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Juvederm is dermal filler used in treatments of facial wrinkles. This is a FDA approved drug for cosmetic use on the face and body. The treatment can successively reduce the visibility of Nasolabial folds commonly known as the smile lines. Increase in the total mass of the face, removing scars and giving a fuller look to the face is effectively performed with this treatment. Other than correcting the Nasolabial folds the medicine is also widely used for correction of lips and to give them a more voluptuous look.

I recently had the opportunity to attend the ISAPS (International Society of Aesthetic Plastic Surgeons) meeting that this year was held in Istanbul, Turkey from September 20 – 24 inclusive. It was an assemblage of 2000 plastic surgeons, literally from all over the world who gathered to learn from each other in all areas of aesthetic plastic surgery including face, eyes, body contouring, breast augmentation and reduction and even antiaging. It was good to have the opportunity to reconnect with many of my friends from other countries that I have met and worked with over the years.

Large breasts affect nearly 1 million American women, but there is help available. Extremely large breasts have been linked to a number of physical complaints including back aches, neck pain, and numbness in the fingers in hands. They have also been implicated in migraine headaches, known to cause shortness of breath, and have prevented women from doing everything from aerobic exercise to picking up their children, to sitting at a desk.

If you could transfer fat from one area of your body to another to improve your look and make you look young again, would you do it? At Premier Plastic Surgery, Dr. Hankins offers fat transfer procedures that restore your youthful look. This procedure is offered to patients in the Pearland and Houston, Texas, areas.

The thighs are notorious for accumulating stubborn fat and loose skin, particularly with age or after weight loss. Fortunately, there is a solution. With thigh lift surgery, leading Houston, TX plastic surgeon Dr. Christopher Hankins reshapes the inner and outer thighs for a slimmer, smoother, more desirable new shape.

The abdominal area is notoriously difficult to slim down and tone through diet and exercise, and these challenges often worsen with age, pregnancy, weight gain and weight loss. The tummy tuck (abdominoplasty) is a popular plastic surgery that removes excess skin and tightens stretched abdominal muscles. Dr. Christopher Hankins is a skilled and experienced plastic surgeon who uses the lipoabdominoplasty technique to improve upon the traditional procedure. His Pearland and Houston patients enjoy a slimmer, tighter body shape with this unique approach.

A traditional facelift procedure is performed through an incision starting in the hair or hairline above and in front of the ear (the temporal region). The incision is extended downward in front of the ear, comes under the ear and then upward behind the ear ending in the hair or hairline behind the ear. The skin and fatty tissues are then lifted off the underlying muscle and fascia (connective tissue) as far forward as is necessary to correct the loose skin problem. The underlying muscle and fascia can be tightened with sutures if the surgeon feels it is necessary.

To treat excess fat, reduction via liposuction is a no-brainer. But how do newer technology-based solutions fit in? The jury is still out according to several industry experts. In the March issue of Cosmetic Surgery Times (CST), Dr. Jane Petro, a Boston-based plastic surgeon points out that “there is relatively little evidence-based medicine regarding the varying liposuction devices used in cosmetic surgery today particularly regarding the claimed advantages of one technology over the other.”

Perhaps due to the immoble foreheads of one too many reality stars out there, Botox gets somewhat of a bad rap, but for those in the real world who have tried out the treatment, it’s unlikely that you’ll notice they got anything done. “I say this all the timeif they would have named it something other than ‘Botox,’ it would have gotten a better acceptance, and it got a bad twist early on,” says Dr. Stafford Broumand of 740 Park Avenue Plastic Surgery in New York City. “

By now you’ve probably heard about it: the HCG Diet, an extreme diet that involves injections of HCG (human chorionic gonadotropin). HCG is the hormone women make when they are pregnant. Previously, the HCG Diet was defined by a 500-calorie diet paired with daily injections of HCG.