Consumer Education

With summer upon us, patients will spend more time outdoors doing the things they love to do. While having fun, most people do not think about the effects of the sun upon the skin. Sun exposure will either cause or exacerbate problems of pigmentation. One of the most common concerns patients present are disorders of […]

The best skin of your life may well be ahead of you. Sure, with each passing decade, you face fresh challenges in your quest for a radiant complexion: There are the newfound crow’s feet in your 40s, the postmenopausal dryness in your 50s, and the sagging that sets in by your 60s. But the right […]

Botox and other non-cosmetic procedures are apparently being used more and more by men. A growing number of middle-aged men are reportedly freezing their faces with botox injections and having their love handles nipped and tucked too.

The cosmetics world is constantly on the lookout for the next greatest breakthrough in anti-wrinkle treatment. A popular form of treatment up until recently has been injected dermal fillers, which can minimize the appearances of fine lines and wrinkles, and make the skin suppler and youthful. However, amidst recent FDA reports warning of numerous and […]

50-year-old Jane Vandewiele is ashamed of how her hands look.“They’re old. They’re ugly. I don’t live that glamorous of a life, but when I do dress up and I do go out, I don’t want people looking at my hands,” said Vandewiele. Like many women her age, Vandewiele is beginning to feel the pressure to […]

With the increasing obsession about staying young forever, Botox treatments have become very popular. By removing unwanted wrinkles, many agree that Botox possesses the cosmetic wonders to return that youthful appearance. Botox is not only used for its cosmetic abilities, but also for treating certain health problems like cervical dystonia, blepharospasm, and strabismus. Dystonia is […]

The buzz about metrosexuals may have died down, but men’s desire to look good certainly hasn’t. These days, many are turning to Botox to smooth out frown lines and forehead creases. IAPAM member Dr. Michael Stanford, co-owner of Embrace Spa in St. Petersburg, Fla., said the percentage of his Botox clients who are men has […]

Jonathan Van Meter, in an article for New York magazine, called this more natural-looking rejuvenation a new beauty aesthetic and dubbed it the “new new face.” The gaunt, pulled-tight look was over, he noted. Replacing it was a plumper, more filled-out face, he wrote, not unlike “a slightly tired but still very stylish down-filled sofa […]

While few of us like growing older, it is inevitable. But, this doesn’t mean we have to look older, and we don’t have to feel older either. The rapidly growing field of Aesthetic Medicine provides the tools needed to slow down the aging process–without surgery! In this book, nationally-recognized Aesthetic Medicine specialist and IAPAM member […]

Dr. Candice Lane, a leading physician in anti-aging medicine, launches her bioidentical hormone, anti-aging, and aesthetic blog, Hormone Health MD Plus, which includes medical-literature-based information not widely availabe among practicing physicians. It focuses on the symptoms and treatment of peirmenopause, menopause, PMS, andropause, thyroid deficiency, growth hormone deficiency, adrenal stress and fatigue, and diseases of […]