When you see various celebrities, many of them have full, sensual lips, and you may look at your lips in comparison and feel they are lacking. Maybe they’re thin. Maybe they’re uneven. Maybe they have lots of tiny wrinkles around them. Whatever the issue, you can have lips like a celebrity thanks to a variety […]
Everything sags/drops/droops/falls/descends/is on the floor as we age. That stinks! Gravity, while nice for keeping us from being pulled up into the vacuum of space, has its serious downside when you subject the skin and underlying support tissues to its pull day in and day out. When your forehead descends, people can take one look […]
If you’re looking for a non-invasive, non-ablative way to get rid of unwanted hair and skin spots, you simply need to get intense — Intense Pulsed Light. Intense Pulsed Light (IPL) is offered by Dr. Lavey with different light wavelengths to treat different skin conditions. What is IPL and what does it work on? Also […]
Once we get to a certain age, we all have them — those twisty, purple, blue, or red veins showing themselves under our skin on our legs, chest, and face. Their twisting path is the root of their name, not some comic book dude who was bitten by a radioactive spider. Spider veins, while not […]
Falsehoods. Wives’ tales. Myths. Fabrications. Over exaggerations. Whatever you call them, they’re out there. Plastic surgery has its own fair share. Even the term “plastic” in plastic surgery is misunderstood. People think plastic is meant to be fake, akin to the material plastic. But in reality, the word plastic in plastic surgery comes from the […]
As we age or lose large amounts of weight our skin sometimes doesn’t get the memo to tighten up the ship! It becomes saggy, loose, and downright uncooperative. In many cases, even being under the sadistic care of a personal trainer whipping you into shape daily can’t address this loose skin. The result? A person […]
As we age, most areas of the body sag. The forehead is not immune. Unfortunately, everyone sees the results of that sagging every day. That’s where comments such as “Boy, you look tired.” and “Are you mad about something?” come up. As that skin on your forehead drops downward it can give the impression that […]
People who have ears that protrude excessively, are larger than they’d like, or have earlobe damage often think it’s just something they have to live with. Not true. Dr. Lavey is an expert at otoplasty, ear surgery for both cosmetic and repair purposes. What types of ear conditions are addressed? Basically almost any ear condition […]
You’ve probably heard of three popular injectables: Perlane, Sculptra, and Radiesse. Each is a little different than the other two, and each works well for specific volume enhancing needs. Perlane Perlane is a hyaluronic acid filler. Hyaluronic acid is a naturally occurring substance in the body whose job it is to plump and firm the […]
The job of your veins is to carry deoxygenated blood back to the heart for oxygenation. It’s not uncommon for some veins to become swollen or enlarged, though, becoming varicose veins and spider veins. Usually, these veins are simply viewed as unattractive, but sometimes they can become quite painful. At Dr. Lavey’s practice, we’ve heard […]
