With all the exfoliating skincare treatments out there- both professional and at-home, its easy to fall into an abyss of skincare options and get lead down a path of self-destructive treatments. This defeats our goal of having healthy, youthful, and glowing skin. Therefore, I’ve decided to put together a quick guide on the different types […]

Kenneth O. Rothaus, MD & are pleased to announce that Juliana Longoria has joined our staff. Juliana, a graduate of the prestigious Christine Valmy International School for Esthetics, is a New York State licensed medical aesthetician and a skin care specialist. With more than a decade of experience in the care of the aesthetic patient, […]

For many individuals, one of the most distressing signs of aging are those changes seen in the upper lip. The patients generally focus on two obvious of these changes: the presence of vertical wrinkles and the loss of volume. The third change, less obvious to most, the lengthening of the lip is becoming increasingly recognized […]

The Aesthetic Surgery Journal ( 35:589-599, 2015) recently published an article by Few, J, et. al. on the long-term effects of Voluma (Allergan) for midface enhancement. Coincidentally, another HA (hyaluronic) gel, Lyft (Galderma) just received FDA approval for mid-face enhancement as well. Both products are “thicker” variants of hyaluronic gels which are intended to give […]

31 January 2013 I am probably not going to get a chance to comment on many plastic surgery articles exclusively dealing with male patients, so I could not let this one pass! We read a lot about the Mommy Makeover. This video and article from KHOU in Houston discusses the flip side of the coin: […]

Part 2: Refiners In the first section of this two-part series, we discussed Sculptra Aesthetic, a filler which helps in the restoration of facial volume. This is important for recreation of a youthful appearance to the contour of a person’s cheeks, mandible (jaw), temples and chin as well as for helping eliminate deep folds, lines […]

Part 1: Volumizers We’re all familiar with the physical changes that come with aging. One of which is the loss of volume, particularly evident in our faces. We begin to notice a hollowed effect in our cheeks, chins and temples – among other places. In fact, when people were polled about what makes a person […]