BEAUTY AND HEALTH BLOG

Skin concerns change with age. In our youthful teens, when the only thing we have on our minds is fighting acne, we don’t give a second thought about the firmness of our skin. It’s taken for granted until the hands of time age our skin, resulting in once-supple skin becoming loose and sagging.

During the intrinsic aging process, skin loses much of the collagen necessary for plump and youthful skin. ...

It’s certainly winter coat weather now in New York City, but in a few short months the sunshine and warm weather will arrive, bringing with it flirty spring fashion, skirts, and shorts! Most women look forward to spring and summer with eager anticipation, but for those ladies with unsightly spider veins on their legs, putting on a sundress is the last thing they want to do.

What can women do about their spider veins other than hide their figure in pants all year ...

How many of you ate numerous portions during your Thanksgiving or Hanukkah meals and swore that it would be the last time you were going to eat that much? Well, guess what? You just lied to yourself again.

The holidays have arrived and along with the joyful season comes all those wonderful parties you have been invited to, the delicious foods, tasty drinks, and the 5-10 lbs. you’re about to gain. Ladies, don’t you want to fit into that beautiful dress ...

It can seem like a great deal of beauty and skin products are based around preventative care. Mothers tell their daughters and sons to be sure to moisturize their faces with sunscreen each day in order to help keep the skin hydrated and prevent sun damage, helping to stave off wrinkles. Yet those in their young 20s who peer into the mirror and find their first wrinkles on their forehead know that even the best of skin care routines may ...

I have yet to meet a person who is thrilled to see their skin wrinkling as they age. We all like the wisdom we acquire with aging, but I think most of us can agree that we can do without the wrinkles.

The formation of wrinkles is a complicated process. It involves a combination of exposure to sunlight, environmental pollutants, smoking, decrease in critical connective tissue components such as collagen and elastin with aging, and years of repetitive contraction of the ...

Dermal fillers such as Juvederm®, Restylane®, Pervelle Silk®, and Perlane® are made of a substance called Hyaluronic Acid (HA) found naturally throughout our body.  HA is a complex sugar that maintains its three-dimensional shape in the body by attracting and holding large number of water molecules. In the skin, HA fills the space between collagen and elastin fibers and replenishes the natural support layers lost with aging while delivering essential nutrients and hydration.

Unfortunately, the amount of HA ...

More and more men are using Botox® Cosmetic to help refine their wrinkles and reduce the sagging appearance of their skin.  In addition, many men are inflicted by excessive underam sweating (axillary hyperhidrosis)  and have used Botox to remedy this problem.  Studies have shown that Botox® for hyperhidrosis lasts much longer (6-9 months) vs. Botox Cosmetic for wrinkles (3-4 months).  So whether you’re a man or a woman, looking young is something that we ...