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Everyone loves the look of youthful, supple skin—but sometimes getting fillers just isn’t convenient. If you’re not a candidate for injectable treatments, you’re not interested in having them, or you’re still not sure about needles, there are other things you can do that have similar benefits. When your skin has lost a significant amount of …
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Before having nose surgery with the Philadelphia area’s Dr. Timothy Greco—or choosing any other form of plastic surgery—we advise patients to quit smoking (at least temporarily) several weeks in advance, and following their procedure. This is because smoking increases the risk of side effects, complications, and unwanted results. We’ve been told a million times that smoking …
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Our skin is continually exposed to harsh environmental factors along with irritants and ultraviolet radiation that causes sun damage. When our skin cells are injured and aren’t being replaced quickly (due to skin cell turnover slowing with age), the results is a tired, dull, and unhealthy appearance. Skin resurfacing treatments, such as chemical peels, restore …
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Wrinkles are an unavoidable aspect of life, as chronological aging, gravity, and the activities we do every day can all catch up with us. Changes due to these factors cause the skin to lose collagen in some areas and develop lines as a result, from fine wrinkles to deep creases. Some people choose to embrace …
Our skin starts losing volume while we’re still fairly young—usually in our early 20s—so many skincare products and cosmetic procedures are designed to address that change by restoring fullness to thinning areas. The ease and accessibility of injectable dermal fillers has made them one of the most frequently requested aesthetic treatments in the country. All …
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As we all know, the appearance of our face and neck is likely to change significantly with each passing decade due to a loss of muscle tone, bone density, fat, hydration, and collagen. As fat in certain areas diminishes and migrates downward, skin begins to sag. Of course, everyone wants to age gracefully, and if …
Although you might be enjoying shorter days and cooler weather, it isn’t so easy for your skin to get used to the winter. We might assume that chronological aging has the biggest influence on our skin, but climate issues can also have a major impact on a person’s overall skin condition. It’s not just aging …
The eye area is usually one of the places that reveal signs of aging before other areas of your face because the skin there is thinner, drier, and more delicate. Wrinkles and other cosmetic changes in the eye area are linked to a combination of sun damage, sleep deprivation, dehydration, and poor lifestyle habits, but …
Age is the biggest factor that leads to the development of lines and creases in our skin. Expression wrinkles—also referred to as dynamic wrinkles—are usually the first type of lines that people will notice forming on their face. Dynamic wrinkles are visible during habitual facial expressions, such as smiling or squinting, and they ideally disappear …
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Due to genetic factors that are uncontrollable, many people who have a double chin may simply have an underdeveloped chin and jawbone structure that causes poor projection of the lower face. If any excess fat collects around the jaw area, the conditions easily create the appearance of a double chin, even if a person is …
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Timothy M. Greco, MD, FACS
Within 2 Bala Plaza
333 E. City Ave
Suite PL-15
Bala Cynwyd, PA 19004
Phone: (610) 553-6356
Fax: (610) 664-8812
Performing procedures including BOTOX® Cosmetic, Dysport®, XEOMIN®, laser resurfacing, eyelid surgery, brow lift, rhinoplasty, otoplasty, facial implants (including structural fat grafting), and face lift in Philadelphia. Dr. Timothy Greco is a board-certified facial plastic surgeon serving the entire Philadelphia Tri-State area, including patients from the Main Line Area, Philadelphia, New Jersey, and Delaware.
