Taking Care of Your Skin

Follow our recommendations for maintaining a healthy, younger looking skin. Start with a healthy life style, a nutritious diet, the right amount of sleep, and maintain manageable stress levels.

The number one enemy of your skin is the harmful UV radiation from the sun and from tanning beds.

How Can Exfoliation Improve My Skin?

Exfoliation refers to any technique that removes cells from the skin surface, not only immediately "refreshing" the skin's appearance but also stimulating cell renewal.

The benefits are dramatic, and, when used with professional guidance, exfoliation can treat a wide variety of skin problems - including acne, hyper-pigmentation, premature aging, and scarring to name a few.

Monopolar Radiofrequency (RF) Technology

Monopolar RF technology, which was introduced six years ago and which is credited as the first non-surgical skin­tightening device, has been the catalyst for what is now an explosion in non-invasive skin tightening with different technologies and areas of the body that we can treat. Originally used to lift the eyebrows, monopolar RF was found to be effective in tightening the jowls and neck area with its unique approach of cooling the outer layer of skin while heating the deeper layers to cause tightening.

Introducing The IPL/RF Skin Treatment

Towards the end of 1990's, a novel revolutionary new approach to facial rejuvenation, using Intense Pulsed Light (IPL). This treatment involved flashing pulses of very bright light in a controlled fashion onto the skin of the face, neck, chest, and/or arms while simultaneously cooling the epidermis. In doing so, the light energy passed through the epidermis without damaging it to the dermis below. There, the light energy exerted its beneficial effect of reducing redness, blotchy patches of hyperpigmentation, brown spots, and to a lesser extent, improving wrinkles and skin texture. Patients could return to work or other activities immediately after a treatment.

In the last few years experiments were done adding radio frequency energy to the laser. Together they increase the positive effect of either energy alone. Not only are red and brown skin abnormalities significantly decreased, but much more than just IPL alone, wrinkles, texture, scars, and skin laxity may be improved.

What Can I do About my Uneven Pigmentation?

The pigmentation of one's skin is the result of millions of years of evolution, which explains the wide range of skin tones we see in everyday life. People with origins close to the Equator, where the sun is the most intense, had to develop protection against dangerous UV rays. The result? An increase in the production of melanin, a natural skin and hair colorant that absorbs UV radiation and protects the body from damage. In fact, the epidermis of a dark-skinned person absorbs up to 25% more UV radiation than that of a light-skinned counterpart.

Vocabulary and Terms used in Beauty and Health.

We try to explain common terms used for the skin.