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Bogus Botox? Know your injector.
August 27, 2009 5:38 PM by Richard A. Baxter, MD

Sometimes smart people make choices they come to regret. That is the case with a patient I have been treating for about the past year and a half, after she received injections of what she was told was Restylane by an esthetician at a local beauty salon. Read More...

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Be Skeptical of Procedures That Promise Pain-free, Zero-down time benefits
August 3, 2009 7:06 PM by Richard A. Baxter, MD

Let's face it, surgery is scary for most people, and "going under the knife" is a proposition most sensible folks would decline if a suitable alternative exists. Anesthesia adds to the scare factor, even more than the surgery itself for some, even though Read More...

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Is Botox the new Lipstick?
July 15, 2009 10:37 AM by Richard A. Baxter, MD

Former Estee Lauder chairman Leonard Lauder is credited with coining the phrase “lipstick effect” to describe the seeming paradoxical rise in lipstick sales during the great depression of the 1930s. This has reportedly held true for every economic downturn Read More...

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