3-D Rejuvenation

Dr. Klein's 3-dimensional approach to looking younger

It’s no fun to get older.  Our body and face change.  As our face ages several things happen: our expression lines get deeper, the fat underlying our skin thins and the skin itself becomes thinner, changes color and loses its softness and radiance.

The current wisdom in facial rejuvenation is no longer pulling and stretching the skin, it’s restoring the youthful look of our face that age has taken away. Dr. Klein developed her 3-D Rejuvenation because:

1. When frown lines, crows feet, lip lines and other expression lines become permanent due to years of muscle contractions, relaxing these muscles restores youthful smoothness.
2. When fat is gradually lost through natural aging, the skin sags and lips disappear and lose their defined edges because the underlying support is no longer there.  The common sense solution to this is to plump the skin back up.
3. When skin becomes wrinkled, discolored, coarse and dull due to sun damage and loss of collagen, resurfacing the skin and stimulating collagen production will reverse these negative changes.

3 problems + 3 solutions = 3-D Rejuvenation

These days we are all so busy. While we all want to look better, we don’t want to interrupt our busy schedules to take care of ourselves.  Combining procedures that reverse the different signs of aging creates a more natural, younger look.  That’s why combining no-down-time and minimal-down-time procedures has become so popular.  These types of procedures are also usually safer. 

1) Relaxing facial muscles

BOTOX is the king of easy, fast facial rejuvenation.  It is often the first cosmetic treatment many people will have done since it can be performed painlessly and safely in a 10 minute office visit (when performed by an experienced cosmetically-trained specialist.)  BOTOX® relaxes crows feet, foreheads and frown lines.  Some experienced injectors like Dr. Klein can also lift brows and the corners of the mouth, smooth out lip lines and relax vertical neck cords.

Dr. Klein is a BOTOX® National Education Faculty member and one of the top 12 injectors in the U.S.

2)  Plumping up wrinkles, depressions, shadows and scars

“Fillers” are substances injected in and below the skin to push up where skin is sagging due to skin thinning and underlying fat loss.  Smile lines, lip lines, corners of the mouth, shadows and lines below the mouth and even cheeks can be plumped up to look younger.  Lips can also be enhanced.

Restylane, JUVEDERM™ and Radiesse are the most popular fillers available today.  These fillers last between 4-24 months, depending on the type of filler, where it is injected, and the skill of the injector.  Dr. Klein is a Radiesse Medical Education Faculty member, one of only 84 physicians selected in the world.  Artefill is also an excellent filler and lasts at least 5 years.  Dr. Klein is a consultant and advisor for Artefill.

3) Smoothing wrinkles and texture, tightening skin and improving color and luminosity

These days we have several options for minimal or no-down-time rejuvenation of the skin. 

• Fraxel Laser is the most powerful of these.  This laser will improve wrinkles, discolorations, scars, texture and give skin back its youthful glow.  It also stimulates your own skin to produce more collagen.
• GentleYAG Laser tightens skin an a 30 minute, no-down-time procedure.
• IPL (Intense Pulsed Light / Photo-Facial) will improve brown and red discolorations and texture but will not improve wrinkles or scars.  This may be more suitable for younger patients without wrinkles.
• Microdermabrasion and chemical peels are gentler, but less rejuvenating alternatives to lasers and IPL.  Consider these when a less expensive or milder treatment is preferred.

Packaging 3-D Treatments together

We offer Anti-Aging programs and various cosmetic packages which include BOTOX® , Fillers, Fraxel, GentleYAG and IPL to give our patients the best value when combining these procedures.

Jan 2008