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+ Cosmetics Maintaining healthy skin is important to all of us. At Montrose Dermatology + Cosmetics, we offer a wide variety of medical and cosmetic services to help you care for your skin the way it deserves. But did you know that there’s a way for you to save on...
How do Fillers Reduce Wrinkles?
Along with laser resurfacing, microneedling, and Botox®, facial fillers are an effective method of reducing wrinkles and fine lines around your face. Fillers are special types of volumizers that are meant to plump cheeks and lift sagging or sunken skin. Your skin’s...
When Is The Best Age For Botox®?
Botox® is one of the safest facial rejuvenation treatments for fighting wrinkles and facial aging. As an injectable, non-invasive treatment, it is widely preferred by a large population who either fear or cannot afford cosmetic surgery. It is particularly effective in...
BroadBand Light (BBL) VS Intense Pulsed Light (IPL)
There is a wide variety of skin treatments revolving around specialized light and lasers. Sometimes, it can be hard to keep track of all the different kinds of treatments and what each of them does. One such example is the difference between BroadBand Light (BBL) and...
3 Effective Procedures to Reduce Wrinkles
As you age, your skin will naturally begin to show age spots and wrinkles. Luckily, however, there are a wide variety of ways to provide the appearance of younger skin and keep more wrinkles from forming! What Causes Wrinkles? The main cause of wrinkles is aging. As...
Permanent Hair Reduction
After shaving multiple times a week for years on end, unsightly hair can become increasingly annoying by the day. What if there was a way to get rid of it for good? That’s where laser hair removal comes in! It is one of the most effective methods of decreasing the...
What is Vaginal Rejuvenation?
Through childbirth and aging, many women have seen a decrease in vaginal tone. This takes place because the collagen fibers become stretched out, losing elasticity and tone of the nearby tissues. There are several procedures that can help women regain this tone. How...
How a Dermatologist Can Help You Treat Acne
There are a variety of issues that can lead to acne. For example, hormones that lead to overproduction of skin oils. This can keep dead skin cells from shedding, causing a blockage of hair follicles and accumulation of bacteria. This is just one of many other ways...
The Difference Between Blu Light and BBL
Blu Light therapy and BroadBand Light (BBL) are vastly different processes. However, most people don't know or understand the many differences between the two. Here are a few of the ways they differ: Blu Light Function Blu Light is a medical treatment rather than a...
The Importance of Sunscreen
Sunscreen is one of the only ways to protect your skin from the harmful UV rays coming from the sun. Why is it so important to wear sunscreen? Sun Damage Sun damage is caused by both UVA (absorbed beneath the surface of your skin) and UVB (absorbed on the top layer of...
What are Actinic Keratoses?
Actinic Keratosis (plural Actinic Keratoses) is a precancerous patch that appears on the surface of the skin. However, there are usually multiple patches that often appear on the face, ears, and scalp. As with most skin cancers, these arise due to high amounts of sun...
Preparing for Laser Hair Removal
Unwanted hair can get frustrating. Luckily, there is a solution. Laser hair removal is a great way to remove hair from almost anywhere on your body in a safe an effective manner. Before your treatment, though, there are some things you should and should not do. The...
The Difference Between Teen and Adult Acne
Teens aren’t the only ones who have to deal with acne. Some adults have flares as well. Often, 85% of people between the ages of 12 and 24 can experience acne. However, both women and men may continue to experience acne until they reach the age of 44. Other than the...
The Different Skin Types and How to Care for Them
Everybody has different skin with different needs. What are the five different skin types and how can you care for yours? Keep in mind that your body changes as people grow and develop. What was once a normal skin type may turn into the oily, sensitive, or other...
The Negative Effects of Shaving
There are plenty of ways to get rid of unwanted hair. Shaving and waxing are two of the most common options. However, these methods can often have some negative side effects. Itching Shaving or waxing can often cause itchy skin. This itching tends to happen 1-5 days...
Treating Winter Acne
We all know and hate how our skin seems to act up during the colder, drier months of winter. Why does this happen and how can we treat it? Why is it acting up? Cold air doesn’t have nearly as much moisture as warmer air does. The chilly weather strips away the...
The 3 Types of UV Rays
The sun emits UV (ultraviolet) rays that are harmful to our skin. However, UV radiation can also come from other sources such as tanning beds and other lights with similar technology (such as lasers, mercury vapor lighting, and some fluorescent lights). More than 95%...
Is BroadBand Light Treatment Right for Me?
BroadBand Light Treatment, or BBL, is a cosmetic treatment that targets red and brown skin discolorations from sun damage, as well as dilated blood vessels. By targeting these spots, your skin is improved for a more youthful appearance! What are the benefits? BBL has...
Acne 101
Acne is a bothersome skin condition that can show up on any person of any age. It’s important to know what’s going on with your skin, so you should know the basics of the condition. How it Develops Before we get in to what does cause acne, let’s take a look at what...
What is Melanoma?
Melanoma is the most aggressive type of skin cancer and is responsible for the majority of skin cancer related deaths. Melanoma may develop from an existing mole or appear as a new growth on normal skin. It can be difficult to differentiate a melanoma from a healthy...
Protecting Your Skin from the Sun
Even though some of us want to be tan, the sun actually causes a lot of harm to our skin. Long exposure to the sun’s UV rays can have a variety of negative effects on you and your health, so today’s perfect tan may not be the perfect tan 5-10 years from now. How to...
What is Laser Hair Removal?
Laser hair removal is the perfect way to get rid of hair without worrying about that pesky shave, tweeze, or wax. It works great for both men and women and can be done anywhere on the body (excluding areas around your eyes). How does it work? We use a specific...
3 Benefits of CoolSculpting®
CoolSculpting® is a fat removal procedure for anyone who is looking to shape their body by removing fat in targeted areas. While it’s not a solution for weight loss, it instead helps to remove stubborn areas of fat. There are many benefits of CoolSculpting®, and here...
What are the Effects of Skin Rejuvenation?
Skin rejuvenation involves cosmetic treatments that cause your face and skin to appear more youthful. It helps to make you look and feel younger by improving the natural glow of your skin. There are treatment options to aid in the rejuvenation of your skin including...
What is Botox?
Botox is a neurotoxin that comes from clostridium botulinum, an organism found in nature’s soil, forests, bodies of water, and animals. Although a toxin, it’s safe when administered by a licensed professional. Botox is used to dramatically decrease the appearance of...
