Dr. Rose's BlogHere’s a good video about breast MRI.
It was made in 2007 so some aspects of the technology have already advanced. For instance, in the video they say that MRI can detect a tumor at 5 – 6 mm but we are now talking about detecting tumors of only 2 mm.
The video is brief (less than 3 minutes) and shows the breast coil. It also shows some images taken with the MRI.
Ask anyone what a facelift is and they can probably tell you.
But what about a nonsurgical or volumizing facelifts, a Liquid Facelift, a FavorLift, a Voluma Facelift or a Facelift in a Bottle?
What exactly are those? Are they all the same?
In the past, plastic surgeons treated the effects of aging with a facelift. But by removing so called “excess skin”, they left many with the telltale swept back or stretched face. Your face looked tighter but not necessarily younger.
These days doctors look at the effects of aging as made up of three parts:
All of the nonsurgical facelift treatments focus on restoring volume. They use various compounds like Sculptra, Juvederm, Restylane and Artecoll. The trouble is many people don’t understand the difference between the different products and use the terms interchangeably.
Sculptra or poly-L-lactic acid. It stimulates the body to produce collagen, giving you, in time, a fuller and more youthful appearance. Sculptra takes 2 to 6 treatments over a period of months for best effect. It lasts 2 to 3 years. It is excellent for restoring volume all over the face including the temples. This restoration puts the eyes and nose back into proportion with the rest of the face. This is often known as a Liquid Facelift or Facelift in a Bottle.
Teosyal, Juvederm and Restylane are hyaluronic acid gels. These are fillers often used to fill in deep wrinkles, which does improve appearance. In volumizing facelifts, the product is placed under the skin close to the bone where fat loss has occurred. This lifts the skins, smoothing it out and restores a more youthful appearance. The effects are immediate and recovery time minimal.
While hyaluronic acid occurs naturally in the body, Juvederm is a more purified form of hyaluronic acid than Restylane and consequently less likely to cause a reaction upon injection. These deep injection treatments go by such names as Voluma Facelift, Tri Site Bolus or as we call it, Instant Cheek Restoration. The effects last much longer than when used to fill expression lines or wrinkles up to several years.
Key issues to consider are the doctor’s technique and artistic eye. The practitioner must understand the 3d modelling of the face in general AND how to correct what ails YOU. Too much revolumizing in the wrong place can make you look “done”, if not downright strange. Improper placement can give the appearance of beads under the surface or make you look a bit cat-like.
Another issue that is rarely talked about is the gauge of the needle used for injections. Restylane SubQ (used in the Voluma facelift) is injected with a 16 gauge needle. Juvederm and Sculptra are injected with a much finer needle, a 26 or 27 gauge. A 16 gauge needle is big enough to leave a little scar. Using a finer needle also allows product to be placed in smaller doses in spots.
Here is the only video I could find on YouTube that shows Restylane SubQ being injected in the cheeks. It’s from South America and the quality is not great but it gives you an idea of what I am talking about.
This video shows a cheek augmentation procedure with Juvederm. Note the fine 27 gauge needle.
Many of the names you read about are used by doctors to personalize the treatment they offer their patients and train other doctors to practise. Don’t worry too much about a specific name. Do your homework and find out exactly what product the doctor is using and how they are injecting it.
Dr. Rose Jeans
Advanced Rejuvenation Medical Spa
In this video, Claire takes up where she left off in the last one, converting Catherine’s daytime makeup to a more dramatic evening look.
At the end of the video, I left a little of the conversation between Catherine and Claire as Catherine asks a few questions and comments on the makeup.
This series of videos is great for anyone who needs to update their makeup techniques or is interested in learning how to use mineral makeup.
Just to recap, Claire Andrews, makeup specialist at Advanced Rejuvenation Medical Spa, is demonstrating a makeup application on Catherine while Catherine’s skin is red and rough from a fractionated laser treatment.
In Part 1, we saw how Claire handles the concealer and foundation using gloMinerals mineral makeup.
In Part 2, she applies color — blush, eyes, brows and lips — to complete a daytime look. You’ll see Claire demonstrating some of the techniques she discussed in her first video, particularly how to handle the bright blush colors that are fashionable now and how to get the current brow shape.
Part 3 will show how to convert the daytime look to a bit more drama for night.
This is the first of 2 videos about applying makeup after a fractionated laser treatment.
The fractionated laser we use is the Pixel but you would have the same thing with the Fraxel or Sciton ProFractional. Your skin is reddened and roughened for a few days after the treatment. The roughness gradually flakes off.
The reason we do a fractionated laser treatment is to improve the texture of the skin so it looks smoother, tighter and more refined. The laser works by stimulating collagen formation which tightens the skin, and stimulating new skin cell formation which makes the skin look fresh and radiant.
In this video, the makeup specialist at Advanced Rejuvenation, Claire, demonstrates on Catherine how you can completely hide the redness and roughness with a light application of concealer and foundation. In Part 2, Claire will apply color to the cheeks and eyes to finish up Catherine’s look.
Meet Catherine and hear her story. Her transformation started last year and has been building so that undergoing the 10 Years Younger … in Burlington! program is a natural next step in her progression.
Catherine is motivating herself with some pretty big goals. You can support Catherine’s dream to do the 60k Weekend to End Breast Cancer by clicking here.
The buzz this spring is all about switching to lighter, brighter colours. For those of us who have been brought up to have a stark fear of blue eyeshadow, how do we make it work?
In this video, Claire Andrews, makeup specialist at Advanced Rejuvenation Medical Spa, demonstrates 2 quick and easy tips that look pretty and fashionable — just what we need for spring!
