Male pattern baldness is the most common type of hair loss in men. It can be a frustrating thing seeing your hair thinning more week by week. Dr. Barrera knows the experience firsthand, as he has had three transplant procedures himself. That’s why he places an emphasis on hair transplantation procedures at his Houston practice. […]
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Dr. Barrera has many patients come to our Houston practice seeking a revision procedure for their breast augmentation. There are various reasons why a patient may seek revision surgery. Here are the main issues to be addressed with these procedures. Capsular contracture This is the main complication after augmentation. When an implant is placed into
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When patients trust Dr. Barrera with their cosmetic surgery procedures, the goal is to rejuvenate the target area, but it is also to keep the patient as comfortable during the entire process. For that reason, he combines IV sedation with local anesthesia for his surgical procedures. Why IV sedation? This combination of IV sedation and
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Women saddled with overly large breasts can feel they are carrying a daily burden, literally. Breasts that are out of proportion with a woman’s body can lead to back and neck pain, breathing issues, rubbing and irritation, and can seriously impact self-esteem. Patients come to Dr. Barrera to change their situation with breast reduction. There
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Facelifts have long been a staple of the cosmetic surgery world. The first documented facelift was performed in Berlin in 1901. Sometimes in the past there have been cases of celebrities getting a less than good job. Most people remember Frank Gifford coming back to Monday Night Football one fall with a face that looked like
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If you’ve had children or lost a good deal of weight, odds are your abdomen isn’t what it once was. Loose skin and a little pooch — that’s the usual condition. Why? Because when skin and the connective tissue beneath is stretched, due to pregnancy or weight gain, it can only maintain its ability to
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People expect their bodies to be symmetrical, meaning that things on your right side should line up equally with your right side. But you have to remember that this is rarely the case. People often have one leg that is shorter than the other. The same with the arms. Our ears are rarely exactly even
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If you’re looking for a non-invasive, non-ablative way to get rid of unwanted hair and skin spots, you simply need to up your intensity level with Intense Pulsed Light. Intense Pulsed Light (IPL) is offered by Dr. Barrera with different light wavelengths to treat different skin conditions. What is IPL and what does it work
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In the early days of television, there was a show called “Kids Say the Darnedest Things.” Indeed they do, and often those things aren’t exactly the nicest things. That’s true especially if a kid has ears that protrude, are misshapen, or situated abnormally on the head. Having these obvious targets opens a child up to
Gravity is a tireless worker, never taking a day off, never calling in sick, and always pulling our tissues and muscles downward. Gravity is particularly tough on the breasts, especially if you add in changing breast size due to pregnancy or from weight gain and loss. If this sounds like what you’ve been noticing with
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