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Laser Hair Removal

March 15, 2022

Show that Unwanted Hair Who’s the Boss

Unwanted hair is like your mother-in-law. No matter what you do, she just keeps coming back for Sunday dinners. To get rid of your unwanted hair, you shave, pluck, wax, and use harsh depilatory creams to remove the stuff but then two or three weeks later there it is again. At Providence Plastic Surgery & …

Hyperhidrosis

February 15, 2022

Summer Doesn’t Have to be the Pits

Summertime in the Carolinas can get a little, uh, sweaty. There is no getting around that. But for some people, it’s like August all the time, even on a cool February day here in Charlotte. That’s because they suffer from a condition known as hyperhidrosis. Hyperhidrosis causes a person to sweat excessively without any internal …

Non Surgical Solutions

January 15, 2022

Your Skin Can Strike AquaGold

Now that we’ve put another COVID year behind us and made it to 2022, we all deserve a little pampering. That includes your facial skin. Why not introduce it to AquaGold? Huh? We know, that kind of sounds like the latest Marvel superhero or something. But AquaGold is a great treatment that combines microneedling with …

Breast Augmentation

December 15, 2021

Have Your Heard of Ideal Implants?

If you’re considering breast augmentation with Dr. Gear, it’s likely you’ve been doing lots of research. In your research you’ve probably read that most people believe silicone implants feel more natural than saline implants. But many women are unsure about silicone implants. They’re afraid of what is known as a “silent rupture,” where the implant …

QWO® Cellulite Treatment

August 18, 2021

TO QWO OR NOT TO QWO: THAT IS THE QUESTION

Cellulite is the bane of most women’s existence. Over 85% of women above the age of 21 have some form of it regardless of dieting, exercise and BMI. Cellulite manifests as a cottage cheese appearance of the skin of the buttocks, thighs and abdomen. It is caused by two things: 1. tethering between the dermis …

Tummy Tuck

June 15, 2021

You Have Options with Tummy Tuck Surgery

If you’ve had children or lost a good deal of weight, odds are your abdomen isn’t what it once was. Loose skin and a little pooch — that’s the usual condition. Why? Because when the skin and connective tissue beneath is stretched, due to pregnancy or weight gain, it can only maintain its ability to …

Breast Augmentation

May 15, 2021

Augmenting Your Breasts with Your Own Fat

Breast augmentation with implants has been the most popular cosmetic surgery in the United States for the past three years. It has long been in either the top or second position (trading off with liposuction), ever since the FDA verified the safety of silicone gel implants in 2006. But some women aren’t thrilled with the …

Brazilian Butt Lift

February 14, 2021

Want a Bigger Backside Post-Virus?

We’re all waiting for this dumb virus to move on and to go hang out with the Swine Flu, SARS, the Bird Flu, and all the others that have come and gone before it. At least the end is in sight. Speaking of ends, would you like a shapelier backside for the post-COVID beach and …

Liposuction

January 15, 2021

Give Unwanted Fat the Hoover Treatment

Whether you live in Charlotte or Charlevoix, odds are you have pockets of accumulated fat that is more stubborn than a 2-year-old throwing a tantrum in the cookie aisle of Harris Teeter. No matter what you do — a thousand crunches or submitting to the rice cake diet — the fat just keeps keepin’ on. …

Aesthetics

December 15, 2020

Providence Plastic Surgery Despite Being A Year to Forget, We Honor Our Top Patients

There isn’t a single person out there who will be sad when they take the 2020 calendar off the wall. It doesn’t deserve recycling; it deserves to be burned. We’re all looking forward to the New Year and an end to two things: this stubborn virus and the endless blather of the election. At Providence …