Dear Heather, You have asked the question that most of my patients ask in my plastic surgery practice today. Everyone wants to look younger and have wrinkle removal but most people do not want to have surgery. Happily there are many excellent non-surgical facial rejuvenation techniques for wrinkle removal available today. Facial aging is not [...]

Dear Maurice, You’re complaint about the tired look is one of the most common I hear in my Plastic Surgery practice. Remarkable improvement is possible with laser eyelid rejuvenation. Most commonly the tired look is caused by facial aging changes around the eyes, loose skin or hooding of the upper eyelids, and most commonly puffy [...]

Dear Hillary, Facial anti-aging or facial skin rejuvenation is a concern to millions of people today. Happily there are many new non-surgical facial skin rejuvenation techniques today, which can really help correct facial aging and remove wrinkles. The most exciting and revolutionary discoveries are the new laser skin rejuvenation and photo facial non-surgical facial rejuvenation [...]

Dear Denise, The short honest answer is no. A face lift is a surgical procedure, which involves removing excess facial skin and tightening the remaining skin to give the face a fresh young tightened and lifted appearance. A face lift can very effectively rejuvenate the face by correcting the sagging brow, jowls along the jaw [...]

Dear Denise, The microlaser peel, often spelled MicroLaserPeel is one of the most effective new laser skin peel treatments for removal of fine lines and wrinkles on the face. Results of laser resurfacing for wrinkle removal can be beautiful! The chief benefit of the MicroLaserPeel skin peel is first that it actually works, unlike the [...]

Dear Thomas, Both Fraxel and the Sciton Microlaserpeel laser type skin peels are used by plastic surgeons and dermatologiosts for mild acne scarring. The key is finding a plastic surgeon who is experienced in their use. My preference is the MicrolaserPeel using the Sciton Erbium laser or the ActiveFX laser skin peel. These ablative laser [...]

Dear Darcy, Thank you for your very insightful question. Facial skin aging is caused by a number of factors of which the sun is a most important one. Ultraviolet radiation from the sun as you point out causes facial aging by direct damage to the collagen and elastin fibers in the dermis or deep layer [...]