Take care with skin around the eyes;

Choose an eye cream that offers firming benefits while providing necessary hydration to that ultrathin skin.

Choosing a skin care product with the right combination of ingredients will help keep the skin around your eyes looking younger and feeling better!

Submitted by Angela Riccio C. L. T. Clinical Director, Certified Trainer and Educator in the areas of Advanced Aesthetics and Cosmetic Lasers, located at 69 First Street, Collingwood. Call (705) 443-7242 for more information.

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Help to keep skin young and beautiful

Dr Reg Carr, who carries out the procedure, said: “This treatment does not involve the injection of any substance whatsoever into the skin. It involves treating creases and wrinkles with an almost painless acupuncture technique, which will encourage skin tightening and improve the circulation to the whole face. Advice will also be given regarding diet and improvement exercises.

“Usually one treatment gives the skin a boost and improves well-being, but the patient may be advised regarding a course of treatment. The results will then be even better.”

Routine acupuncture for pain relief and other conditions has been available at Dr Carr’s clinic for the past 30 years, involving thousands of patients. Advice and treatment is also available for all cosmetic conditions.

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Why don’t we take better care protecting our skin from the sun?

Teaching good skin care, especially if it hasn’t been a practice before can be a tricky thing but I am not beneath asking for help. I have taken Rebecca to the dermatologist for mole checks and make sure that she wears sunscreen, especially when she’s in the pool. I have to admit, with all the activities going on in the summer, it is easy to leave the sun protection behind but the necessity of it has become all the more apparent.

These days, with so much of our ozone layer missing, being out in the sun is a lot more dangerous than it ever was before. Of course, these days it seems as though most everything is more dangerous. To combat the times we take special care to keep our kids and ourselves safer from stranger danger and other predators. We park our cars at night under lighted spaces and watch with special scrutiny any signs of identity theft or intrusion into our homes.

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Christopher Kane is Our Cup of (Green) Tea

Green tea is a fantastic beauty and health remedy – it’s great for the digestive system, and makes your skin look clearer and brighter. Mr Kane is obviously as much of a fan as we are, and to celebrate he’s designing a limited edition bag for the brand.

With super-busy lifestyles being the norm in the fast-paced world of fashion, it’s no surprise that beauty-obsessed fashionistas are reviving their spirits, and skin with this miracle drink.

“I have a hectic lifestyle and like many people I can find it hard to find the time to take care of myself.” admits Christopher “Teavigo fits into my life easily and I feel good knowing that I am taking steps to look after my health.”

Teavigo is said to be especially good to help burn fat, as well as improving the health of your heart.

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Treating Common Skin Problems

“Finally, benzoyl peroxide is really great as a spot treatment,” says Allen. “Apply it right on the blemish. The reason that it’s so great is it puts oxygen in the skin, and it exposes that blemish-causing bacteria so it literally dies.”

Style Sessions Tip: Sulphur is a great drying agent, and also helps diminish redness that often remains when a blemish heals. “I like a good sulphur mask when I have a breakout,” says Allen. “Then I spot treat with benzoyl peroxide or salicylic acid at night.”

Skin Issue: Redness & Blotchiness
“Redness is caused because capillaries are extremely close to the surface of the skin, and when we get flushed, the capillaries are expanding and opening allowing more blood to come through,” explains Allen. Therefore, the redness is literally blood near the surface of the skin.

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Has medicine triumphed the visible aging process?

The stem-cell skin cream frenzy began last year when a Salt Lake City company called Voss Laboratories released its product, Amatokin, at Bloomingdale’s with the advertising slogan “Stem Cells: The future of skin rejuvenation.” It cost $190 for a 30-milliliter tube – about 1 ounce.

Then came other, equally enticing products and promises. Celebrity dermatologist Nicholas Perricone offered up StimulCell ($155 for a 1.7-ounce jar), and Dior began hawking Capture R60/80 XP ($80 per 1.7-ounce jar). Although none of the manufacturers say the products contain stem cells, the marketing materials are vague enough that consumers could easily think they were applying the cells to their skin. Capture, for example, claims to “utilize stem cell technology”; Amatokin says it’s “made up of stem cell activating properties.”

Stem cells, most notably found in the tissue of developing fetuses, have the ability to develop into many types of tissue.

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Determining the cause of an itchy skin rash

The other common product that can cause a reaction is rubber (latex) so if you have been wearing rubber gloves they could be the cause of the problem.

I wear gloves when preparing sandwiches and rolls, so perhaps they are the cause. How can I know for sure?

The only way to accurately determine the cause of the reaction is to have a patch test carried out. This involves various substances being applied to the skin in order to find which one(s) you react to.

You should see your doctor who will recommend an anti-inflammatory cream containing hydrocortisone to help the rash.

Barrier creams and moisturisers such as E45 are also useful in preventing a recurrence of the problem.

Your doctor may refer you to a dermatologist for patch testing of the problem.

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Can Natural Skin Care Prevent the Need for Plastic Surgery?

Perhaps if people were aware of the drawbacks of plastic surgery they would be taking other routes such as diet, exercise and natural skin care treatment to get the look they want. What can plastic surgery do, other than make you beautiful? First of all, you’re probably going to be under general anaesthetic, which carries risks all on its own. Although there aren’t specific figures available, it’s estimated that about one in 100,000 people die under general anaesthesia. If you’re getting surgery for a life threatening situation or a disfigurement that makes life unbearable, that’s a risk you would probably want to take. But is it really worth it for anything less? You also risk infection, scarring or otherwise marking the body in ways that can only be relieved with another surgery, the possibility of permanent damage to an area, discoloration, depigmentation, numbness, bruising, pain, and nerve damage.

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Look and feel good while you sleep

Like a foundation for your complexion, this skin-perfecting, anti-wrinkle treatment is packed with age-defying ingreditents to help you look flawless while you sleep! Good news for the person sleeping next to you, by the way. Supposedly it’s destined to become known as the Hook-Up Cream.

Sleep In Beauty contains skin-calming elements that help keep you blemish-free, while maintaining a glowing complexion. It’s also suitable for all skin types. Key ingredients are active peptides that smooth rough skin, reduce redness and increase collagen for an ageless effect, Matrixyl to relax the skin and diminish fine lines and prevent wrinkles, and 2 percent Salicylic Acid to prevent breakouts and eliminate existing flare-ups. $48, available exclusively at www.ramy.com.

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Skincare Tips: Newest Facial Hair Removal Skin Care

Because facial skin is much thinner and more delicate than the legs, irritation is more noticeable.

Creams or depilatories use chemicals to dissolve the hair shaft below the skin’s surface.

Pros: Quick and inexpensive; results should last one to two weeks. Also, as the hair grows back, it should be finer.

Cons: The chemicals that dissolve the hair can be irritating to skin, especially on the face. Additionally, many women find that depilatories don’t completely remove the hair, leaving behind stray hairs that must be plucked individually.

Importantly, don’t use depilatory creams around the eyes. Use extra care with other sensitive areas on the face, such as around the nose or mouth.

Waxing is one of the oldest, most popular hair removal treatments for facial hair.

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