Choe Center Blog

Question: Can injectable fillers be performed at the same time as a facelift or do you need to wait? If you need to wait, how long? And is this true of all fillers? Answer: It depends where on the face you want to have it injected. I often inject fillers for the smile lines and lips during a […]

Question: I am a 52-year-old woman with heavy skin damage due to the sun and smoking. Would a series of injectable fillers do anything for me or should I be looking into surgical options? Answer:  Injectable fillers are used to correct resting lines or lines that are not due to facial motion. The most common places […]

Question: How can I make sure that having a facelift will not give me a ‘wind swept’ look? Are there degrees of how tight the skin will be pulled? Answer: This is a very common concern for many patients undergoing a facelift. The ‘wind swept’ look can be avoided if surgeon pulls the skin in a correction […]

Question: I am a 26 year old male. I have lived my life with a terrible perspiration problem, my underarms are the worst! I have read that Botox injections can help reduce the sweating in this area. How much would I need to have injected, and how often? Answer: Botox is an excellent treatment option to control […]

Question: What’s the best facelift technique for improving jowls? Answer: There are several different facelift techniques to improve jowls and sagging neck skin. Most facial plastic surgeons lift not only the skin, but also underlying muscle called the SMAS. The results will last longer when both the muscle and skin are lifted and not just the skin. For […]

Question: I’m African American and I’ve heard that my ethnicity can limit the amount of refinement that I can expect in my nasal tip. Why is this? Answer: African American nose tends to have thicker more sebaceous skin and much weaker cartilages. These limit the tip refinement procedures. However, with use of additional cartilages and suture […]

Question: I saw an interview with a doctor who said that a chemical peel can be used not only on the face, but the neck and hands as well. What’s different about treatment on the face as opposed to the rest of the body? Answer: In general, the face is much more vascular (has more blood […]

Question: What type of injectable filler is the longest lasting for filling out the wrinkles in the forehead? What, if any, complications are associated with injections of this particular filler? Answer:  I would use Botox for forehead lines. These lines are due to activity of the forehead muscles and would benefit from relaxing them. The […]

Question: Botox seems the way to go for me. I have lots of little wrinkles around my eyes and mouth. How do I find out if this is the right approach without coming into the office? Answer: Motion related lines work well with botox. One of the easiest ways to see if botox is right for […]

Question: I have excess sweating in my underarms. I am 27 and work out at the gym regularly. I would really like to do something about this embarrassing problem. I’m local to Virginia Beach and have heard that you’re the specialist in Botox for hyperhidrosis, do you think Botox will help? Answer: Yes. Botox is an […]