I spent a hearty amount of time over November and December at the Blume Skin Centre in Scottsdale,
observing and learning about the magic that is the injectible face lift.
These days girls and women can put off going under the knife, instead opting for the less invasive, less expensive, medical artistry that comes via a needle.

The crucial factor here is that you must go to someone completely brilliant in the field. Any yahoo can shoot you up with botox, and leave you looking perpetually terrified, or give you overinflated fish-lips, but a true medical artist will give you a face that moves and has expression, will give you back the glow of youth, and do it in such a way that no one will know you’ve been “enhanced”.
You absolutely must do your research to find a truly great practitioner, or, if you are in or near Arizona, I’ve done it for you – go to the Blume Skin Centre.

Whether it be with the mother of the bride, an actor or a socialite, I was constantly escorting clients into the Blume offices for a little fine tuning, be it facial revolumizing, subtle yet exquisite lip enhancing, a little fine line and wrinkle removing, or the fastest road to youth I have ever seen, the Juvederm Tear Trough Fill.

Very few doctors will do the Tear Trough, as it is such a delicate and refined procedure.

image via makeupdict.com

To get an understanding of what is going on, you need to understand how light and shadow work.
When you are young the area under the eye has volume.
Its full and rounded, and light bounces off of it, making you look awake, alert, and youthful.

As you age, (and really this starts in your early 20’s) you start to lose volume under the eyes, from the lower lash line to the upper cheek bone. You see a pronounced dip under the eye, which creates shadow and leaves you looking tired and older than your years.

Any place on your face that has craters or troughs, whether they be lost under eye volume, or the depths of a fine line or wrinkle, will suck up light and create a shadow within itself,

 making itself look bigger and more menacing, and making you look older.
When you fill these dips with injectable products like Juvederm, the surface area becomes smooth again, and light bounces off it, making you look younger.

When it comes to the under eye area, women typically pile on lighter shades of concealer,
trying to lift out the shadows and make the area look brighter and more alive. When the volume disappears under the eyes, the skin starts to sag a little, so now you have a whole lot of makeup on saggy skin, which not only is never a winning combination, but also makes you look even older.
Vicious circle, non?

A Juvederm Tear Trough Fill is a very quick and comparatively inexpensive procedure which lasts anywhere from a year to 2 years.
The procedures that I have watched have used less than one syringe of Juvederm for both eyes combined.
Dr Blume is nationally reknowned for his subtle lip enhancements, so with my clients he puts the remaining Juvederm into the lips, imperceptibly enhancing and redefining the lip border, ever so slightly fleshing out the pout.

The results are immediate. And spectacular.

Boys do it, girls do it.

They are also pain free, via topical numbing cream.

When your eyes have been refreshed you wear much less makeup. The skin looks brightened, the eyes look awakened. Its magic.

Before

after

before

after

You can find the Blume Skin Centre online at www.BlumeSkinTreatment.com

The holiday season is upon us, with its endless sea of social events and family gatherings, and the ensuing photographs that last forever. And for which a girl has to look youthful and beauteous.
So there’s no time like the present to slip in for a little lunch hour re-tooling, high speed youth regeneration. Think of it as getting a little tune up for you face…

One of the most sensational things you can do for a high speed youth infusion is called a Tear Trough Fill.

As we age, many of us from as early as our 20’s, we lose density under our eyes. The area between the cheekbone and the eye starts to disappear, leaving a deflated, sagging dip. This makes us look varying degrees of tired, sad, and old, way ahead of our time.
Having this area revolumized instantly takes years back off you, and leaves you looking bright, alert and completely refreshed.

Your specialist will inject a hyaluronic acid based filler, most commonly Juvederm, into the area, and mold and shape it so that it looks completely natural, and you will look instantly revitalized.
Actors and models do this to maintain a fresh and youthful look, and I send my clients and luxe ladies who lunch off to have it done all the time.
The procedure is quick and efficient, and lasts over a year.

Tear Trough before

Tear Trough after

A much more enticing concept than going under the knife, and one that anyone can have done.
As it usually only involves one vial of Juvederm, it costs in the vicinity of $500 – $600.

Obviously I’m not a doctor, but as a makeup artist who sees this procedure over and over, I personally feel that Juvederm consistently gives the smoothest, most natural look, and that it does seem to last longer than the other hyaluronic acid based fillers.

Tear Trough before

Tear Trough after

Isn’t it amazing??? These are some of Dr Blume’s patients.

As this involves the thinnest skin on the body, and is extremely delicate work, most doctors won’t, or can’t, perform it. In fact you do need to go to an absolute specialist in the field of injectibles, who has a ton of experience with tear trough fills, and lots of before and after pictures of the procedure to show you.

This is a procedure that you must be extremely diligent in the practioner selection process.

Here in Arizona I send all my clients (out of state clients too, from as close as Hollywood, to as far away as Calgary) to Dr Blume at the Blume Skin Centre in Scottsdale.
Dr Blume specializes in the field, and is actually a national trainer for Juvederm. He flies around the country teaching doctors, specialists and plastic surgeons how to perform this procedure, and the most advanced techniques of all other injectible procedures.

You can check out Dr Blume here at  Blume Skin Centre