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 […]

Patients in our office frequently turn to us to clarify information (and misinformation) that circulates on television, social media or other news outlets. Often these questions surround new procedures or technologies, but one of the most frequent questions heard in the office surrounds routine skin care. “What is the minimal, basic skin-care program that I […]

(For those of you who do not want to read this whole blog, there is a summary at the end of this post !)* As I’ve previously discussed in this forum, protecting yourself from the sun’s harmful UV rays is one of the most effective means of maintaining your appearance and your health. According to […]

In the June 2012 issue of InStyle Magazine(p. 159-160), “Burning Questions” attempts to provide, in a light and entertaining fashion, answers to various questions men and woman often have about sunscreens. I would consider this article a little on the “light side”, however,as it contains such amusing sections as edible sunscreens. Nevertheless, it does raise […]

Unquestionably, over the recent years, lasers have transformed treatments for many skin imperfections such as sun damage, scarring, skin texture, wrinkles and skin tightening. With factional technology, which was introduced over seven years ago, tiny points of laser light can be distributed by a laser handpiece or scanner in a pattern that leaves columns of […]