Benjamin Ticho, MD

There should be no thromboembolic effect from routine botulinum toxin injection. Fillers always have a small risk of inadvertent injection into vessels, but I suspect that risk is similar in or out of pregnancy. Bigger elective surgical procedures like facelifts should probably deferred until after pregnancy, both due to anesthesia issues and the recognition that pregnancy will likely change your appearance, temporarily but also permanently. Better to wait to see how things settle our, literally.

Congratulations on the pregnancy!

Refractive laser treatment is performed only on the cornea, and should not have any pigmentary effect on the sclera. While there are many other risks involved in LASIK surgery, the development of new brown discoloration on the white of the eye is extremely unlikely.

Most hair removal techniques are based on absorption of certain wavelengths of light by melanin. If melanin is absent ("peach fuzz"), these techniques may not be satisfactory.

Morpheus radiofrequency therapy is fractionated -- with plenty of untreated tissue between the RF columns to heal and repopulate the treated areas -- and the treatment area is all buried deeply where the Morpheus tips are, leaving the skin surface relatively untouched.  That allows for very aggressive treatment, when desired, with virtually no redness or downtime by the next day.  It's a great option when compared to older fractional laser machines.

I love this combined therapy which addresses skin rejuvenation and dyschromia (skin color issues) in different ways, but with virtually no downtime at all.  Morpheus has a huge advantage over other fractional therapies because the treatment is at the tips of the probes and isn't initiated until the tips are buried.  That way the skin surface isn't immediately affected no redness.  Most people don't see redness by the next day, even when a maximum treatment is performed.