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Still letting someone inject your face blindly? I have a blood vessel where no textbook says it should be.

Since I started using ultrasound, I’ve seen it over and over. I’m actually a perfect example. I have an extra foramen, a tiny hole in the skull, in my chin, with a blood vessel running through it, exactly where no one would expect.

So if I got chin filler injected blindly, that needle could hit it and cause a vascular occlusion, aka the blood flow gets blocked and the skin tissue can start to die.

That’s why I don’t guess. Ultrasound lets me see your blood vessels and exactly where it’s safe to inject. No two faces are the same.

📍Mountainside, NJ.

Is there a right age for Botox? Honestly, it’s a bit of a trick question 👇

You’ve probably heard: don’t start until you’re 40 or wait until 50. But that doesn’t account for what your face is actually doing. Every patient is different.

What really matters is the strength of your muscles, how your face moves and the quality of your skin.

Someone in their 30s can already have deep lines between the brows, across the forehead and around the eyes. They’d genuinely benefit from Botox now. And someone in their 50s can have a smooth forehead with barely any lines, where treating it would actually be the wrong move, because she needs that muscle to hold her brows up.

Not sure where you fall? That’s exactly what a consultation is for. I’ll look at how your face moves and tell you honestly, even if the answer is “not yet.”

There’s a muscle in your chin called the mentalis and its fibers are attached directly to the skin. In some people, that muscle is really strong and even when you’re just talking or sitting relaxed, it pulls hard on the skin and creates that dimpled, pebbly, orange peel look.

It’s very fixable. A little Botox into that muscle relaxes it, which does a few things at once. Your skin smooths out. The muscle stops pulling up and shortening your chin. And when it settles, you actually get a better jawline, better chin projection and softer, smoother skin.

So if you’ve been fighting that chin texture with skincare and nothing’s working, this is probably why. It was never a skin problem.

This time it was Chicago for an ultrasound course with some of the best trainers in the industry. We practiced ultrasound-guided filler techniques which means safer injections and better results for you 💉

When I interviewed for PA school almost 20 years ago, they asked what drew me to the profession. My answer was the constant learning. There’s always a new skill, a new technique, a better way to do things. Nineteen years later, that’s still true and I still love it.

That’s why I keep showing up to these conferences and workshops. Because my patients deserve someone who never stops improving not someone stuck using the same techniques and the same products from 20 years ago.

📍Mountainside, NJ.

I’ve had somewhere between 12 and 15 syringes of filler in my face over the years. Can you tell?

Most people are shocked by that number, because when we think of filler, we picture the overfilled faces. But those are the exception, not the rule. They’re what bad filler work looks like.

Good filler? You don’t even notice it. The person just looks rested. Refreshed. A little lifted. You’d never point to it and say “she’s had filler”.

So please stop fixating on the number of syringes. That’s not what makes filler look fake. What’s important is whether it’s the right amount, in the right place, for your face.

💌 DM me if you’ve been scared of filler because of what you’ve seen. I promise it doesn’t have to look like that.

📍Mountainside, NJ.

If you’ve been scared that dissolving filler would hurt, watch this 😌

But really. Call me. Or if you prefer messages, just DM me to book your consultation.
📍Mountainside, NJ.