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The natural effects of aging can take a toll on how you look and feel. Over time, active wrinkles, fine resting lines, thinning lips, loss of facial volume, and skin photoaging become more noticeable. With the rise of social media and celebrity culture, more people are turning to nonsurgical treatments to enhance their facial appearance and turn back the clock.
As experts who treat complex issues involving the head, mouth, face, jaws, and teeth, our oral and maxillofacial surgeons are exceptionally qualified to administer aesthetic facial procedures at Memorial, Houston, TX, and Medical Center, Houston, TX. We combine a keen artistic eye for preserving and enhancing facial beauty with evidence-based procedures. We’re trained and licensed to safely administer IV sedation for a painless facial rejuvenation experience!
Age-related loss of volume commonly results in a sagging of the face, fine lines, wrinkles, folds, and thin lips. Dermal fillers are strategically injected into your face to decrease the appearance of wrinkles or creases, add volume and fullness, and potentially stimulate natural collagen production.
Typically, this treatment doesn’t result in any downtime so that you can resume normal activities after your visit. Our team will discuss the different types of dermal fillers available at Lighthouse Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery and help you decide the best one to meet your unique needs.
While platelet-rich fibrin (PRF) is widely used in oral surgery to enhance healing, it has applications for skin rejuvenation treatment at Memorial, Houston, TX, and Medical Center, Houston, TX, including dermal fillers. Injecting a concentrated form of platelets and white blood cells into the skin encourages new cell growth, repairs damaged tissue, promotes collagen production, and may help smooth fine wrinkles and tighten skin.
Hyaluronic acid is found naturally in the body, with the highest concentrations in joints, eyes, and skin. Injectable HA is FDA-approved and used to reduce the appearance of fine lines, wrinkles, and facial folds and to create structure, framework, and volume in the face and lips. The effects of injectable hyaluronic acid are seen immediately and generally last six to 12 months.
Injectable calcium hydroxylapatite (CaHA) is a biocompatible dermal filler that is FDA-approved to improve the appearance of moderate to severe facial wrinkles and folds, such as the nasolabial folds. CaHA produces immediate results and, over time, can also increase collagen production in the treated areas. The effects of injectable CaHA typically last 12 to 18 months.
As a bio-stimulatory dermal filler, poly-lactic acid stimulates your skin to produce new collagen. It is FDA-approved to treat the thinning of the fat pads on the face (associated with HIV) and improve the appearance of nasolabial folds and other facial wrinkles. Over time, your skin breaks down PLLA into water and carbon dioxide, with natural-looking results appearing gradually over a few months and lasting up to two years.
Polymethyl-methacrylate (PMMA) contains microscopic synthetic polymer beads in a vehicle, such as bovine collagen, hyaluronic acid, or another suspending agent. This filler can improve skin contour and reduce depressions caused by scars (e.g., severe acne), injury, or lines. This type of filler can correct the same issues as collagen replacement or hyaluronic therapy when a more permanent solution is desired.
Vampire facials at Memorial, Houston, TX, and Medical Center, Houston, TX, combine microneedling and PRF to stimulate your body’s natural healing properties and rejuvenate skin for a youthful glow. PRF is a blood product containing platelets, growth factors, white blood cells, and plasma from your body. Whole blood is drawn from your arm and slowly spun in a centrifuge to separate red blood cells from the PRF components.
Microneedling is a highly controlled process that uses thin needles to create tiny punctures in your skin at varying depths. A cellular response is triggered that fills these channels with new collagen and elastin to tighten skin and reduce the appearance of wrinkles, acne scars, and other imperfections without causing scarring. After microneedling is complete, growth factors in the PRF penetrate deep into your treated skin to stimulate tissue repair. Results appear almost immediately and continue to progress over several weeks, creating younger-looking skin with minimal downtime.
We also offer laser resurfacing, a cutting-edge treatment to help you achieve smoother, healthier-looking skin. Using a fractional CO2 laser, this noninvasive procedure gently removes damaged skin layers, stimulates natural collagen production, and promotes regeneration. This means you’ll not only see an improvement in your skin’s texture but also look firmer and more radiant.
Laser resurfacing addresses common skin concerns like fine lines, wrinkles, acne scars, sun damage, and uneven skin tone. The treatment helps reveal a more youthful, refreshed appearance with minimal downtime so you can return to your routine quickly. Plus, the results are long-lasting, leaving you with smoother, glowing skin that you’ll love!
PRF is an evidence-based treatment for both men and women, especially those in the early stages of hair loss. It’s also effective for women with traction alopecia or hair thinning caused by extreme hairstyles that inhibit hair growth. A 2022 study found clinically noticeable improvements in hair growth in 73% of subjects treated with PRF for androgenetic alopecia, with minimal reported side effects. PRF hair restoration is also an option for people with thinning hair who don’t want to take medications for hair loss. Compared to platelet-rich plasma (PRP), PRF has the added benefit of containing fibrin, which provides a scaffold for new cell growth. As such, it may potentially reactivate dormant or weakened hair follicles more than PRP.
We take photos of the treatment areas for before and after comparisons. The process for extracting PRF is the same as that of vampire facials. We wash your scalp and apply topical anesthesia to reduce any discomfort. The shallow PRF injections are made about every one-half inch in areas of your scalp with thinning hair. We wipe your hair down after the procedure is complete. With no downtime, you can resume normal activities immediately.
