Wearing Sunblock Can Help Prevent Wrinkles and Age Spots - April 18, 2012
One of the best measures you can take to prevent wrinkles is to apply a good sunblock every morning before you leave the house. Many are unaware there is a difference between sunblock and sunscreen. Sunblock protects the skin from UVA and UVB radiation by reflecting the sun’s rays before they are able to reach and damage your skin. A sunscreen sits on top of the skin and absorbs the sun’s rays before they can damage the skin. I personally prefer sunblocks since they stay on the skin better than most sunscreens and are especially good for those with an active lifestyle.
After the long New England winter I’m sure many of you are looking forward to spending more time outdoors. I cannot emphasize enough how important it is to have a good sunblock or sunscreen. Get your family members in the habit of applying sunblock before leaving the house. Protecting your skin now will slow down the aging process, helping prevent wrinkles and pigmentation issues. Most importantly, you’ll be protecting yourself from skin cancer.
The American Academy of Dermatology recommends using a sunscreen or sunblock with an SPF of 30 or higher. Here are my favorite sunblocks available for purchase at either office or in our online store here.
Delay premature aging with this state-of-the-art formula with Micronized Titanium and exclusive botanicals that help prevent the breakdown of collagen and elastin. Ideal for daily facial wear and can be used around the eyes.
Daily Replenishing Sunblock SPF 30
A luxurious chemical-free, waterproof sunblock made with 7.5% transparent zinc oxide, 2.4% titanium dioxide, MMPI peptides and beta carotene to provide full spectrum UVA/UVB protection as well as rejuvenating the skin’s overall appearance. Absorbs quickly into skin, leaving a matt airbrushed glow.
What Is Dermasound? Is Dermasound Right For Me? - April 9, 2012
Watch Adams Center Ambassador Teri as she has her first Dermasound treatment at The Adams Center. What is dermasound? Is dermasound right for you? Watch this video to find out!
DermaSound is a scientifically advanced ultrasonic skin treatment that combines sound waves with a water process to effectively eliminate dead skin cells and debris.
DermaSound not only exfoliates, but it can be used to provide deeper-reaching antioxidant treatments by creating pathways into the skin for antioxidants to nourish and heal skin at a cellular level.
A Look At Tom’s Progress Since He Began The High Tech Facial Rejuvenation Program - March 30, 2012
Three months ago, Tom was chosen to participate in Dr. Adam’s High Tech Facial Rejuvenation Program in exchange for sharing his personal transformation. The photo on the left shows Tom 3 months ago before he began treatments while the photo on the right shows what he looks like today. Thus far, Tom has received:
Adams Center skin care products
Clarisonic Sonic Cleansing System
Teri’s First Sculptra Injections - March 27, 2012
Sculptra Aesthetic is a long-lasting poly-L-lactic acid wrinkle filler designed to fill facial wrinkles (including deep wrinkles), and correct facial contour deficiencies. In this video, Adams Center Ambassador Teri visits the office to have her first ever Sculptra injections. Sculptra works by replacing the collagen that is naturally lost as we age. S culptra Aesthetic designed to continue to work gradually and reduce the effects of aging over a longer period of time. The gradual transformation produces more natural results, and also creates a longer lasting effect that may last for an amazing two years.
Teri Meets With Dr. Adams Before Her Sculptra Injections - March 23, 2012
Adams Center Ambassador Teri visits The Adams Center to have Sculptra injections. Sculptra Aesthetic is a long lasting facial filler used to fill facial wrinkles. Typically, a series of three treatments is necessary over a period of several months for maximum results. Dr. Adams asks Teri what her goals she has for the procedure and whether or not she has any questions. Watch the video to find out what Teri has to say!
Teri Begins The Next Phase of Her Non Surgical Facial Rejuvenation Program - March 19, 2012
Teri visits The Adams Center to begin the next phase of her Non Surgical Facial Rejuvenation Program. Dr. Adams discusses her different options for fillers and Teri decides to have Sculptra in her next appointment. Sculptra Aesthetic is a long-lasting poly-L-lactic acid wrinkle filler designed to fill facial wrinkles (including deep wrinkles), and correct facial contour deficiencies.
Sculptra works by replacing the collagen that is naturally lost as we age. While Sculptra Aesthetic produces immediately noticeable results, unlike other fillers, it’s also designed to continue to work gradually and reduce the effects of aging over a longer period of time. The gradual transformation produces more natural results, and also creates a longer lasting effect that may last for an amazing two years.
Sculptra Vs. Radiesse: Dr. Adams Discusses Tom’s Options For Fillers - March 12, 2012
In this video Adams Center Ambassador Tom comes to the office to have fillers, the next phase of the Non Surgical Facial Rejuvenation Program. Whereas Botox and Dysport temporarily paralyze the muscles that cause frown lines, soft tissue fillers like Scuptra and Radiesse help smooth fine lines and wrinkles by injecting the solution into the face. Dr. Adams discusses the difference between Sculptra and Radiesse and lets Tom decide which one he would like to have.
Tom Talks About His Botox Treatment - February 27, 2012
The following post is written by our Adams Center Ambassador Tom Kennedy about his first Botox treatment at The Adams Center.
Post Botox Debrief by Tom Kennedy
I had my first treatment with Botox about three weeks ago to my forehead, the area between my eyebrows, and around my eyes. I have to say without ANY exaggeration; I noticed a smoothing of my wrinkles almost overnight-though I know that it takes about two weeks for the full effects to take place.
The treatment was very straight forward and took about 7 minutes. I scheduled my appointment for the morning, and tried to keep my schedule clear for the day, as I did not know what to expect-however that ended up not being the case. It was with a bit of anxiety that I knew I had a full day appointments showing properties afterwards.
Dr. Adams was calming and the injections did not hurt at all. He did a series of injections on the forehead area, then a couple between my eyebrows then about three injections around each eye in an arc. The injections felt like the tiniest of pricks to the skin-if anyone has ever had acupuncture-it feels like that.
Right after the injections, an ice pack was laid over my forehead eye area for a couple of minutes. There was only a tiny bit of blood from one or two of the injection sites. When leaving, it looked like I had a couple of mosquito bites on my forehead-which went away in about 10 minutes, as I was driving to work. I had no bruising whatsoever.
The rest of the day, I met with clients and showed $3,200,000 lakefront home in Lincoln, then a $4,950,000 home on 25 acres in Concord, then a $989,000 3000 sq ft condo in Charlestown. Afterwards, I finished up my office work then took clients to a private party hosted by First Republic Bank to view the new wing of the Gardner Museum. These clients are art collectors themselves and have a home on the North Shore that I have on the market for $8,500,000. My first Botox day closed with a late dinner at the Capitol Grill where we ran into friends and spent the evening talking and having a great time into the early hours of the morning.
The next day, I awoke and looked in the mirror-and I could not exactly describe the change except to say it looked like I had had the most restful-longest sleep of my life and my brow seemed to be smooth. Botox is a miracle drug. I would definitely recommend it and I was pleased to see that for me there was absolutely no down time or interruption to my schedule.
Know What To Expect The First Time You Have Botox – Watch These Informational Videos! - February 21, 2012
In this series of videos Adams Center Ambassador Teri has Botox injections as part of her Non Surgical Facial Rejuvenation Program. Thus far Teri has had a Vi Peel (chemical peel) and has been using medical grade Adams Center skin care products.
Teri has had Botox in the past and she said that this treatment went “as expected”. Following the procedure, she commented that the injections were not painful given the small size of the needle. Teri commented afterwards that her anticipation and fear of needles were the only negative aspects of the treatment. She was able to go about the rest of her day as usual and had minimal bruising from the Botox injections. The two small bruises she did have were easily covered up with make-up and disappeared within a couple of days.
About a week following treatment I asked Teri if she was satisfied with the results of her Botox treatment and this is what she had to say:
“By day 2 I really noticed a significant difference primarily on my forehead. I am eager to see how long the treatment is effective. I would definitely continue the use of botox given the results I have seen thus far!”
Botox Injections Video For Men - February 20, 2012
The number of men receiving Botox has drastically increased over the past couple years. I realize many men may be nervous or uncertain about trying Botox for the first time so I want to share with you a series of videos in which a male patient has Botox for the first time. The first video I speak with Tom about his areas of concern and what to expect during the treatment. In the second video, I begin by injecting Botox in between the brows to treat the “eleven lines”. In the third video I inject around the eyes.
Below Is A Transcription From This Video
Botox Injections Video -Tom Meets With Dr. Adams Before His First Ever Botox Injections
Dr. Adams: Hi Tom.
Tom: Dr. Adams.
Dr. Adams: How are you?
Tom: Nice to see you.
Dr. Adams: So we are going to do some Botox.
Tom: Okay.
Dr. Adams: All right, I notice that you checked your frown lines between your brows and then the lines down at the corner of your mouth are things that we can treat Botox with.
Tom: Okay.
Dr. Adams: Now the places that we inject Botox are between the brows to get this muscle, on the forehead to soften these lines.
Tom: Okay.
Dr. Adams: The lines around here those are the smile lines and then we can inject down here there is a muscle that pulls down the corner of the mouth, and if you soften that a little bit, it will allow these muscles, the smile muscles which you use well to pick up the corner of the mouth, and then we can also inject the neck which you don’t need for the bending on the neck.
Tom: Okay.
Dr. Adams: So those are the areas. Now when I inject the Botox, you are going to see some effect in a day or two, maximum effect in two weeks. You tell me if there is anything you don’t like or something you see that you don’t understand, but basically what happens gradually, the area softens, it doesn’t move as much. I try to leave some movement because if it’s totally frozen, it looks funny because this part of your face isn’t moving and your mouth is moving, it just doesn’t look good. Now, if you have a line when you spread it that it stays there, that’s a static line. We won’t get rid of that completely. It will soften it and may get better over time but it won’t go away completely.
Tom: Ok.
Dr. Adams: So my suggestion for you is if we inject between your brows for these lines, your forehead for these lines, around here for the lines here, then also we’ll lift the brow a little bit, and then this to lift the corner of the mouth. But you don’t have to do all this at once as it’s your first time doing Botox so you may want to try in your head the thing you said that bothered you was this.
Tom: Yeah, if you want to try this and this…
Dr. Adams: Sure yeah.
Tom: Then see how that kind of goes?
Dr. Adams: Absolutely, and you know, we can see what it’s like and then if you want to have more, then we can always do more. Typically I suggest to patients they come back every three month to get the injections so you still somewhat have some effect of the Botox that has been injected. It probably will last six months and you can be your own judge looking at it as to when you come back, but that’s kind of the time frame of how I look at the process.
Now today I’ll have you lie down. I’ll prep it with alcohol. The needle I use is the smallest needle made so if you feel a little thing, but it’s usually not bad but tell me if you are fine or you need to stop. It’s not as easy as I say it is and then we can go from there.
Tom: Okay.
Dr. Adams: What questions do you have?
Tom: Well it’s funny I tried to sort of say about my day to not be a busy day and of course it’s a busy day.
Dr. Adams: Okay. Well that’s good.
Tom: But you said I may get some bruising or whatever so I might as well just sort of see how that happens.
Dr. Adams: Usually you don’t get bruising.
Tom: Okay.
Dr. Adams: The area that is more likely to bruise is usually around here because there are smaller blood vessels.
Tom: Right.
Dr. Adams: If I see anything that looks like it’s starting to bruise, we’ll put some pressure on it.
Tom: Okay.
Dr. Adams: And when I finish injecting, we’ll put some ice on it and that just helps with swelling and to constrict the blood vessels to try and minimize bleeding.
Tom: And then, is there anything I have to do after the procedure? I mean, do I have to massage the area, do I have to – no, nothing.
Dr. Adams: You don’t have to do anything because your normal activity during the day, you are going to be moving these muscles. I ask you not to exercise today.
Tom: Okay.
Dr. Adams: Don’t go on a sauna or don’t take a long hot shower. It won’t affect the result negatively but it may make you swell or bruise more of that there.
Tom: Hope so.
Dr. Adams: Or tanning.
Tom: Okay.
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Tom Reflects on His Chemical Peel and Prepares For His First Botox Appointment - February 9, 2012
Tom films himself at home and talks about the gentle chemical peel he received at The Adams Center. Today he will be having Botox for the first time. He discusses his concerns about having Botox for the first time and how he will be able to go about the rest of his day.
Looking For Great Acne Fighting Products? Watch This Video on The Adams Center Zit Kit! - January 26, 2012
The Zit Kit includes some our most popular acne fighting products all in a convenient travel sized kit. In this video, a medical aesthetician at The Adams Center recommends The Adams Center Zit Kit for a patient in her twenties who has some acne on her cheeks.
The Zit Kit includes:
Salicylic Face & Body Wash
Dual Action Toner
Glycolic Gel
Clarifying Moisturizer
Acne Spot Treatment
If you are having trouble viewing this video, it can be seen on our YouTube channel here
Tom Tries Out His Morning Skincare Regime at Home - January 24, 2012
Adams Center Ambassador Tom films himself while using his Adams Center products at home. This is his morning skincare regimen as prescribed by Karin, a medical aesthetician on staff.
Adams Center Products Tom Is Using:
- Oil Free Moisturizer
- Green Tea Antioxidant Serum
- Ultrafirming Eye Creme
- Replenishing SPF 36 Sunblock
Tom Gets His Adams Center Products - January 20, 2012
Adams Center Ambassador Tom has his first skincare consultation with a medical aesthetician at The Adams Center. He first discusses his current skincare regimen. He comments that he has Irish skin that is somewhat sensitive to products and burns easily. Karin, a medical aesthetician on staff, makes product recommendations after analyzing his skin and listening to his concerns.
In Part II, Karin continues to recommend products for Tom and explain his new daily skincare regimen.
Adams Center Products Tom Purchased:
Daily Replenishing Sunblock SPF 30
A Patient Talks About Her Experience With The Deep FX - December 26, 2011
Mimi has been a patient at The Adams Center since 2009. She agreed to come in and film a series of interviews about the treatments, procedures, and products she received. In these videos Mimi talks about the Deep FX laser. The Deep FX laser penetrates deeper than most lasers to produce noticeable results. A single session is often all that’s needed while 5 — 6 treatments may be necessary with other laser systems. Click on the link to view the video.
Please contact the office if you have any questions about the Deep FX or any other procedure.