Facial Fillers, Botox, Fraxel, Browlift, Facelift. Which is the right procedure for you?

December 8th, 2008 Dr. Maas

You are at “that” point in your life when you’re considering having a little “work” done. However, you are not sure what you should do, what you want to do and who you should ask to do it.

First of all, what you may think you want, may be different from what you need. So if you are at “that” point, first consider what stage of life you’re in and get a little help from a board certified facial plastic surgeon who can take you from one stage to the next.

It you are in your 30’s, chances are you have minimal wrinkles such as crows feet and the beginnings of laugh lines around the mouth. Facial fillers like Restylane, Juvederm and Prevelle Silk in combination with Botox can easily remedy and smooth out those areas. In addition, you spent your 20’s enjoying the sun’s rays – Intense Pulse Light (IPL), or Fractional Laser treatments like Active and Deep FX can help to soften fine lines and undo much of the damage caused by too much sun.

In your 40’s, the “laugh lines” or “parentheses around your mouth” start to set in and your face starts to deflate, giving you the appearance of weight loss, although you haven’t lost a pound. You can still use a combination of facial fillers like Radiesse or Evolence and Botox to combat these problems, or perhaps you can consider having the bags removed from under your eyes, or removing the excess skin above the eyes with a minimally invasive office procedure. A mini-facelift can also help to restore a youthful appearance. Still at this stage, only a handful of days needed to recover at most.

By the mid-50s, the skin on the neck may be loose and crepey and the skin around the face starts to hang over the jawline creating bumps commonly called jowls. At this point you might opt for a more extensive combination of procedures: a lower facelift and browlift to rejuvenate the face. These procedures may take a little more time for recovery, maybe 10-14 days and results will be long lasting.

Once you’re in your 60s and quickly approaching the 70’s, the loss of facial fat will cause the skin to just plain sag and there will be a “hollowness” to your appearance which can make you look older than you feel. At this point, a facelift and or browlift with some volume enhancement, like fat transfer, would probably be the wisest option if you want to tighten the excess skin and replace some of the volume to the face so as to present a smoother more youthful face.

If you are at “that” point, you now see there are a multitude of options from which to choose. A consultation at The Maas Clinic can help you decide the best option for you!

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My Skin Looks so Good in San Francisco

December 2nd, 2008 The Maas Clinic Staff

I am an employee at The Maas Clinic in San Francisco and often get compliments, actually almost daily, that my skin looks really nice. But these compliments almost always come with this caveat…”that my skin must look nice, only because I have everyday access to the newest facial fillers like Evolence and Prevelle Silk, or that I must have had one of the most technologically advanced cosmetic treatments like Active/Deep FX Fractional Laser Resurfacing, or that I must get IPL treatments every 3 weeks, or last but not least, I must have had something surgically corrected”.

Well, with all that being said, I must admit that I do feel fortunate to have a “heads up” and easy access to the latest and the greatest procedures, products and treatments. In addition, I have been known to more than dabble in botox injections and I can’t seem to resist the “party pout” that results from a syringe of Juvederm or Restylane injected into my lips.

However, my skin… well, I am currently 40 years old and not quite ready for surgery, just yet, and although I have had a few IPL treatments, I credit my “good looking” skin to, yes in part, to my everyday access to the best available treatments, but more to my EVERYDAY use of The Maas Clinic Skin Care line formulated by Dr. Maas.

I do not hit the sheets, no matter how exhausted from along day of work or a day spent chasing two boys under the age of 7, without cleansing my face and applying my Maas Clinic creams — now that makes for a “good nights” sleep and some really “good looking” skin.

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