Lines & Wrinkles

BOTOX is an excellent way to treat wrinkles. As mentioned earlier, wrinkles are caused by repeated facial movements. BOTOX is a neurotoxin that causes underlying facial muscles to relax.

During your BOTOX appointment, PA Ellie Zarnegar, DMSc, will first clean your skin. Then, she’ll probably ask you to make various facial expressions, so she can inject BOTOX into the muscles you want to relax.

Typically, the entire process takes no longer than 15-20 minutes. You’ll start to notice the results in the first week. Those results will last approximately 4 months.

Wrinkles can be treated with IPL or Intense Pulsed Light. During IPL treatment, multiple different wavelengths of light are used on the skin, promoting new collagen and elastin.

During your appointment, PA Ellie, DMSc, will first apply a special gel to your face, that’s used to regulate temperature. Then, she’ll take an IPL handpiece and use it to guide light energy into your face. The experience isn’t painful, although you may feel a mild stinging. The entire IPL session typically lasts 30 minutes or so. Afterward, you’ll experience no downtime and can resume normal activities immediately.

In the days following treatment, your skin may appear red or swollen. This is a normal part of the healing process, and the skin can be camouflaged with makeup while it occurs. Within a few weeks, your skin will start to look younger. Still, you may require 4-6 treatment sessions to achieve the look you want.

Dermal fillers are another fantastic way to treat facial lines and wrinkles. At Essential Aesthetics, we offer a number of different filler types, including the entire Juvéderm family, as well as Restylane, Restylane Lyft, and RADIESSE.

During a consultation, PA Ellie, DMSc, will recommend a filler type for you. Most often, Juvéderm is used, although depending on your budget, desired treatment area, and your medical history, she may suggest using a different brand of fillers. Regardless of the filler chosen, the experience is the same. PA Ellie, DMSc, will cleanse the treatment area, before making a series of injections using a fine needle. Because each of the fillers contains lidocaine, injections are painless. The entire experience takes no more than a half-hour, there’s no downtime, and the results are immediate!

During microneedling, PA Ellie, DMSc, uses RF Microneedling to perforate the outer layer of your skin with small sterile needles. These micro-injuries stimulate the body’s healing process, so it produces collagen and elastin.

While the procedure may sound painful, patients usually don’t require anesthesia, although they may experience what feels like brief prickling sensations. The length of the procedure varies, depending on whether you’re having any procedures done that same day.

Afterward, your skin may temporarily appear red or inflamed. However, this will subside in a few days, which is also the same time you should start noticing results.

This treatment combines clinically proven RF technologies to combat wrinkles and promote intense skin rejuvenation. RF microneedling and skin tightening target multiple layers of the skin, triggering regeneration of collagen and skin resurfacing, resulting in skin texture improvement and refinement. We are excited to offer this treatment as it provides immediate, long-term results, but also creates minimal pain and downtime after the procedure for the patient.