Skin Care Tips

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Don't wear tight clothes. Things tight around the body (including belts) can cause irritation and don’t allow skin to breathe. Keep clothing clean including scarves and hats.

Remove makeup. This is an always. Over the day makeup collects oils and bacteria. The skin repairs itself at night.

Throw away makeup older than 6-months from date of purchase. Sorry, it's a perishable product that does degrade over time.

Keep hair clean. Minimize getting hair products on the skin which can cause irritation and inflammation.

Protect by using a good sunscreen. Zinc oxide, the physical block ingredient in quality sunscreens, is used as part of acne treatments. It' healing & non-inflammatory

Protect from the sun. Over exposure to sun can cause the body to produce extra sebum, which may worsen acne and inflammation.

Read article about lack of sunscreen here.

Gee, You Look Good . . . . For Your Age

Gee, you look good . . . . for your age! Is that a compliment, a qualifier or an insult?

Perhaps only the giver and receiver of such a remark are the only ones to decide.

Regardless, as we age, the only thing we can hope for is to keep looking our best. As time trots on the looking our best target takes a little more time, care and money.

How much time, care and money? That's up to you.

If you are a person who has moved away from thinking that looking your best is looking as young as possible in favor of wanting to look as good as possible for your age. Away from the rarely natural looking facelift for youth to a maintained subtle natural beauty. There are many safe, no or low downtime, cost effective, healthy options.

In reality, "Gee, you look good for your age" says that you look as if they have a healthy lifestyle and are happy.

Its easier to maintain your looks rather than getting on the "turn back the clock" treadmill. Here are some options:

~ Diet. That's easy. Eat healthy.
~ Exercise. Heard that one before. You know what to do.
~ Beauty treatments. They are restorative. Read on.
~ Maintenance. Of your health and your beauty. Value yourself.

All on the list are about looking better, not younger. In the beauty treatment and maintenance department here are some possibilities:

` Professional skin care options such as microdermabrasion, microcurrent, oxygen, LED, peels or just a good facial.

Some things these treatments can help with:

. As we age our mouths tend to turn down giving us an unhappy look. Microcurrent can help retrain those muscles giving a more pleasant look.

. Light peels will help keep the skin glowing. A glowing complexion is far more important to a "Gee" look than a line here or there.

. Microdermabrasion, LED and peels can create a look of luminosity and get rid of the sun damage (brown spots and superficial wrinkles).

And last but not least - use the recommended products from your skin care professional to keep up to "Gee" look in between treatments.

The Benefits of Oxygen for the Skin

Oxygen is one of the latest esthetic finds to change the structure and appearance of the skin.

Oxygen applications to the skin began with its being applied topically to assist in the healing of severe burns. 

Oxygen skin care is based on the belief that stable natural oxygen increases skin cell metabolism. Applying oxygen with a serum or hydrosol offers several advantages. The chemistry of the serum by itself is healing, transforming and antioxidant. When the serum is delivered with oxygen it carries the oxygen directly into the epidermis feeding the skin.

Generally the serum(s) are lightly misted over the skin. The mist is a very fine and consistent particle size for better infusion into the skin.

For maximum benefit, the oxygen needs to remain on the skin to stimulate the skin's metabolism. The longer the oxygen is on the skin the better the results. Proper oxygen application can flatten out wrinkles.

If you're looking to feed the skin beneath the surface and receive better benefit from serums and hydrosols. This may be the treatment for you.