We’ve talked before about dark circles under eyes. One of the most common causes is a deep tear trough. The tear trough is that depression extending from the inner corner of your eye diagonally toward your cheek. This depression occurs where the facial fat has thinned out and dropped down into the cheeks. The bone of the ...
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TCA chemical facial peels have been used for years to rejuvenate the skin. They are excellent for skin tightening, softening fine lines, and smoothing out skin color and texture. The TCA (trichloroacetic acid) peel is a medium-depth peel, and is very popular for skin of all colors and imperfections. TCA chemical peels can vary in strength from 10%-50% depending on the skin tone, imperfections, wrinkles, etc. that are in need of improving. TCA chemical peels at higher concentrations produce ...
Continue Reading ?It has often been debated what if any effect our diet has on our skin. Does chocolate lead to acne? We’ve all heard these sorts of questions. Well several studies have recently shown that a diet rich in certain nutrients can give your skin a healthier glow. Other foods, when avoided, may prevent break outs or poor skin appearance. Here’s a short list (put together by the authors of Eat This, Not That) of skin ...
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This past week I took a basal cell skin cancer off the eyelid of a man younger than I, and I’m in my mid-thirties. Remember when skin cancer was something your grandma and grandpa dealt with? Well those days are past and we are ushering in a generation of young people who will be dealing with skin excisions, biopsies, deforming surgeries and possibly early death due to their love of the sun, tan skin, and refusal ...
Continue Reading ?Facial aging takes a toll on our lower face as skin thins, fat atrophies and descends, and wrinkles form. Three common problems people come in for are deep nasolabial folds (the crease from your nose to the edge of your mouth), vertical lip lines (sometimes called smoker’s lines, but not exclusive to smokers), and small or fading lips. All of these changes are tell-tale signs of aging, but there are products available that do a great job of reducing their ...
Continue Reading ?Myth #10: Vitamin E reduces scarring - Vitamin E is an antioxidant, which are agents that neutralize the oxidant effect of free radicals (molecules that damage collagen and cause skin dryness, fine lines and wrinkles). Free radicals are not the cause of scarring and any effect you may see from a vitamin E cream on scarring is either something else in the cream, an effect of the massage you did while you put the cream on, or would have happened ...
Continue Reading ?We now have 2 good products on the market for smoothing out dynamic wrinkles: Botox and Dysport. Both are forms of botulinum toxin, a potent chemical that blocks signals at the junction between nerves and muscles. Botox (onabotulinum A), has been around for about 30 years and was initially developed to treat disorders of muscle spasm, such as frequent uncontrolled blinking (blepharospasm). Doctors noted that their patients who received Botox around the eyes had decreased wrinkles, an unexpected benefit of ...
Continue Reading ?We regularly get questions about which skin cream will reduce wrinkles or what is the best thing to reverse aging. There are many things you can do and avoid, no matter your age, to maintain your skin looking its best. Here are the 10 that we recommend everyone put into their daily skin care regimen (in no particular order).
10. Control the sun: We all need the sun. Besides keeping our planet alive, it is necessary to synthesize Continue Reading ?