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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Radiesse is a resorbable filling product, but very different to hyaluronic acid. Its effect: it works by stimulating the synthesis of collagen. Afterwards: once it has been injected, its stimulating action starts, which leads to a slight oedema, sometimes...
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It seems as if hyaluronic acid, radiesse and botox injections produce bruising! In fact it is the needle which causes the bruise, not the product! THE WHY OF BRUISING Depending on the area injected: there are some facial areas more at risk than the others,...
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Why do we look tired or sad (and are subjected to remarks about it) when we are in good health? Below, in order of decreasing importance, are the facial features which make a face appear sad or tired and how we can treat them with safe, simple methods....
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Slackened skin is doubtless the consequence of dermo-epidermal changes, particularly elastin and collagen fibres, but a face with slack appearance may very often be the consequence of disappearing or slipping fatty tissue, of muscular atrophy and skeletal...
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Our hands also age, as we well know! A young face contrasts with emaciated and wrinkled hands – a clash that doesn't ring true. Apart from which our hands are fully exposed to view so we need to take care of them. AGEING OF THE HANDS With the passing...
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It is possible to improve a receding chin with injections. WHICH PRODUCT? Thick volumising hyaluronic acid; there are different types of acid, from the most fluid for smoothing lines to the very thick for volumising and sculpting faces; the latter are...
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More and more men are turning to aesthetic medicine at any age – from 25 years on, for problems such as hollow bags under the eyes, aquiline nose, "looking tired", too-thin lips, chin receding, face not virile enough... - approaching the thirties, the...
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Why do cheeks become hollow? Some age by wrinkling, some in sagging, others become hollow... it is a question of genetics. Those which age by becoming hollow can be observed to lose fat around the cheeks, the tear trough, the temples, the eye sockets...
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What are marionette lines? They are the lines (quickly becoming, over time, folds of skin) which start at the corners of the mouth and descend to the chin. They are probably the lines which most mark the ageing face. Contrary to the naso-labial folds...
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