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Follicular Unit Extraction

The hair loss treatment called follicular unit extraction has some steps. Dr. Jeffrey Epstein, Facial Plastic Surgeon with Baptist Health South Florida, explains how they do the procedure that includes incisions around hair follicles, extraction of follicular units, and implantation. Molecular unit extraction I got it tell us what's happening here doctor and what…...
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Benefits of Hydrafacial Treatment

Heidy Urra, Medical Aesthetician with Miami Plastic Surgery, explains a hydrafacial is a wet microdermabrasion, it is a smart machine and it has different types of minerals and infusions to help exfoliate the skin and hydrate it at the same time. She points out it is important to prepare the skin, because the aesthetician wants…...
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Common Skin Conditions

Tanya Patron, Physician Assistant with Miami Plastic Surgery, says redness and inflammation in the skin are some of the most common skin conditions. Heidy Urra, Medical Aesthetician with Miami Plastic Surgery, explains she sees sun damage, like pigmentation, rosacea, and broken capillaries. What are the some of the most common skin conditions I see…...
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Hair Transplant Results

Dr. Jeffrey Epstein, Facial Plastic Surgeon with Baptist Health South Florida, shows the case of a woman who underwent surgical hairline lowering or forehead reduction. He says this procedure takes 90 minutes, it is done under local sedation, and the next day patients are presentable with lower hairline. He also shows a reparative procedure in…...
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Fat Transfer to the Hand

Dr. Roger Khouri, Plastic Surgeon with Baptist Health South Florida, says it is amazing what they could do with fat and a needle. "You can increase 30% in tissue length with just a needle and an incision. He points out needles leave no scars, it is like an intravenous. "You never really have a scar…...
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Factors of Skin Aging

Paula Brezavseck, Physician Assistant with Miami Plastic Surgery, explains which factors cause wrinkles and other skin aging conditions. She says the loss of collagen contributes to the appearance of wrinkles as well as the natural deterioration of the bones. She says the eye sockets get bigger, the cheek bones get thinner and the volume shifts…...
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Laser Treatment for Hair Loss

Dr. Anthony Bared, Facial Plastic Surgeon with Baptist Health South Florida, explains they have low-level laser light therapy in form of in-home devices, that are essentially baseball caps that you wear for 30 minutes a day and it helps to stimulate the follicles. "The laser just penetrates into the scalp deep enough to affect the…...
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Injectable Cosmetic Procedures

The most common injectable procedure is botox, according to Tanya Patron, Physician Assistant with Miami Plastic Surgery. Botox is used for multiple different reasons to soften lines and wrinkles on the face. She explains botox is a neurotoxin, a neuromodulator that actually attaches to muscle and prevents it from being hyperactive. The injectable procedures she…...
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