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Give Your Skin a Makeover With BBL and HALO Laser

When aging eventually takes its toll on your appearance, two popular laser treatments can come to your skin’s rescue: Forever Young® BBL and HALO® laser skin resurfacing. These minimally invasive treatments address similar issues like sun damage, fine lines, and hyperpigmentation. But they each work differently and have unique benefits for your skin. Let’s take …

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How to Repair Sun Damaged Skin: A Guide to Laser Skin Treatments

The sun's warm embrace of your skin in Oregon is a simple pleasure, but prolonged exposure results in damage and premature skin aging. If you're concerned about wrinkles, fine lines, age spots, or uneven skin tone, we can help you choose the best laser skin treatment for sun damage. Before choosing a laser treatment, it's …

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Is It Always Necessary To Place Breast Implants Under the Chest Muscle? 

Dr. Mark Jewell and Dr. Alireza Najafian answer this question in terms of what they call their version of the modern breast augmentation. This answer is based on their many years of performing breast augmentations, scientific research, and knowledge of how to produce a great long-term outcome with high levels of patient satisfaction.  Historically, there …

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Laser Skin Resurfacing: What To Expect Before and After

Are you struggling with skin concerns like wrinkles, fine lines, acne scars, or uneven skin tone? These are issues that many people face, and they can have a negative impact on your confidence and self-esteem. However, safe and effective treatments are available to help you achieve smoother, healthier, and more youthful-looking skin. In this post, …

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How Long Does BOTOX® Take To Work: What To Know Before, During & After Treatment

When injected by a skilled provider, BOTOX creates natural-looking results that help you look as young as you feel. BOTOX injections minimize forehead wrinkles, diminish frown lines between the eyebrows, and reduce fine lines around the eyes, sometimes called crow’s feet. Before your BOTOX appointment, you may have some questions about the effects of this …

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Can BOTOX® Compete With a Brow Lift?

It’s been called “Hollywood’s secret weapon,” but the effectiveness of BOTOX for elevating the brow without surgery or downtime is no secret to the women and men at our plastic surgery practice in Eugene, Oregon. Our injectors, including board-certified nurse practitioner Hillary Jewell, strategically use BOTOX or Dysport® to create a rested, more youthful appearance. …

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A Timeline for Recovery From a Facelift

A unique aspect of facial plastic surgery is that the recovery process really includes both physical healing and the time needed before patients are comfortable in social settings—especially important social events such as a wedding or class reunion. The timeline for recovery from a facelift described in this blog post touches on both aspects. A …

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How Long Does a Facelift Last?

Even as the popularity of minimally invasive and non-invasive facial rejuvenation treatments increases, a surgical facelift remains the gold standard if you want long-lasting results. How long is "long-lasting"? It probably doesn’t surprise you that there is no ironclad answer for how long your facelift will last. It depends on a variety of factors, including …

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