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Westbrook Wellness Internal Medicine
Asha Thomas, MD
Internist located in Westchester, IL
You want to look and feel your best, but sometimes sun damage and signs of aging like fine lines and wrinkles can prematurely age your skin. Dr. Asha Thomas offers anti-aging treatments like Botox® and dermal fillers to improve the appearance of your skin at Westbrook Wellness Internal Medicine in Westchester, Illinois. Call or schedule a consultation online today to find out if Dr. Thomas’ anti-aging treatments are right for you.
Anti-aging Q & A
What are anti-aging treatments?
Dr. Thomas offers facial aesthetic treatments to reduce the appearance of aging on your face like crow’s feet, frown lines, and sagging skin caused by volume loss.
Over time, your skin loses elasticity as your body produces less collagen and elastin. Natural aging reduces your skin’s ability to bounce back into place after you smile, frown, or squint. It also causes your skin to lose volume, which leads to loose or sagging skin and thinner lips.
What is Botox?
Botox is one of the most popular cosmetic treatments to reduce the appearance of facial wrinkles. Dr. Thomas injects the Botox serum into your skin, where it relaxes your subdermal muscles responsible for facial expressions. As those muscles relax, the skin covering them also loosens, and your crow’s feet and frown lines soften and disappear.
You usually notice an improvement in your appearance within 24-48 hours with a further reduction in wrinkles over the next month or so. The effects vary between patients, and most people have injections every 3-6 months.
Botox is made from the botulinum toxin and is FDA-approved for cosmetic uses. Millions of people around the world have had Botox injections for decades.
What are dermal fillers?
Dermal fillers are another injectable cosmetic treatment that reduces the appearance of aging. Dermal fillers work slightly differently than Botox and replace lost volume with gels made from chemicals that occur naturally in the body, like hyaluronic acid and collagen.
Restylane® dermal fillers made from hyaluronic acid are used to treat moderate to severe facial wrinkles and folds like the lines that form along the sides of your nose and mouth. Restylane is also used to plump your lips.
Juvederm® is another line of hyaluronic acid dermal filler. Dr. Thomas uses Juvederm products to fill in deep wrinkles around your nose and mouth, to plump your lips, and replace lost volume in your cheeks.
What should I expect during my anti-aging treatment?
Dr. Thomas starts your treatment with a close examination of your face to identify the best locations for your injections. She carefully cleans your face and applies a topical anesthetic if you’re sensitive to needles. Next, she delicately makes the injections. Treatment usually takes 20-30 minutes, depending on the number of injections needed.
If you want to look as young as you feel, call or schedule a consultation online today.
*Individual results may vary.
