Botox, Collagen, Cosmoplast, Hylaform,
and Radiance

Botox
It seems like everybody is talking about Botox cosmetic, the highly effective, non-surgical procedure that can dramatically reduce your toughest wrinkle within 7 to 10 days. A Botox Cosmetic treatment is a simple, non-surgical procedure that smoothes the deep, persistent lines between your brows that developed over time. One ten-minute treatment, a few tiny injections, relaxes the muslces that cause those lines to form and keeps them relaxed up to four months. Although the results of your Botox Cosmetic are temporary, results have shown the longer the use, the longer the results!

During your consultation, Dr. McKim will determine exactly where to administer several tiny injections to achieve the best results. He will also decide if Botox Cosmetic is right for you.

Botox Cosmetic is a natural, purified protein produced by the Clostridium botulinum bacterium. Botox works by blocking the transmission of nerve impluses to the injeced muscles.

We like to set aside two days a month to dedicate to Botox Cosmetic injections, please call our office for the next available appointment.

Collagen
Let's face it, everyone gets wrinkles and not everyone is born with voluptuous lips. For those of us who need it, Collagen replacement therapy is available. Collagen is actually a natural support structure of your skin. As we age, the collagen thins and without enough collagen, wrinkles and lines start to form wherever the skin moves.

Zyderm and Zyplast collagen implants are natural products derived from highly pruified bovine collagen that is injected just under the surface of the skin. It is used as a "filler" to plump up lips and/or fill in lines, wrinkles, and depressed scars. Collagen therapy replenishes the skin's collagen layer, smoothing lines and wrinkles, and adding definition to lip border from the inside out. Results are immediate.

During your initial consultation for Collagen therapy, Dr. McKim will examine you and determine whether Collagen will work for you. A skin test will be administered to make sure that you won't have an allergic reaction. After thirty days, we can begin your treatments.

The results you achieve with Collagen Therapy are not permanent, everyone absorbs it at different rates but it will generally last from three to six months.

Cosmoplast
Sometimes, no matter how youthful you feel, your face tells a different story. Sunlight, natural aging and lifestyle factors can dimish the collagen layer that supports the skin. Where collagen diminishes, unwelcome lines and wrinkles may appear.

Now, for the first time ever, you can replace collagen through innovative new treatments made from human collagen. It's called CosmoPlast and its changing the face of beauty.

CosmoPlast is human collagen grown under controlled laboratory conditions. This human collagen is similar to the collagen normally found in the skin. There is no need for a pre-treatment skin test. Since there is no skin testing, there is no waiting for your treatment. You can smooth away telltale lines and wrinkles or add definition to the lip border with just one quick visit to our office. Since recovery time is short, you can easily sneak in a treatment during your busy day!

Hylaform
Now we can offer an hyaluronic acid-based soft tissue filler that plumps wrinkles and lips with immediate results. Just recently approved for injection in the United States, Hylaform has been used in Europe for several years. This colorless gel made from purified hyaluronic acid, a sugar molecule that occurs naturally in the body, making allergic reactions rare.

Radiance
Have you noticed those deep lines appearing between your nose and mouth? How about those lines heading from the corners of your mouth south? An injection of Radiance into these deep facial lines will last for three to five years.

This long lasting dermal filler is made from well-known biocompatible substances found in teeth and bone. Radiance has been used in the medical arena for many years for the treatment of vocal fold insufficiency and radiographic tissue marking. No allergy tests are required so it can be done during your initial office appointment.

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