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How To Get a Sharper Jawline

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One of the most popular procedures that we perform at our Cherry Hill, plastic surgery office remains the jawline correction. If you are looking to get a sharper jawline, we offer a number of treatment plans to achieve this result. Typically, we use a variety of facial fillers to shapen the jawline to give it that more rigid appearance. Tune in as Dr. Steven Davis dives into this popular procedure and the different ways Davis Cosmetic Plastic Surgery goes about perfecting the jawline.

For more on how to get a sharper jawline, tune in to this week’s content. If you would like to schedule a consultation, please contact us via our contact form or call us at 856-424-1700.

Dr. Steven Davis of Davis Cosmetic Plastic Surgery in Cherry Hill, New Jersey wants to ensure the comfort of all patients, which begins with education. We hope our video series can provide useful information for those with upcoming appointments or interested in the behind-the-scenes action of plastic surgery.

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Let’s Cover Erasing Forehead Wrinkles

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Forehead wrinkles are a sensitive subject for many of us because they’re often at the top of our list of complaints about ourselves. But a range of treatments are available to help regain natural-looking, smooth, tight skin on our foreheads.

Botox injections are the most common and effective way to alleviate forehead wrinkles. More on that in a moment. First: How is it that our foreheads become billboards for our age?

There’s no simple answer because there are lots of factors that can cause forehead wrinkles, ranging from the repeated use of certain muscles in your face to a loss in skin elasticity that comes with aging. Perhaps the most common culprit is the frontalis muscle, which elevates the eyebrows and causes the forehead to wrinkle in the process.

But even if you’re someone who’s preferred subtle facial expressions, age inevitably catches up with all of us. As our skin laxity lessens, fine lines and wrinkles begin to form. And the forehead, if only because of its prominent placement, is usually the first place we notice them.

How to Erase Forehead Wrinkles
How to Erase Forehead Wrinkles

What does Botox do, exactly?

Botox burst onto the scene in 2002, when it was approved by the FDA as a safe and temporary solution for smoothing wrinkles. It continues to be the most popular nonsurgical wrinkle treatment, even as the injectables market has grown exponentially in recent years. Last year alone, nearly 7.5 million Botox procedures were performed in the United States, a 3% increase over 2017.

So, how does it work, exactly? Where forehead wrinkles are concerned, it stops the targeted muscles from working, which, in turn, gets rid of the creases. You’ll notice the muscles slowly freeze up within a day or two of the injections. The full, line-smoothing effects will appear after a week. And they typically last for three to four months before gradually wearing off.

There aren’t any other treatments thus far that have been shown to extend the effects of Botox, but there are things you can do to complement the treatment and enhance the results. Wearing sunscreen and taking care of yourself is a start. An ultrasound treatment will help further tighten the skin on the forehead for a greater duration, and a brow lift, which entails small incisions along the hairline, will help create a smoother look overall.

Start sooner rather than later

A couple of other things to keep in mind. First, the number of injections varies from person to person. And, side effects are rare, but when they do occur, they’re usually the result of the injection process. So, seek out a board-certified plastic surgeon who has extensive experience in cosmetic injectables.

Also, Botox is most effective as a preventative treatment. While the mid-twenties may sound premature for considering any kind of facial cosmetic treatment, that’s when traces of lines begin appearing on the forehead. If you wait to treat forehead wrinkles after they’re apparent, it becomes more difficult to achieve ideal results.

Dr. Davis Discusses Snapchat Dysmorphia

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Snapchat Dysmorphia is a serious mental health issue that deals with social media and body image. With the rise of social media and appearance-altering filters, people are developing unrealistic expectations for their face and body.

Dr. Davis of Davis CPS, the leading Cosmetic Plastic Surgery Practice in Cherry Hill, NJ is seeing a rise in what industry professionals are calling “Snapchat Dysmorphia.” Dr. Steven Davis joined PHL17 to discuss the associated mental health issues with editing your appearance.

Watch Dr. Davis discuss this issue on PHL17. (Originally aired 9/25/19)

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Snapchat Dysmorphia Transcript

Plastic surgeons are seeing a rise in what industry professionals are calling Snapchat dysmorphia. Now joining us to discuss the associated mental health with editing your appearance is Dr. Steven Davis. Dr. Davis we appreciate you being here.

What sort of social apps or media apps are we seeing the biggest issues with this, obviously, I would imagine Snapchat is one of the bigger ones.

Snapchat, Instagram, things like that, where you can actually have filters applied, is really causing an interesting situation. Because you know, years ago, people would come in with a picture from something in Vogue magazine, or People Magazine, and they say, Oh, this celebrity, I want to look like that person right now. They come in with their own phones. And they’ve doctored it up to make it look like they want the look. And they say that’s exactly how I would like to look, it’s crazy. It is it is. But it’s something that just kind of is formed, I guess over time of seeing and using these filters, is that correct? It’s true. And the problem with it is, so there’s a good and a bad with it.

All right, the good thing about it is, as a plastic surgeon, I get to know what their aesthetic values are. So I can see they made their nose smaller, they made something else happen. I can understand, that’s what they’re going for in their looks. The bad part about it is, it’s an unrealistic expectation a lot of time. So some of the things that they’re changing on their face, is really not something that can be done, easily, let’s say it’s going to be a big deal. And I don’t think that these younger folks understand what that really means.

But when is it too much? Because, you know, we do a lot of retouching on some of our photos, and say, okay, you have actually gone overboard at this.

So I’ll give you a couple of these signs to look for. But one of the ones that I think out of all the ones that I’ve given you to really look for, is, if it’s starting to affect your personal interaction with people, if you’re starting to hurt you in school, or your relationships with others, or at work, that’s when I think you really have to like step in as a parent or someone else to really like talk about this. A lot of times, it’s really a good thing, I’ll have parents come in with their children who really want to do something. And I turned out to be the bad guy. So I have the parents come in, and it is a good thing for me to be the bad guy, right?

So that the parents come in and go, look, I don’t want to have to deal with this thing right now, please help me explain to the kids, this isn’t something that you can just flippantly do. I’ll say you’re really much you know, more wonderful than you expect, you know, in based on your photos, why don’t you give it a little bit more time. Let’s see if that’s really what you want to do. In a year or so.

I’m curious how, how young? Are you seeing some of the folks that are coming in 15 to 16, right, things like that. I mean, it could be the case is before the body’s even done progress, right?

And there’s some things that really do need to be fixed. So we see some patients that were born with certain kind of disorders or certain kind of birth deformities. And they you know, naturally, that’s a totally different subject. But what we’re talking about here is just things where, you know, it’s an unrealistic expectation for what you can really achieve on that filter that they’re showing you on their phone.
Do you think that these companies should start taking some type of responsibility for this?

Well, I think that’s what’s starting to happen. So recently, as of about a week ago, Instagram actually started to talk about doing some Did you see that? They’re starting to talk about, you know, restricting the ages, but when people can actually start using some of these filters, and I think it’s probably going to be a good thing.
It’s something that we probably will see kind of expand a little bit with the other social media apps as well. Absolutely. Dr. Davis, incredibly important topic. Thank you so much for coming in. Thank you so much. Thank you. All right, well, coming up this morning dinner tonight.

“Why Do People Always Think I’m Mad?”

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Are you often asking yourself, “why do people always think I’m mad?” Or possibly people think you’re always upset or angry. Whatever the case may be, you should feel comfortable knowing you’re not alone. We typically hear from patients that people often think they are in a bad mood. Our Cherry Hill, NJ plastic surgery practice is proud to offer several different services to brighten your smile. With a series of injections, you’ll no longer have to worry about this constant question.

Contact us today to learn more about injections to prevent “resting bitch face;” we’re happy to help you schedule a consultation with Dr. Steven Davis and answer the question, “why do people always think I’m mad?”

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