so i was very happy with them i thought my wedding photos turned out
absolutely beautiful and they absolutely grew on my husband too
hi my name is amanda and i am a patient care coordinator here at reflections today i'm going
to talk a little bit about my personal experiences with the procedures that i've had done which ones
i really loved and which ones have had a really big impact on my appearance and my self-esteem i
started here at reflections in 2018 and one of the first procedures that i had done was botox
i think that botox is a way that most people kind of get their feet wet in the cosmetic industry
it's one of the easiest painless with no downtime procedures that we offer
and it really has an impactful result so when i started i had some significant horizontal forehead
lines that were really bothering me i was becoming self-conscious about them um i have a tall
forehead i also tend to have a heavier lid so i would walk around all day with my eyebrows raised
and you would just see these deep set forehead lines so that was my immediate goal with botox was
to kind of soften those my second goal was to get a brow lift so my family has a tendency to have
heavier eyelids um i never really wore eyeshadow because of this because it would be smudged and
so forth so that was my two goals with botox and i achieved those it was absolutely amazing to me
what i looked like within a week to a week and a half after my first botox treatment i looked just
more awake refreshed smoother younger and rested to be honest um so i recommend botox to everybody
um family friends neighbors anybody i can talk to about it i'm gonna let them know listen i have it
i don't look fake or unnatural and this is why i feel and look good if you're young and you're
thinking maybe i'm too young to start maybe i shouldn't i highly recommend having a consultation
talking to a provider that you trust and seeing what your options are and where to start
um i think if you can do it it is one of the best anti-aging treatments that is out there
and it is a great way to maintain your skin and prevent that damage that happens from all that
repetitive motion from our facial expressions um so 10 out of 10 recommend all day long
botox for everybody another treatment that i'm really happy that i started was laser hair removal
so i've now done my underarms and my legs both i've had full series on both of those areas
and it has truly changed my daily life so i used to wake up hop in the shower and have to spend 10
15 minutes shaving these areas um i'm somebody who has very dark horse hair so i'd be shaving daily
and it was annoying i mean i really didn't know what my options were until i started working here
and i have to say once i started my treatments the change in my daily morning routine
is amazing i am in and out of the shower quickly i can sleep in a little bit longer which is great
and my legs and armpits just feel smooth whereas before even after immediately shaving
it still felt prickly or had that dark kind of cast look to it so this is one of the things that
i recommend to men women anybody i can because i promise it truly changes your daily routine and
gives you more time to do something that's a lot more fun than shaving so another type of procedure
that i've had done is fillers um i've had many dermal fillers done in different areas one of
which and my first filler treatment was my lips as a young person this is very popular now especially
on instagram to have that really voluminous pouty lip shape and i definitely wanted to try that
um my wedding was coming up in a couple of months and i wanted my photos to look really pretty
i wanted to smooth my lip lines and kind of just voluminize my lips that's exactly what i got
my lips were definitely more pouty they look smoother the texture was really nice my lipstick
went on much better i do have to say this is one of the few treatments that my husband and parents
noticed i had done immediately when i got home or to see them they pointed it out like
oh wow did you get lip filler what happened what did you do so i just have to say you should be
prepared for that um this is not a corrective type filler this is definitely a filler that's
going to be done in most cases to really change the appearance of your lip um and for me i do
these treatments for myself not for anybody else so i was very happy with them i thought my
wedding photos turned out absolutely beautiful and they absolutely grew on my husband too
another filler that i've had done was cheek filler many years ago i had a significant weight change
unfortunately we can't pick and choose where our weight loss comes from and some of it came out
of my cheeks when i started at reflections i had really flat kind of sunken looking medial cheek
and even at 25 i was appearing tired and worn and it just did not look good um dr chason our
medical director pointed out to me that i would really benefit from a little bit of filler in
this area right here and boy was he right um this is one of my favorite fillers that i've had done
it instantly made me look younger fresher more awake and rested and healthier um i didn't look
so worn and tired so this is something that i will definitely 100 maintain over time
um even as my weight might fluctuate i might not need it as much or i might need it a little more
one year and that's why seeing your provider and kind of changing your treatment plan as
time goes on is so important because what you might have needed two years ago might
not be what you need today so another great reason to kind of follow up with your provider
and have this ever changing plan with them another filler that i did was my nasolabial folds
due to that weight loss as well i did have some mild early facial laxity in my cheek area
and even with that cheek filler here we didn't want to overfill the cheek
so i did have some residual creasing here that we just touched up with a little bit of fold filler
another really kind of you know subtle change to my face that i really enjoyed and that is another
thing that i definitely plan on maintaining in the future um so overall with filler i think it can be
an absolutely amazing tool it can make people look more refreshed younger but on the other hand it
can absolutely change your appearance and that's why i think making a plan with your provider
is so vital to getting the result that you're looking for so being clear about whether you want
to change your appearance or whether you just want to kind of tweak here and there those are
going to be two very different treatments so go to your provider talk to them specifically about what
your end goals are and then you can go from there and that's how you achieve a result that both you
and your provider can be happy with some other procedures that i've had some experience with
here at reflections have been softwave softwave is a relatively new ultrasound based technology
that works on a skin level to create collagen elastin and improve the skin's overall health
thickness and it can even make the skin appear smoother and tighter especially in the lower
face and the under chin cemental area so as a reflections employee one of our nice perks is
that when we get a new technology or treatment that the providers practice on us so this was
one of those circumstances where i was able to kind of get first dibs on this new treatment
i had my lower face and again under chin area treated and unlike fillers botox things like that
these ultrasound-based technologies provide a delayed result so it can take three to four months
to see your results and up to maybe five or six months for absolutely the final result um so early
july i had the software done and just recently a couple of days ago i took my after photos
and i was thrilled my early javelin i had down here my smile lines and even the roundness i had
under the chin there really improved i was so happy with it and it looks so natural so if
you're looking for a really natural result that is anti-aging um that has no downtime not to mention
i went right immediately back to work after the treatment and nobody knew better i
wasn't even red afterwards so this is really something that is going to provide you with
a result that looks super super natural and not overdone or fake in any way and also be
anti-aging so hopefully if i continue to maintain that result and have another treatment and maybe
a year or two i can maintain this result and kind of fight and turn back that clock a little
bit um so somebody in their early 30s this is a great treatment up to somebody in their 50s even
if they're looking to kind of improve their skin quality another treatment that i really loved
here at reflections that is very very popular is clear and brilliant so here in brilliant is
part of the fraxel family it is a resurfacing laser i hate to say or admit this but in my
teens i was frequenting the tanning bed a lot and i definitely had some significant sun damage
and i really wanted to start treating my skin better and maintaining my results i had from my
treatments here at reflections and i did that with clear and brilliant so clear and brilliant treats
both pigment and texture so sunspots freckles pore size things like that can be improved with this
and every couple of months i get a treatment done to maintain my results from other treatments and
also to improve like i said sun spots sun damage um even though now i'm super careful
in the summer time with you know putting on my spf every day and kind of not baking or tanning in the
sun i still get sun damage every summer just like most of us so this is a great way to kind of stay
on top of that and really make your skin look refreshed smooth and have the tone be nice and
clear so overall i just want to say how lucky and blessed i am to be able to work for a company that
treats their employees so well and that i'm able to improve myself both aesthetically and mentally
here i learn so much every day with the providers and with my co-workers and even from my patients
i love to meet new people and to be able to help them kind of guide them on this new journey um
in this cosmetic world that can sometimes be a little scary or overwhelming um so it's so
wonderful to be able to do that and if you were interested in any of the things that i spoke
about here today that i've had done myself or you have other concerns that i maybe didn't mention
or touch on we would love to see you for a consultation where we can really sit down
and pinpoint what your needs and wants are and what your goals are and then make a treatment
plan that best fits you so looking forward to meeting you and thank you for listening
you