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What If I Miss My BOTOX® Cosmetic Appointment?

The popular injectable BOTOX® Cosmetic addresses facial wrinkles for a more youthful appearance. By relaxing tensed and overworked muscles, the injectable treatment can slow down typical signs of aging commonly represented by deep creases and lines. To maintain the rejuvenating results of BOTOX® Cosmetic, follow-up appointments can be scheduled before the product has worn off.  Patients are encouraged to come […]

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Best Time For Facial Rejuvenation Surgery

As summer begins to wind down, we are reminded that the following fall months provide the perfect timing for facial rejuvenation surgery.  Not only do the fall and winter months provide excellent opportunities to conceal the two-week recovery, but once recovery is complete, you will be looking your best for winter holiday parties. See below for more information on why […]

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Peeling Your Way to Better Skin

Chemical peels have been around as long as women have paid attention to the condition of their skin. Cleopatra could be the first true proponent, as she used the lactic acid from milk as a mild peel on her facial skin. At the Herte Center, we use TCA (trichloracetic acid) peels to freshen the complexions of our patients, addressing texture […]

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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 […]

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Pros and Cons of CO2 Laser Resurfacing

Since we live in a place where the sun shines brightly most days of the year, it’s hard not to expose your skin to damaging UV rays. Also, repeated facial expressions and general aging can leave your skin weathered, wrinkled, and dull. For over 20 years, Dr. Herte has been using CO2 laser resurfacing to rejuvenate the skin of her […]

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Turn Back the Clock with ResurFX® Laser Resurfacing

If we all knew then what we know now… When it comes to sun exposure, collectively we probably would have had a lot less of it. No baby oil. No sunburns where sheets of skin peeled off. No striving to get the darkest tan of all our friends. But short of a time machine, we now have to deal with […]

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Why There’s No Stopping the Popularity of Injectables

The American Society for Aesthetic Plastic Surgery reported that roughly 2.5 billion dollars were spent on injectables in 2013. Botox and hyaluronic acid fillers ranked first and second, respectively, in non-surgical cosmetic procedures. What’s fueling the soaring popularity of injectables? Unlike surgery, injectables offer instant results. You don’t have to wait weeks or months to obtain desired outcomes. This is […]

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What You Need to Know If You’re Considering Restylane

The dermal filler Restylane has been around for over a decade. The FDA first approved Restylane in 2003 to reduce the appearance of mild to moderate creases around the mouth area and to enhance lip volume. More than a decade later, Restylane is still one of the most sought-after injectables because it delivers its promise of restoring more youthful-looking skin. […]

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Which Injectables Really Work Against Crow’s Feet?

Aging, genetics, and lifestyle are some of the factors that significantly affect the appearance of crow’s feet — those lines and wrinkles that develop at the outer corners of your eyes. When doing battle with the universally despised crow’s feet, the question is which injectables are the most effective. Why crow’s feet develop Crow’s feet are the result of a […]

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4 Steps to Finding the Best Facelift Surgeon

If you type best facelift surgeon in Google, there’s a huge chance you’ll come up with claims from doctors ranging from dentists to plastic surgeons all over the country that they are the best in performing the procedure. However, knowledge on separating fact from fluff will actually make it easier for you to figure out who really is the best […]

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