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Answers (sorted by helpful votes)| Sergey Kalitenko, MD |
What are the best alternatives to a face lift?
With age your skin starts sagging because of collagen and hyaluronic acid loss. The reason: hornone levels decline. Therefore, to lift your sagging skin you have 4 nonsurgical options:
Improve your hormone balance with bioidentical... more
| Edmond A. Zingaro, MD |  |
What is Titan best for treating?
Titan excels in patients with good skin that is starting to become lax. While mainly used on the face, other parts of the body can be successfully treated as well.
Combining Titan with other lasers (the so called 3D treatment) greatly enhances... more
| Sergey Kalitenko, MD |
How can I tighten sagging skin without surgery?
Although many skin tightening procedures have been developed, none of them is perfect. Therefore, we are always looking for new ways to improve skin tone and texture.
The main reason why your skin is sagging is hormone levels decline. The most... more
| Janie Simmons, MD |  |
Facial firming: Accent laser vs. Refirm
I am familiar with Refirme, and believe it is an effective technology. I wanted to add a few comments about Accent XL since you were requesting a comparison between the two, and Dr. Shieh has provided a very knowledgeable and thorough... more
| Mary Lupo, MD |  |
Is Fraxel Restore good for facial skin tightening?
Fraxel re:store continues to "wow" patients with its success in improving photoaging of the skin with minimal social downtime (swelling for 1-3 days). It lightens dark spots, helps crows feet, improves fine lines, diminishes pore... more
| Kris M. Reddy, MD |  |
Smart Lipo - What happens to stretched-out skin once the fat is removed?
Laser Lipo (whether SmartLipo or Cool Lipo) may have skin tightening benefits for some patients. The degree of skin tightening is highly variable, and is dependent on a number of factors ranging from skin quality to physician technique... more
| Shahram Salemy, MD |  |
Brow lift vs. Blepharoplasty - which is best for sagging eyelids?
I think this is a great question because the answer really depends on your individual anatomy. Most of my patients who see me for eyelid or brow rejuvenation do so because they feel they have a very "tired" appearance. When... more
| Yael Halaas, MD |  |
What's the best way to tighten sagging facial skin?
With every patient that comes into my practice, it is important to evaluate three key components of aging:
Skin
Gravitational changes
Volume loss
If your problem is sun-spotted, wrinkled skin with mild laxity, then skin... more
| Edmond A. Zingaro, MD | |
Should I consider TITAN?
Titan works so it is always worth considering. It is not always the best choice, however, and that needs to be discussed with your plastic surgeon.
In addition, understand also that there is some element of variability in the actual performance... more
| Stella Desyatnikova, M.D. |  |
Is eyelid surgery the only way to fix crepey eyelid skin?
There are several component to loose, crepey skin in the eyelid area, and therefore, several options to fix the underlying problem.
Surgery, indeed is probably one of the best options when there is a lot of extra loose skin, especially on the... more
| Dr. Payman Simoni |  |
Which laser treatment is best for facial rejuvenation and skin tightening?
My recommendation is to ask yourself few questions before deciding what type of laser to use.
How much improvment would I be happy with? As we age it is not only skin that relaxes, rather underlying fat and muscle. The best lasers,... more
| Richard Baxter, MD |  |
What is Thermage best for treating?
Because Thermage works by stimulating the production of new collagen in the skin, it works best in general for mild to moderate skin laxity caused by collagen breakdown (typically from aging and sun damage.)
However, a newer application is for... more
| Edmond A. Zingaro, MD | |
What's the best cellulite treatment?
The best choice is time honored, Endermologie. Nothing is permanent but this therapy has been around longest and has consistently given excellent results. It is not painful and very reasonably priced.
It is also not a time consuming procedure.... more
| Edmond A. Zingaro, MD | |
How can I avoid loose skin?
The best non-surgical skin tightening on the market today is the Titan laser by Cutera. When combined with other laser treatments that treat different levels of the skin (so called "3D") the results are amazing.
Starting treatments... more
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