Most people who are at all familiar with the aesthetic industry know about dermal fillers such as Restylane, Juvederm, Voluma, and Sculptra. They don’t know much about using collagen as a dermal filler, but collagen is another good option for rejuvenating aging, sun-damaged skin. How do collagen fillers work? Collagen is the main structural protein […]
Who Wants to Have Saggy Thighs?
No woman should have to live with saggy thighs. Sometimes it’s due to a large weight loss where the elasticity of the thighs can’t return to their former tautness. Sometimes it’s just genetics. Whatever the reason, a thigh lift with Dr. Ip can change the shape of the thighs, making them proportional to the rest of the […]
Lost a Lot of Weight? Give Your Body a Lift.
If you’ve lost a good deal of weight, chances are your skin didn’t get the memo and now it is saggy and loose. Sometimes this can be due to genetics, but often it’s a simple fact that the skin’s elasticity, once stretched for an enduring period of time, can’t recover to its former tautness. In […]
Microdermabrasion — Exfoliating Your Way to Better Skin
If you want an effective way to reduce the appearance of your fine lines, wrinkles, age spots, and acne scars, Dr. Ip recommends microdermabrasion. This simple procedure is non-invasive and has a twofold benefit for your skin — it exfoliates the surface layer and encourages new collagen production from deeper layers. What is microdermabrasion? Whereas […]
You Can Have Bigger Calves without One Million Squats
Some people have big, muscular calves. Others not so much. But living in Southern California, it’s hard to feel that your calves are funny looking in some way. After all, we’re in shorts and swimsuits all the time! And for many people no matter how many squats they do, their calves will never develop. This […]