- Smart care around the eye area gives beautiful results.
Reversing age and sun damage in the eye area requires good habits and a little help from the experts. This skin is some of the most delicate on the body, and it shows the effects of age and environmental stress faster than any other part of our face!
Here is a five step regimen to restore youth to the eye area.
1. Schedule light treatments for the eyes every 3-6 months. A medical esthetician with specific training in chemical peels and eye area treatment can choose the right treatment or home care to improve the area incrementally.
2. Remove milia, but never by yourself. See an esthetician or dermatologist about removing milia (small, pearly bumps) that are commonly seen around the perioribital area.
3. Be healthy. Sleeplessness, fatigue, heavy (more...)
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- Clearing acne takes care and common sense.
Nothing brings more faces into a facial room or cosmetic dermatologist than men and women fighting acne. Many are disenchanted—a person suffering from acne has often tried dozens of solutions, without success.
The most effective acne solution can be achieved by first identifying which specific acne conditions are present. There are four different types of acne—each with its own solution.
A common concern is the presence of inflamed red blemishes that do not come to a head. In the case of women, there can be just one or two that arrive with their monthly cycle (or they can be a consistent problem). This is a pattern that is common in adult women—and with men who get acne on their backs.
To treat acne, start with anti-inflammatory measures such as calming spot treatments, masks, and ice. Then, use antibacterial products such as benzoyl peroxide and salicylic acid applied directly to the blemish. Don’t apply elsewhere, especially if you suffer from dry skin. Physicians sometimes prescribe women birth control medication to address this specific type of acne.
Blackheads are another common problem. This one is easy to treat. (more...)
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- SPF is for all skin of all color.
As a skin care specialist, I am asked many questions. One of them I get almost weekly: Isn’t SPF only necessary for skin that burns?
There are two types of rays in the atmosphere during daytime that are dangerous to your skin: UVA and UVB rays, sometimes referred to—for differentiation purposes—as the “Aging” and “Burning” rays. The higher levels of melanin in the skin of those with relatively darker complexions offers some protection—but against only one of the two types: the UVB rays.
As the nickname suggests, UVB rays cause the redness and inflammation associated with sunburn. A fair person will suffer those effects much more quickly, although any skin type can—and does—burn. Many experts have even linked the development of melanoma on the legs and trunk with childhood instances of sunburn.
The other type, UVA rays, are equally (more...)
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- Want flawless skin like Miss World's this winter?
A glamorous, oversexed female New York publicist makes an impulse decision to get a chemical peel the day she is attending her friend/client’s New York book launch gala. She painfully primps and arrives to the event, circulating the party red-faced, raw, and inflamed; inevitable lobster references ensue and the friend is mortified!
Of course the characters are Samantha and Carrie from the Sex in the City series, and that image of a peel has seared itself into the minds of American women coast to coast.
Why do I mention it? Forgetting that anecdote immediately is for your own good.
A well-chosen peel is one of the only ways to get picture-perfect, healthy skin. There are dozens of peels, including barely-there doses of acids in creamy bases and peels that simply brighten the complexion. And the icing on the cake is that winter is the right time to indulge – the decreased UVA and UVB exposure lead to the best results. So why wait?
Here are Ten Peels to get you looking picture-perfect – no matter your age, skin color, or condition. Want us to sweeten the deal? Get $75 (more...)
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There is no shortage of claims or controversy around stem cells in anything these days, including skin care. Let’s shed some light on how they fit into keeping you looking like that previous-decade-era version of yourself.
The first thing to ask is – what gives a cell the glorious distinction of being called a stem cell? The answer is threefold.
1. It is not specialized. Ironically, for all the hype, these things don’t actually do much! A stem cell can’t carry oxygen around the body or help activate a muscle or even help keep the skin barrier intact.
2. It can divide into specialized cells. So this is the flip side – in other words, if it can’t do any specific functions, just as well – because it makes cells that can! A stem cell can divide in two to make another stem cell and (through a process called differentiation) a cell with a specific function that we want – like a blood cell, or heart cell, or a nerve cell… or a fibroblast to make collagen in the skin!
3. The third quality is that it can divide and renew for long periods. Cha-ching! This is why people love them. A small harvest can eventually yield millions (more...)
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