See Chapter Twenty Three, Should You Get a Facial?, for details on microdermabrasion. nose reshaping (rhinoplasty) ($4,ооо to $6,ооо) Rhinoplasty is usually performed to alter the size and shape of the bridge and tip of the nose. Reshaping is generally done through incisions inside the nose, but sometimes an incision across the central portion of […]

While thin lips may not seem like a cosmetic issue, for some women looking for per­fection fuller lips are considered more attractive. Moreover, as you get older the lip area begins to recede, becoming thinner and narrower, or may fold in on itself, with obvious lines extending outward around the perimeter. Aside from dermal fillers […]

The following is a summary covering a range of machines and the skin conditions they address. Selecting which one to use depends mostly on the physician you see, what machines they may own or lease, and their skill with those particular machines. CO2 Pulse Laser (trade names Feather Touch or Ultra Pulse): This is one […]

Lasers, as well as light-emitting, ultrasound, and radio energy generating machines, produce frequency waves in a wide variety of forms and intensities that are aimed at dif­ferent parts of the skin and the structures of skin. Which device is selected and what its output will be in order to treat a particular problem are determined […]

Most forehead and brow lifts are usually done via an incision made at the top of the head, thus placing the scar where it won’t be seen. However, this can raise the forehead and hairline, and for someone with an already large forehead this can be an undesirable outcome. Endoscopic forehead lifts address this concern […]

The forehead lift is designed to correct or improve wrinkling, as well as the sagging of the eyebrow area that often occurs as part of the aging process. The procedure may also help to smooth horizontal expression lines in the forehead, smooth vertical frown lines between the eyebrows, and reduce the sagging appearance of the […]

See Dermal Fillers, above. forehead lift ($2,500 to $7,ooo) Endoscopic Face-Lift or brow Lift An endoscope is a small surgical instrument that can be inserted under the skin through small incisions, allowing a surgeon to perform a cosmetic corrective procedure via mi­crosurgery. The endoscope itself is a miniature camera with a light fitted on one […]

A deep-plane face-lift simply refers to how deep under the skin the surgeon works to perform any given face-lift procedure. Although it is similar to the SMAS-Lift, the deep – plane face-lift goes even deeper. It involves lifting and repositioning the various layers of the face—skin, fat tissue, muscles, and other structures—as a single unit […]

The temporal face-lift refers to the area along the sides and top of the forehead. This technique is also referred to as a brow-lift. It is meant to smooth out the lines of the fore­head and some of the eye area by repositioning the forehead skin along the hairline. At the time of the cutting […]