What Is Cheek Filler?
When it comes to facial fillers, patients may immediately think of filling out fine lines and wrinkles and adding volume to thin lips. But filler can also be a non-invasive option to enhance and better define the cheekbone area, which can also decrease the appearance of fine line and wrinkles around the injection site.
Cheek fillers use either compounds consisting of naturally occurring substances within the body like hyaluronic a...
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Venus Versa
What is Venus Versa?
A combination of 3 powerful technologies — Intense Pulsed Light (IPL) with SmartPulse™, NanoFractional Radio Frequency with SmartScan™, and Venus Concept’s exclusive (MP)2 technology — , Venus Versa™ is a versatile aid for non-invasive aesthetic procedures. Treatment options include photorejuvenation/photofacial, acne, hair removal, skin resurfacing, and wrinkle reduction.
How Does Venus Versa Treatment Work?
Intens...
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Kybella
What is Kybella?
KYBELLA® is the first FDA-approved injectable treatment created to destroy fat cells under the chin area otherwise known as a “double-chin”. Containing deoxycholic acid, which occurs naturally in the body, KYBELLA® helps to breakdown hard to reach fat, which will reduce fullness under the chin. Since the fat cells will be destroyed, further treatment isn’t anticipated once you’ve reached your desired results.
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Juvéderm
What is Juvéderm?
If you’re looking for non-invasive ways to treat fine lines and wrinkles, chances are that Juvéderm has come up in conversation. While classified as a filler, Juvéderm is a sweeping term for a collection of hyaluronic acid fillers with each product targeting a specific area of the face.
Hyaluronic acid is naturally produced in the skin after which it breaks down, and then builds it up again as part of an ongoing cycle. As opp...
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Nail Diseases
What Are Nail Diseases?
Much like how rapidly changing spots on one’s skin can indicate something dangerous like skin cancer, your fingernail health can be a sign that something more serious is lingering below the surface.
While most people probably don’t think of their nails that often, they know what their nails should look like: shiny with no ridges, pits, redness or scale around them and symmetrically grown. The lunula, named for its cr...
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Pyoderma Gangrenosum
What Is Pyoderma Gangrenosum?
Pyoderma gangrenosum (PG) is a rare ulcerating skin disease, difficult to recognize for both patients and doctors. When it’s misdiagnosed and mistreated, it can be even more mentally and physically devastating.
Ulcers form for a variety of reasons. They come from infections, diabetes, vasculitis, and many other triggers. But when they don’t respond and perhaps worsen with therapy, patients and doctors often explore oth...
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Suspicious Moles
What Are Suspicious Moles?
If you’re like most people, you either have freckles, moles, birthmarks, or a combination of all three. We don’t think much about them and assume if it was something serious, it would look like it.
But with so many marks on your body, could you tell the difference between a freckle or a suspicious mole?
Normal moles are either brown or tan, generally round in shape, and either flat or raised.
Suspicious moles, on the othe...
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Actinic Keratosis
What is Actinic Keratosis?
Actinic keratosis (AK) is one of the most common issues we see in dermatology clinics. It’s evidence that the skin has had too much sun exposure. Because of this UV damage, the skin hasn’t been able to regulate growth and now produces white to flesh tone to pink, scaly lesions on the skin. If left untreated, these can develop into squamous cell carcinoma.
What Are the Symptoms of Actinic Keratoses?
Patients first notice a...
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Basal Cell Carcinoma
What is Basal Cell Carcinoma?
Basal cell carcinoma is the most common cancer in the world. With three to four million people in the United States diagnosed with basal cell carcinoma each year, this cancer affects more people than all other cancers combined.
Fortunately, basal cell carcinoma is also the least serious of all cancers. 99% of basal cell carcinoma cases stay local, meaning it only affects the area where it starts. Sometimes it’s more co...
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Melanoma
What Is Melanoma?
Melanoma is the least common skin cancer, but causes the majority of skin cancer deaths.
What makes melanoma so deadly is its ability to metastasize in three different ways: through the skin, blood and lymphatics.
As opposed to basal and squamous cell carcinoma tendencies to stay localized, melanoma’s ability to spread through the blood makes it particularly dangerous.
However, melanoma is highly curable when found in the beginn...
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