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
A patient may have beaten breast cancer, but the loss of one or both breasts can leave her feeling incomplete or flawed. Reconstruction of the breast or breasts by Dr. Barrera can make the patient feel whole again, which is a huge step forward in moving on with life. With over 30 years of private
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No one likes to see more and more hair on your comb or brush in the morning. While men usually have areas that become fully bald, women tend to suffer from universal thinning hair that starts along the part line. Dr. Barrera has been helping patients with hair loss for over two decades. The latest
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If you’re over 35 or 40, just about everyone has at least some degree of a stomach pooch. If you’re a mom and have had a couple children, it’s almost a certainty. Same is true if you’ve gained and then lost a good deal of weight. The skin and underlying muscles have been stretched to
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Having a child is, obviously, the focal point of a woman’s life. But who said it had to wreak havoc on her body, as well? The localized weight gain and subsequent loss, the changes in breast size and volume from pregnancy and breastfeeding, and the extreme hormonal changes can leave a woman with fatty, sagging,
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