The days are getting longer, the birds are returning, and the air is filled with pollen. You wake up with puffy eyes – ah, spring! While medications can help treat seasonal allergies, the puffy eyes may not just be from the allergies. Fatty pockets around the eyes, loss of cheek...
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Find post-menopausal sex uncomfortable? We can help.
Hot flashes, mood swings, insomnia: these are the symptoms everyone talks about when menopause is discussed. They are the quick, easy jokes, the catchall for huge changes the body undergoes, and almost no one ever talks about the effect menopause has on sex: it can become painful. If you have...
What will your resolutions be for 2019?
Focusing on healthy habits can mean the difference between an average and an AWESOME year ahead. Simply choosing to make a healthy habit as a New Year’s Resolution is easy, it is the sticking to them that’s hard part. We’d like to help with that. We believe that developing a...
Why I Started Wearing Sunscreen Daily, and Why You Should too
In Colorado there is no excuse for taking a season off when it comes to sun protection. The flowers are blooming and our days are longer so it seems an opportune time to again drive the point home: it is crucial to use sun protection daily! Sunscreens work by absorbing,...
Spots Are For Spot, Not You!
TREATING HYPERPIGMENTATION Brown spots. Age spots. Liver spots. They don’t sound nice, and they certainly don’t look nice. Significant hyperpigmentation can make you appear years older than your chronologic age. Getting rid of them can take time, and keeping them at bay takes diligence, but we consider it a worthy...
Make a resolution to love your lobes!
I know this may sound a little silly, but I have learned another way of looking younger from my patients. Move over “Cougar Paws,” (old looking hands, young looking face) now it is ear lobes. If you’ve never noticed your earlobes, they are most likely perfectly fine. If they’re too...
Talking Turkey About Your Neck
I have learned a couple of lessons over the years by sitting across from patients interested in facial rejuvenation. A very important one is that our neck skin typically endures a lifetime of neglect. Somehow all of our fancy lotions and potions, and even sunscreen tend to stop at the...
Bloody Impressive Results: PRP Treatment in Denver
Your body is a fantastic machine. While fragile, it has systems to process and flush poisons and toxins, systems that search and destroy invading viruses, and systems for healing, from the smallest cell-level issue up to major trauma. Knowing how to instigate these healing processes has been the key to...
Carousel Ball Fundraiser
The Carousel Ball fundraiser benefiting the Barbara Davis Center for diabetes is held every other year to raise money for the care and research of Type 1 Diabetes. It was such an honor to be apart of this wonderful event and great to see Lenny Kravitz perform!
Buyers Beware When It Comes To Plastic Surgery On Social Media
This is an article that we came across and wanted to share it. While the majority of us could not even function without internet access, social media platforms can raise some interesting problems when shopping for a plastic surgeon online. A shocking number of Instagram posts promoting plastic surgery (82.2%)...