Aesthetic medicine has made lightning progress in ten years! When I opened my aesthetic clinic in 2001, neither the same products nor the same techniques were available, so I was restricted to the correction of naso-labial folds (wrinkles starting at...
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No, it all depends on the doses injected! How Botox works: Botox (or, properly speaking botulinum toxin, Botox being a brand name like Vistabel, Azzalure, Bocouture, Dysport, Xéomine, etc, which are also ‘botox’), is an active principle which neutralises...
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Yes, a hundred times yes! And in two principal ways: By mechanical action: whenever your face moves, it breaks up in several places, for example in the area of the naso-labial folds (the two big folds which start at the level of your nose and go down...
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This is actually a widespread idea... when I suggest to a patient (and more and more often it is a male patient) re-drawing and/or plumping up the mouth, the usual reaction is a categorical “NO”, accompanied by: “I don’t want a duck-bill / fish-mouth...
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Injecting wrinkles, or volumising, are still superficial techniques, and the consequences are also superficial; but when you decide to have injections for the first time, you worry; you look at yourself twenty times each day from every angle; you are...
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What ages the face most? What should you prioritise, when you don't have an unlimited budget? What marks faces most (giving a tired, sadder, older appearance) are the vertical lines which draw the face downwards, emphasising the collapse of the features....
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Hyaluronic acid is present in its natural state in our skin, and not just a little of it! It represents more than 50% of its total weight. Over the years, the amount of hyaluronic acid diminishes, taking with it the radiance and the plumped-up look of...
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No-one is completely immune from a poor outcome: even the best of the best have their failures...they just have fewer than the others. WHY ? First of all, never forget that the doctor (or the surgeon) works on the living organism, which is to say a collection...
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Afraid of being too frozen; you only need to use less of it, and/or avoid the forehead, and you will not be frozen. Afraid of the toxicity of Botox Used for more than 30 years in medicine (and at much higher doses), this product is well known. Always...
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How are hyaluronic acid injections priced? By the syringe is the general case. By results: often used for some areas such as the circles under the eyes, the nose, or for some doctors for all of their treatments. How much is a syringe of hyaluronic acid?...
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