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27 Jan

What is Hyaluronic Acid

Hyaluronic acid occurs naturally in the body, so Dr. Bishara overwhelmingly recommends hyaluronic acid fillers-such as Restylane or Juvederm-to augment the lips. In addition to augmenting your lips, if you want to reduce facial wrinkles and lines, hyaluronic acid may be a good choice as a dermal filler because of its compatibility with the human […]

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27 Jan

Pucker Up for Valentine's Day with our Juvederm Special

Juvederm VALENTINE’S DAY SPECIALS – Pick the perfect treatment for the one you love!  Juvederm for $475/syringe and ClearLift for $388 Please don’t forget to use your Brilliant Distinctions membership for  Botox and Juvederm in the office of Dr. Mark Bishara and The Paragon Plastic Surgery & Med Spa. You will be looking great and saving money before […]

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27 Jan

Botox to Ease Pain for Arthritis and Cancer patients

Botox could ease arthritis and cancer without side effects: Single injection could offer pain relief for months Botox, best known for smoothing out wrinkles, could also help soothe the pain of cancer, arthritis and migraines – without any side effects. Sufferers of chronic back pain and women who have given birth by Caesarean section could […]

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27 Jan

Botox for Migraine Relief

Botox gives chronic migraine relief   Statistics show that 70,000 people in Scotland regularly suffer chronic migraines. For Gillian Patterson, Botox has provided her with much-needed relief. Since being a university student, Gillian has suffered from excruciating migraines which meant she was forced to lay in bed for two or three days with the curtains closed, […]

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24 Jan

Increasing Collagen

We lose a teaspoon of collagen from our faces every year after age 30 There are only a few proven ways to significantly increase collagen in the face to tighten the skin. These methods include laser resurfacing of the face, use of a retinol cream, collagen injections, and hyaluronic acid injections (Juvederm). Juvéderm® Ultra Plus XC Juvederm […]

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23 Jan

Hair Transplants Over the Years

Background From the 1960s into the mid 1990s, transplanted hair appeared unnatural because surgeons used unnaturally large-appearing hair grafts consisting of 10-25 hairs each. That era is over. Hair naturally grows in 1-4 hair follicular groupings. In the early 1990s, surgeons began switching from using unnatural-appearing hair “plugs” (10-25 hairs) to using consistently natural-appearing hair […]

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23 Jan

Hair Restoration- For Men and Women

What is Hair Restoration? Hair restoration includes the surgical and non-surgical methods used to counteract or slow symptoms of hair loss in men and women. Methods may be used individually or in combination to produce the desired results depending on a person’s needs. Finding the right hair restoration solution can be difficult. It’s an important decision […]

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22 Jan

9 Top Cosmetic Treatments for Aging Skin

1. Retinoid creams A host of over-the-counter products claim to help fight wrinkles. One option: topical retinoid (derived from vitamin A) creams; look for retinol in the ingredient list. The SkinCeuticals line has products with retinol in them to help fight existing wrinkles .  2. Over-the-counter peptide creams Creams containing peptides—short snippets of linked amino acids—can be […]

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22 Jan

The History of Botox

The history of BOTOX® BOTOX® (onabotulinumtoxinA) is a type of medicine that is used to treat patients with certain neuromuscular conditions. One of the most researched medicines in the world, BOTOX® treatment is approved for medical uses across the world. Since its FDA approval for aesthetic treatment in April 2002, the neurotoxin Botox has gone […]

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21 Jan

Why Hollywood Actresses Abandoned the Trout Pout

Clown lips like those that doomed the careers of Melanie Griffith and Meg Ryan have given way to a more natural-looking but still youthfully plump mouth. Trout pouts, aka fish lips, once were so ubiquitous, they got an entry in the Oxford Dictionary: “The result of aggressive augmentation of the lips with filler.” Another definition: […]

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