:by Kate Dee, MD Vitamin C is one of the best-studied of the anti-aging ingredients. It is a powerful antioxidant with many benefits: lightens the skin and reduces the appearance of brown spots increases collagen production, diminishing fine lines and wrinkles reduces redness and inflammation boosts skin’s natural healing and repair, decreasing post-inflammatory red marks protects […]
Anti-Aging Ingredients: Retinol & Retinoic Acid
by Kate Dee, MD Retinol and Retinoic Acid are both forms of Vitamin A, the most important and effective of the anti-aging ingredients. Retinol is a topical Vitamin A that must be taken into the cell and converted to the active form retinoic acid inside the cell to have its effect. Retinoic Acid (Retin-A/Tretinoin) is the active form of the vitamin. […]
PRP Therapy for Hair Loss
by Kate Dee, MD Platelet Rich Plasma (PRP) Therapy is a proactive therapeutic non-surgical intervention for both women and men experiencing hair loss. PRP has been used with positive outcomesin medicine for 20 years in various applications including in plastic and cosmetic surgery, orthopedics and sports medicine. My previous posts on PRP explain the science […]
How much Botox is the right amount?
by Kate Dee, MD One of the most common questions I’m asked is how much Botox is needed to treat each area. The answer is that everyone is different. Botulinum toxin is a neuromodulator that blocks the signal from the nerve to the muscle so that it cannot contract. The larger the muscle, the more […]
The PRP Facelift, Part II Procedure
Part I of this series discussed the skin aging process and the science behind using PRP to stimulate skin cells to make collagen and elastin. Part II will describe the PRP facelift procedure itself. The PRP facelift has appeared in the press by many terms including the PRP facial, vampire facial and the “vampire facelift […]
The PRP Facelift, Part I Science
by Kate Dee, MD Skin rejuvenation with Platelet-Rich Plasma (PRP) is exciting the world of aesthetics because it is a natural way to stimulate your own cells to revitalize the skin. PRP rejuvenation treatments plump and tighten the skin, diminish wrinkles, photo aging, and pore size. The PRP facelift is also effective in the treatment […]
