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READ A NEWS STORY ABOUT CROW'S-FEET REMOVAL
Visible as a nexus of spiky wrinkles radiating from the corner of the eye, Crow's-feet represent a common and unpleasant sign of aging.
A giant industry of cosmetics and beauty products regurgitates assorted renditions of the same old promise of "young-looking skin," "radiant skin tone," etc. However, to date, alpha, beta and other Hydroxy acids, combined with any form of Retin A or Retinol have been unable to eliminate or -- let's face it -- even reduce Crow's-feet.
Medical solutions to Crow's-feet include the much-celebrated Botox, collagen injections, silicone drop injections, chemical peels and laser resurfacing.
The reason Crow's-feet form is due to collagen and elastic fiber changes caused by ... smiling! Smiling tightens the orbital muscle, which shortens the length of the muscle relative to the skin. With time, small wrinkles form, eventually growing to deep lines. In a young person Crow's-feet are visible only during smiling; age solidifies them into permanent wrinkles. Can or should we stop smiling? Perhaps, most of us would rather not.
Most traditional solutions to Crow's-feet are not lasting. Since majority of them involve tightening of the skin around the eyes, they only represent a temporary fix. The powerful orbital muscle will form new Crow's-feet in short order.
Although successful in making facial skin look younger, lasers are quite dangerous and unpredictable. The most effective -- CO2 Laser -- has been known to cause changes in skin coloration or even scarring, especially on the tender skin around the eyes, where the laser is often applied very aggressively to remove deep lines. Erbium Yag Laser, although safer, is also less effective in rejuvenating the skin.
And yet, laser skin resurfacing is undoubtedly a revolutionary method of rejuvenating facial skin -- except for one little stubborn area -- Crow's-feet, where laser therapy is pitiably ineffective. Laser, when applied aggressively, will help remove superficial wrinkles around the eyes; however, new lines would appear in very quickly; sometimes in a matter of months.
Peels are just like laser therapy -- very effective on the facial skin in general, yet useless when it comes to Crow's-feet elimination.
Unfortunately, injecting silicone around the eye area does not yield a natural look; rather, one looks like a plastic Barbie doll (let's not forget that silicone shows through the very thin skin in the eye area -- in the nastiest yellow hue).
The problem with Collagen is that it rapidly absorbs. By the time one heals; the Collagen is gone, and the wrinkles are back. Furthermore, the wrinkles are not eliminated; they are just slightly masked, just like in the case of silicone. Not a natural-looking or lasting solution.
This variation of Blepharoplasty (skin tightening around the eye) involves extending the incision beyond the rim of the eye into the temple area. READ MORE ABOUT BLEPHAROPLASTY. This allows the surgeon to remove excess skin in the temple area - where the Crow's-feet are found. Unfortunately, this technique will not reduce orbital muscle tension (as such, any improvement will be temporary). Furthermore, the extended incision will leave a visible scar in the temple area - on some patients it will look worse than the initial Crow's-feet.
To date, Botox has been a singularly effective treatment for Crow's-feet. Its success is due to the fact that it attacks the cause of Crow's-feet (orbital muscle tension) by temporarily paralyzing the orbital muscle.
BOTOX has two distinct disadvantages. First, the treatment will produce only temporary improvement. For up to 6 months, BOTOX (Botulinum Toxin A -- a neurotoxin) will slacken the orbital muscle; as the effects of the neurotoxin wear off, the muscle will come alive and start vigorously producing new wrinkles.
The second disadvantage stems from the fact that BOTOX is not universally effective. On some patients muscle slackening is significant. Yet, on many, it is barely noticeable. If you try BOTOX once, you will know how effective it is for you.
Crow's-feet, perhaps the earliest manifestations of facial aging have proven to be quite unresponsive to surgical intervention. The reason for the dismal long-term results of such surgical intervention relates to the facts that efforts have been directed to the effect (wrinkles) rather than to the cause (muscular stress around the eye). BOTOX - the only cause-based treatment -- is temporary and frequently ineffective.
Some surgeons have attempted to remove the orbital muscle altogether causing ugly deformities and inability to smile. Some have tried to lengthen the muscle by incising it. However, stubbornly, the muscle would re-contract, causing even deeper Crow's-feet.
With a stroke of a genius, Dr. Chugay found a simple and yet, brilliant solution. After studying the various muscle segments which cause skin tightening around the eye, Dr. Chugay has discovered that by removing certain, carefully measured, segments of the Orbicularis muscle, a permanent reduction or utter elimination of Crow's-feet can be achieved.
Dr. Chugay's procedure is akin to "Permanent Botox." Moreover, it is considerably more effective than Botox because it does not paralyze the whole Orbicularis muscle; it has the effect of restoring the muscle to its youthful state of being, thus eliminating the source of Crow's-feet wrinkles.
After this procedure, some of the old wrinkles caused by muscle shortening may remain visible. This is more likely to happen to an older patient with deeply etched lines. This is not the fault of the Crow's-feet removal procedure. After all, this technique does not resurface your skin; it relaxes the muscle underneath.
This is the time to do skin resurfacing. Whereas resurfacing is useless unaided, it will do wonders when it follows Dr. Chugay's Crow's-feet procedure as it removes the last vestiges of the old Crow's feet: superficial lines and wrinkles.
The revolutionary Crow's-feet operation is particularly advantageous when complemented by other procedures geared to remove wrinkles, lines and signs of aging in other parts of the face. These procedures include Facelift, Endoscopic or Coronal Forehead Lift, Brow Lift, Blepharoplasty or Skin Resurfacing.
Dr. Chugay has performed over many such procedures, all remarkably effective. Perhaps, he has found a fountain of youth? Short of genetic manipulation and turning back the clock of aging, Dr. Chugay's methodology is the most effective solution to achieving a youthful-looking face.
Dr. Chugay utilizes a combination of local anesthesia and IV sedation. You will be asleep and comfortable during the procedure. The risky general anesthesia is not used. READ MORE ABOUT ANESTHESIA.
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