Science Behind Dysport with Dr. Luiz Avelar

Dr. Luiz Avelar is a Board-Certified Plastic Surgeon and became a Specialist Member of the Brazilian Plastic Surgery Society in 1994, then a Full Member in 1999. He is also a member of the American Society of Plastic Surgery and a Forensic Anthropologist for the Police Department of the State of Minas Gerais. This led him to write a book entitled “Atlas De Medicina Legal”. He is currently studying the “Physiopathology of Facial Aging” and its implications in aesthetics.
Dr. Avelar obtained his Medical degree from the “Faculdade de Ciencia Medicas de Minas Gerais” in Belo Horizonte, Brazil in 1989. He completed his first residency in General Surgery in 1991, before moving to Rio de Janeiro in 1992, where he did a second residency in Plastic and Cosmetic Surgery. Dr. Avelar has strong expertise in fillers, botulinum toxin and collagen stimulators. He has been a speaker and trainer for Galderma for more than 5 years, giving lectures at symposia and congresses, as well as at a large number of workshops and masterclasses (more than 50 in 2016). Being both a plastic surgeon and anthropologist, he has a keen interest in anatomy, dissection and aesthetic procedures.

Dr. Luiz Avelar