If you do only one thing for your skin, moisturize every day after your bath, shower or shave! Even my husband didn’t believe it until he started moisturizing every day after the shower. You don’t need to soap your body...
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All hyaluronic acid based fillers absorb water from your tissue to some extent after they are injected. Some more than others. During that time, the filler is expanding anyway and if you increase your blood flow also, it may cause small...
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No surprise here – the most popular treatments in our office are still Botox/Dysport to relax facial muscles, Juvederm/Restylane to lift and fill creases, IPL – the laser cousin that reduces redness, red facial vessels, and brown spots, and laser hair...
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This depends on your skin type and issues but in general: Microdermabrasion or light peels are best for acne prone and oily skin Massage and electrostimulation treatments are best for sallow skin with poor circulation and mild sagging Facials for...
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It’s possible to turn that clock back quite a bit. Here are my votes: Make sure your daily products are working in your favor. You need at least a high zinc sunscreen every morning, a retinoid cream every evening and a high...
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Is it stress, all the chocolate, too much alcohol, too little sleep? Or all of the above? Hard to tell. If you are having a pretty severe holiday breakout, topical creams and gels aren’t going to cut it; they can...
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All of us get dryer as we get older, and winter makes it worse. Here are some tips: 1) Never over wash – take your makeup off at night with a gentle cleanser and just use water in the morning,...
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A couple of tricks for the holidays: * Use a small brush, like a toothbrush, to gently exfoliate your lips once or twice a week and then use your moisturizer to hydrate before using lip products * Remember that lip...
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Skin care products can be a great gift. To ensure your family and friends will find them useful and they won’t be allergic to them, do some sleuthing or ask outright. Think safe choices like the organicEminence Blueberry Soy Night...
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SkinCeuticals is releasing Advanced Pigment Corrector and SkinMedica is releasing Lytera. Both are attempts to address pigment without hydroquinone. There is “soft” science supporting both of these in that their results match the results of 4% hydroquinone prescriptions. These claims...
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