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Posts tagged "hyperigmentation"

Smart Seasonal Skin Care

Benita Winters, Medical Aesthetician; Cincinnati Dermatology Center, Cincinnati, Ohio

Unless you’re lucky enough to live in a warm climate year-round, you most likely experience four distinct seasons—along with equally distinct seasonal responses in the skin.

The skin follows its own cyclical process of renewal. The epidermis is comprised of layers of cells known as keratinocytes. Beginning at the basal layer, these keratinocytes work their way up the epidermis, changing at every layer until they reach the uppermost layer called the stratum…

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Skin Care and Non-Surgical Procedures Go Hand in Hand

In the world of medically based beauty, much of today’s innovation centers on non-surgical procedures. In the past we didn’t have very many options besides surgery, but in today’s day and age we can slow and even reverse signs of aging with minimally invasive procedures that require little to no downtime. These non-surgical procedures may not be able to accomplish the dramatic results that surgery can, but starting these less invasive procedures in one’s 30s or 40s can delay the need for actual surgery, and can even help make surgery less extensive when the time…

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Achieving a More Radiant Complexion

Florida based board-certified plastic surgeon, Michael E. Jasin, M.D., gives his expert advice on the causes and treatments of hyperpigmentation.

Hyperpigmentation plagues women and men of all ages, and it can have a major impact on how we look and feel. This discoloration has myriad manifestations and causes, but all hyperpigmentation has one thing in common: Its root cause is the overproduction of a pigment called melanin within the skin. Though a suntan is technically hyperpigmentation, when pigment is concentrated unevenly in spots or patches, the contrast with…

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