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What are neurotoxins?

Neurotoxins, also known as Botox and Xeomin, are injectable solutions that temporarily block nerve receptors in the muscle, preventing lines and wrinkles from forming. They can be used to treat muscle stiffness, muscle spasms, excessive sweating, and overactive bladder. This cosmetic treatment is the #1 nonsurgical procedure since 2000.

What is the difference between Botox and Xeomin?

Each brand has a slightly different formulation of bacterium: Clostridium Botulinum or Botulinum Toxin A. They all work in the same way – block the nerve impulses of the injected muscles to temporarily paralyze muscle movements that cause wrinkles.

The main difference between Xeomin and Botox has to do with the formulation. Xeomin is a “naked” neurotoxin. That is, Xeomin contains only a single ingredient (botulinum toxin A), while the formulation of Botox includes various protective proteins clustered around the active molecule. The benefit of Xeomin’s pure-form means users have a lower chance of developing resistance (antibodies) that can limit its desired effects.

What does it do?

Neurotoxins target underlying causes of fine lines on the face, such as, the repeated muscle contractions from frowning and squinting. Your provider will inject the muscles with the neurotoxins to essentially pause muscle activity. The temporary absence of contracting facial muscles will cause fines lines to be reduced or removed as the skin naturally renews itself.

What are the differences between Botox and fillers?

• Botox works to reduce the appearance of lines that are visible when you are smiling, frowning, or squinting and stops new ones from forming. Fillers treat deeper lines and wrinkles that are present even when the face is at rest.
• Botox reduces muscle movement; fillers plump and fill the skin while replacing and stimulating the production of collagen.
• Botox injections will show results in 3-5 days and will last approximately 3-6 months. Fillers provide instant results and can last anywhere from 6 months to 2 years.

When should you consider Neurotoxins?

Since everyone’s skin is different, there is no specific age. Some choose to get preventative injectables when they are young to prevent lines from becoming ingrained.

If you are pregnant, breastfeeding, or have a neurological disease, you should not use these injectables

What are dermal fillers and how do they work?

Dermal fillers, also called soft tissue fillers, can be injections of a substance, such as hyaluronic acid (HA). HA is a molecule that is naturally occurring in our bodies and helps to hydrate and fill up lines or depressions in the face to restore volume loss and achieve a younger-looking face.

As we age, we lose HA, collagen, and subcutaneous facial fat, resulting in a sunken look that can age us significantly.

Dermal fillers are used for facial aesthetic treatments and are injected into the skin. They are designed to effectively reduce the appearance of unwanted wrinkles, contour and create volume, and to revitalise the skin. Dermal fillers‘ base is hyaluronic acid which is a substance that naturally exists in your body.  

Hyaluronic acid is a sugar molecule that exists naturally in almost all living organisms. It binds water and can act as a lubricant and shock absorber in movable parts of the body such as joints. It is also important for the transport of nutrients and in regulating water balance in skin.

Dermal fillers work by boosting the skin’s supply of hyaluronic acid, dermal fillers revitalise and add volume to the skin, instantly diminishing the appearance of lines and wrinkles, and giving a natural softer look. Dermal fillers are a soft injectable gel consisting of stabilized, non-animal hyaluronic acid. The gel is tissue-friendly and closely resembles the hyaluronic acid that exists naturally in the body. It is long-lasting, but not permanent.

Dermal filler injections provide an easy way to reduce the appearance of wrinkles, smooth the skin and give a more youthful appearance. The result of a single treatment can be seen instantly and can last for around 6 to 9 months. Dermal filler injections can give a natural looking result that does not affect facial expression.  As your face changes over time, dermal fillers allow you to control your look subtly as you age.

Where can fillers be used?

Dermal fillers are injected into specific zones of the face. They can be used in areas like:

• Lips
• Cheeks
• Indented scars (like 'ice pick' scars) 
• Around the mouth (nasolabial folds or ‘smile lines’) 
• Deep facial wrinkles
• Under the eyes
• Neck wrinkles 
• Back of hands 

Not only can injections be used on lines and wrinkles, but they can even be used to reshape noses, chins and jawlines.

Is dermal filler different than Botox? 

It can be easy to use the words “filler” and “Botox” interchangeably as they are both injectable, FDA-approved procedures. But in reality, they are two very different cosmetic procedures that have very different functions when it comes to how they perform beneath the dermis.

To start with, a facial filler contains ingredients, like hyaluronic acid, that are used to quite literally “fill in” the dermis to reduce the appearance of wrinkles or volume loss.

Botox, on the other hand, contains a type of bacteria, botulinum toxin (where Botox gets its name), that has been purified. The bacteria in Botox freeze and relax facial muscles so that they have a limited range in motion. When you are unable to move your facial muscles, the appearance of lines and wrinkles is significantly reduced.

Unlike most fillers, Botox can be used as an anti-aging treatment since the limited movement of facial muscles can prevent new wrinkles from forming.

What dermal fillers are typically used for?

Dermal filler injections are used for deep face and neck lines to plump up their appearance, essentially making them far less noticeable and often making them disappear completely (albeit temporarily). They can be used in places like under the eyes to reduce puffiness or restore volume in areas of thin skin like the lips and cheeks.

For acne scars, an injectable filler can fill up deep indentations or “holes” and pockmarks that can significantly mar the texture of the skin. Dermal fillers can further smooth out a crepey turkey neck, or “tech” neck. 

Fillers can also be used to plump up the back of the hands to make them look fuller and hide the dark veins that can cause us to look older.

How Long Do Cosmetic Fillers In The Face Last?

How long injections last will depend on the type of cosmetic fillers used. According to the American Board of Cosmetic Surgery, the amount of time that dermal fillers last depends on a few different factors such as:

• Where the dermal fillers were injected (treatment area)
• The type of filler used (the denser the product is, the longer it will stay)
• How deep the provider injected the filler into the dermis
• The patient’s medical history, age, daily sun exposure, etc.

In general, hyaluronic acid fillers tend to last anywhere between 6 to 18 months. 

What is Morpheus8?
Morpheus8 is a safe and effective minimally invasive modular RF fractional solution for full body subdermal adipose remodeling.

What is Morpheus8 skin tightening? 

Morpheus8 is a specially designed treatment regimen that helps to restore your skin and eliminate the appearance of fine lines and wrinkles. This technology utilizes microneedling and radiofrequency energies to help contour your face and stimulate collagen production from cells that lie deeper in your tissue. Morpheus8 is a great approach because the increased collagen production can last far longer than simple dermal fillers and allows for your results to continue to improve over the course of a few weeks.

Microneedling helps to stimulate the surface of the skin to produce the collagen, while the radiofrequency energy targets the underlying tissues. This allows the deeper layers of the skin to change their organization that helps with the anti-aging process.

Morpheus8 does almost no damage to the surface of the skin, so the potential of infection is much lower than other treatment options. It also has been proven to leave a very uniform effect across the skin, so you do not have to worry that different parts of your face will have more dramatic improvement than other areas. Your face will look naturally young and radiant.

What areas can be treated? 

Morpheus8 can be used on an area of the body that exhibits issues with wrinkles, sagging skin or even acne scarring. While facial treatments are the most popular, a number of patients also have treatments applied to their neck, abdomen, and hands.

How many sessions are required?

The number of sessions that are required for each patient can vary based on the number of areas that they are having treated, the size, or the current condition of their skin and wrinkles. However, most patients only need between one and three treatments to realize the full potential of this approach.

In addition to a Morpheus8 treatment, we also generally recommend that patients consider IPL to get the best results possible. 

What to expect after treatment:

Morpheus8 requires minimal downtime, so you are able to return to your normal activities almost immediately. However, talk with your provider, because individual recommendations can vary.

We do ask that patients wait between 1-2 days before applying makeup to the treated areas. Makeup can hinder your body’s ability to heal properly and can introduce the infection to a treated area. Many patients will notice that they have some microlesions for a few days and redness that lasts for around a week before they have completely healed.

It is important to note that the microlesions do not indicate areas that have received more treatment or that will look different from any other area. These heal within a few days, and your skin will generally still look even and uniform.

While you are healing, we recommend that patients stay out of direct sunlight. We also recommend that once you have healed, you regularly apply a high-quality sunblock. Effective use of sunscreen can help to reduce the future potential for skin cancer and has also been shown to reduce wrinkles over time.

Key Benefits:

• Morpheus8 delivers the deepest fractional treatments available, penetrating subdermal tissue up to 8mm (7mm + 1mm thermal profile).
• Dual Handpieces allow for increased treatment functionality: Morpheus8 for smaller treatment areas and Morpheus8 Body for larger and deeper tissue treatments.
• Four fractional tips with different microneedle configurations (Prime 12 pin, Resurfacing 24 pin, Morpheus8 24 pin, and Body 40 pin) deliver clinically proven RF energy to multiple treatment depths (0.5mm – 7mm).
• Equipped with Burst mode RF technology, Morpheus8 Body automatically deploys bipolar RF energy to multi-level treatment depths in a single cycle. The ability to target tissue sequentially at three levels, in millisecond intervals, allows for a significant reduction in treatment times, minimizes skin injury, increases treatment uniformity, and enables customized full body fractional procedures.
• This fractional tissue treatment simulates the production of collagen in the underlying layers of the dermis. Morpheus8’s modular tips enable procedures to be customized for large or small body areas.
• Safe on skin types up to and including VI with little risk of post inflammatory hyperpigmentation (PIH) which is common with other resurfacing methods.

What Is Lumecca?

Lumecca is the most powerful intense pulsed light (IPL) to treat pigmented and vascular lesions. After just one use, patients notice significant improvements in the complexion and clarity of the skin. Lumecca operates using photothermolysis, which provides a photofacial through the delivery of a comfortable light treatment.

What sets Lumecca apart?

The technology in Lumecca uses a higher peak power in order to deliver a stronger result, which leads to fewer treatments than other IPL machines on the market.

Lumecca is a breakthrough intense pulsed light (IPL) that delivers up to 3X more energy in the 500-600 nm range to improve efficacy for vascular and pigmented lesions. It is optimized for clinicians to treat a variety of skin types and conditions with just a single session.

What are the benefits?

In just 1-3 sessions Lumecca improves the appearance of:

• Age spots (red/brown pigmentations)
• Vascular lesions such as facial telangiectasias (spider veins) and poikiloderma
• Rosacea (redness)
• Freckles
• Sun damage

What areas can be treated?

Lumecca can be used on all areas of the body. The most common areas of treatment are zones that are regularly exposed to the sun. This often includes the face, neck, décolletage, legs, hands and arms.

What steps must be taken before the procedure?

Avoid direct, excessive sun exposure or tanning one month prior to treatment.

What should I expect during and after Lumecca?

During treatment there will be a bright flash of light from the Lumecca that feels like a light elastic sensation. Redness and a slight warming of the skin are normal after treatment and usually subsides within an hour. Over the next 24-48 hours you may see a darkening of pigmented spots; in the week afterwards the pigmented lesions flake off, leading to an evening out of skin tone. After treating vascular lesions you may see the vein blanch and disappear or a color change in the vessel which dissipates after a few days.

How many sessions are required?

An improved skin appearance can be noted after the first session. Multiple sessions provide even better results. Treatment regime depends on the severity of skin damage, skin type, type of treatment (vascular vs sun damage) and energy settings.

How quickly will I see results?

Sun damage and skin complexion results can be seen a few days after the first session. The skin will continue to look younger and more brilliant over time with most visible results after 1-2 weeks. Having multiple sessions will improve the final result. For vascular treatments such as facial telangiectasias, results can be seen in up to 2 weeks.

Are there any side effects?

Most patients do not experience any side effects and any skin reaction usually resolves within a few hours. Patients may find they are sensitive to sunlight immediately after treatment. It is recommended to avoid direct sunlight and tanning.

Pigment & vascular issues

For patients looking to address facial pigmentation, superficial vessels, skin texture and/or photodamage, IPL is the optimal solution. IPL treatments improve skin complexion, reduce skin irregularities and help patients look years younger. IPL treatment helps address age spots (red/brown pigmentation), sun damage, vascular lesions (spider veins, port wine stains, leg telangiectasias), rosacea (redness) and freckles. The most common areas of treatment are zones that are regularly exposed to the sun. This often includes the face, neck, décolletage, legs, hands and arms.

What is Diolaze?

Diolaze is an advanced laser hair removal procedure that safely and gently eliminates unwanted hair. Diolaze has one of the largest treatment spot sizes, making treatments convenient and fast. The combination of efficacy, patient comfort and speed makes Diolaze the leader in laser hair removal.

How does Diolaze work?

During laser treatment, a diode laser beam passes through the skin towards hair follicles. The penetrating energy then heats up the root of the hair, which in turn prevents future hair growth.

Does it hurt?

Diolaze has a built in skin cooling surface which is one of the largest for all hair removal devices. This makes treatment more comfortable than other devices, with most patients noting that Diolaze is virtually painless.

Why do I need multiple treatment to achieve hair removal?

As with all laser hair removal methods, Diolaze requires a series of treatments. Laser hair removal works best when hair follicles are in their mature stage, however, at any given time, your hair is in various stages of growth.

How many sessions are required?

With each treatment, hair is reduced and best results are observed after four to six sessions. The number of sessions will differ depending on your hair color, hair type, body area, and skin tone.

Which areas of the body can be treated?

Diolaze can be safely used on most areas of the body that have unwanted hair. Most commonly treated areas include: bikini, legs, arms, chest, back, shoulders, stomach, neck, chin and sideburns.

What is the benefit of Diolaze?

Unlike traditional methods (waxing, shaving, bleaching or using depilatory creams), Diolaze laser hair removal impacts the root of the problem, rather than offering a temporary solution. Traditional methods will require treatment forever, while Diolaze only requires a few sessions. Most patients immediately notice a significant reduction in hair growth after a few sessions and eventually smooth and hair-free skin.

What is EXO|E Skin Revitalizing Complex? 

This technology is based on a patent-protected biofriendly formula that helps ensure perfect compatibility with the skin. The treatment protocol includes D|TOX, EXO|E, and RE|PAIR to be applied over an 11-day regimen for in-office and at-home use. This technology enhances results and speeds up desired outcomes for an elevated patient experience.

Details:

• Up to a 3x faster recovery with enhanced rejuvenation results
• 10x stimulation of collagen, elastin, and hyaluronic acid
• Introducing 15 billion exosomes and 2,000 active system stem cell secretory factors per application
• Offering 20x the amount of cell signaling versus other competitive exosome products

How Do Exosomes Work?

• Stem cells have an unmatched ability to be developed and grown into specific types of cells. They also have another function – they secrete exosomes
• Exosomes are part of the regenerative skin cell process
• Exosomes provide a more potent, powerful combination of sources needed to repair our skin

Exosome therapy is clinically proven to:

• Reduce the appearance of fine lines, wrinkles and age spots
• Increase overall skin brightness and hydration
• Reduce skin irritation and redness
• Improve skin texture, vitality and pore size

What do exosomes do?

• Aid in tissue repair, rapid wound healing and decrease post-treatment inflammation by 61%
• Increase production of collagen by 165% and elastin production by 90%
• Smooth out fine lines and wrinkles
• Reduce the appearance of acne scars
• Increase hyaluronic production in the skin by 198%
• Repair skin from outside-in

How to use this system:

A complete and perfectly formulated set of active naturally occurring plant stem cell secretory factors to aid you in your healing time post procedure and elevate your treatment outcomes.

Step 1:

D|TOX (at-home) helps hydrate and prep your skin for your upcoming treatment.

Use twice daily for five days to hydrate the skin up to 10x for optimum treatment results.
Step 2:
EXO|E is a concentrated loading dose of stem cell factors, including extracellular nanoparticle technology "ENPT", liposomes, growth factors, anti-inflammatory factors, VegF and over 2,000 additional factors per application, leading to targeted results and desired outcomes. This step is applied in-office.
Step 3:
RE|PAIR (at-home) reinforces the work of EXO|E with ten additional applications of extracellular nanoparticle technology "ENPT", liposomes, and the full complement of stem cell factors found in nature's healing processes.

Used twice daily for 5 days post-treatment, enhancing comfort and shortening downtime.