Mused after reading that the movie Halloween was the top grossing movie over the weekend. I remember watching the first Halloween about 40 years ago and jumping every time the teenage girls behind me screamed. I love a good scary (not slasher) movie. How about you?

Procedures and Services with Modest Recuperation

Besides cost, the most common question we get asked is “what is the recuperation?” There are quite a few of the surgeries and services we do that will get you back to work and most daily activities in less than a week. Now this doesn’t mean you will be exercising but you will be able to perform most necessary activities particularly if you are considering having surgery or a service before the end of the year.

There are more surgeries that have less recuperation than you may think. Liposuction, breast augmentation or lifts, eyelidplasty, chemical peels, and Cellfina treatment of cellulite can, in most cases, get you back to a desk job or taking care of the house and family within a long weekend. Of course, facelifts, tummy tucks, and combining different procedures together require more time to heal than what we are describing here.

(Did You Know? Price is often less than what patients imagine and we have financing services to help. Call 513-793-5772 for any of this information.)

There are a number of other services either I or my staff provide that have little or no downtime. Our Micropeels, or lunchtime peels, are probably the best known as we have hundreds of patients (yes women AND MEN) who come in regularly for this. The exfoliation and mild peel not only improves the appearance of the skin on your face but allows our prescription strength products to be more effective.

Cellulite?
Cellfina, www.cellfina.com, is the only FDA-cleared minimally invasive procedure clinically proven to improve the appearance of cellulite for at least three years. The best candidate has dimpling that is not caused by loose skin. The benefits are a long-lasting, single, in-office treatment that usually takes under an hour. No general anesthesia is needed and downtime is limited in most cases to the day of treatment. 96% of patients were satisfied after two years.

Permanent Makeup?
Micro-blading is a technique of applying permanent makeup to your eyebrows with individual strokes simulating individual hairs. We also do permanent eyeliner and lips.

Facial Wrinkles?
Vollure is the newest filler for fine wrinkles. It doesn’t project as much as Juvederm but is smoother and lasts up to 18 months. Volbella is a lip filler that DOES NOT exaggerate the lips but improves wrinkles and creases in the lips and the skin just above the lips. Studies show it lasts for about a year. Come in and see what it has done for Diane, Crystal and Dianna. Voluma augments the cheeks and lifts some of the lower tissues.

Neck Bands or Hypersweating under Arms?

Botox can help with both. Come in for a free consult.

Weak Chin, Nasal Imperfections, Aging or Thin Earlobes?
Juvederm plumps chins and earlobes and sometimes nasal imperfections.

Lax Skin or Brown Spots?
Collagen Induction Therapy or microneedling reduces facial pigmentation and improves wrinkles.

Fat under Chin?
Kybella is an injected solution that melts the fat under your chin.

Do you have unsightly brown spots on your face, hands or body?

SkinCeuticals (many of you use their skincare products) has developed a “pen” that uses cryotherapy or freezes age and sun spots as well as skin tags. It uses carbon dioxide which freezes the superficial part of the skin at -79 degrees C. The technique is similar to when family physicians and dermatologists use liquid nitrogen to treat skin cancers.

The procedure takes just a few minutes. The area is cleansed then sprayed with CO2 to freeze the spot. There is very little if any temporary discomfort. Immediately after, Vitamin C is applied and so can makeup. Vitamin C and a sunscreen are encouraged and should be applied while healing.

The lesion will get darker and possibly scab before it sheds. It can take 7-21 days to shed completely. Healthy pink skin or lightening of the dark spot will appear. Maturation of the skin then follows the normal skin cycle of 6 weeks.

If the spot is appropriate, we charge $150 for the first three spots then $30 for each thereafter.

Leg Veins?
Sclerotherapy improves spider veins in your legs.

LA DOLCE VITA

I ate brunch at Le Peep yesterday with some friends in Landen. It has a variety of breakfast and lunch food at reasonable prices. Discounts on bloody Marys and mimosas. www.Citybeat.com has an article on 38 places to have brunch all over the city.
SKIN CARE SPECIAL:

Rid your skin of the damage caused by this summer’s harsh sun with one of our exfoliating products. Some include: Obagi Exfoderm Exfoderm forte, Dermesse exfoliator and exfoliator forte, SkinCeuticals Retexturing Activator, Dermesse Sugar Scrub and Baby Foot. All are 20% off!

Healthy living,

Peter McKenna, M.D.
513.793.5772
www.mckennamd.com

McKenna Cosmetic Surgery Center . 10577 Montgomery Road . Cincinnati . OH . 45242

A Cincinnati Magazine “Top Doc” since 1998