Category Archives: Enzyme
Is your phone having trouble recognizing your face?
Published on January 18, 2018 by Kenneth D. Steinsapir, M.D.An innocent affair Your love affair with fillers might have started innocently enough. A little Voluma here, a squirt of Juvederm there…year after year. Hyaluronic acid fillers are naturally occurring sugar gels that are cross-linked to provide long-term facial volume. Read More…
Hyaluronidase Enzyme: Facial Unfilling.
Published on July 22, 2015 by Kenneth D. Steinsapir, M.D.The effects of Restylane, Restylane Lyft® & Juvederm long term The sugar gel Restylane was FDA approved for dermal filling in March 2005. It truly has revolutionized cosmetic treatment. The superiority of this product immediately displaced Collagen from the Read More…
Renee Zellweger is fixable?
Published on October 23, 2014 by Kenneth D. Steinsapir, M.D.By Kenneth D. Steinsapir, M.D. This week plastic surgery speculation before and after pictures of Renee Zellweger are everywhere on the Internet with headlines like: “Renee Zellweger is now completely unrecognizable.” I must say that this is not breathy hyperbole. Read More…
Restylane as a Filler for Under-Eye Circles
Published on May 3, 2014 by Kenneth D. Steinsapir, M.D.Dark circles under the eyes are a common source of dissatisfaction for many people of all ages. Fortunately, help is available for these circles under the eyes by treatment with the facial filler Restylane. Restylane is a member of the Read More…
I had under eye filler and it’s too much. What can I do?
Published on October 1, 2013 by Kenneth D. Steinsapir, M.D.Medical technology for addressing volume deficits in the under eye region have made many advances. If you had the foresight to be treated with hyaluronic acid filler your treatment is completely adjustable. The most popular facial fillers on the market Read More…
I am not happy with my hyaluronic acid treatment. How much enzyme will I need to remove this treatment?
Published on June 23, 2013 by Kenneth D. Steinsapir, M.D.One of the great advantages of treatment with hyaluronic acid fillers–more commonly known by their individual names such as Restyane, Restylane Lyft®, Belotero, and Juvederm–is that they can be adjusted after treatment to improve your results. Typically we see that Read More…
What are proprietary undereye filler treatments?
Published on June 23, 2013 by Kenneth D. Steinsapir, M.D.There are trademarked nonsurgical filler procedures that claim to brightening your facial appearance by placing cosmetic dermal fillers around the eye. These services appear under various trademarked names and rely on the contouring effect using Juvederm and Restylane, which are Read More…