Dear Denise,
To rejuvenate means to make young or youthful again or restore to an original state. Facial rejuvenation or skin rejuvenation requires that the face or skin be restored to a young, youthful, or original state.
To understand facial or skin rejuvenation you must understand what facial aging changes have occurred on the facial skin and [...]

Dear Please Help!
From your description your diagnosis of ectropion is very likely correct. Other terms used to describe this problem are scleral show, sad eyed look, and hound dog eyes. You have taken the most important step by contacting a plastic surgeon who has a good reputation. His advice sounds appropriate. When you see the [...]

Dear Wanda,
I cannot give you a recommendation without examining you. If your plastic surgeon is a board certified plastic surgeon and you trust him/her then you should follow his/her advice.
The non-surgical facial rejuvenation skin tightening machine called Thermage® and the other new skin tightening technologies Titan®, LuxIR, Refirme and the Aluma® FACES®, can tighten skin [...]

Dear Molly,
Fortunately there are many exciting new methods available today for non-surgical facial skin rejuvenation that do not require a face lift. While a face lift, called a rhytidectomy in medical terms, is still the “gold standard” and a face lift will give a very beautifully rejuvenated facial result, newer high tech non-surgical facial rejuvenation [...]

Dear Michelle,
As I say repeatedly in all my writings the MOST IMPORTANT thing for any patient considering eyelid rejuvenation surgery for removal of eye bags and dark circles under the eyes is to find a board certified plastic surgeon they trust, feel comfortable with, who has a good reputation, is very experienced in eyelid surgery [...]

Dear Phil,
The non-surgical facial rejuvenation procedure called skin tightening with the Titan® machine does produce discomfort; the machine produces a stinging heat sensation. While the pain is certainly tolerable, I prefer to apply a topical anesthetic cream on my patients because the procedure can take an hour or more and after time and many pulses [...]

Dear Judith,
I do not recommend the injection of Restylane®, Hylaform®, Sculptra®, Radiesse, or any other artificial filler into the dark circles under the eyes at this time. This eyelid rejuvenation technique is new and studies of its safety and effectiveness are not available. I worry about damage to the eye by the injection, especially if [...]

Dear Meg,
It is impossible for me to make a personal recommendation for you without examining you in person. It is very important that you seek consultation with an experienced board certified surgeon who can offer you all the options and choose the one that is best for your face. Avoid having someone “fit your face” [...]

Dear Claire,
The early skin aging changes you see on your neck are very common and are often the first sign of facial aging that prompts people to consider some type of facial rejuvenation. Fortunately for you, you just have early skin laxity and don’t have many wrinkles, thus non-surgical facial skin rejuvenation will be more [...]

FACES®……appears to be a significant new development in the treatment of facial aging.