The eyes are the “window to the soul” and our most frequently viewed facial feature and unfortunately the first feature to show the signs of facial aging. Usually by the 30’s we begin to see crow’s feet, wrinkles, eye bags, dark circles under the eyes, and the start of eyelid hoods or hooding of the [...]

The eyes are the window to the soul; our most often noted and viewed facial feature, and unfortunately the first facial feature to show signs of facial aging. Eyelid aging changes begin as early as the late 20’s and early 30’s and are one of the most common concerns that motivate people to seek plastic [...]

CO2 ablative laser resurfacing has been the “Gold Standard” for non surgical facial rejuvenation and removal of facial skin wrinkles and photo aging since 1995. CO2 ablative laser resurfacing using the Ultrapulse CO2 laser can achieve very significant facial rejuvenation including wrinkle removal, skin tightening and removal of pigment and photo aging skin changes. (See [...]

To better understand the treatment of dark eye circles under the eyes I will discuss the various types of dark eye circles under the eyes that I encounter in my plastic surgery practice and my understanding of the cause of the dark eye circles, and what I feel is the most effective treatment to [...]

Expecting a skin cream to remove face lines from your facial skin is like putting an aspirin on top of your head to cure a headache! (Contact Dr Seckel)

Above before and after CO2 laser resurfacing
Most face line or wrinkle removal creams cannot get into the face line to correct the skin damage that is [...]

CO2 ablative laser resurfacing has been the “Gold Standard” for non surgical facial rejuvenation and removal of facial skin wrinkles and photo aging since 1995. CO2 ablative laser resurfacing using the Ultrapulse CO2 laser can achieve very significant facial rejuvenation including wrinkle removal, skin tightening and removal of pigment and photo aging skin changes.

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If you are interested in skin rejuvenation and laser skin resurfacing you will be hearing a lot about Fraxel and Fractional laser Skin Resurfacing in the future. To better understand the significance of these new advances some technical knowledge of laser skin treatments and past laser skin care technology is important.

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Perhaps you saw the piece about Fraxel on Good Morning America today (2/1/08). What is so exciting is that the new fractional skin rejuvenation is a great improvement over older CO2 laser resurfacing. In the past CO2 ablative laser resurfacing (see photo below) was the “Gold Standard” for wrinkle removal and skin tightening, however prolonged [...]