I met with a woman for the first time yesterday for a consultation about CoolSculpting. I'll call her Jane. After we had gone through everything, she shared that she had had a consultation at a different clinic and that it had been a completely different experience. In fact, it was so different that I feel compelled [...]
Editor's note: We have upgraded to newer and better equipment called the ACS pen. The general principles of how the treatment works remains the same. However the needles are finer so the healing is much faster. Most people leave us looking like they haven't had anything done, and the degree of pinkness, dryness, tightness and flakiness [...]
Botox is the original wrinkle-buster. It relaxes the muscles where it is injected so they can't form the folds in the skin that lead to wrinkles. Now Canadians have access to 2 more muscle relaxants: Xeomin and Dysport. These 3 agents differ from each other in their composition, leading to differences in onset of action, ability [...]
The hot thing right now is a product that you apply to your face to instantly banish wrinkles and bags under your eyes. It goes by names like Instantly Ageless.Here is what I understand about the basic principle of these types of products:As we age, we lose the collagen and elastin in our skin that gave [...]
Teosyal has taken hyaluronic acid fillers to a new level with the Redensity I and Redensity II products. They have added vitamins, minerals and amino acids to the fillers in a combination that has been scientifically proven to stimulate your body to make new collagen in the injection areas. That means long-lasting rejuvenation: your skin will [...]
I remember feeling so disillusioned when I discovered that the name of a product was just that, a name, and didn't necessarily describe the quality of the product.For example, if you see Tree Ripened Oranges, it doesn't mean they were ripened on the tree. The brand is Tree Ripened.I always think about that when I buy [...]
Our hands age just as our faces do. The key is to look at our hands and determine what is making them look old or unattractive. If the tendons and veins are getting too prominent, you are losing the softening layer of fat on the backs of the hands. It is easy to inject a dermal [...]
If you've stopped getting our electronic newsletters and mailings, here's why: Canada's new Anti-Spam Legislation goes into effect on July 1st, 2014. That means that Canadian businesses can no longer send out newsletters and emails to friends and clients for marketing purposes without confirmation that the recipient desires to be on our mailing list. We sent [...]
Stacey Hohn, 41, shared with the Daily Mail her disfigurement following permanent fillers. I have seen a few other women in my own practice with similar problems following permanent fillers. Permanent fillers include such products as Dermalive and DermaDeep, Artecoll and Artefill. Dermalive in particular is notorious for causing disfiguring nodules and it can be reactivated [...]
Did you know that most mascaras contain tar and alcohol? I didn't, until recently. gloMinerals Makeup has changed their mascaras to eliminate tar and alcohol from their formulas. I recently started using glo Lash Boosting Mascara (they also have a water-resistant formula) and I'm finding that I don't have the chronic mild irritation that I used [...]