DYSPORT™

Tired of looking at those frown lines and crow's feet?

How does DYSPORT™ work?
DYSPORT™ works by allowing muscles in a treated area to relax. Because wrinkles are caused by habits of expression and sometimes due to poor eyesight or headaches, once the muscles are allowed to rest, frown lines, forehead lines or crow's feet may flatten out considerably.

What is DYSPORT™?
DYSPORT™ is similar to BOTOX®, with a protein extracted from the bacterium clostridium botulinum. Although it has been used in other countries for several years, it received FDA approval in the U.S. for aesthetic purposes in April, 2009. Like Botox, DYSPORT™ is a purified form of botulism toxin that primarily works to lessen frown lines between the eyes but may also be used for crow's feet or other facial areas.

How is the Procedure Performed?
Your health care provider will inject tiny amounts of DYSPORT™ into the facial muscles that are causing your lines. The procedure takes just a few seconds.

Does it hurt?
You will feel only minor and brief discomfort during these injections and there is generally no recovery time needed. At the Laser Treatment Center we use a skin cooling system prior to administering DYSPORT™ to help minimize the slight discomfort you may feel from the injections.

When will the treatment take effect?
The effects of DYSPORT™ may be seen from 3-10 days after treatment.

How Long Will the Results Last?
The results of DYSPORT™ injections are not permanent. A treatment usually lasts from two to six months, with three to four being the average, so, three or four treatments per year will maintain the improved appearance. When it starts to wear off, you will notice a gradual return of your wrinkles. If you choose not to continue with DYSPORT™ the appearance of lines or wrinkes will not be any worse than if you hadn't had it.

Who is a Candidate for This Procedure?
DYSPORT™ works best in patients who are less than 65 years old. Frown lines between the eyebrows, forehead lines, and crow's feet can be treated successfully. After age 65, DYSPORT™ in combination with a "filler" such as Restylane can help achieve the desired results.

What About Wrinkes In The Mid And Lower Face?
DYSPORT™ is occasionally used in these areas. We want to be careful not to distort your smile and facial expressions, (but if this did occur, it would be temporary). Treatments with lasers or injections of "fillers" such as Restylane may be more appropriate for these areas. Discuss these options with your physician or physician assistant.

Combining DYSPORT™ With Fillers
Since DYSPORT™ is not a filler like Restylane, Juvederm, Radiesse, Artefill or Evolence, it cannot treat folds or lines that are not caused by muscle action. You may achieve wonderful results by combining DYSPORT™ with one of the fillers mentioned above in the same treatment session. Talk to your physician or physician assistant if you are interested in this option.

Prompt Affordable Care

At the Laser Treatment Center you will be pleased with the affordability of your DYSPORT™ treatment and we can often see you on the same day you call for an appointment.

Complimentary Consultation or Appointment

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Laser Treatment Center Directions

We are located directly across from Evergreen Hospital in the Evergreen Professional Plaza.

Please do not hesitate to call for further directions or information. Our phone number is 425-899-4144.

 

Going South on I-405:

Take Exit 20 (NE 124th St.). At the exit stop light turn left onto NE 124th St. At Totem Lake Blvd. turn left. Follow to next light (120th Ave NE) and turn right. You are now on 120th Ave. Follow 120th up the hill (past Trader Joe's). Go through light at 128th and then turn into the 2nd driveway on the left. We are in the Evergreen Professional Plaza between 128th and 130th lane. We are in Bldg G towards the rear of the parking lot, Suites 100 and 104.

Going North on I-405:

Take exit 20B (NE 124th St/Totem Lake Blvd). Stay in the right lane towards Totem Lake Blvd. and go under the freeway, proceed through the stoplight onto 120th Ave NE. Follow 120th Ave up the hill (past Trader Joe's). Go through light at 128th and then turn into the 2nd driveway on the left. We are in the Evergreen Professional Plaza between 128th and 130th lane. We are in Bldg G towards the rear of the parking lot, Suites 100 and 104.

Be sure to allow sufficient travel time as this is a high traffic area and there is often construction going on nearby at Evergreen Hospital.

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ZERONA™ is a new non-invasive body sculpting procedure designed to remove fat and contour the body without invasive surgery. ZERONA™, unlike other procedures, allows the patient to continue their daily activites without interruptions from surgery, pain, wounds, or garments.

ZERONA™ works by utilizing the Erchonia® Laser Scanner, which is also FDA market cleared for laser assisted liposuction. The Laser Scanner allows for the emulsification of adipose tissue, which releases into the interstitial space. The excess fat is then passed through the body during its normal course of detoxification.

The ZERONA™ procedure was proven through a double-blind, randomized, multi-site, and placebo-controlled study in which patients, on average, lost 3.64 inches from their waist, hips, and thighs. This result is dramatic compared to the placebo group, which only lost an average of half an inch.

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To schedule a complimentary consultation, please call our office at (425)899-4144.

O.A.T.S (Occassional Anti-Aging Tidbits)

by Peter Cooperrider, M.D.

(Random cool stem cell and cancer research that I've
come across recently)

Cutting edge in the field of adult stem cell research is the recent finding that human skin cells can be reprogrammed into liver cells. This will help in the study of liver diseases, but also has obvious potential applicability to regenerate a healthy liver with your own tissues when needed, as liver transplant is such a massive undertaking. Regenerative medicine is the field of producing new organs and body parts from our own cells.

On the cancer front, cancer is often ignored by our immune system, perhaps because the cells are basically our own tissue and hard to differentiate from normal cells. Salmonella bacteria, famous for causing disease, have been injected into melanoma tumors in animals and have served to alert the immune system to the fact that there is a cancer that needs to be destroyed. They can be used in a way that it does not cause illness. Human testing is up next.

Evidence that more cancers are caused by viruses lies in the fact that HIV and organ transplant patients both have increased incidence of cancer. The main thing in common between the two situations is that they are both immunosuppressed, in one case due to the disease and in the other case due to medications, which is felt to allow infection with viruses or bacteria that cause cancer. This implies that many cancers might be avoidable like stomach cancer by treating H. pylori, or preventable with a vaccine, as with the new HPV vaccine for cancer of the cervix, or treatable with a vaccine as is being attempted with melanoma.