neurotoxin derived from bacteria. It is FDA approved, and very safe when injected by a medical professional.
New uses for Botox® are emerging all the time. Women with a small or retrusive chin may have overactive lower lip muscles which accentuate the crease under the lower lip. Injections over the chin can correct this, as well as wrinkles in the chin pad itself. Other areas that improve significantly with Botox® are the "neck bands" in the neck and wrinkles in the lower eyelid. It is also effective to create a brow-lift that lifts the eyebrows. Botox® can also be used to lift the angles of the mouth - i.e., correcting the downturn that often occurs with age - and help smooth out 'smoker's lines' around the mouth...
The next step to achieving a younger, natural look is a filler called Radiesse®. Radiesse® is an injectable used to fill out hollows in the cheeks, mid face, nasio-labial folds and marionette lines. It can also be used to achieve cheek augmentation without implants and usually lasts about one year to eighteen months. Together Botox® and Radiesse® provide the patient instant gratification in the form of a smooth, unlined face with more youthful contours. Radiesse is not recommended for lips or under eye hollows, however, Lisa does have two excellent fillers to address those problems as well. Restalyne has been found to be the best filler to inject in the tear trough, thus filling in the hollows under the eyes and providing the patient with a rested, more attractive look. Both Restalyne® and Juvederm™ can be used in the natural augmentation of the lip area, with a lasting effect of about 6-8 months.
For those of you who are willing to see results gradually, we highly recommend Sculptra® treatments. Sculptra® is an injectable produced from poly-L-lactic acid that contains a deep-dermal thickening agent that works over a period of about 3 months, but whose results are almost permanent. Sculptra® restores volume around the eyes - especially in the 'tear trough' or 'eye bag' area - as well as over the cheek bones, in the lower cheeks and around the chin area, and for filling depressions and scars (i.e., acne scars) . Sculptra® is also used to diminish fine lines around the mouth and on the face and to de-crease the neck. After treatment, the body builds its own collagen over the following four to six weeks and one or two additional treatments may be needed to achieve the desired correction. It takes a month or more to see the results of each treatment and the improvements become increasingly apparent after the final treatment. The results last for up to two years and when more Sculptra® is needed; just one or two injection sessions may be enough. Because the results are progressive, no-one would guess you have had any 'work' done at all. It usually takes about three Sculptra treatments spaced out about a month apart to achieve a full face correction that will virtually last forever, or at least several years, with minimal touch-ups.
The final step of our three step process is IPL. IPL is a laser treatment that delivers high intensity pulses of broadband light that is different from the narrow band light of lasers. IPL, which stands for intensed pulsed light, is non-ablative meaning that is does not damage the surface of the skin. The intense light is delivered to the deeper parts of the skin (dermis) and leaves the superficial aspect of the skin (epidermis) untouched. . The thermal effect of IPL also causes production of new collagen, leading to improvement in wrinkles. There is minimal downtime and the patient can return to work and other activities next day with no signs of treatment apart from a refreshed and tightened skin.
Patients have also found that the great advantage of Botox®, Radiesse® / Sculptra® and IPL treatments is that they all are complimentary to each other and are perfectly complimentary so they make it possible to offer all three together.
All three treatments are proven technologies with minimal risk of allergic reactions Please note that all injections can produce bruising and minor swelling for a few days, so if you are planning to attend a special event where you want to look your best, please make your appointment two weeks before event to make sure that any bruising or swelling has dissipated. If you have any more questions about the above procedures, please do not hesitate to call for a complimentary consultation.
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