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 […]
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 […]
Nine Little Needles for Better Skin
Our body has an amazing capacity to heal wounds. It does this by using blood platelets to first clot the wound. From there, the platelets have various growth factors that […]
Less Fat for 2020
Resolutions are all the rage this time of year. You vow to stop wasting hundreds of hours on mindless social media, scrolling through pictures of other people’s perfect lives. You […]
Take Your Eyes Back a Decade for the New Year
Humans are known to incorrectly perceive situations. Sometimes we simply get our information wrong. It could be taking something a person said the wrong way. It could be reading too […]
Catching the Hair at the Right Time
As you’ve seen in prior blogs, Dr. Barrera is a big proponent of helping his patients get their hair back with FUE hair transplants. But he’s not above getting rid […]
