Refresh your look for the New Year

By Mathew T. Epps, MD

Contributor

With the New Year ahead, many of us are setting goals for ourselves. If one of your goals is to achieve a refreshed, and glowing look start with the following treatments.

Seek a well-qualified injector to conservatively re-volumize the midface with an HA dermal filler…focusing on the common trouble spots – the cheeks and temples. The family of Restylane products are excellent. This line of filler material in skilled hands is highly predictable, soft, and very safe. 

Next, use a neurotoxin (Xeomin, Daxxify, Dysport) to elevate the brows and soften the crow’s feet. These products are similar to traditional Botox yet begin to work much faster in as little as 24hrs to seven days, and also at a better price-point than Botox. It is a win-win in the hands of an artistic injector for rapid results. 

Then, rejuvenate fine lines around the mouth and creepy under eye skin with a medium depth chemical peel immediately after filler and neurotoxin placement. If your weekends are light, do the peel on a Wednesday or Thursday afternoon and you’ll be wrapped up peeling by Monday or Tuesday depending upon the number of peel passes and the amount of damaged skin to be removed. If your weekends are busy, set the peel on Monday and you’ll be set by the weekend.

Schedule a Hydrafacial MD treatment. The Hydrafacial MD treatment for lack of a better description is akin to a fancy deep wash cycle for skin. It will remove residue oils or skin residue to leave your skin glowing! And, with all that flaky skin gone your medical grade skincare regiment will be absorbed 30-40% more for better results.

When it comes to aesthetic treatments, always do your research. It is especially important to find an experienced aesthetic plastic surgeon you trust.

Happy New Year!

Mathew T. Epps, MD, MS, DABS is a plastic surgeon, triple-fellowship trained in facial, eyelid, and breast surgery. matheweppsmd.com or info@dreppsmd.com.