Dr. Valerie D. Callender
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- What nonsurgical advancements are you most excited about right now?
“DualSculpting” for body contouring and Thermage FLX for skin tightening
- What is the one thing your practice offers that is really unique?
Combining aesthetic treatments for hair restoration in women, like neutraceuticals, topical minoxidil, laser therapy, platelet-rich plasma (PRP) and hair transplants
- What are your most requested procedures?
Botox Cosmetic, fillers to restore midface volume loss and chemical peels to correct hyperpigmentation
- What new services are you excited to offer?
Combining PRP injections with microneedling for hair loss, Thermage FXL for skin tightening and microneedling for acne scars
- Who has been your career-defining patient?
A hair loss patient with Central Centrifugal Cicatricial Alopecia (CCCA), a common cause of hair loss in women of color that required aggressive therapy before surgery. She stimulated my interest in surgical management for this type of hair loss
- What are the most common medical myths you’ve ever heard?
That there is no treatment for hair loss in women and you just have to accept it and cover it up with a wig. Also, that laser procedures are unsafe for skin of color
- Why is skin care so important?
Skin care is the foundation for the in-office cosmetic procedures that we do. Patients must be committed to maintaining their results with an individualized and customized skin care regimen that we create
- What are you best known for?
I am known for treating hair loss in women and correcting uneven skin tone—melasma and hyperpigmentation
- What do you think is the biggest skin-related trend of the year?
Hydroquinone-free topical skin lightening agents that can be combined with aesthetic procedures to treat melasma and skin discoloration
- What do you like most about your profession?
I like that aesthetic dermatology is always evolving
Services
- Botox® Cosmetic
- Facial / Skin Rejuvenation
- Hair Restoration
- Laser Hair Removal
- Mole Removal
- Sclerotherapy
- Professional Skin Care
- Chemical Peels
- CoolSculpting®
- Kybella®
- NeoGraft® Hair Restoration
- Platelet-Rich Plasma (PRP) Therapy
- Laser Tattoo Removal
- Acne Scar Treatment
- Microneedling
- Scar Correction
- Earlobe Repair
- Thermage® FLX
- AviClear™ for Acne
- Dysport®
- Xeomin®
- DAXXIFY™
- DiamondGlow™
- Belotero®
- Radiesse®
- Restylane®
- Sculptra® Aesthetic
- Juvéderm®
- Juvéderm® Voluma / Volux
- Laser Tattoo Removal
- Silhouette InstaLift™
- Aerolase Neo Elite® Laser