Category: Injectables
How Can the Lifespan of Fillers Be Extended?
“Is there a way to make fillers last longer?” Our Naples– and Marco Island-based team at Skin Wellness Physicians hears this question from patients who choose injectable facial fillers to reduce wrinkles or enhance their facial contours. The short answer is yes! Millions of minimally invasive procedures are performed each year, with fillers—as well as …
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3 Things Everyone Should Know Before Lip Injections
Hyaluronic acid-based fillers are a popular way to minimize facial wrinkles by injecting soft gel below the skin’s surface to add long-lasting lift and fullness to key areas. Facial fillers do more than just reduce wrinkles; they can also shape midface contours and be used to plump the lips. With that in mind, if you’re …
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How Can You Address or Prevent Sleep Wrinkles?
Getting enough quality sleep is important for your skin. Studies show that while we’re sleeping, blood flow increases in our skin, and specialized cells rebuild collagen while also repairing damage from sun exposure. Although aging is a major cause of skin damage, our day-to-day habits also contribute to the development of wrinkles. One of the …
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How Do BOTOX® and Dysport® Compare?
It’s normal to notice wrinkles developing—even as early as a person’s 20s, which is when some women and men begin to see horizontal forehead lines above their eyebrows for the first time. Regardless of what age these telltale folds begin to develop, we all begin to notice creases forming in our skin at some point. …
What Is With Lips These Days?
It appears that lips are in. Pop culture has been throwing lip augmentation our way for years now, but over the last two years, it seems that a tipping point has been reached. Celebrities are showing off luscious, full, juicy lips that are impacting people of all ages’ tastes. Patients that before two years ago …
3 Ways to Add Volume to Your Skin
It goes without saying that plump skin looks healthier and more vibrant and youthful. The middle layer of the skin, which is called the dermis, contains fibrous proteins called collagen and elastin, and this layer is responsible for 90 percent of your skin’s thickness. Once our skin loses volume, the result is a thin, wrinkled …
Hyaluronic Acid Fillers vs. Collagen Stimulators: How Do They Compare?
Even though they’re a quick, straightforward, and low-risk option, injectable fillers make up a complex part of the world of cosmetic treatments. They come in a range of forms, each of which has unique benefits. Wondering about what differentiates the various available facial fillers? Our Naples-based team is happy to explain that not all injectable gels …
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Which Type of Filler Do I Need?
Injectables, such as the family of Juvederm® fillers our Naples, FL, practice offers, each have their own strengths based on unique formulations. The most suitable filler for you depends on which area of the face you’re interested in enhancing and what look you’re hoping to achieve. Even if your friends have fillers that look amazing …
Which Types of Wrinkles Does BOTOX® Address?
Although we don’t mind the wisdom and experience that comes with age, wrinkles are a part of getting older that most of us don’t look forward to. Thankfully, cosmetic treatments are available to minimize these pesky lines and creases if they bother us—but since not all wrinkles are the same, dermatologists need to use different …
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Solutions for a Turkey Neck
This time of year, those darn turkeys always remind us of our own aging necks. The neck ages more rapidly than other areas of the body because the skin on the neck is thinner, delicate, and more sensitive, which means it is quickly affected by sun exposure, smoking, and simply time. Ultraviolet light not only …
