Skin Report: Quick Fixes For The Holidaze!

SKIN Report: Quick Fixes For The Holidaze:

It's the final countdown to looking fabulous for the holidays; it's still not too late to look great and restore your skin to a more youthful state! Have time for a little BBL? Broad Band Light is an advanced type of phototherapy designed to produce smoother, more vibrant and youthful-appearing skin. BBL allows precise tratment of age and sun spots, small facial veins and skin blemishes. BBL is a noninvasive procedure with virtually no down time. In most cases you will be able to return to work, apply makeup and resume activities right away. You may experience some redness that should resolve within a few hours.
Another noninvasive procedure is Skin Tyte. Skin Tyte is an advanced procedure which creates
renewed collagen foundation leading to increased skin firmness. There is no down time and results are immediate!
One of the Clinics most popular procedures is Laser Liposuction! Laser Lipo delivers laser energy through a slender fiber directly to areas of body fat, liquefying the fat cells while contouring the over lying skin. The final result is the removal of targeted body fat and a firm, more attractive body. Any area of the body can be improved. Popular areas are under the chin, abdomen, love handles, saddle bags, inner and outer thighs, bra roll, back, knees and ankles!
Recovery time is only a few days and patients are up and around on the same day. Tighter skin is also one of the benefits. Skin will feel and look tighter! Laser Lipo is also signigicantly less expensive than traditional liposuction, safer, and does not require the use of general anesthesia.
Cosmetic Procedures Clinic of North Dallas also offers many other quick fixes: Fillers, Botox, Juvederm, Restylane, Radiesse, vein treatment. There are so many options to chose from!
With these targeted treatments you will leave the clinic looking younger instantly!
Dr. Long, and our staff wish all of you a very Merry Christmas and a Prosperous and Beautiful New Year!

Don't Be Naughty, Be Nice To Your Skin!

The holidays are upon us and everyone wants to look their best. Here are a few helpful tips of things to avoid and products to use to have more radiant looking skin. First of all don't be naughty, be nice to your skin. Smoking and boozing is on the naughty list! Smoking accelerates the breakdown of collagen. Skin loses elasticity. Too much alcohol is incredibly dehydrating and makes skin look dryish and dull. Skin cells become parched and the stress from the alcohol might cause inflammation that results in redness and swelling. Over time, excessive drinking can lead to premature wrinkling. Avoid tanning, try a spray tan. We have the Brazilian Bronze spray tan machine at the clinic. Save your skin, spray tans are safe. Don't be naughty and eat all the wrong foods! Foods that have saturated fats and trans fats hinder cell turn over! Eat antioxidants! Excellent choices: berries, artichokes, broccoli and walnuts; studies link them to less-wrinkle-prone skin. Hit the gym. Exercise is one of the best stress busters and wrinkle preventers out there. Cosmetic Procedures Clinic of North Dallas carries all the perscription strength skin care products you need to help provide you with the best skin you can possibly have. Treat youself for Christmas. Be nice to your skin!

As the year is winding down I wanted to comment about some of the events in the last year and how even in a down economy, beauty is still very relevant to our society. Even though the demand for plastic surgery has plummeted, the demand for cosmetic procedures is on the rise.
Because people can get similar results with laser procedures and fillers ( in most cases). They don't have to spend thousands of dollars to look younger and feel better about themselves.
And for some people nothing delivers as much pleasure or as much self-esteem as having a cosmetic procedure done and looking younger, and more refreshed. For me; if I have a choice between buying a new outfit or getting a cosmetic procedure , I pick the cosmetic procedure.
It's no surprise that apperance still captures our attention and constantly lands in the news. Everyone admires and desires to have beauty in their life. The desire for beauty comes from the heart. The heart wants what the heart wants. So, if you want to look your best for the holidays please call Cosmetic Procedures of North Dallas today and get your beauty on.

Our clinic has been so busy I haven't gotten a chance to enter any new information. Today I have the time. If you have ever wondered what it's like to work at a Cosmetic Procedure Clinic I will describe it to you. It's really very interesting. We get clients from all walks of life. From children to people in their 80's; all with the same desire to look better. Today our first client has come in because she has a double chin and she is going to have Laser Liposuction. Laser Lipo
can easily remove the double chin fat. Significant tightening of chin and neck skin naturally accompanies the healing process after the laser lipo. I would like to mention that a double chin is a common complaint. Fat accumulation can occur beneath the jawline very easily in some people, even if they are not overweiight. Many try exercise or chin straps and other gadgets but generally these devices do not work. When a client comes into the clinic and has laser lipo for their double chin they will see immediate results! The process is fast, safe, & affordable. All of our clients have been very happy with this procedure and look much younger afterwards!
Another consideration would be doing laser resurfacing and laser lipo for chin, neck and jowls as an alternative to having a facelift. The recovery time is much more rapid, and only a local anesthetic is used. There is no downtime. Please check back this week more info to follow . . .

At Cosmetic Procedures Clinic you will get full strength Botox with lasting results. The injections are also done by an experienced medical doctor, not an esthetician. For smile lines we recommend Radiesse wrinkle filler. Radiesse wrinkle filler stimulates the body to produce its own natural collagen to restore fullness and smooth out the signs of aging. In many patients the
results may last a year or more. Radiesse works best on Nasolabial folds, Marionette lines, Oral Commissures, and Pre-jowl area. There are several options when it comes to lip lines. Profractional is one of the options. Profractional is the latest & most advanced laser procedure that dramatically improves lines and wrinkles and stimulates the production of collagen. Or Juvederm which can be used to smooth wrinkles and plump up lips. For dark spots there are several treatments that can be used. Laser peel which removes the top layers, or we carry pigment gel used to lighten the spots. For sagging skin the clinic offers the following procedure;
Skin Tyte - is an advanced procedure which utilizes light energy to deeply heat dermal collagen. The heat creates renewed collagen foundation leading to increased skin firmness. No down time.

Well it's almost October and now is the best time to get your skin in shape for the holidays. You might be asking yourself why should I spend so much time and effort taking care of myself and my skin? There are so many reasons. For one it builds self-confidence. You are investing in yourself. You never know who you might meet or what opportunities that might come your way each and every day. If you look and feel your best, those chance meetings won't pass you by.

When our clients come in for a free consultation I hand them a mirror and ask them what is their main concern? What is it about their face that they would like to address. In most cases it's one of the following: forehead lines, crow's feet, lip lines, smile lines, sagging skin, and age spots.
Dr. Long can eliminate all these skin problems. First let's talk about injectables & fillers.
Botox is FDA approved and works best on frown lines and brow furrows. Botox is used on the top part of the face. The muscle relaxing effect when done properly can last up to 6 months.
Botox also works great on crow's feet. It can work wonders and people look younger almost instantly! In some case, it can take up to 5 days to really see the difference if the lines are very deep and it's the first time the person has gotten Botox. To be continued . . .

The Right Way To Cleanse The Face

Today I would like to talk about cleansers. Our clinic recommends Elta face wash or Cetaphil because they are very gentle and don't dry out the skin. Avoid bar soaps they do dry out the skin and should only be used from the neck down. A creamy cleanser is best if you have dry skin or a cleanser without oil if you have oily skin. We recommend washing the face only twice a day.
Once in the morning and once at night. The best way to wash your face is to use warm water with a small amount of cleanser and rinse with cool water. Never wash your face with hot or cold water because it can cause broken capillaries. Did you know that our skin is the bodies largest organ and usually weighs 8-9 pounds. Did you know that the skin can be attacked by up to 200 free radicals every hour! The skin cells are replaced constantly and by the time they get to the surface layers they are already dead. With our perscripton products cell turnover can be increased even faster to reduce fine lines and wrinkles.

At Cosmetic Procedures Clinic a lot of women tell us no one has ever told them how to cleanse their face. It sounds simple enough but there really is a right and a wrong way.

Today I would like to share some of my skin care secrets.
First of all no one is ever too young to start taking care of their skin. We have clients who come into the clinic and they are in their 20's and already have wrinkles on their face. And yet a woman in her 40's might come in with less wrinkles and younger looking skin. You might be asking yourself why is that? Well the younger client tans, and is not making a conscious effort to protect her skin. Where as the older woman is spending time everyday, making an effort to keep
her skin looking young and fresh.
The sun is a big ager of skin. Did you know one in five Americans get skin cancer. So daily sunscreen with zinc oxide is a must. Zinc oxide is the only Single Ingredient that uniformly blocks both UVB and UVA rays that have been implicated in both photoaging and photocarcinogenesis.
If you want to see how the sun has damaged your skin take a look at your arm. The front side is darker and has more wrinkles. If you turn your arm over the skin will be lighter, with less wrinkles, firmer and smoother. The skin on the under side has less sun damage.
Please check back for my tips tomorrow. If you read my blog I promise you I will show you the
way to look younger and more youthful. You will love your skin again, I promise!

Skin Secrets 4 Life

I wanted to start this blog for all the women who don't want to age gracefully. With all the lastest technology in skin care we can all stay looking youthful for the rest of our lives.
I know because I work at Cosmetic Procedures Clinic of North Dallas and my skin and everyone else who has treatments here now looks younger. Most people think I am at least 10 years younger.