It’s warming up outside but it’s FREEZING at SkinSpaMED!

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It’s warming up outside but it’s FREEZING at SkinSpaMED!

Get bikini-ready for summer! If you’re fit and at or near your target weight, but still have stubborn fat clinging on to your flanks and/or love handles, we have just the procedure for you. 

The CoolSculpting procedure can help both women and men the same!

CoolSculpting is an innovative way to contour your body by freezing unwanted fat away with no surgery or downtime. With over 2 million CoolSculpting treatments performed worldwide it is the world’s #1 non-invasive fat-reduction procedure. You’ll have a more toned-looking body through a natural cleansing process that removes damaged fat cells safely, effectively and permanently.

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"Is One Syringe Going to be Too Much for Me Today?" Lip Volume Questions Answered

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Hey, guys! 

I wanted to talk a little bit about lips.

Quite frequently new clients like to ask questions about how big are they going to be, and "is one syringe going to be too much for me today," and I like to use this Galderma brochure from Restylane.

It goes over three different lip before and afters.

As you can see, the top one they use about two and a half syringes, the second one is right at two syringes or two CC's, and then the third one is almost three CC's.

You can tell none of these look like they been overdone. They all look very tasteful. They all look very natural. I like to usually only do one syringe in the beginning, and then bring someone back in two weeks, and then usually add more. But one syringe is just going to get you some structure, some of the general anatomy, kind of back and also going to give you some better line control around the lips, as well as smoother lips.

When you get into two or three syringes, then you really get into some volume, which is not a bad thing! 

So I just wanted everybody to see this brochure. It's a really great example, if you're nervous about volume, to kind of let you know that volume is okay. And it doesn't get that overdone look overnight.

All right, cheers!

DOT CO2 With, and Without PRP

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DOT CO2 With, and Without PRP

Wrinkles, skin discoloration, sun spots, and skin laxity may be reduced or eliminated with DOT Therapy. Scars from acne or other skin injuries can also be improved with this technology.

DOT Therapy with the SmartXide DOT CO2 laser offers the ultimate in skin rejuvenation in just under an hour for most treatments. The addition of PRP actually gets more results, with half the healing time! 

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The New Radiesse Boxes Have Gone Green!

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All right.

Cool.

We got some new Radiesse boxes. It looks like they have gone green and combined the old single packaging into a two-pack.

Very, very cool.

So the old one was just a 1.5cc syringe in a single pack, and then the new one is a box that is double.

Ooh, - it's actually blue.

So we get the needles on one side and then the single-pack syringes on the other. It's super cool, and pretty, and, I guess, better for the environment too.

Awesome.

A Guide to the Benefits of Coffee Body Scrubs

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A Guide to the Benefits of Coffee Body Scrubs

Coffee scrubs are all the rage these days and their popularity is not without reason. The natural product has miraculous properties that can cure the skin of problems such as acne, cellulite, psoriasis and aging. Coffee is rich in antioxidants, is anti inflammatory and is also a natural exfoliant. This makes coffee a great natural scrub to pamper your skin. Very soon, you will realize that it’s not just your taste buds that tingle for the taste of coffee. Coffee scrubs will be a fantastic weekly wake up call for your skin. 

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Find Out Actress Laura Dern's Secret to Youth

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Find Out Actress Laura Dern's Secret to Youth

Laura Dern has been acting since she was a tween girl, and, at 50, she is as in demand as ever. This year she has a remarkably full slate, including roles as a high-powered working mother in HBO’s “Big Little Lies” and as Woody Harrelson’s ex-wife in the film “Wilson”.

Later this year, she will appear in the David Lynch reboot of “Twin Peaks” and in “Star Wars: Episode VIII — The Last Jedi”. When she is not onscreen, Ms. Dern is often shuttling her two children around town.

We recently ran across a New York Times interview with Dern we wanted to share!

Find out the skin care and makeup favorites that keep her feeling pulled together through it all.

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So...Laser Vaginal Tightening Is a Thing Now

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So...Laser Vaginal Tightening Is a Thing Now

We recently had some visitors at SkinSpaMED discussing an interesting topic: laser vaginal tightening.

It sounds crazy, but vaginal lasering, known in the medical community as laser vaginal tightening, is a thing. In fact, there are several FDA-approved treatments marketed under names like FemiLift and IntimaLase, which are designed to tighten up the vaginal area using lasers.

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Skinfinity RF: The Cure Wrinkles, Fine Lines, Loose Skin and More

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Skinfinity RF: The Cure Wrinkles, Fine Lines, Loose Skin and More

Skinfinity uses patented in-motion technology for treatments of the face and body. The in-motion roller tip is applied to the treatment area, delivering focused radiofrequency through rows of pyramid-shaped electrodes. When the roller tip glides over your skin, each electrode delivers precise energy to the area to achieve the ideal thermal effect. This creates controlled injuries to the tissue called Micro-ablative Treatment Zones (MTZs). The MTZs stimulate an enhanced healing response, encouraging your skin to rejuvenate and improving your results. Both components of the treatment can be adjusted and customized to meet each client’s individual skin care needs.

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Teenage Girls Seeking Genital Cosmetic Surgery on the Rise

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Teenage Girls Seeking Genital Cosmetic Surgery on the Rise

Fat thighs. Hairy arms. Muffin tops. Breasts that are too big or not big enough. To the long list of body parts that adolescent girls worry about and want to tinker with, the Internet age has added a new one: the vulva.

So many teenagers are seeking cosmetic surgery to trim or shape the external genitalia that the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists issued guidance from its Committee on Adolescent Health Care to doctors last week, urging them to teach and to reassure patients, suggest alternatives to surgery that may alleviate discomfort, and screen them for a psychiatric disorder that causes obsession about perceived physical defects.

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PRP Facial: What to Expect

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PRP Facial: What to Expect

The facial, which is technically a Platelet-Rich Plasma (PRP) treatment, is one of the best anti-aging procedures out there. PRP is created from your own blood. It involves a simple blood draw into a special test tube, which is then spun in a centrifuge so that the plasma, with millions of platelets, floats to the top. The PRP solution is then used in tandem with micro needling, creating hundreds of microscopic holes in the skin and the solution is applied to the skin after the holes have been made.

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“I want to look younger, but not plastic” Ultherapy!

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“I want to look younger, but not plastic” Ultherapy!

Ultherapy, or Ulthera, will tone loose or wrinkled skin by using the body’s own healing response. Ulthera will tighten the neck and jowls or lift a sagging brow, for example, which in turn reduces the excess eyelid skin, giving the eyes a more refreshed appearance. It requires no special preparation and results typically appear after one treatment. The ultimate lifting will take two to three months, as rejuvenated, stronger collagen replaces the existing tired collagen in your skin.

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The New Direction For Botox: Your Testicles

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The New Direction For Botox: Your Testicles

Originally used to smooth out frown-lines and crow’s feet, it was never going to be long before Botox was taken to other parts of the body. 

And whilst usually associated with the frozen faces of women, it’s now men getting in on the Botox action - but not just for their faces.

Men are now having Botox - the neurotoxin drug that temporarily paralyses muscles - injected into their scrota.

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