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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…

Pores of the face can be a cosmetic concern. You are not alone in looking for treatment to reduce facial pore size.  Skin pores are skin openings associated with oil glands and hair follicles. The medical literature states that pores Read More…

Ever wonder what your doctor/nurse/whomever is using on your skin to clean it before a cosmetic service like Botox or fillers? If you answered no, you would be in the same boat as most everyone else. However, you should make Read More…

Thyroid Eye Disease The thyroid gland can be the target of autoimmune disease. For reasons not well understood, the soft tissues around the eyes can also be affected. There are two different conditions produced by autoimmune diseases that affect the Read More…

A chalazia is an inflammatory bump that can develop along the edge of one of the eyelids.   If you have one, I don’t need to tell you they are ugly. There is a related process called a stye or hordeolum. Read More…

Flying back from Dubai, I had the opportunity to view all of the Bridget Jones movies featuring Rene Zellweger. It gave me an opportunity as a cosmetic surgeon to study her face and form an opinion regarding how her face Read More…

Upper eyelid surgery is one of the most popular cosmetic surgeries. It can powerfully rejuvenate and refresh your appearance. You have every reason to expect an amazing outcome from your eyelid surgery. However, if you find yourself disappointed in your Read More…

The facelift, also known as a facial rhytidectomy, improves the appearance of the face by removing wrinkles and tightening the skin. A facelift can correct these signs of aging, helping you to attain the natural, youthful appearance that we associate Read More…