Juvederm, Restylane and Perlane Containing Lidocaine

Juvederm, Restylane and Perlane are now available with the anesthetic lidocaine. Lidocaine in the products offer you added comfort during your treatment. These all natural products are composed of hyaluronic acid which requires no allergy testing. These natural fillers may be used to decrease facial folds, facial wrinkles or can be used to enhance lip [...]

LATISSE

Hypotrichosis is condition of inadequate eyelashes. Latisse (bimatoprost ophthalmic solution) can more than double eyelash fullness in sixteen weeks. With over than 2.5 million kits sold, nightly application of Latisse has proven itself to grow eyelashes, making them darker, thicker and longer. Results may be seen as early as four weeks.

Silicone Breast Implants

Silicone breast implants are NOW FDA APPROVED for cosmetic breast augmentation. Nearly 300,000 breast augmentations are performed each year using saline implants. Since 1992, the FDA has instituted a moratorium on the cosmetic use of silicone breast implants, with some exceptions and saline implants have dominated the US market. Science has shown silicone breast implants [...]

Sculptra Aesthetic for Facial Rejuvenation

Sculptra is NOW FDA APPROVED for cosmetic facial rejuvenation. This is an injectable treatment containing microparticles of poly-L-lactic acid (PLLA) for the correction of facial volume loss . Facial folds, wrinkles and contour deficiencies are improved with a series of treatment sessions. Following each treatment session there is a gradual correction over several weeks. There [...]

Venus Freeze

At Dr. Mezrow’s office, we now offer Venus Freeze. Venus Freeze by Venus Concept is a great addition to the cosmetic center for wrinkles, skin tightening, fat shrinkage and cellulite reduction. This is the most comfortable, non-invasive device that penetrates the layers of the skin using a synergy of multi-polar radiofrequency and magnetic pulses for [...]

VelaShape

Our newest addition to Dr. Mezrow’s Aesthetic Center is a revolutionary new FDA-approved medical cellulite treatment called the VelaShape. The VelaShape is the first and only medical device that combines powerful energies (elos technology) to receive clearance from the FDA for the effective treatment of cellulite and shape areas of concern by reducing circumference in [...]

Medical Tourism: the True Cost

Dr. Larry Nichter of the Pacific Center for plastic surgery would like to make prospective patients aware of the risks and downsides of medical tourism (traveling abroad to undergo elective surgery). Medical tourism has becoming increasingly popular in recent years; patients have been flying out of the U.S. for plastic surgery, lured by lower prices. However, [...]

New Silicone Gel-Filled Breast Implant comes to U.S. Market

Dr. Larry Nichter of the Pacific Center for Plastic Surgery would like to make prospective breast augmentation patients aware that the FDA has approved a new silicone gel-filled breast implant made by Sientra, Inc.for use in the United States. The implants will be available for women at least 22 years old seeking augmentation surgery, and women [...]

Is Your Diet Responsible for Your Acne Breakouts?

Are You What You Eat? Millions of Americans are plagued with acne and are doing everything they can to make better decisions towards improving their skin. A common place people begin looking for what is causing their skin to break out is their diet. Linking foods to acne breakouts has been debated in literature for decades. [...]

Saline vs. Silicone Implants

I often get asked by patients which is better saline or silicone implants? I generally tell my patients silicone…why? The new silicone implants are gel-filled, not the old liquid filled implants. They will not leak throughout ones body, since they are not liquid. Silicone implants feel more natural, less like the water balloon feel of [...]