Author: DrLund
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Are BOTOX® and Fillers the Same?
Cosmetic injectable treatments are the most popular aesthetic procedures performed throughout the world. Yet for all its popularity, far fewer people are clear on the differences between specific products. Our medical spa, which is overseen by the board-certified plastic surgeons at St. Louis Cosmetic Surgery, offers BOTOX Cosmetic and a range of dermal fillers as…
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You Lost the Weight. Now What?
Significant weight loss: No matter how you accomplish it, it’s a big achievement. In our practice, we see plenty of patients who have made serious diet and exercise adjustments or even undergone weight loss surgery. These St. Louis plastic surgery patients have all demonstrated an incredible commitment to their own health and wellness, an admirable…
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Look Younger Longer—Tips to Maintain Your Facelift
Let’s first take a look at how your skin changes as you age and how a facelift addresses those changes. How does age affect your skin? The quality of our skin diminishes as a part of the natural aging process. Over time, facial skin can become rough, wrinkly, and discolored due to genetics, sun…
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Winter Skin Conditions: Here’s How You Can Fight Back
Chilly temperatures. Dry air. Your skin doesn’t like it! It’s more than a little ironic that some of the worst dry skin conditions begin to flare up when there’s snow everywhere, but that’s how it goes. Luckily, there are a few ways that you can combat these pesky skin conditions. Let’s talk through a few…
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3 Ways to Fight “Thunder Thighs”
Certain areas of the body tend to resist even the most dedicated efforts to keep them trim and toned. For many women, thighs are one of the prime trouble spots. People self-conscious about “thunder thighs” avoid wearing shorts and skirts, and even pass on certain sports such as swimming so they don’t have to bare…
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Breast Augmentation: “Is it normal for…?”
Women excited about getting breast implants at our St. Louis practice often share a common worry: recovery. Our surgeons provide a detailed list of instructions and thoroughly explain what to expect during recovery, but there are plenty of questions we hear from patients in the days and weeks after their breast augmentation procedures. In this…
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DualSculpting for Twice the Results in the Same Time
Ever since we first started offering CoolSculpting® at our St. Louis medical spa, it’s been one of our most popular nonsurgical body contouring procedures. What’s not to love? It targets those stubborn areas of fat that won’t shrink no matter how much you exercise or diet, and there’s essentially no downtime. So we thought, If…
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The Danger with Black Market Buttock Injections
A June 24, 2015 story on CNN discussed the rapidly increasing complications from black market buttock augmentations. As the popularity of certain desired fuller buttock shapes has increased, so has the illegal and very dangerous black market for buttock enhancement. More and more patients are getting injected with industrial grade silicone and other unknown and…
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TIME Magazine takes a look at the changing world of cosmetic surgery
According to Time magazine, it’s not a matter of if you are going to have of cosmetic procedure but when you are going to have one. The lead article in the June 29th issue of Time looks at the changing perceptions surrounding aesthetic plastic surgery and not just in the USA but around the world.…
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A loss for the plastic surgery community
The world of plastic surgery suffered a true loss late last week with the death of Steve Moshier. Sadly he was killed while assisting another motorist who had been involved in a traffic accident. Steve was a sales representative for Allergan Medical, focusing mainly on breast implant sales- both cosmetic and reconstructive. But he was…