Gravity and the stresses of life don’t go on vacation. They don’t take a leave of absence. They keep on keepin’ on, working to make your skin droop and sag. While its effects show themselves all over your body, on your forehead they can be especially telling. And they can give other people the wrong […]
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Some of our patients from Houston and the surrounding areas feel as if they have a difficult decision to make when choosing the type of breast implants for their augmentation. They’ve heard that the feel of silicone implants is more akin to that of natural breast tissue, but they worry about silent rupture. When a
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There is some thinking that breast lift surgery actually decreases breast size, rather than simply lifting the breasts up to a higher (younger) position on the chest. Is this the case? A few years ago, a study by the American Society of Plastic Surgeons shed some light on this issue, finding that following a breast
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Snickering at Jamaica Beach in Galveston about some guy’s “man boobs” is nothing new. Most people simply assume a guy has larger than normal breasts because he’s packed on a few extra pounds. This can be the case, but in 50% of men, they actually have a condition known as gynecomastia or male breast enlargement.
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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 today than yesterday. Unfortunately, male pattern hair loss is genetic. But that doesn’t mean you simply have to suffer bald spots or severely thinning areas.
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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 a hairy lot — each of us having around five million hairs on our bodies. Men have a few hundred thousand more than women. But
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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 because hyaluronic acid occurs naturally in the human body. In fact, it occurs in just about every living thing. In humans, it acts as a
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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 if you put the same platelets to work ending your thinning hair and actually regrowing it? Why wouldn’t the same healing and regenerative powers work
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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 what about just below that jawline? Sure, a facelift will usually address your jowls and jawline, but did you see the banding and extensive loose
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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 where now IPL produces results equal to those of lasers, with a wider range of applications. At Dr. Barrera’s, we utilize IPL to treat age
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