If you’re prone to sinus problems, find dry airplane air irritating, or feel like you often get upper respiratory illnesses while travelling, try this simple trick. Buy, at any drugstore, the sterile saline cartridges to squirt up into the nose. ...
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Skin infections while travelling are miserable, and can be dangerous in wet or tropical climates. You might think that using anti-bacterial soaps would protect you. They may help some, but since most skin infections start with a cut, an insect...
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On those long flights (anything from 4-12+ hours), here’s how to keep your facial skin hydrated. Buy a travel size of your favorite moisturizer – Cetaphil cream works fine. Keep that along with a moist towelette or a small Evian type...
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This week I’m starting a 4 or 5 part series on travel and your skin. How to protect it while you travel, from rashes, allergic problems, infections, dryness, etc. To keep your hands from drying and cracking on long plane...
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Fall and winter are the best time to clean up leg veins or spider veins since usually your legs will look worse for a week or two after your treatment. Then they gradually get better. It can even take...
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Tanning |
Would you go sit in a skin cancer booth? Or a wrinkle booth? That’s what I call tanning booths: skin cancer/wrinkle booths. I went to a "tanning" center a few weeks ago to ask questions and check out what they are...
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Now that summer is over, here are three great things to do for your skin: One – get a microdermabrasion treatment to increase cell turnover, slough off old cells, and clean out pores. Two – renew your commitment to...
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Now’s a good time to take stock of any sun damage accrued over the summer. Not sure what steps to take to repair and prevent sun damage? Here’s my best advice by age range: Sun Damage Repair for those Aged...
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You can extend some summer color into the fall with a self-tanner. Last week I recommended the Giese “Sun” brand. What about exfoliating before applying the self-tanner? It will help you get a more even look. The most luxurious, expensive way...
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We’ve tried and tested many over the years. The one I like the best is the Giese “Sun,” which comes in light, medium, and dark. It smells good and has just enough indicator in it that you can see if...
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