The Fraxel Dual: Our latest addition to the Fraxel family
How is the Fraxel Restore Dual different from the other Fraxel’s that we own? The Fraxel Restore and Repair have been a major part of our war against aging skin for several years. The Restore is a less aggressive erbium laser and requires 3 to 4 treatments for the full benefits, although a single treatment [...]
What is AGE(ing) You? Glycation.
You probably have heard about the term “glycation” in the news lately. In fact, earlier this month, at the American Academy of AntiAging conference, Glycation and AGEs (Advanced Glycation End Products) were named the leading factors in premature aging and disease. So what is glycation anyway? Glycation is a by-product of our metabolism, and it’s [...]
Fraxel featured on ABC’s Good Morning America
During the online segment of ABC’s Good Morning America Health, Dr. Cameron Rokhsar features Fraxel as an excellent treatment allowing patients to look younger in as quickly as 15 minutes, as well as reverse sun damage, scaring, melasma and diminish wrinkles. Watch as he explains how Fraxel, unlike other laser systems, resurfaces skin effectively, reducing average recovery time to only two to three [...]
New Youth Skin Treatment Q and A
Q. Does New Youth strengthen the skin’s protective layer? A. Yes. It has active ingredients that thicken both the dermis and epidermis as well as increase the blood supply to the skin. This aids with nutrient supply to the skin and allows the removal of the cell’s waste products. Q. How does the New Youth [...]
Skin Cancer Treatment and Characteristics
Skin cancers are our most common type of cancer. Most all skin cancers are associated with excess exposure to the ultra violet rays from the sun. However, the increase use of tanning beds is also a contributor. Most of the damage resulting in skin cancers as well as thinning of the skin and wrinkles is [...]
The iGuide Neck Solution, The Neck’s Best Thing
The iGuide neck lift is a revolutionary new minor procedure for tightening the neck. Up to now, excess skin in the neck was primarily treated with surgical options. The main treatment was simply a face/neck lift, which, while an excellent procedure, is more than many people want. And, many people with obtuse neck angles don’t [...]
Does crossing your legs give you spider veins?
The answer is no. A spider vein is a broken capillary, less than 1 mm in diameter, located just below the surface of the skin or sometimes in the dermis itself. By age 50, half of all women have them. Spider veins, also called telangectasia, are usually from 0.5 to 1 mm in width and [...]
Nutrition and Skin Health
Everyone agrees that healthy skin makes everyone look younger, healthier and better. The most important factor was thought to be genetics, but evidence demonstrates that genetics is a small part compared to environmental hazards, the worst being excess sun exposure and smoking. So what an you do to keep your skin from aging? A healthy [...]
Stages of the Aging Face
The causes of faces looking older and saggier as we age are loss of elasticity and loss of volume. Loss of elasticity will occur with time regardless of what we do, but we can drastically increase this loss with excess ultraviolet rays from the sun and smoking. Loss of volume may be more influential in [...]