Facial Augmentation
As we grow older, our lips become smaller and our smile lines become deeper. One method to correct this process is to inject collagen. At the Stanford Advanced Skin Care Center we currently use two types of collagen, one of which requires allergy testing before use. The augmentation is quick and with minimum discomfort. The augmentation lasts approximately 3-4 months. The injection can be repeated, if desired.
Recovery Time: None—minor bruising or swelling


Face Lifting
While we perform full face lifts at the Stanford Advanced Skin Care Center, our philosophy is to give you as natural and refreshed appearance as possible. Our most popular facelifts tend to be "mini" to moderate facelifts which will gently reduce your jowls with smaller incisions placed in front of your ears. This minimizes the size of the scar. This procedure is usually combined with neck liposuction and sometimes laser resurfacing.
Recovery Time: Mini- moderate face lift: One week. Full face lift: 2 weeks.                    

Lip Augmentation
As we age our lips become thinner and less full. At the Stanford Advanced Skin Care Center, we can slow down this process by injecting either collagen, fat or using other filler substances, all of which are minimally invasive. There are also surgical procedures which may more permanently increase lip fullness.
Recovery Time: None to 1 week.


Facial Light Rejuvenation
Because of the intensity of the California sun, and since most us also enjoy the outdoors, sun damage is inevitable. Intense pulsed light is a minimally invasive method to reduce this damage. It uses high energy light to diminish red spots, spider veins, and dark (sun or liver) spots. Intense pulsed light can also be effective for the redness from rosacea. It also reduces pore size, and provides a smoother, skin texture. The skin color is brighter, yet more homogenous in color. The procedure requires 30 minutes, and is repeated every three weeks. To produce optimal results, five treatments are required.
Recovery Time: None—mild swelling and redness.


Fat Transfer
Fat transfer is another method for facial augmentation using your own fat. It can be used for enlarging lips, filling in smile lines, augmenting hollowing of the cheeks, or filling other defects. It is an outpatient procedure with minimal discomfort. For the best long term results, we at the Stanford Advanced Skin Care Center recommend three treatments every two months. This generally will result in a 70% correction.
Recovery Time: A long weekend.

 

Radiesse® - A Natural Look That Lasts
Radiesse® is a safe, next generation cosmetic dermal filler that lasts longer than the former leading filler. It is setting a new standard for the correction of facial lines and wrinkles, restoring a natural, youthful look in an easy, convenient treatment. Numerous medical studies have shown that Radiesse is a safe, longer lasting treatment to fill and correct smile lines, nasolabial folds and wrinkles around the nose and mouth.

 

Medical Micropigmentation
Micropigmentation, or Permanent Cosmetics/Permanent Makeup, is the process of implanting hypoallergenic pigments below the epidermis layer of the skin for corrective or cosmetic procedures. Regardless of the body area or the technique, the concept is always the same. The pigment, once healed, will stay in the skin for a number of years, breaking down and fading with time, depending on age and skin type of the individual. The process is used to improve the appearance of scars and discolorations from cleft palate, birthmarks, freckles, stretch marks, non-pigmented age spots, facelifts, tummy tucks, to reconstruct the nipple/areola breast area, or to camouflage a facelift, as well as to treat the appearance of port-wine stains and vitiligo.

The Stanford Advanced Skin Care Center recommends DermInk for micropigmentation. For more information, contact DermInk at (650) 380-3158.

The Stanford Advanced Skin Care Center offers cosmetic procedures for the face for patients in Palo Alto, Atherton, Menlo Park, Los Altos, Mountain View, Sunnyvale, San Jose, the Silicon Valley, and the entire
San Francisco Bay Area.
For more information or to schedule a consultation, call (650)725-5272 or
send us a message and a representative will contact you.