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In 2006, we set out to create a world where anyone can read honest reviews, see real before and after photos, and connect with qualified doctors. Now RealSelf is 15—and a lot has changed since we launched. This month, we’re looking back at industry trends that have shaped where we are—and where we’re going. Thank you for sharing your journey with us over the years.<\/em> To celebrate our 15th anniversary, we’re giving away more than $25,000 in prizes. Click here<\/a> to enter the sweepstakes.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>

Some things are better simpler, with fewer options. We probably don’t need so many new iPhone releases, items on The Cheesecake Factory menu, or nail polish choices. But the medical aesthetics category is one in which we welcome all the innovation and new tools we can get—and the 2010s were quite the decade for that. <\/p>

We’re looking back at 10 of today’s most talked-about treatments that didn’t exist when RealSelf launched in 2006. If science keeps going at this rate, we’ll all have six-packs, infant skin, and no need for deodorant by 2030.  <\/p>

1. Xeomin<\/a><\/strong> <\/h2>

Worth It Rating: 97%<\/h3>

First, there was Botox, then came Dysport, and in 2010<\/a>, Xeomin joined the FDA-approved botulinum toxin type A club. (Jeuveau<\/a>, the newest neuromodulator, got approval in early 2019.) Like the other injectable toxins, Xeomin temporarily paralyzes the muscles to smooth wrinkles, but its point of difference<\/a> is that it doesn’t have stabilizing proteins and therefore doesn’t require refrigeration before opening. <\/p>

Interested in Xeomin?<\/small><\/div>Find Doctors Near You<\/a><\/div>

2. CoolSculpting<\/a><\/strong><\/h2>

Worth It Rating: 74%<\/h3>

With more than 5,000 reviews from RealSelf users, the fat-freezing body contouring treatment is a household name at this point; but the noninvasive device was only FDA-approved for fat reduction in the flanks in 2010<\/a>. (Clearance for the abdomen, back, bra bulge, under-buttocks, and upper arms came later.) The procedure, which typically requires two to three sessions and can reduce fat in the treatment site by 14.7% to 28.5% according to an independent study<\/a>, has a Worth It Rating of 81%. <\/p>

Related: CoolSculpting vs. Emsculpt: What’s The Difference?<\/a><\/em><\/p>

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