BOTOX® Cosmetic
BOTOX® Cosmetic provides a quick and effective remedy for the facial lines and wrinkles that age, stress, worry, and environmental factors can produce. Such dynamic wrinkles are caused by contractions of the delicate underlying facial muscles that occur every time you smile, laugh or frown. Lines that are caused can give people a tired, angry or sad appearance – even when they aren't necessarily experiencing those emotions. While you may have earned every one of your worry lines, you don't have to show them anymore.

Subtle "expression" lines and more advanced furrows can be quickly and significantly reduced using BOTOX® Cosmetic.

BOTOX® Cosmetic is a simple, nonsurgical, physician-administered treatment that can temporarily smooth moderate to severe facial wrinkles such as eye creases, marionette lines and glabellar furrows in people from 18 to 65 years of age. BOTOX® Cosmetic is a purified protein produced by the Clostridium botulinum bacterium, which reduces the activity of the muscles that cause facial lines to form over time. For over a decade, ophthalmologists have employed BOTOX® Cosmetic for its original intention; the treatment of blepharospasm (abnormal blinking or eyelid tic). Physicians also have been utilizing BOTOX® Cosmetic for years as a cosmetic treatment for correcting visible signs of stress and aging. One 10-minute treatment, involving a few tiny injections, and within days there's a noticeable improvement which can last up to 4 months.

Smile. Laugh. Frown. Make all the facial expressions you want and stop worrying about wrinkles!

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Restylane®
Facial lines and wrinkles are caused by a gradual breakdown of the body's collagen and the elastin fibers in the skin. What's more, no one is immune to experiencing this natural aging process. Squinting, frowning, and smiling also inflict stress on the underlying collagen in the skin which accelerates the formation of furrows.

Restylane® is a popular cosmetic filler used to provide long-lasting results for improving the appearance of facial lines, wrinkles, and folds. It is designed to reconstitute skin volume that has been lost during the aging process. Restylane® offers an effective, non-surgical solution to restoring fullness to the skin, the lips, and for filling in scars. Results are immediately visible bestowing you with a more youthful and invigorated look.

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Radiesse™
Facial lines and wrinkles are caused by a gradual breakdown of the body's collagen and the elastin fibers in the skin. No one is immune from experiencing this normal aging process. Squinting, frowning and smiling also inflict stress on the underlying collagen in the skin and accelerate the formation of these furrows. Until recently, injectable collagen was the most widely used available cosmetic filler to improve the appearance of these lines.

Radiesse™ is a long lasting cosmetic filler that provides dramatic results for improving the appearance of facial lines, wrinkles and folds. This is a non-surgical solution to soften facial lines and wrinkles, restore volume and fullness to the skin, plump up lips, and fill in scars. Radiesse™ injected into the lips can give back fullness to lips that have receded.

What is Radiesse™? Radiesse™ is long-lasting liquid injectable filler made from calcium hydroxylapatite, which is a component found in bone and teeth. Unlike collagen, which is made of animal bovine, no pretests are required to determine if you will experience any side effects or allergic reaction. Radiesse™ is not absorbed by your body, thus the advantage it offers over collagen is its ability to last for years.

How many treatments will I need? The cosmetic results you desire and the area to be treated will influence the number of treatments necessary. Typically one treatment is sufficient. Since Radiesse™ is not absorbed by your body, results are long lasting. Results are visible immediately following the treatment, leaving you with a more youthful appearance.

What can I expect following treatment? You can resume normal activities following treatment. The most commonly reported side effect has been redness and swelling at the injection site. These effects typically resolve within a few hours or, at most, a day or two. Results are immediately evident. Lines, wrinkles and folds look softer and your skin looks smooth.

What is the treatment like? Radiesse™ is injected in small amounts under your skin to fill creases, lines, wrinkles, and folds. It is also injected around the lip area to create volume, resulting in a more youthful appearance. A skin test is not necessary prior to treatment, so treatment can be performed at any time. In order to optimize your comfort, the treatment area may be anesthetized with a local anesthetic. The cosmetic results are visible immediately, bestowing you with a more youthful and invigorated look.

How long do the results last? Depending on many factors, such as your lifestyle, age and skin structure your results may last as long as several years. You may require a touch up treatment after the first treatment to achieve your desired result.

What are the benefits of a Radiesse™ treatment? • Immediately you will discern a smoothing of the wrinkles and folds. • Radiesse™ will impart lift and new firmness to your skin. • With lip enhancement, the results will be a noticeably fuller and more sensuous contour. • It is not necessary for you to be tested for skin sensitivity. • The cosmetic results are visible immediately, bestowing you with a more youthful and invigorated look.

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Juvéderm™ Ultra and Juvéderm™ Ultra Plus
Juvéderm™ injectable gel is a next-generation dermal filler. It is a colorless hyaluronic acid gel that is injected into facial tissue to smooth wrinkles and folds, especially those around the nose and mouth, like your "smile lines" or "parentheses" (nasolabial folds: the creases that run from the bottom of your nose to the corners of your mouth).

Over recent years, hyaluronic acid has emerged as what some call a "miracle compound" for filling in wrinkles and facial contouring. New studies show how crossed-linked hyaluronic acid promotes collagen deposition in the deeper part of the skin, which helps thicken the skin and provide more longevity. Meaning, it temporarily adds volume to facial tissue and restores a smoother appearance to the face that feels very natural.

Juvéderm™ is a hyaluronic acid in the form of viscoelastic gel, which is transparent and homogeneous. That gives it four major benefits:

• It is obtained by bacterial fermentation and is of non-animal origin
• It does not require prior skin testing
• It is highly biocompatible
• There is far less swelling compared to other fillers. After treatment, patients go out that day!

Based on your specific needs and desired results, you will be treated with one of the following formulations:

• Juvéderm™ Ultra is a highly cross-linked formulation with versatility in contouring and giving volume to facial wrinkles and folds.
• Juvéderm™ Ultra Plus is a more robust formulation used for adding volume and correction to deeper folds and wrinkles.

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Titan™ for FaceLift
The natural aging process, along with sun damage and environmental damage, causes collagen fibers to stretch and loosen like worn rubber bands, resulting in less elastic skin that, over time, eventually droops or sags. This condition, frequently one of the earliest signs of aging, is often overlooked because most people are unaware of the problem and the marked improvement its correction can provide. Like many people, you want to offset this course and look younger, but without the expense, pain, and recovery time of an invasive surgical procedure.

There's an alternative treatment that requires no anesthesia, no scalpel, and no downtime, that is delivered quickly at a fraction of the cost. It's called Titan™ skin tightening.

The Titan™ ("tighten") procedure is a safe, non-surgical rejuvenation process that uses an infrared light source to tighten skin and reverse the signs of aging. The Titan™ heats the dermis to cause collagen contraction while preserving the epidermis through continuous cooling. In addition, Titan™ can stimulate long-term collagen rebuilding that leaves patients with younger, firmer looking skin.

The Titan™ skin tightening system consists of a hand-held, infrared light source and an attached cooling system that protects the skin. The infrared light penetrates the deep, inner layers of the skin, uniformly heating the existing collagen and subsequently causing it to shrink and firm up. This shrinkage promotes long-term collagen production, which lifts the targeted areas and gives the patient a smoother, more toned appearance. While the infrared light source heats the collagen, the cooling attachment continuously cools the surface skin in order to protect the skin's epidermal surface and prevent any heat-related damage.

The result? A smoother, tighter, more toned look that occurs naturally.

Used to treat lax and redundant skin throughout the body, Titan™ is appropriate for any area of the face, neck, or body where there are wrinkles or mild sagging caused by loose skin, such as the brow region, cheeks, jowls, neck, abdomen, thighs, back of arms, elbows, and knees. The Titan™ laser safely and comfortably tightens the skin. Since the Titan™ procedure is heating tissue under the skin's surface, patients of any skin type can be treated. Men and women of all ages have been successfully treated. Dr. Garcia can advise you if Titan™ is right for you.

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