If your Dad (or your Mom’s dad) had male pattern balding, every shower can involve a sidelong glance into the drain to see if there are more hairs in there […]
Author Archive | Alfonso Barrera
Just How Permanent is Laser Hair Removal?
When patients come see us for laser hair removal, they wonder why we can’t remove all of their hair permanently with a single laser treatment. It’s complicated. We humans are […]
Hyaluronic Acid to the Rescue
If you’re reading Dr. Barrera’s blog, you’ve probably heard of hyaluronic acid. Hyaluronic acid is the basis of “naturally derived” dermal fillers such as Restylane. These fillers get that designation […]
End the Thinning Hair
You’ve probably heard of platelet-rich plasma. Professional athletes have been putting the power of their blood platelets to work helping them recover after injury or surgery for years. But what […]
What About Your Neck?
In Dr. Barrera’s Houston practice, we’ll often have patients come in seeking a facelift, blepharoplasty, or a brow lift to turn back the aging showing itself on their faces. But […]
Get Intense with Pulsed Light
Intense pulsed light was first introduced to the medical community in 1996 to treat treatment-resistant facial port-wine stains in Germany. In the 24 years since, technology has continued to improve […]
Fixing a Prior Rhinoplasty
Dr. Barrera is an accomplished plastic surgeon, double board-certified in plastic surgery and head and neck surgery. He has been in private practice in Houston since 1985 has performed hundreds […]
Give Your Skin a Boost for Your Holiday Parties
We all want to dazzle our friends and co-workers during our holiday parties and get-togethers. Scheduling a session to have one of the Restylane fillers injected to erase lines or […]
Recovering from a Mommy Makeover
Pregnancy, childbirth, and breastfeeding are hard on a woman’s body. While the joy of having a child is incredible, what the process did to your body is also incredible, and […]
Don’t Let Flappy Upper Arms Get In Your Way
The skin is the body’s largest organ and it is exposed every day to damage from the environment and the unending pull of gravity. The result? Every inch of your […]
