Author: CROSS PLASTIC SURGERY
What Are the Best Cosmetic Procedures for Springtime?
Springtime is here, and while the colder weather of winter might have made you more complacent about workouts and skincare, now is a time of renewal. As challenging as lifestyle changes can be, the good habits we work toward now can pay off by the time the weather heats up more. Even though there are …
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How Do You Correct Static Wrinkles?
Young skin tends to be plump and firm, and it snaps back into position easily after facial movements because of its abundance of collagen and other important substances. Over time, however, it becomes thinner, drier, less elastic, and more likely to form wrinkles. To find the most effective treatment for wrinkles on the face, you …
How Long Will It Take to See Results from a Tummy Tuck?
Having excess belly fat is a common problem for millions of men and women—including people who are otherwise fit. Although it’s often considered to be an inevitable aspect of getting older (and it’s true that you can inherit genes from your parents that give you a higher risk of developing a belly bulge), there is …
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Should You Consider Liposuction If You’re Overweight?
When we lose weight and the number goes down on the scale, it would be great if the fat just got zapped away and never returned—but this unfortunately isn’t the case. Instead, when we reach adulthood, we have a certain number of fat cells that remain fairly stagnant, and the way they are distributed is …
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What Should You Expect After BroadBand Light (BBL®) Treatments?
“Laser Season” has finally arrived, bringing ideal conditions to get any type of light or laser treatment done. Since these treatments temporarily make your skin more susceptible to UV damage, they are frequently sought out during the cooler months when days are shorter and skin will be exposed to less sunlight. Energy-based cosmetic treatments are …
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How to Banish Dry Skin This Autumn
Autumn brings about many changes—not just in terms of leaves changing to red and gold and the temperature dropping, but also adjustments to our routine we make as back-to-school season begins and we start to prepare for a hectic holiday season. Our skin can often suffer the most during this transition from summer to fall, …
How to Prepare for Laser Skin Resurfacing
The skin’s tone and texture are often damaged over time because of the effects of normal aging, UV rays, and other stressors in the environment. Lasers are ideal tools for addressing these and more issues that affect our skin, including everything from fine lines and wrinkles to sunspots and laxity. The goal is to create …
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Can You Get Natural-Looking BOTOX®?
Each time we smile, frown, squint, or raise our eyebrows, it might seem like a small movement that lasts for just a few seconds, but our skin is being stretched every time. There are limits to the skin’s elasticity, and eventually it forms lines in certain areas, just like when you fold a sheet of …
What Can You Do to Stop Expression Wrinkles?
Many of the most common types of facial wrinkles—such as wavy lines on the forehead, “elevens” between the brows, and creases at the sides of the nose—aren’t caused primarily by aging. These lines are actually associated more with the movements of facial muscles that are attached to the skin on the surface. Your skin is …
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Do Facial Exercises Actually Work?
As we all know, exercising regularly is vital to staying healthy and maintaining a stable weight. But recently, facial exercises—making repetitive expressions to build facial muscles—are also being promoted in certain outlets as a way of reversing signs of aging and making the face look slimmer. It’s believed that by toning up the muscles, you …
