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New Year’s isn’t just a time to make resolutions, it’s also a time to reevaluate priorities, workload, and all other aspects of your life. The new year is a great time to look in the mirror and decide how to meet your aesthetic goals. If you see developing lines, wrinkles,...
As you age, the thin skin on your eyelids is one of the first places to see fine lines, wrinkles, and sags. Sometimes, the sagging is so severe that the skin blocks part of your visual field. At Arizona Ocular and Facial Plastic Surgery, oculofacial plastic surgeon Dr. Dustin Heringer...
It’s a sign of aging when your once-smooth forehead develops lines and wrinkles, and your brows start to shift downward, the loss of skin elasticity and muscle tone giving in to the unrelenting pull of gravity. It’s not unusual, too, for the dips and sags to occur asymmetrically, so one...
If you’re unhappy with the proportions of your face — specifically dull or undefined cheekbones or hollows in the cheek tissue — cheek augmentation may be just what you need. With three distinct ways of perking up your cheeks to lift your facial features, you have plenty of options for...
Our genes play a role in how we age, including when and how the lines and wrinkles appear on our face, neck, and hands. We have no control over this intrinsic aging. On the other hand, we have extrinsic aging, where our environment and lifestyle choices cause our skin to...
When you start seeing fine lines and wrinkles appear on your forehead and around your eyes, your appearance may not match the younger you on the inside. Several treatments can address these problems, but which one is right for you? Should you go with Botox®, or is a brow lift...
The skin that forms your eyelids is some of the thinnest on your body. Therefore, it’s no great surprise that the eyelids show signs of aging, including fine lines and lax, drooping skin, earlier than other parts of the face and body. Droopy eyelids can make your entire face appear...
Lines, wrinkles, and sagging skin all come with aging, a perfectly normal occurrence. Collagen and elastin, two proteins that give your skin strength and resiliency, are plentiful when you’re a kid, but your body starts ramping down their production around age 25. The levels diminish further with each advancing year....
At Arizona Ocular & Facial Plastic Surgery in Scottsdale, oculofacial and cosmetic plastic surgeon Dr. Dustin Heringer and his team offer numerous treatments to improve your skin’s appearance and tone. One customizable option that’s also efficient is a chemical peel. It removes old, worn-out cells, dirt, debris, and uneven pigment...
Both blepharoplasty and a brow lift address the upper third of your face, but how do you know which procedure is right for you? Dr. Dustin Heringer of Arizona Ocular & Facial Plastic Surgery offers both blepharoplasty and brow lifts to his patients in Scottsdale and Peoria, Arizona, to help...
Our skin ages with us as we age, producing fine lines, wrinkles, creases, and sags, especially around the neck and jowls. At this early stage, we have minimally invasive treatments like dermal fillers, Botox®, laser resurfacing, and microdermabrasion to turn back the clock on your appearance. For a face-lift, a...
When we’re kids, we can’t wait until we’re older and can do adult things. When we’re all grown up, though, we spend a fortune trying to look younger than our calendar age. But is a major surgical procedure, such as a face-lift or rhinoplasty, the best way to achieve your...
As you age, your plentiful supplies of collagen and elastin, two structural proteins that shore up your skin and give it resilience, begin to decline. Without the tough, dense fibers to keep the skin taut, you start to develop fine lines and wrinkles. As the levels decrease even more, the...
If you’re past the fine lines and wrinkles and are experiencing the deeper creases and folds of aging skin, you’re probably wondering what you can do to turn back the clock. It’s fair to say that you’ve probably tried a variety of the noninvasive, anti-aging therapies available. While they worked...
Bright, wide eyes radiate your inner joy and make you look younger than your years. But as you age, your upper eyelids droop and sag, making you look tired or angry and interfering with your vision. You’re in luck, though. At Arizona Ocular and Facial Plastic Surgery, oculofacial plastic surgeon...
Facial implant surgery is a cosmetic procedure that changes a person’s facial contours or brings better balance to their features. The surgery can also add shape to a face marred by trauma or a major disease (such as cancer). The implants can be made from human tissue or synthetic materials...
Plastic surgery used to be a “hush-hush” kind of affair, something you had done but didn’t want anyone to know. But times have changed, and now people from all walks of life opt for cosmetic and plastic surgery procedures to fix, augment, or diminish physical characteristics that make them uncomfortable...
Fat grafting is a surgical process by which a doctor removes fat from one area of your body and places it in another. It has a long history and can address many common cosmetic concerns, making it one of the fastest-growing aesthetic treatments. Dermal fillers are a minimally invasive treatment...
As we age, our skin loses its plentiful stores of collagen and elastin, two fibrous proteins that give the organ strength and resilience. This results in the development of fine lines, wrinkles, and deep creases like nasolabial folds, the trough reaching from the bottom of the nose to the corner...
When you’re young, you don’t think much about gravity. However, as you age, you see gravity’s effect in the droop of your eyelids, eyebrows, and forehead, giving you a constant tired or angry expression that doesn’t accurately reflect who you are. Fortunately, a brow lift can help you look younger...
At Arizona Ocular & Facial Plastic Surgery in Scottsdale, oculofacial and cosmetic plastic surgeon Dr. Dustin Heringer and his team offer several treatments to improve your skin’s appearance and tone. One highly customizable option is a chemical peel, which removes dirt, debris, and imperfections and leaves you with a healthy,...
Forehead wrinkles and the “11” (glabellar) lines between your eyebrows are two of the earliest and most visible signs of aging. Fortunately, you can choose neuromodulators to address these issues and give your face a more relaxed and younger look. At Arizona Ocular & Facial Plastic Surgery, Dr. Dustin Heringer and his...
You expect that at some later point in your life, you’ll develop fine lines, wrinkles, and creases due to age. You don’t expect that you’ll develop those types of skin issues when you’re still in your 20s and 30s. However, numerous unhealthy habits can age your skin sooner than you...
As we age, our skin transforms, developing fine lines, wrinkles, creases, and sagging skin, especially around the neck and jowls.From dermal fillers and Botox® to minimally invasive treatments like laser resurfacing and microdermabrasion, there are several ways to turn back the clock on your appearance. Face-lifts, where the surgeon removes the sags and bags and...
As you age and lose the stores of the structural proteins collagen and elastin that shore up your skin, the skin first becomes riddled with fine lines and wrinkles. As the proteins decrease even more, and with the constant pull of gravity, the skin around your jawline and neck starts...
When removed, a cancerous mole or lesion can leave behind a visible scar that affects your appearance. And if that lesion was anywhere on your face, the scar will be highly visible. At Arizona Ocular & Facial Plastic Surgery, oculofacial plastic surgeon Dr. Dustin Heringer evaluates his patients’ facial scarring and tailors...
Even though the holidays are a month or two away, it’s never too early to start thinking about how to freshen and rejuvenate your skin, so you look your best. At Arizona Ocular & Facial Plastic Surgery in Scottsdale, Dr. Dustin Heringer and his team offer numerous treatments to improve your skin’s...
Bright, wide eyes can light up your face, making you appear alert, engaged, and even younger than your years. But if your eyelids start drooping and cover your lashes, you send out a message of fatigue, standoffishness, or even anger, which is probably not how you want to appear. Fortunately,...
Colloquially called a “nose job,” rhinoplasty is a surgical procedure. It’s performed to change the shape or structure of your nose, repair damaged tissues, improve facial symmetry, and/or correct structures that impair breathing. According to the American Society of Plastic Surgeons, rhinoplasty is the most common facial surgery, with over 220,000 procedures...
A healthy eye is a moist eye. Each eye contains glands around the eyelids that secrete tears, which are spread across the cornea (front surface) each time you blink. The tears serve to lubricate the eye, wash away pathogens and debris, and help you see clearly. If you produce too...
Fat grafting, sometimes called autologous fat transfer, is the surgical process by which fat is moved from one area of your body to another. It has a long history and numerous applications, making it one of the fastest-growing cosmetic treatments around. At Arizona Ocular & Facial Plastic Surgery, oculofacial plastic...
As the years go by, you may notice that your lips, once plump and full, are now thin and lined. Why does this occur, and what can you do about it? At Arizona Ocular & Facial Plastic Surgery, board-certified oculofacial plastic and cosmetic surgeon Dr. Dustin Heringer understands how such...
Your skin color is determined by how much of the pigment melanin the skin cells contain; the more concentrated and widespread the pigment, the darker the color. Sometimes, though, the pigment isn’t spread evenly but clumps together, forming darker spots. But while a light spray of freckles may make you...
Lines, wrinkles, and lax skin are all normal parts of aging. Collagen, a protein that gives your skin strength and resiliency, is abundant in your youth, but your body’s production starts declining around age 25 and diminishes further with each advancing year. But just because it’s normal doesn’t mean you...
Your eyes are your windows to the world, and for others, they’re one of the first of your attributes they see. So what does it tell them if your eyelids are hooded, droopy, or sagging? It sends a message that you’re perpetually fatigued, standoffish, or angry, and those probably aren’t...
If you’re like most people, you want your skin to look healthy, glowing, and blemish-free. But do you know which habits you should adopt to prevent skin damage? Here, to put you on the right path to undamaged skin is oculofacial and cosmetic plastic surgeon Dr. Dustin Heringer of Arizona...
If your lips are too thin to provide the full smile you want to show the world, or if your lips have “deflated” as you’ve gotten older, lip augmentation can help give you the look you want. Board-certified oculofacial plastic and cosmetic surgeon Dr. Dustin Heringer at Arizona Ocular &...
As you age, your skin — especially that on your face — picks up any number of blemishes, including fine lines and wrinkles, sun spots and other hyperpigmented areas, and acne scars. While all of these are natural, you may not be happy showing them to the world. Fortunately, you...
If you’ve tried any of the noninvasive, anti-aging therapies available, it’s probably fair to say you weren’t overwhelmed with the results, which are usually quite temporary. That just makes you more determined to find a way to reverse the loss of facial volume, tone the sagging jowls, and lift the...
Rhinoplasty, more generally known as a “nose job,” is a surgical procedure that addresses cosmetic concerns such as size and shape, as well as structural concerns that leave you unable to breathe properly. The American Society of Plastic Surgeons reports that surgeons performed over 220,000 rhinoplasties in 2017 alone, making...
As we age, our skin loses its youthful elasticity, resulting in fine lines and wrinkles, creases, and sagging skin, especially around the neck and jowls. From dermal fillers and Botox® to minimally invasive procedures like laser resurfacing and microdermabrasion, there are a variety of ways to turn back time on...
Fat transfer, also known as fat grafting, is a surgical procedure in which a doctor transfers fat from one area of the body to another through liposuction and then injection. The surgical goal is to improve or otherwise augment the area where the fat is injected. At Arizona Ocular &...
Eyelid malposition takes a number of forms, but all make the lids appear droopy, tired, and aged. Malposition isn’t always a cosmetic issue, though. In the case of ptosis, the upper eyelid physically droops over the eye and obstructs vision. In that case, you’ll require medical intervention to save the...
Like many people, you probably aren’t 100% pleased with your skin. Over the years, you may have developed acne scars, fine lines, or age spots. But with so many different cosmetic treatments on the market, how do you know what’s right for you? Here at Arizona Ocular and Facial Plastic...
As you age, gravity’s tug can pull down your eyelids, eyebrows, and forehead,making them sag and display a tired or scowling expression that doesn’t accurately communicate who you are or what you’re feeling. Fortunately, a brow lift allows you to counter gravity’s pull, helping you look younger and feel refreshed....
For many people, the first thing they notice about someone is their eyes. So what does it say if yours are hooded, droopy, or sagging? No matter what your mood or what you’re thinking, you broadcast a message of perpetual fatigue, standoffishness, or anger, and those are probably not the...
Lines, wrinkles, and skin laxity are all a normal part of aging. Collagen, a protein that gives your skin strength and resiliency, starts declining around age 25, and production continues to diminish with each advancing year. But you may not be ready to give up your youthful glow when the...
Winter weather saps the life out of your skin. Cooler temperatures and dry, blustery conditions can leave your skin dry, itchy, and flaky, and can increase the appearance of fine lines and wrinkles, making you appear older than you actually are. Fortunately, though, you have a great option for erasing...
Gravity pulls down on all things, and as you age, it can do a number on your eyelids, your eyebrows, and your forehead. All of them start to sag, giving you a tired or scowling expression that can put people off, even if you’re gregarious by nature. Fortunately, brow lift...
We never stop to appreciate our healthy, youthful skin when we’re young enough to have it. It’s only as we age and develop fine lines and wrinkles that we long for the days when it was just part of who we were. You can reclaim that youthful skin through a...
Droopy, puffy eyelids are sometimes a medical problem, but they’re more likely to be an eyesore and impinge on your self-confidence. Our oculofacial plastic and cosmetic surgeon, Dr. Dustin Heringer, at Arizona Ocular & Facial Plastic Surgery understand your concern, and he has a solution — blepharoplasty, commonly known as...
Oculofacial Plastic surgeons are ophthalmologists with an added specialty in plastic, cosmetic, and reconstructive surgery of the periorbital and facial tissues. These tissues include the eyelids, eyebrows, orbits (bone surrounding the eyes), lacrimal (tear) system, forehead, cheeks and face. When you need a procedure done in and around these areas,...
Aging takes a toll on many parts of your body, but it’s most visible on your face. Collagen production starts to decrease around age 20, and it continues to decrease at a rate of about 1% each year. As a result of less collagen, the skin loses its elasticity, and...
A facelift, also known as a rhytidectomy, is a cosmetic surgical procedure designed to improve visible signs of facial aging. Facelifts were the fifth most common cosmetic surgery performed in 2016, up 4% from the previous year. A facelift concentrates on the bottom portion of your face and jaw. It...
You feel young inside, but your eyes tell the world a different story. Maybe it’s droopy eyelids. Or perhaps you’ve got dark circles or bags underneath that advance the clock. What would you give to be able to turn back time and look young again? Well, it turns out you...
Around the age of 40, most people begin to realize that getting older can be a blessing as well as a curse. Sure, each trip around the sun may leave you more experienced, insightful, and confident, but it can also leave you with more fine lines, deeper wrinkles, looser skin,...