Don’t crank up the heat
When it’s cold and blustery outside, we want to stay warm and toasty inside. Keeping your central heat turned up can dry out the air in your home, drying out your skin in the process. Try keeping your thermostat set to a comfortable, but not too warm setting of about 68-72 degrees. This idea is not only better for your skin, but better for your budget as well!
Avoid the hot shower
Using very hot water can have a drying effect on your skin, reducing the natural oils in your skin. This is especially important if you frequently wash your hands with hot water. Cool it down just a bit in the shower, bath and for handwashing.

Eat Your Vitamins
Eating foods that are rich in Omega-3 and Omega-6 fatty acids is great for your health and for your skin. You can take a supplement such as fish oil or flaxseed oil. Try to include foods like salmon, halibut, oysters, walnuts and soybeans (edamame) in your diet.

Stay Hydrated
Drinking enough good old H2O is great for your skin all year round. Most people don’t drink enough water. Try cutting out carbonated drinks which dehydrate you such as sweetened teas and stick to plain old water. You’ll look and feel better. Add a little variety with fresh citrus, mint or even berries.

Avoid Astringents and Alcohol on Your Skin
In winter, astringents and alcohols will dry your skin even more, and are an unnecessary step. Try to avoid these products if you can. Drinking alcohol in excess during any time of the year also dehydrates your skin.

Use a Professional Skin Care Regimen
Professional skin care advice can be one of the best things you can do for your skin. Over the counter products contain many fragrances and irritants and are often not effective at best. Professional products are designed specifically to improve the health and function of your skin as well as improve the texture, tone and moisture level. Healthy skin is naturally hydrated skin. Our top pick for skin care includes the use of the Obagi Nu-Derm system and daily use of Vitamin C Serum.

Dry, winter skin does not have to get you down. You can prevent it and correct it by changing a few small things about your routine. For more information, or for a complimentary skin care analysis and customized treatment plan contact us at 972-869-2525

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Admittedly, I have an inside track on all things cosmetic.  I knew that I needed laser treatment performed on my legs.  The Candela Gentle YAG laser that we use in the office is great for spider veins and small diameter visible veins.  There were two things about this laser that I really appreciated:

• The Candela Gentle YAG laser is designed to work on darker/suntanned skin tones.  Since I spend a lot of time outdoors, this fact gave me a lot of confidence.  I definitely did not want to risk trading one unsightly mess for another by risking skin discoloration or scarring from using a laser not designed for darker skin.
• The laser has a cryogen cooling system that blasts the skin with a wonderful cooling sensation in conjunction with the laser pulse.  This added bonus,  in addition to the topical anesthetic made my treatment oh, so comfortable!

Erin Campbell, our Medical Aesthetician applied an anesthetic cream to my skin.  The laser treatment took only minutes to perform.  It took about a week or so for the full effects to be seen.  I still have a slightly visible vein showing which will take one more treatment to clear up, which is common with larger spider veins.  The results are stunning and fast!

In a perfect world, I would be able to get the rest of my body beach-ready just as easy as I got rid of my spider veins. Oh, well.  I guess I will just keep waiting for a miracle laser to tone my muscles!

Check out my before and after pictures!

Almost completely invisible after ONE treatment!

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Dr. Weinstein stays on the leading edge of cosmetic and reconstructive surgery. For over 30 years, he’s provided proven, reliable treatments to enhance appearances and reverse the damage time inflicts on our skin. With Fraxel laser skin resurfacing, he can make you look younger and more vibrant.

How Skin Ages
A network of collagen and elastin sits below your outer layer of skin and provides a framework to keep skin soft, firm, and supple. Over time, the natural aging process and sun exposure breaks down this network. Skin starts to look thinner and sag, wrinkles appear, and you may notice brown spots.

Fraxel Repairs Damaged Skin
The Fraxel laser penetrates a small area of tissue and stimulates your body’s own natural healing processes. Healthier skin replaces damaged skin, while leaving surrounding tissue untouched. Skin literally rebuilds itself from the inside out.

By treating a small area at a time, Fraxel laser skin resurfacing works fast to promote healing.

Uses for Fraxel Laser Skin Treatments
The Fraxel laser is FDA approved to treat a variety of skin conditions, including:

• Acne scars
• Age spots
• Melasma (mask of pregnancy)
• Sagging skin
• Sun damage
• Wrinkles

A New You!
Fraxel laser skin resurfacing is safe, fast, and effective. You’ll experience smoother, younger-looking skin without the side effects and lengthy healing times of traditional laser skin treatments.

Call today to schedule a consultation with Cosmetic Youth’s Dr. Weinstein. We offer two locations to serve you, Dallas and Valley Ranch, and a team dedicated to clinical excellence and personalized care.

Permanant and Injectable Lip Augmentation

Get More Kissable Lips in Time for Valentine’s Day!

Lip augmentation is just the right treatment for people who want to plump up their lips, reshape lips or add definition.  Dr. Robert Weinstein has enhanced the lips of some of the most beautiful women in Dallas, our patients!  There are many options for lip augmentation, including both temporary and permanent solutions, surgical and non-surgical.

Here are some examples of what lip enhancement can do for you:

Lip Augmentation Before

Lip Augmentation After

Finally, there is a cool, comfortable, and effective hair removal procedure for everyone! Whether you have fair, well-tanned, or dark skin, the Gentle YAG hair removal laser system can eliminate the need for shaving, plucking, or waxing. It’s the fast and effective treatment you have been waiting for, and it’s available right here in our Las Colinas office.

Traditional hair removal techniques, such as shaving, waxing, plucking, and depilatory creams provide only temporary results. Until now, the only recognized way to remove hair permanently has been by electrolysis, which can be tedious, time-consuming, and uncomfortable. Gentle YAG has the largest spot size of any available laser, which affords our patients much faster treatment times.

Other hair removal lasers may not always be used effectively on well tanned or darker skin tones. The Gentle YAG system can uniquely remove unwanted body hair on all skin types without damaging the delicate pores and structures of the skin. Facial and bikini areas are usually completed in less than 10minutes. Legs, backs, or larger areas may take longer.

Thanks to the Gentle YAG’s advanced technology, laser hair removal is now available for everyone. Whether you are fair skinned, dark skinned or well-tanned, the Gentle YAG laser can eliminate unwanted body hair.

Patients from throughout the Dallas Metroplex visit Cosmetic Youth for exceptional service and first-class results. Our Las Colinas office is conveniently located for North Dallas, Irving, Carrollton, Farmers Branch, and the surrounding areas. Call today to reserve your consultation with Dr. Weinstein and learn how we can improve your self-image and take years off your appearance.

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Experience how easy it is to smooth wrinkles, plump lips and erase years at Cosmetic Youth.

Why Choose an Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeon for Your Cosmetic Procedure?

• Advanced Medical Technology
• Proven Clinical Results
• Little or no Downtime
• Over 3 Decades of Experience

Trained and specializing in surgical facial reconstruction and jaw surgery, Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons (OMFS) are specially and specifically trained in the anatomy and physiology of the facial structures including bone, muscle, nerve and tissue relationships of the face, head and neck.  For this reason, an OMFS has vast knowledge and extensive expertise in this defined area of the body.  An OMFS earns a degree as a dentist before pursuing four or more years of continued education and residency training in Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery.  This pre-residency training also involves tuning the eye to smaller and more minute details, providing him or her with “THE ESTHETIC EYE”.  The residency training includes rotations through Plastic Surgery, Otolaryngology, General Surgery, Internal Medicine and Anesthesiology.  In fact, an OMFS is generally trained, more than any other physician, excluding Anesthesiologists, to provide general anesthesia and/or IV sedation, especially in an out-patient setting.  An OMFS has the ability and training to take the entire face into consideration, from bone structure to tissue quality and exacting placement, when performing a cosmetic procedure.  An OMFS’ ability to realign facial structures stems from their residency years which are filled with the treatment of multiple facial fractures and traumatic soft tissue injuries.  An OMFS is experienced in “putting back together” tissues and structures, which are deformed in an unnatural way through injury, in a manner that results in the best possible esthetic outcome.  Treating the skin is only a part of a more three dimensional perspective in the mind of an OMFS, and specifically for Dr. Weinstein who embraces this concept.

For example; a patient who has undergone tissue augmentation of the cheeks and/or lips without satisfactory results may have an underlying skeletal abnormality or even missing teeth causing a sunken or hollow appearance.  Correction of this problem can often be achieved surgically through the inside of the mouth, negating the need for any visible external scarring and possibly reducing or eliminating the need for facial tissue augmentation altogether.  Treating the face, skin and jaws as a whole provides more complete and longer lasting results.  An OMFS’s clinical understanding of the dental, skeletal and tissue relationships in facial esthetics, along with the “ESTHETIC EYE”, make him/her an ideal specialist for cosmetic facial surgery.

Dr. Robert Weinstein is an Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeon with over 30 years experience in cosmetic facial surgery as well as peri-oral related surgery such as reconstructive jaw surgery, bone grafting and dental implant surgery.    His office boasts state of the art laser equipment which makes it possible to achieve a greater variety of results without invasive surgery.  The lasers used in his practice are the top rated and most advanced lasers of their kind.  Surgical techniques are minimally invasive, allowing for swift recovery and minimal scarring. Over thirty years of clinical experience combined with rigorous continuing education including orthognathic surgery, facial trauma reconstruction, facial plastic surgery, dental implantology and bone grafting surgery means that when you choose Dr. Robert Weinstein for your facial cosmetic procedure, you are choosing an expert in the field of facial esthetics.

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