Dear Chantay,
I am sorry to hear that the Restylane® injection around the eyes has caused the dark circles and lumpiness under your eyes. I do not recommend Restylane® injection or other soft tissue filler injection around the eyes for eyelid rejuvenation because of these and other potential problems. Restylane filler injection is a good non-surgical […]

Dear Sid,
Board certified plastic surgeons spend 7 years after medical school and dermatologists spend 3-4 after medical school learning how to do facial rejuvenation and non-surgical facial rejuvenation techniques. I am surprised that your G.P. with no board certification would feel comfortable offering you advice on laser skin rejuvenation, facial rejuvenation and laser non-surgical facial […]

Dear Marcia,
Thank you for your question about Marionette Lines. They are those deep lines that form below the corners of your mouth and run down onto the chin. Many people complain that the Marionette Lines give the face an angry look. They are called Marionette Lines because they resemble the mouth of a puppet or […]

Dear Lee,
I agree with you that the topic of non-surgical laser and photo facial skin rejuvenation and wrinkle removal is a very confusing topic, made worse by the wide variety of branding of facial rejuvenation techniques. I have attempted in my book Save Your Face to organize and clarify this broad topic and the book […]

Dear Lenora,
The term laser toning is new to me. I am guessing that it may refer to improving skin texture with the laser.
Toning might imply tightening. Skin tightening is not done with the laser but with radiofrequency or infrared machines such as Titan®, Thermage®, LuxIR and Aluma® with FACES®.
Improving skin texture and pore size […]

Dear Melissa,
Thank you so much for your kind words and for visiting me at my Boston Plastic Surgery Practice. You are a joy as a patient!
Laser skin rejuvenation and laser peel and the microlaserpeel in particular are wonderful procedures for the right patient, which you so obviously are.
Thank you.
Dr Seckel
Boston, Massachusetts,
Peabody, Massachusetts,
Concord, Massachusetts

Dear Ania,
I recommend you consult with a board certified plastic surgeon who specializes in eyelid surgery. The eyelid rejuvenation procedure called blepharoplasty unless it includes a special procedure called a supratarsal fixation would make your problem worse. Fat grafting can improve hollow eyes caused by loss of fat from the lower eyelid but fat […]

Dear Brenda,
Please check the many blogs I have written about enlarged pores under the archives section on the right hand side of the screen.
Microdermabrasion®, and drying creams such as Retin A® or Brevoxyl washes are a good place to start. Lasers such as Lasergenesis® and Smoothbeam® can help but I would not move to lasers […]

Dear Sarah,
Lasergenesis® has been reported to reduce skin pore size in several clinical papers. The important point is that reduction in skin pore size has required 4-5 treatments and 4-5 months to see the result.
The most important thing for you to do is to consult a reputable board certified plastic surgeon who is experienced with […]

Dear Ellen,
Thank you for your question.
There are several new non-surgical facial rejuvenation skin tightening technologies available that can be used to tighten neck skin. Thermage®, Titan®, LuxIR, Refirme, and the newest one Aluma® with FACES.
Generally these non-surgical facial rejuvenation techniques get about a 30% skin tightening. They are not a non-surgial face lift. They […]