Dr Macri
Patient Satisfaction Higher with Dysport than Botox
Those of you who have read my previous blogs know I prefer Dysport over Botox. I cited many advantages including rapid onset, more natural look, more spreading of product over crow’s feet area and lower cost as reasons. A new study released this month by Dr Rubin of Beverly Hills ,California published in Cosmetic Dermatology [...]
Can Liposuction Improve Your Health?
New research says: Yes! Liposuction has long been considered a purely cosmetic procedure but a new study presented at the American Society of Plastic Surgeons meeting in Denver, CO last month suggests significant reductions in Triglycerides, thereby reducing risk for heart disease, stroke and diabetes. High Triglyceride levels are known to be associated with an [...]
Does She or Doesn’t She? Use Botox?
Do you remember this catchy advertising slogan from Clairol in the 1960′s? In this blog I’ll address that now Botox treatments are more main stream than when first FDA approved in 2002. Botox treatments have a history of being veiled in secrecy and viewed as an indulgence for the elite and vain, similar to the [...]
How Long Is The Recovery Time from Liposuction under Local Anesthesia?
The recovery time for liposuction can vary depending on whether you were under local anesthesia by the tumescent technique or whether you were under general anesthesia. If under local, then you are up and about moving around the next day but you are leaking fluids for 2 days so most patients wait 2 days to [...]
Botox with NO INJECTIONS?
I am writing this blog to clarify my statement from the Aesthetic Plastic Surgery and Anti Aging Medicine conference I attended this past weekend June 10-12 2011 in NYC. I was limited by the number of words I could “Tweet”. Topical Botox “gel” RT001 has completed phase 2 clinical trials. So it must complete phase 3 [...]
Worried About Lip Augmentation for Fear of Looking Like a Duck?
Every woman’s dream: Big, Sumptious, Kissable lips? Yes they are beautiful but when it comes to Lip Augmentation with Injectible Fillers…. LESS IS MORE!… Running a busy Cosmetic Medical practice I usually hear most if not all women wanting fuller lips but that comment usually is followed by.. “but I don’t want to look like [...]
What is the Non Surgical Face Lift?
A Non Surgical Face lift or “Liquid Face Lift” is rejuvenating the face using either Botox or Dysport in the upper face, (frown lines, forehead lines, and crow’s feet) and using dermal fillers in the mid and lower face to “volumize” areas and “lift” areas over the bony prominences. Suffice it to say your addressing three [...]
Dermal Fillers- How Much is Enough? General Guidelines
“Doctor how much will I need to fill this area?” I hear this question frequently throughout the week. I will attempt to provide general guidelines as to how much filler is needed to fill certain areas. I will also use as my “typical patient” a female 35- 45 years old. Exceptions will be obviously younger and [...]
Bad Botox? Is there such a thing?
If done correctly …very unlikely but it can be operator dependent. I have seen multiple times in my office patients from other doctors that went for treatments and have waited about two weeks and still no result! There are multiple reasons for this. Again, in this blog what I say about Botox applies to Dysport [...]
Do you always look sad or angry when you’re not?
With active frown lines and a down turned mouth, you may appear angry or sad. Botox/Dysport is the perfect treatment to reduce the muscle activity that creates the frown lines and down turned mouth. However the “angry look” may come from more than just the frown lines. Do not neglect the slight downturn some people get at [...]
