Category: Dermal Fillers
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Hyaluronic Acid, the Key to Dermal Fillers
If you’re here poking around Dr. Perron’s blog and website, you most likely have already heard of hyaluronic acid. You’ve also probably seen it on the ingredient list of lotions, soaps, cleansers, and other skin products. But you’re really not sure what it does. Hyaluronic acid is a naturally occurring substance in the human body…
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Restylane, the Original Dermal Filler
Trying to fill wrinkles by injecting substances under the wrinkle is nothing new. For hundreds of years, various substances have been injected, with widely varying degrees of success and safety, to try and push back upward wrinkled skin. Of course, all of that changed in 2002 when the United States’ FDA approved Botox for aesthetic…
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Pump Up the Volume with the Juvéderm® Family of Fillers
Sometimes it seems as if our cold Calgary winters and warm, dry summers create wrinkles by the day! And it is easy to focus on wrinkles as the real signs of aging. But a more telling culprit could be volume loss. See for yourself. Find a few pictures of your parents when they were in…
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What’s Behind Your Facial Aging?
Stopping the march of time has been a fixation with humans since the first days of civilization. People like Ponce de Leon and that Nazi sympathizer dude in Indiana Jones took this mindset to the extreme, searching for ways to literally stop time. For the rest of us, simply delaying time’s inexorable trajectory would be…
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Is BOTOX® Right for You?
Age can give you wisdom, as well as life experience. Unfortunately, age can also leave you with unwanted “gifts,” such as wrinkles and lines. However, with so many different ways to stay youthful-looking, there’s no reason to put up with unwanted wrinkles. BOTOX® Cosmetic can provide you with a fresh, rejuvenated appearance without the need…
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Fill Me In: Juvéderm Injectable Gel FAQ
What is Juvéderm? Juvéderm is an FDA-approved dermal filler that mainly consists of hyaluronic acid. Hyaluronic acid is a substance that is naturally found in the skin and muscles, and works to help add volume and hydration to tissue. Because it’s made out of a natural substance, Juvéderm injectable gel has a significantly lower risk…
