Filling the Need — Our Facial Injectables

While many have tried to outsmart time, it wins without exception. And your skin is on the front line of that battle with time and the inherent factors of aging, taking casualties every day! New weapons in the fight hit the market every day in the form of new facial injectables. Whether muscle relaxers like Botox or hyaluric acid fillers […]

Soundwaves + Liposuction = Superior Results

Everyone has heard of liposuction. The procedure, first introduced in France in the 70s, came to the U.S. in the 80s. Liposuction was developed because everyone, no matter what kind of shape they are in, has stubborn pockets of fat that don’t respond to changes in diet or exercise. Liposuction is a method of removing those pockets. Problem was, the […]

Some Wrinkles You Can Prevent, Others You Can’t

With all of the concern about sun damage and skin cancer, you’d think we would all be better off if we spent every daylight hour in a cave, venturing forth only after dark like some vampire from an Anne Rice novel. Truth be told, yes such a lifestyle would definitely lessen sun damage on the skin, but there is another […]

Tummy Tuck Options

If you’ve had children or lost a good deal of weight, odds are your abdomen isn’t what it once was. Loose skin and a little pooch — that’s the usual condition. Why? Because when skin and connective tissue beneath is stretched, due to pregnancy or weight gain, it can only maintain its ability to return to its former tautness for […]

You Lost the Weight, Now Lose the Sagging Skin

You did the hard part — you lost the weight! Your reward? Sagging skin everywhere. Yuck! You like your new shape, but not your new skin. Sounds like a body lift with Dr. Herte is in order! A body lift isn’t a single, set procedure. It can involve numerous procedures with the goal of losing excess, sagging skin, revealing your […]

CO2 Laser Resurfacing — the Gold Standard

Years in the Nevada sun and what do you have? Sun damaged, weathered, wrinkled, dull skin. There are various treatments to address your damaged skin, but the gold standard in skin rejuvenation is the CO2 laser. Dr. Herte has been taking decades off her patients’ skin with the CO2 laser for over 20 years. But as with most things in […]

Don’t Let Flappy Upper Arms Get In Your Way

The skin is the body’s largest organ and it is exposed every day to damage from the environment and the unending pull of gravity. The result? Every inch of your skin sags and loosens as we age. This is especially evident on your upper arms, thanks to the sleeveless blouses and other warm weather fashions we wear in Las Vegas. […]

Weighing the Pros and Cons of Gummy Bear Implants

In February 2013, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved the use of Natrelle 410 Highly Cohesive Anatomically Shaped Silicone Gel-Filled Breast Implants, also known as “gummy bear breast implants,” in breast enhancement surgeries. The gummy bear moniker came from similarities in the consistency of gummy bears and the thick silicone gel filling of the implant. This unique characteristic makes […]

Tired of Being Asked if You’re Tired? A Brow Lift Can Fix That.

It stinks getting old. Just ask your brows. Gravity, aging, and sun damage can make the skin on your brows sag and droop. This, of course, can make you look perpetually tired, and open you up to those questions about how much sleep you got last night, or even worse, questions if you’re angry. But you can regain your younger […]

The Liquid Facelift

Ponce de Leon. That Nazi sympathizer in Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade. Joan Rivers. Throughout time, everyone’s been looking for an answer to the march of time and its inevitable wrinkles, creases, saggy skin, and other signs. Today’s injectables are as close as anyone has come. Yes, injectables can fill wrinkles and creases, stop the muscles that form wrinkles […]