Are you unhappy with the size or shape of your breasts? Maybe you’ve gone through years of pregnancy or breastfeeding, or maybe you’ve always wanted a few more curves. If you have decided it is time to make a change with your chest, you have a few different options available to you, such as a breast […]
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Gynecomastia is a fairly common condition. Men with gynecomastia have breasts that look swollen, enlarged, saggy, and stretched. It isn’t dangerous, but it can affect a man’s self-esteem. A gynecomastia procedure can reduce the size of male breasts and can help improve your confidence. What causes gynecomastia? Gynecomastia can be found in men of all ages, from
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When people think of a nose job, they most likely think that it is a procedure done for cosmetic purposes. However, nose jobs – or “rhinoplasty” as they are officially known – are often done for medical reasons. Read on to find out how a rhinoplasty procedure can help you to not only look better
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When a person suffers hair loss from an accident, burn, birth defect, tumor removal, or even from a former facelift performed elsewhere, Dr. Barrera has extensive experience helping those patients return hair to areas where it has been lost. This is known as reconstructive hair transplantation. What Is Reconstructive Hair Transplantation? While many people seek
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Humans lose around 100 hairs every day. For most people this doesn’t become a problem because other hair follicles are entering the hair growth phase and growing new hair. Hair loss occurs when follicles begin to spend more time in the resting phase or become fully dormant. Dr. Barrera helps patients from Houston and the
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Living in sunny Houston, we’ve all had our share of sun exposure. And now we have the sun spots to show for it! Otherwise, your skin may have some acne scarring, hyperpigmentation, even rosacea, and you wonder what you can do to improve it. At Dr. Barrera’s we would advise you to get “intense” with
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In December’s first blog, we addressed the reasons you’re seeing more and more hair in the shower drain every morning. From male pattern hair loss in men to alopecia areata in women, there are many different causes behind hair loss. And exactly none of them are welcome changes in your life. That’s why Dr. Barrera
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If you’re suffering from male or female pattern baldness, every morning can be scary when looking at the drain after your shower. We all shed around 100 hairs every day from our scalp. With normal hair growth these are replaced by a similar amount of new hair produced from follicles in the growth phase of
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This should be a welcome holiday season with that stubborn virus mostly in the rear-view mirror. And a holiday season isn’t a holiday season without lots of parties, hanging with friends, and general social merriment! So, as we move past the food coma of Thanksgiving and into prime party season in Houston, maybe you should
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At Dr. Barrera’s, first and foremost, we want our patients to be comfortable with the decisions they are making about their bodies and potential cosmetic surgery. Sometimes patients have mixed feelings about silicone breast implants because they can rupture without the woman knowing, a phenomenon known as “silent rupture.” In most cases, they will only
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