I'm so impressed by SkinMedica's growth factors and I know when I'm trying to explain them to regular folk, I blind everyone with science (science nerd here) so I'm writing this article to try to explain with illustrations why this is so amazing. SkinMedica was originally making dressings for burns using cultured human cells. In science, [...]
I always wanted a nice even brown tan and devoted a lot of energy to achieving that goal from my early teens until my late 30s. Unfortunately, my skin doesn't tan very well. By the time I was 40, I had lots of freckles and brown sun spots, lots of redness and a rough texture to [...]
It seems like every new product I see claims to protect against blue light. I decided to investigate, to determine how much of a threat blue light truly is, and whether we should all be using blue light glasses and covering ourselves in blue light protection. Science of sun's emissions We're all used to the [...]
This month I had a terrible moment: my husband was driving me to work and I happened to open the visor mirror. OMG! The slanting early morning light and the position of my arm combined to reveal every little crepey wrinkle on my decolletage! Picture taken on that fateful morning, gives you an idea of [...]
I love the French term for it: décolleté or décolletage. The English term, chest, sounds so mundane and, maybe, masculine. We're not just talking about the breasts but rather, the lovely expanse of skin from the neck down; the part that looks very inviting framed in a nicely-shaped neckline. Even if you're carrying a few extra [...]
Introducing GrenzCine Eye cream from Vivier. Here's the thing that makes it different from other eye creams: You can apply it to your mobile eyelid! If you tried that with most other effective eye creams, the cream would get into your eye and sting like the dickens. Trust me, I'm speaking from experience. As we age, [...]
Dermal filler use is much more scientific now than it was in earlier years and the products available for injection keep getting better and better. Our focus is now on the whole face, the proportions of the face and the specific structures that have changed. Dermal fillers are used in many different locations to restore lost [...]
About 10 years ago, we started using dermal fillers in a different way, to restore softness and lift to the face. Here are the before and after pictures of Kathy, who was in our 10 Years Younger in Burlington program: You can see that Kathy's filler has lifted her cheeks making her face look more [...]
Prior to 10 years ago, dermal fillers were used to fill specific wrinkles and to augment to the lips. This approach might work for a younger woman who has generally good skin and good volume in her face but for most people, the results were lackluster. Early techniques I found this picture on the internet and [...]
Editor's note: We have upgraded to newer and better equipment called the ACS pen. The general principles of how the treatment works remains the same. However the needles are finer so the healing is much faster. Most people leave us looking like they haven't had anything done, and the degree of pinkness, dryness, tightness and flakiness [...]
