What we offer
We offer a variety of less invasive, high-tech services and procedures to our patients:
Services
- Wrinkles
- Botox | Sciton Laser Peels | Fillers
- Sagging
- Thermage
- Unwanted fat or cellulite
- FatDissolve
- Unwanted age spots and redness
- BBL
- Unwanted hair
- Light Sheer
- Hair Transplants
- Spider Veins
- Sclerotherapy
- General Dermatology
- Skin Spa
- Products and Store
Skin Care
Don't forget to take a look at our cosmetic skin-care products. Best selection in Lake Tahoe:
Products
- EltaMD UV
- a complete spectrum of sun care products
- Obagi Nu-Derm System
- helps skin look and act younger and healthier
- TNS SkinMedica Products
- rejuvenates sun-damaged and aging skin
- Glytone Step-Up and Body Systems
- highly recommended for skin rejuvenation
- LATISSE™
- longer, fuller and darker eyelashes
- PREVAGE® MD
- helps you look fantastic at any age
- EpiQuin® Micro
- a prescription moisturizing fading cream
- Sunday Afternoons Hats
- designed for people with extra sun sensitivity
- Avene Thermal Spring Water
- great for after a laser peel for faster healing
Unwanted fat or cellulite: FatDissolve
image: Dr. Sean getting his eye pads treated by the U.S. leading authority on FatDissolve Dr. Roman Chubaty.
FatDissolve is a newer non-surgical approach to remove areas of unwanted fat or cellulite visible almost anywhere beneath the skin. Common locations include pockets of fat such as the turkey necks, cheeks, belly pooches, love handles, outer and inner thighs, etc. It is not a treatment for overall obesity, but is the best answer for those who have stubborn areas that just won't go away with diet and exercise. This safe treatment has become very popular in Europe and South America over the last 15 years, and has now become similarly appreciated in the United States.
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Treatments involve the use of natural medications that are injected via narrow needles directly into the fat deposits. These medications are "natural" as the human body utilizes these same substances in its own pathways for processing fat. The medications dissolve the unwanted fat cells and the subsequent clean-up is performed by common cells that involve an inflammatory reaction that leaves the treated areas slightly red and sore for a few days. The breakdown products then leave the body via standard pathways of elimination.
Most areas of fat require about 4 treatments with a range of 1 to 6 treatments depending on the site. Areas along and under the jaw line, or bags under the eyes can sometimes be adequately removed with one or two treatments while belly pooches frequently require 3 to 6 treatments. Each treatment takes about 15 minutes and are spaced a matter of 3-4 weeks apart.
Dr. Degnan is an accredited member of the respected International Meso-Lipotherapy Society and was personally trained in a one-on-one manner by Dr. Roman Chubaty of Scottsdale who is considered the North American expert in the procedure. Dr. Degnan is a fan of FatDissolve especially due to its non-invasive nature--he has always been wary of the complications and even deaths that have occurred all too frequently with the surgical option known as liposuction. Dr. Degnan has had his belly pooch, jaw line and under chin areas treated with FatDissolve. His staff has had their tummy fat treated.
Dr. Degnan has also been recently treating areas of isolated fat with the newest Thermage treatment tip that targets cellulite. This tip has been proven to be successful in both studies as well as in Dr. Degnan's patients. This new Thermage cellulite tip can be used in combination with FatDissolve to insure optimal results. In addition to the FatDissolve, another safe injectable substance called Collagenase can be very helpful in removing cellulite.
If interested, please make an appointment with Dr. Degnan for a complementary consultation.
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