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Welcome to the Northwest Face blog. Here you will find articles by our own physicians, staff and featured authors, all of which are open to comments and discussion. Please feel free to post your own comments to each entry. (Note that comments are moderated and comments you post may not appear immediately.)

• Artefill - A permanent filler

  Posted in Cosmetic Services on June 15, 2010

  I have used Artefill for several years and like how it sculpts the face. I have seen patients that had Artefill 12 years ago and the filler is still going strong. Its use in the parenthesis-like lines around the mouth and to lift the cheeks works extremely well.

  The filler itself has microscopic acrylic beads suspended in bovine collagen. There is a required free skin test 4 weeks prior to the injection to make sure there is no allergy to the collagen. When the filler is placed

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• Movie Captioning Access Update

  Posted in Hearing on May 30, 2010

  Closed captioning, available on most TV sets under "menu" or "set-up," offers those with many levels of hearing difficulty access to the dialog.  This ranges from those who only look when they feel they have missed something, to others who solely read the dialog for their information.  It has been a long debate how far the Americans with Disability Act (ADA) goes to provide captioning for those with disabling hearing loss in public venues.  All theaters have had "assistive"

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• Hearing through our teeth… yes you read that right.

  Posted in Hearing on May 28, 2010

  I have received a request to blog on this new technology, expected to receive FDA clearance in the next few months.

  Yes we hear wonderfully without the use of our ears. The cochlea, often referred to as the organ of hearing, is encased within the skull, so movement of the skull passes sound to the organ effortlessly. 

  Now as new as this concept seems...in 1812 there was documented use of the teeth for amplification--granted not as small or user friendly--but for almost 200

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• Tanning beds are aging machines

  Posted in Dermatology | General on May 18, 2010

  Tanning beds are to your skin as smoking is to your lungs

  There is a good reason tanning beds look similar to coffins.  If they don't put you in the coffin  you will soon look like your getting old enough to need one.   Tanning beds are listed along with mustard gas and arsenic in the highest cancer risk category. They cause melanoma in young people.   I like to call them aging machines.  They accelerate skin aging, causing mottled pigmentation, thinned collagen, furrows and

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• Immunotherapy/Allergy Treatment now in Kirkland

  Posted in Allergies on May 17, 2010

  Since the September 2009 creation of our allergy department, we have been able to test and treat allergies caused by inhaled allergens, thereby directly addressing additional health concerns of our patients, eliminating the need for outside referrals to allergy clinics, allowing our office to provide a more comprehensive approach to patient care.

  Due to the growth of our patient base, NW Face will expand to provide immunotherapy in our Kirkland office. We will continue to have

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