In about 2 weeks I’m going to attend a course which will allow me to use a new soft tissue filler made by Johnson and Johnson- it is a cross-linked collagen product for moderate to deep wrinkles and folds and is supposed to last AT LEAST 6 months.  Only a plastic surgeon who has attended this seminar will be able to get and inject the Evolence product, so it is not something that will be easy to find in the run of the mill medical spa.  I don’t anticipate that this will replace the other plastic surgery injectables that I use such as Radiesse and Juviderm and Resylane, but I do think for certain situations, this new product should be pretty fantastic.  Give us a call or send us an email to schedule an appointment if you think this type of plastic surgery injectable soft tissue filler is something you might like to have.

I was looking through a newspaper this week and came across an ad for a “cosmetic surgeonâ€� and his face lift using a laser, with before and after photos. The photos were interesting- a rather dramatic result was shown, with the caption “before face liftâ€� and “after face liftâ€�. Examining the photos a bit more carefully, I noticed a couple of classic tricks that advertisers can use… Firstly, in the “afterâ€� photos, the woman was wearing a significant amount of makeup- she was “dolled upâ€� as my grandmother used to say. (more…)