Ha fillers Injectable hyaluronic acid (ha) fillers are flooding the market, challenging aesthetic physicians to determine which product is best for an individual patient’s soft-tissue volume loss or facial rejuvenation needs. Aesthetic clinicians are using ha fillers in many ways to rejuvenate the face — from primary uses such as injections into the superficial to mid dermis to address perioral rhytids, to more recent uses, including correction of the temple and infraorbital hollows. 

Hair loss It can affect just the hair on your scalp or your entire body. Although alopecia is more prevalent in older adults, excessive hair loss can occur in children as well.

It’s normal to lose between 50 and 100 hairs a day. With about 100,000 hairs on your head, that small loss isn’t noticeable.

New hair normally replaces the lost hair, but this doesn’t always happen. Hair loss can develop gradually over years or happen abruptly. Hair loss can be permanent or temporary.

First, your doctor or dermatologist (a doctor who specializes in skin problems) will try to determine the underlying cause of your hair loss. The most common cause of hair loss is hereditary male- or female-pattern baldness.

If you have a family history of baldness, you may have this type of hair loss. Certain sex hormones can trigger hereditary hair loss. It may begin as early as puberty.

In some cases, hair loss may occur with a simple halt in the cycle of hair growth. Major illnesses, surgeries, or traumatic events can trigger hair loss. However, your hair will usually start growing back without treatment.

Hair removal If you're not happy with shaving, tweezing, or waxing to remove unwanted hair, laser hair removal may be an option worth considering.
Lasers are useful for removing unwanted hair from the face, leg, chin, back, arm, underarm, bikini line, and other areas.

Benefits of laser hair removal include:

Precision. Lasers can selectively target dark, coarse hairs while leaving the surrounding skin undamaged.

Speed. Each pulse of the laser takes a fraction of a second and can treat many hairs at the same time. The laser can treat an area approximately the size of a quarter every second. Small areas such as the upper lip can be treated in less than a minute, and large areas, such as the back or legs, may take up to an hour.

Predictability. Most patients have permanent hair loss after an average of three to seven sessions.

Just before the procedure, your hair that will be undergoing treatment will be trimmed to a few millimeters above the skin surface. Usually topical numbing medicine is applied 20- 30 minutes before the laser procedure, to help with the sting of the laser pulses.The laser equipment will be adjusted according to the color, thickness, and location of your hair being treated as well as your skin color.

Hemangioma Hemangiomas are benign proliferative lesions of vascular origin, which are commonly present at birth and may become more apparent at any age of life. Juvenile hemangioma may be located on any part of the body surface but is most common in the head and neck region in young children, with a girl to boy ratio of 1:3.It may present in skin, subcutaneous tissue, mucous membranes of lips, mouth, or internal viscera. Intramuscular hemangiomas are rare, accounting for 0.8% of all benign vascular tumors. They occur most often in young children and usually involve the lower extremities, especially the thigh

Hormone balance Biological ageing is not just something that happens. As medical professionals, we can help our patients understand that the choices they make and the lifestyles they lead will have an effect on their own specific ageing process. In my opinion, providing patients with advice on supplements, nutrition and hormones is of vital importance and should always be done in tandem with any anti-ageing treatments that we may recommend. By combining nutritional advice, the addition of supplements to the diet, and hormone testing and re-balancing, i believe we can dramatically increase the effects that any aesthetic medical treatments will have on both a patient’s appearance and their general wellbeing. Not only does the addition of this advice make the patient feel better, but it will also ensure any treatments achieve the maximum effect.

How is a brow lift performed? Your brow lift will be performed in a hospital, office, or outpatient surgery setting. it is usually an outpatient procedure.

How to prepare for a skin graft Your doctor will likely schedule your skin graft several weeks in advance, so you’ll have time to plan for the surgery. tell your doctor ahead of time about any prescription or over-the-counter medications you’re taking. certain medicines, such as aspirin, can interfere with the blood’s ability to form clots. your doctor may instruct you to change your dosage or stop taking these medications before the surgery. additionally, smoking or tobacco products will impair your ability to heal a skin graft, so your doctor will likely ask you to stop smoking ahead of your surgery.
Your doctor will also tell you not to eat or drink anything after midnight on the day of the procedure. this is to prevent you from vomiting and choking during the surgery if the anesthesia nauseates you.

Humidifier  Humidifier therapy adds moisture to the air to prevent dryness that can cause irritation in many parts of the body. Humidifiers can be particularly effective for treating dryness of the skin, nose, throat, and lips. They can also ease some of the symptoms caused by the flu or common cold.
Burns are the most common injuries associated with humidifiers. Take special care if you have children. Never let children handle humidifiers, and don’t place a warm-mist steamer in a child’s bedroom.
Allowing a unit to expel too much moisture can create condensation on the walls. As a result, mold can grow and spread throughout the home.

Unclean humidifiers can cause bacterial growth that can promote coughs and colds. Steam vaporizers can get dirty quickly, but they’re also among the easiest to clean. Rinse out all the used water between uses. Following the manufacturer’s instructions, clean the unit regularly to prevent bacterial growth. Wash the bucket and filter system every two to three days during usage.

Hyaluronic acid (HA) This gel-like substance is found naturally in the body. It’s used to “plump up” skin, adding volume to places like the cheeks and smoothing out wrinkles, especially around the eyes, lips, and forehead.

Brand names include Juvéderm and Restylane. Because the body reabsorbs the hyaluronic acid gradually over time, results generally only last 6 to 12 months, reports the American Board of Cosmetic Surgery (ABCS). There have been some advances in the development of these dermal fillers, and these will typically last 12 months or longer.

Hydracool facial Ultrasound effectively breaks down the molecular structure of skin products into minute molecules which can then easily penetrate into the skin, smoothing skin texture, moisturizing and hydrating and enriching skin from within. Radio frequency evenly heats collagen allowing regeneration for improvement of sagging skin, skin tissue lifting and reversal of skin aging. This luxurious facial treatment takes on average 45 minutes – 1 hour.

Hydradermabrasion Hydradermabrasion is a newer method. it involves combining simultaneous dermal infusion of products and crystal-free exfoliation. the entire process stimulates collagenproduction and maximizes blood flow to your skin.

Hyperpigmentation Hyperpigmentation is the name that healthcare professionals give to patches of skin that become darker than surrounding areas of skin.
Hyperpigmentation is the name that healthcare professionals give to patches of skin that become darker than surrounding areas of skin.
Hyperpigmentation occurs when the skin produces more melanin, the pigment that gives skin its color. This can make spots or patches of skin appear darker than surrounding areas.
Hyperpigmentation is a common skin condition. It affects people of all skin types.
Some forms of hyperpigmentation, including melasma and sun spots, are more likely to affect areas of skin that face sun exposure, including the face, arms, and legs.
Other types of hyperpigmentation form after an injury or skin inflammation, such as cuts, burns, acne, or lupus. These can occur anywhere on the body.

Hyper-pigmentation Cosmeceuticals are commonly used for hyperpigmentation. Pigmentary disorders are the third most common dermatologic disorder and cause significant psychosocial impairment. These disorders are generally difficult to treat, hence, the need for skin lightening agents including cosmeceuticals. These agents selectively target hyperplastic melanocytes and inhibit key regulatory steps in melanin synthesis. With the recent safety concern regarding use of hydroquinone, the need for alternative natural, safe and efficacious skin lightening agents is becoming all the more necessary. 

Hypertrophic scar Keloids and hypertrophic scars are fibroproliferative disorders of the skin. Research over the last decade has markedly improved our understanding of the pathogenesis of these scars, in particular, the fact that both disorders are caused by prolonged inflammation that prevents the orderly healing of injured or irritated skin. This protracted inflammatory response is due to genetic, systemic, and local risk factors. Genetic factors include single nucleotide polymorphisms, while systemic factors include hypertension, pregnancy-related and other hormones, and aberrant cytokine levels. An important local factor is the mechanical force (tension) on the scar. These observations have greatly aided the development of therapies for these once-intractable scars. As a result, these scars are now regarded as being completely treatable. At present, we believe that the following combination of three therapies most reliably achieves a complete cure: surgery followed by radiation and the prolonged daily use of corticosteroid tape/plaster.