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The Right Time to Begin a Skin Care Regimen

Angie Scott, Medical Aesthetician and Owner; FACES Corrective Skin Care and Permanent Cosmetics, Lambertville, Mich.

We hear so much about prevention when it comes to skin care, and for good reason: By taking care of our skin early on, we can help to preserve its youthful appearance for years to come.

Most skin aging starts at a young age. The sun can begin to degrade collagen in the early childhood years when sun exposure first begins. In fact, a smattering of freckles is often a child’s first visible sign of sun exposure.

The commitment to sun protection…

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Preserve Your Procedure with At-Home Care

Anita Saluja, MD; Dermatologist, MIMA Dermatology, Melbourne, FL

In the dermatological field, modern technology has afforded us the ability to affect real change in a patient’s skin with just one in-office procedure. But the treatment doesn’t stop at the office. When patients expand the treatment protocol to include proper at-home care, they not only play a role in their overall outcome but can enhance their results, as well.

As I often tell my patients, it’s important to remember that cosmetic or anti-aging treatments are first and…

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The Essential for Healthy Skin

You have a multitude of skincare concerns, so you need a vast array of products to treat them, right? Not so fast. With a do-it-all treatment like the SkinMedica® TNS Essential Serum®, you can undergo a skin transformation with just one product.

TNS Essential Serum has won multiple awards, and for good reason: This first-of-its-kind serum combines powerful antioxidants, anti-aging peptides and an exclusive blend of growth factors to…

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How realistic are our expectations?

The list of our expectations from skin care products and procedures is l-o-o-o-n-g.  We want wrinkles and brown spots to disappear, skin become tighter and firmer, dark circles and puffiness under the eyes – GONE! 

How reasonable are our expectations?  When I start patients on a new skin care regimen I want them to be excited about it, but at the same time, I educate patients about WHAT they should expect from their skin care regimen, and WHEN the result will become noticeable. Expecting perfection is not realistic, expecting improvement is. Just as the…

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The power of pairing procedures and skin care

If you’re thinking about a cosmetic procedure such as laser resurfacing or even surgery, those few hours you spend in the doctor’s office are just a small part of your journey to beautiful skin. The process of skin rejuvenation is a long one, and it starts with solid skin care. But proper skin care is not a single product—it’s a comprehensive regimen combined with healthy habits. When these align, it’s possible to reverse signs of aging, improve symptoms of sun damage and even prevent future skin damage from occurring. The ultimate goal is to find the right…

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Uncovering the benefits of key anti-aging ingredients

Make the most of your skin with concern-specific ingredients and products

When you’re sick, your doctor gives you medication to treat a specific symptom or illness, so why should your skin care be any different? By committing to a skin care regimen that features products and ingredients that are proven to improve particular skin conditions and signs of aging like fine lines, wrinkles, discoloration and dullness, you can maximize the visible results—and the health and beauty of your skin.

Antioxidants

Our skin is exposed to a wide variety of…

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The quartet of great skin care

The four components essential to any skin care regimen

Every effective skin care regimen consists of a multi-tiered approach to preventing and reversing visible signs of aging, while achieving optimal skin health. By ensuring that skin cells perform to their fullest potential and shielding the skin from environmental aggressors, it’s possible to see real improvement in just a matter of months. After years of extensive research, SkinMedica® has come to rely on four essentials to promote healthy, beautiful skin:

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How to get your skin summer-ready

The state of your skin come spring depends largely on how you’ve taken care of it all winter. If you’ve been meticulous about exfoliation, you can expect a smooth transition to the warmer months, but if you haven’t, now’s the time to shed the layer of dead, dull skin, so you can put your best face forward by summer.

This time of year, many of us also start to think about skin issues that will become visible to the world when we start wearing short sleeves, tank tops, skirts and…

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Shield and Repair Your Skin with One Simple Step

Just like your body needs a well-balanced breakfast to start the day off right, your skin needs nutrition of its own. Giving your skin much-needed hydration is great, but with SkinMedica TNS Ultimate Daily Moisturizer™ + SPF 20 you get the clinically-proven age-reversing results of our patented growth factor blend and superior UV protection that can actually prevent visible signs of aging.

As the cornerstone of the SkinMedica® line, our patented TNS® complex of…

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Human growth factors and Vitamin C — A powerful duo for younger skin

SkinMedica Offers Age-Defying Skin Care with TNS Recovery Complex® and Vitamin C+E Complex

As spring gives way to summer sunshine, increased UV exposure as well as humidity and perspiration can wreak havoc on the skin, exposing signs of aging that were quietly hibernating during the winter and early spring months.

Two key ingredients responsible for promoting youthful,…

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