Wrinkle reduction and skin tightening with Pelleve.

Women and men in their 40's often start to see some sagging in their lower jawline. They've been using botox religiously to keep wrinkles at bay, and perhaps a wrinkle filler to plump the lips and maybe a little filler like Juvederm in the face to give the face a lift, but it's not always easy to find a solution for the lower face, jawline and neck. I'm very excited that we are the first to bring the new Pelleve wrinkle reduction treatment to Boise, Idaho!

Click here to watch a video of pelleve wrinkle reduction treatment.

Pelleve wrinkle reduction treatment is the newest innovation in skin tightening. FDA cleared to treat facial wrinkles without surgery, this treatment uses advanced radiowave technology. The Pelleve system precisely heats the deep layers of the skin without damaging the epidermis. The heat causes the collagen in the skin to contract and tighten. After the treatment, the skin begins to produce new collagen, which improves the firmness. No anesthesia is required and patients can return to work immediately after the procedure. Many clients see results after just one treatment, with improvements up to six months later. Facial treatments take only an hour. Pelleve fits easily into busy schedules.
This treatment may allow a patient to postpone a face lift for ten years!

CO2 Fractional Resurfacing Laser erases wrinkles and sun damage!

CO2 Fractional Laser for skin resurfacing can take years off of one's face.

Here is a 59 year old client who has had just one treatment with the CO2 Fractional Laser.

Notice the appearance of the skin is brighter. The laser takes off the dead skin cells allowing newer skin to come to the surface and reflect light giving her a more youthful appearance.
Wrinkles have significantly diminished around the eyes and under the eye area down into the cheeks. The eyelids are smoother in appearance and sun damage of the skin has been reduced.

This client could have one more treatment about 6 months later, but her improvement after just one treatment is quite satisfying. Her overall appearance is much more youthful.

CO2 Fractional lasers stimulate collagen up to six months after the initial treatment, but we have seen improvement up to a year later. For more information click here.

More smartlpo before and afters by Dr. Brian Kerr Silk Touch Medspa Boise and Eagle

Do it yourself Botox? A very bad idea.

Do-it-yourself Botox..... a really bad idea.

I had heard rumors that you could buy Botox "do it yourself kits" on line but frankly I didn't believe it. I was stunned to find that it is true. Not only botox but dermal fillers as well. Here are a couple of things to keep in mind if you are the "do it yourself" kind of person.

1. It is illegal to sell and illegal to buy without a prescription.
2. Such operations can and will be shut down. You could loose your investment as well as be prosecuted.
3. The pricing is so low that the products can not be legitimate. The wholesale cost to physicians with bulk discounting is 2-3 times what these wesites are offering. I don't like the fact that these raw products are so expensive either, but that is the market pricing.
4. These ares not FDA approved BOTOX or dermal fillers. What is it? Who knows.
5. I've done thousand of injections. Its one thing to inject someone else, a completely different thing to inject yourself in a mirror. Everything is reversed and you lose depth perception.
   
6. Ask yourself this question. Would you want the doctor injecting you to be experiencing the pain of injection right at the moment he or she is focusing on making an artistically placed injection in you.
7. My moto is "you can't rush art", and you sure can't make good art while under the stress of self inflicted pain.

Do-it-yourself Botox business busted in Mansfield

by REBECCA LOPEZ / WFAA-TV

Posted on November 25, 2009 at 10:00 AM

Related:

• Attorney General's lawsuit against Discount Medspa and Ontario Medspa (PDF)

MANSFIELD -- Undercover officers raided the home of a Mansfield woman who they say was selling do-it-yourself wrinkle treatments.

Police confiscated boxes, computers and more at the home of Laurie D'Alleva. Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott charged the Tarrant County woman with illegally offering prescription drugs -- including botulinum toxin (Botox) injections -- without a license.

The legal action also alleges that D'Alleva operated illegal Web sites to market her products. The state obtained a restraining order to keep her from selling the drugs and shut down her Internet sites, Discount Medspa and Ontario MedSpa.

The sites included video demonstrations of how to use the prescription drugs, along with customer tesimonials about the results they were getting.

Doctors caution that self-injecting or taking any drug without the authorization of a doctor can be harmful -- even deadly.

The state said D’Alleva falsely claimed that her membership in the "Texas Medical Council" authorized her to sell prescription-only products. There is no such organization.

According to court documents, undercover investigators bought a “Newbie Starter Kit” from D'Alleva which contained the prescription Restylane in a filled syringe. They also purchased Dysport and Freeze, both of which contain purified neurotoxins, which are used for wrinkle-reduction.

Empty syringes, needles and other pharmaceuticals were also seized at D'Alleva's home.

Residents of the quiet Mansfield neighborhood said they were surprised when they saw officers entering the residence.

"I thought she was a housewife," said Dana Child.

The Attorney General's office is seeking civil penalties of up to $25,000 per violation per day.

New Study Confirms VASER Lipo Results Are Superior to Standard Liposuction

Saturday, October 24, 2009 7:31 PM

At the 78th Annual American Society of Plastic Surgeons Annual (ASPS) Meeting, Dr. Paul Vanek presented a study that confirms that VASER-Assisted Lipoplasty (VAL) delivers superior results over traditional Suction-Assisted Lipoplasty (SAL) in skin retraction and blood loss.

SEATTLE, Oct. 24 /PRNewswire/ -- At the 78th Annual American Society of Plastic Surgeons Annual (ASPS) Meeting, Dr. Paul Vanek presented a study that confirms that VASER-Assisted Lipoplasty (VAL) delivers superior results over traditional Suction-Assisted Lipoplasty (SAL) in skin retraction and blood loss.

In a study called "A Multi-Center, Prospective, Randomized, Single-Blind, Controlled Clinical Trial Comparing VASER-Assisted Lipoplasty and Suction-Assisted Lipoplasty" results showed that the VASER Lipo treatment demonstrated 53% improvement in skin retraction per mL of aspirate removed relative to the standard SAL method, and a 26% reduction in blood loss. This is the first study to demonstrate statistically significant and clinically relevant improvements in a new lipoplasty technology relative to SAL. This prospective study used a contra-lateral (side-by-side) study design to evaluate post-operative differences between the two techniques over a six-month time period.

"Physicians have been reporting skin tightening benefits and reduced blood loss with the VASER Lipo System since the technology was released in 2002," said Dan Goldberger, CEO of Sound Surgical Technologies LLC. "This study now provides empirical evidence of yet another advantage of using VASER ultrasonic energy in all body contouring procedures."

The study involved twenty female patients between the ages of 20 and 48 who received contra-lateral treatment with traditional liposuction and VASER Lipo in one or more anatomical regions that included the upper arms, upper back, flanks, outer thighs, and inner thighs for a total of 33 regions. Patients were blinded to the technology that was used on them and aspirate was kept separate and analyzed for blood content. Skin retraction was measured using changes in UV tattoos placed prior to surgery.

The study was funded by Sound Surgical Technologies LLC, and the authors received no stipends to participate in the clinical trial. Neither author has a financial interest in any of the products or devices used in the study.

About VASER Lipo - The VASER Lipo System was designed to provide physicians with a versatile tool to treat all areas of the body, from small procedures in the face and neck, to large volume treatments in the abdomen and back. VASER ultrasonic energy is able to selectively liquefy fat while preserving important tissue structures vital to natural skin tightening. By preserving nerves, blood vessels and collagen, physicians report also experience minimal to no pain and bruising postoperatively allowing for a fast return to normal activities.

About Sound Surgical - Founded in 1998, Sound Surgical Technologies placed its first VASER Lipo System on the market in March 2001. More than 100,000 procedures have been performed worldwide using the VASER System. An alternative to traditional tumescent liposuction, the VASER - Vibration Amplification of Sound Energy at Resonance - Lipo System uses an advanced ultrasonic fat removal technology that has become a trusted method in a society saturated with fad procedures. Demanded by physicians and patients alike, the results are smooth and consistent with fast patient recovery. The VASER Lipo System is FDA cleared for body contouring.

Readers interested in learning more about VASER Lipo should visit www.VASER.com.

SOURCE Sound Surgical Technologies

Fat Transfer of mid face and hands

What is fractional C02 or “DOT C02”?

Laser skin care procedures often use the ability of the skin to heal itself in ways that restore a more youthful APPEARANCE TO THE SKIN. One example is the new SmartXide DOT Therapy using fractional C02 laser technology. Traditional C02 lasers work by burning off the complete superficial layer of the skin. While effective, this aggressive treatment can be very painful and require several weeks to months of downtime. SmartXide DOT Therapy can be relatively pain free when numbing cream is applied before treatment. SmartXide DOT is able to achieve a wide zone of thermal damage without removing the entire skin surface. Skin tightening and skin thickening occur following SmartXide DOT with improvement seen up to a year after the treatment.
Effectiveness is approximately 80% when compared to fully ablative CO2 and may require a second or third treatment, but the downtime is 3-5 days instead of several weeks to months