Founder and surgeon at the Cosmetic Laser and Surgery Center of El Paso, Lyle D. Weeks M.D., has established his practice based on the latest advances in cosmetic surgery and laser technology. He is certified by the American Board of Otolaryngology and the American Board of Laser Surgery. Dr. Weeks specializes in all areas of facial cosmetic surgery.
Dr. Weeks graduated from the University of Kansas Medical School in 1965. He completed residency training in Otolaryngology and Head and Neck Surgery at the University of Kansas and Walter Reed Medical Center. Dr. Weeks served as department Chief at William Beaumont Medical Center from 1974 to 1976 before entering private practice in El Paso.
He is a fellow of the American College of Surgeons and is a member of several medical societies including the, American Academy of Otolaryngology, American Academy of Facial Plastic Surgery, American Rhinologic Society, the International Society of Cosmetic Laser Surgeons and the American Society for Lasers in Medicine and Surgery.
Over a decade ago Dr. Lyle Weeks took a special interest in creating a laser center that would change the “face” of healthcare in El Paso and surrounding areas. After taking multiple courses and becoming board certified in laser surgery, he opened the Cosmetic Laser and Surgery Center of El Paso.
In addition to treating wrinkles and pigment problems, many other skin conditions including acne and rosacea respond well to treatment by lasers and dermal repair products. Due to our desert climate, special emphasis is given to sun protection.
Dr. Weeks and Dr. Jabor, along with their staff of skin care specialists have gone to great lengths to find excellent skin care products that are effective and affordable! Our products lines include: PCA , Elta, Repechage, Kinerase, Ti-Crème, MD Forte, Blue Lizard and others…
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Plastic Surgery by El Paso Surgeon Dr. Lyle D. Weeks
Thursday, February 18th, 2010Plastic Surgery by Board Certified Plastic Surgeons in El Paso
Thursday, February 18th, 2010Most facelifts are done under local anesthesia in an outpatient setting. Depending on the area to be treated, facelifts usually involve incisions made along the hairline, which extend around the ears to the lower scalp. The skin is lifted away from the fat and muscle underneath, and excess fat is removed. The deeper layers are then tightened and the skin is carefully sutured to create a nearly invisible scar.
Board Certified Plastic Surgeons in El Paso can meet your surgical needs.
Laser resurfacing procedures can often be performed at the same time as a facelift or other cosmetic procedures.
Depending on the extent of the work performed, recovery time can range from a few weeks to several months. Swelling and minor discomfort lasts a few days, and stitches are usually removed within a week. Most patients are back to work in 10 to 14 days, and may resume their normal activities in about three weeks.
S-lift (short scar facelift) or mini-facelift is well suited for middle-aged and younger patients to provide tightening of sagging muscles of the cheeks, chin and neck. S-lift can be performed in conjunction with tumescent local anesthesia and may be combined with liposuction of the face and/or neck. This procedure entails a more iminimal incision that the traditional facelift with faster recovery and can be performed in the office on most patients. Consider having your face lift done in El Paso.
Facial rejuvenation can be peformed with a variety of soft tissue facial fillers that add volume to multiple areas of the face.
The announced approval of Radiesse cosmetic dermal filler for the long-lasting correction of moderate to severe facial wrinkles and folds. Radiesse provides volume replacement to wrinkles and folds as well as stimulating the body to produce new collagen in the treatment area.
Juvederm Ultra,recently approved by the FDA, is an injectable hyaluronic acid gel beneficial for smoothing facial wrinkles. Juvederm temporarily adds volume to the skin and gives the appearance of a smoother surface. Dr. Weeks and Dr. Jabor are participants in the protocol study for Juvederm. Consider having your plastic surgery and cosmetic surgery needs taken care of in El Paso.
Is A Chemical Peel Right For You?
Monday, February 15th, 2010A Chemical peel procedure consists of a chemical solution applied tot eh skin in order to to improve the appearance and create a smoothing effect to the skin’s texture. The Chemical solution will “strip away” the skin’s damaged outer layers. In many cases a chemical peel procedure can be combined with a face lift surgery procedure.
It is important to note that a chemical peel procedure is not a substitute for face lift surgery and a chemical peel will not slow or stop the natural aging process Your plastic surgeon will provide information about certain types of chemical peel treatments and the results you might expect. It won’t answer all your questions, since a lot depends on your individual circumstances. Once you and your plastic surgeon have decided on a specific peel program, be sure to ask about any details that you do not understand.
BOTOX Cosmetic in Hawaii
Monday, February 15th, 2010“If you keep making that face, it is going to stay that way permanently.”
I remember my mom used to tell us kids that frequently, especially when one of us would make a frustrated face or dare to shoot mom an angry glance. Little did I realize that as I got older, Mom’s wisdom would become more fact than fiction.
Every year we grow older, our skin also ages. Our aging skin along with the appearance of fine lines and wrinkles are the result of what could be the combination of a multitude of various factors. In addition to the normal changes to our skin cells, the loss of hormones and decreased collagen production, we also experience changes to areas surrounding the face such as the brow/forehead area caused by muscle contractions.
We have all seen the effects that muscle contractions have on the skin. Are you familiar with those vertical lines that appear between your brows? Those are commonly referred to as “11’s” and are the result from repeated muscle contractions. every time you concentrate, squint, or frown, the muscles that control your brow movement contract. Over time, this will cause the brow skin to furrow and fold. After years of repeated brow contractions, those 11’s can begin to stay prominent, even after your brow muscles are relaxed. Gee, maybe Mom was right after all.
BOTOX® Cosmetic is a purified protein that temporarily treats the fine lines and wrinkles caused by aging and muscle contractions by blocking nerve signals to the muscles in the treatment area. BOTOX® cosmetic achieves this by “stunning” the muscles, thereby reducing the muscle activity that is causing the prominent lines to form between the brows. A BOTOX treatment session consists of a few injection administered by your plastic surgeon. The procedure only takes a few minutes, and there is no down time.
Lip Augmentation In Kentucky
Thursday, February 11th, 2010Lip augmentation is a procedure designed to increase the size of the lips in order to create a fuller and more attractive lip. The Lip Augmentation procedure is a safe procedure used by both women and men of all ages. Each lip may be treated separately from each other, or as a combined procedure.
In the last ten years, the lip augmentation procedure has become one of the more popular cosmetic procedures, especially among women. There are two main approaches to lip augmentation. One type utilizes natural or man made synthetic fillers to achieve the desired lip size. The results of using fillers are, in most cases temporary and repeat treatments will be required to maintain the result. Another approach is a surgical technique where the plastic surgeon relocates lip tissue from the inside to the outside of the lip.
Plastic Surgery in Detroit, Michigan – Breast Reconstruction Surgery
Tuesday, February 9th, 2010Detroit breast reconstruction – The American Cancer Society released an estimate that over 190,000 women would be diagnosed with breast cancer in 2009 in the United States, and that roughly 40,000 would die of the disease. Women faced with mastectomy, or surgical removal of a breast, as a treatment to prevent tumors from spreading and ending their lives are also presented with a whole host of additional potential woes, physical and emotional, over and above the cancer. The trauma of losing a body part is only part of the story, and can obscure those little unexpected details of daily living that remind her of her loss.
It would be the embodiment of understatement to say that the choice to have breast reconstruction is a highly personal one. Though the list of possible complications can be daunting, the rewards can be significant; not only for the self image, but the quality of life in general for those who choose to undergo the procedure. Detroit plastic surgeon, Dr. Mohamad H. Bazzi, makes breast surgery part of his efforts to “seek a balance between your inner self and a corresponding outward reflection.”
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Breast Reduction for Men – Beverly Hills
Monday, February 8th, 2010Los Angeles breast surgery isn’t just for women seeking better proportions to their figure. While it’s true that doctors like Santa Monica plastic surgeon, Dr. Steven Teitelbaum, do provide women with a full range of breast surgery (increasing, decreasing, lifting and more), there is also breast reduction for men to be considered.
Defined as “excessive development of the breast in the male” by Mirriam-Webster Online, gynecomastia is more common than you may think. Most men will develop gynecomastia to some extent at some point in their lives. Though it frequently resolves itself, some “man-boobs” don’t go away on their own. They still need not be permanent. Just as Dr. Teitelbaum treats women dissatisfied with their breasts, men, too, can be treated for their “breasts.” Men might not normally consider themselves as likely candidates for plastic surgery, but male plastic surgery is helpful for treating more than moobs. As you see Dr. Teitelbaum, gynecomastia surgeon, there may be additional procedures from which you could benefit.
Learn more by visiting beverlyhillsgynecomastia.com
Is A Filler Lift An Alternative To A Surgical Face Lift?
Friday, February 5th, 2010Many plastic surgeons believe that when the correct individual dermal filler, or in some cases, the correct combination of fillers to treat wrinkles, the results are very similar to those achieved from much more invasive procedures.
Dermal fillers widely accepted and used in modern cosmetic dermatology and cosmetic surgery procedures as an instant aesthetic treatment. A dermal filler treatment is one of a small number of cosmetic procedures that typically provide immediate results and a noticeable improvement and does not require down time like procedures such as a face lift.
These days there is a mind boggling number of choices when electing to have a dermal filler treatment. It is not an uncommon practice for a cosmetic surgeon to utilize a single type of filler to treat more than one area of concern.
New York Cosmetic Dermatologist Dr. Karyn Grossman states “Each individual dermal filler has qualities that differ from other fillers, and therefore provide different results. By utilizing multiple filler types to treat different areas of a patients face, and using the best filler for each treatment area, one can achieve the most beautiful and natural looking results possible.”
L.A. – Breast Augmentation
Thursday, February 4th, 2010A little time spent searching the history of prosthetics turns up regular occurrences of Ambroise Paré as the father of medical amputation and, not
coincidentally, influential in the field of prosthetics. There are examples cited of “earliest known” prosthetics, and commentary about how little change one sees in either materials or technique for the bulk of history. Like so many arenas of human knowledge, however, things have really taken off over the last century or so. Iron, wood, and leather have given way to plastics, fiberglass, and other space-age materials. What’s all this got to do with breast implants in Los Angeles, you ask?
A prosthesis is any artificial device used in place of a body part, or to make a body part work better. Arms and legs come readily to mind, perhaps because they are easily spotted without the use of X-rays, at least at a pool or decathlon. The term also applies to more than just arms and legs, however. Ears, eyes, fingers, teeth, and even devices placed surgically inside the body qualify.
As with external prosthetics, the breast implants used by Los Angeles plastic surgeon, Dr. Marc Mani, must conform specifically to the individual patient. Unlike an arm or a leg, this kind of prosthesis is surgically implanted under the breast tissue, either over or under the underlying pectoral muscle. Because breast implants do not technically serve a life-sustaining purpose, the surgery is elective, and so not generally covered by insurance. As such the decision to have breast augmentation surgery is that much more personal. The benefits of breast augmentation may be less easily defined than that of an artificial leg, but are no less real.
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Breast Enhancement in La Jolla, CA
Wednesday, February 3rd, 2010Plastic Surgeon in La Jolla – Self improvement takes many forms, from choosing a sensible salad instead of that bonanza-burger
to turning off the video game and cracking open the pages of a true classic. Not only does taking time for physical activity improve your health, but improved health improves the way you feel generally. Maybe that’s why we seek to improve ourselves; it does make us feel better. What about the things we can’t change about ourselves, however? The ubiquitous message that a woman’s breasts should look a certain way and be a certain size runs pretty far afoul of the reality that time and life have a great deal more control over those statistics than she has. Dr. Robert Kearney provides La Jolla breast augmentation patients highly personalized care for a highly personal decision.
Learn more by visiting kearneymd.com