Cosmetic Services

• First impressions - fillers can help.

  Posted in Cosmetic Services on November 10, 2010

  This was a fun study on first impressions that I read recently. They took 19 people and took pictures of their faces (in a relaxed pose). Those pictures were then evaluated by 300 people who filled out a survey rating them on several characteristics. The meilolabial fold, also called the nasolabial fold ( the furrow that runs from the side of the nose to the corners of the mouth) was filled with a hylauronic acid filler substance until the fold was at optimal correction. Photos

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• Botox vs Ultherapy

  Posted in Cosmetic Services on September 26, 2010

  I have been asked about the difference between using Ultherapy and Botox on the eyebrow areas:

  At times Botox and Ultherapy  end up with similar benefits even through the mode of action is different: Basically, Botox achieves results by relaxing muscle cells; Ultherapy by stimulating collagen cells to reduce creasing skin around the eyes.  Increased collagen improves the tone and lifting of the skin for  open and refreshed eyes.

  I hope this helps,
  Julie Voss, MD
   

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• Artefill - A permanent filler

  Posted in Cosmetic Services on June 14, 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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• New treatment tightens skin with no downtime!

  Posted in Cosmetic Services on May 5, 2010

  ULTHERAPY

  Northwest Face is happy to provide a new and improved non-invasive skin tightening technique.  Ultherapy™ is a new type of nonsurgical cosmetic procedure for achieving skin reminiscent of an earlier time. The Ulthera System is used by physicians and their specially certified staff to precisely deliver acoustic sound waves deep into the skin to thermally initiate the body’s own rejuvenative mechanisms. This is done with the help of acoustic imaging for seeing the

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• Lidocaine Toxicity

  Posted in Cosmetic Services on April 26, 2010

  Lidocaine toxicity is always on my mind when I perform tumescent liposuction. The safety of true tumescent liposuction lies in the dosage.

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