Category: Nonsurgical
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 …
Top 5 Advantages of Using Hyaluronic Acid Lip Fillers
When the weather begins to heat up and we start to interact more with other people, many of us feel self-conscious about not meeting our idea of what a “flawless” or “perfect” physical appearance should be. Research has shown that the majority of both women and men aren’t completely satisfied with their looks. There’s no …
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Which Anti-Aging Treatment Will Be Most Effective for My Skin Condition?
Patients who choose aesthetic treatments like BOTOX® from Philadelphia-area injectors often want to look younger or more energized, but may be unsure about what’s specifically bothering them. Each patient’s needs are different, so a “cookie-cutter approach” to correcting wrinkles or other concerns is not an effective strategy. Our experienced injectors at Cross Medical Group team …
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Jump-Start 2021: Here’s How to Get Swimsuit-Ready for Spring Break
We all want to feel confident and look our best when we’re about to ditch the heavy jackets and show a lot more skin during the warmer months. But you can’t really expect to achieve your goals overnight with last minute diets and ab-blasting exercise marathons. Even cosmetic procedures tend to take a few months …
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