Archive for February, 2012

Laser eyelid surgery: It sounds sexier, but is a scalpel just as good?

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When someone finds out I’m an ophthalmologist, 99% of the time their first question is, “Do you do that laser eye surgery?”…or something to that effect. Some marketing geniuses did a great job of associating eye surgery of any kind with precision lasers. Most people seem disappointed when I tell them I don’t do LASIK (I guess because they won’t be scoring a sweet discount). Lasers are frequently used in the eyelid surgery I ...

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How to make the areas around your mouth look as young as you feel

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Facial aging takes a toll on our lower face as skin thins, fat atrophies and descends, and wrinkles form. Three common problems people come in for are deep nasolabial folds (the crease from your nose to the edge of your mouth), vertical lip lines (sometimes called smoker’s lines, but not exclusive to smokers), and small or fading lips. All of these changes are tell-tale signs of aging, but there are products available that do a great job of reducing their ...

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