Microneedling is a simple treatment that can help refresh your skin without surgery. It works by using a device with tiny needles to create controlled micro-injuries in the skin. This triggers your body’s natural healing response and ramps up collagen and elastin production – two key components that help keep your skin firm, smooth, and youthful. […]
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Stretch marks are scars that develop due to the skin stretching and shrinking too quickly. The collagen and elastin proteins, which typically support the skin and prevent stretch marks, rupture when stretched too quickly. Stretching and shrinking of the skin are most often caused by pregnancy, rapid weight loss or gain, rapid muscle growth, and
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You might only realize how large your pores are when you take a really close look at your face – but large pores can make a difference to how your skin looks overall. They can make skin look lifeless and unhealthy, and they can even contribute to making you look older than you are. What
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Have you noticed lately that your skin looks a little dull? Maybe it needs some rejuvenation, but how? Microneedling may just be the perfect procedure to give your skin the youthful, refreshed look you want! What exactly is microneedling? Microneedling is a way to encourage more collagen to be created, and thus new skin to grow. 1.
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Microneedling is a safe and straightforward procedure that can help firm and brighten your skin. It employs the help of your own body’s immune system to send fresh, new collagen to the treated areas, giving your skin a rejuvenated glow. It’s quickly becoming a prevalent type of cosmetic therapy because it carries fewer risks than many other
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Professional athletes have been putting the power of their blood platelets to work helping them recover after injury or surgery for years. What if you put the same platelets to work restoring thinning hair or rejuvenating dull, lifeless facial skin? You can do that at Dr. Barrera’s with platelet-rich plasma. What is platelet-rich plasma? We
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Two for ones is always a good thing. That’s kind of how you can think of $1 hot dogs at Monkey’s Tail at the Astros games on Tuesdays and Wednesdays. OK, that’s not technically two for one, it’s actually an even better deal. But just play along, OK? Dr. Barrera agrees. That’s why at his
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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 facilitate tissue regeneration. New collagen is produced and sent to the wound to rebuild the skin. These same mechanisms are the goal of many aesthetic
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We all want to dazzle our friends and co-workers during our holiday parties and get-togethers. Scheduling a session to have one of the Restylane fillers injected to erase lines or creases on the mid to lower face is one way to do that. Or you can have your body provide all of the rejuvenation from
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