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My New Year resolution is to take better care of my skin. What can I do?

Year after year, everyone wants to kick off the New Year with a fresh start. The most common resolutions include hitting the gym at least 3 times a week, losing weight and eating healthy. In addition to these healthy resolutions, you might also decide that this is the year to start taking better care of your skin.

Here are a few New Year skin resolutions you should consider as 2011 gets underway:

  • Develop a daily skin care regimen that addresses your particular skin concerns and leads to meaningful improvement.
    Choose skin care…

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Help Your Skin Survive the Change of Seasons Beautifully

With the leaves changing colors and the start of the holiday season, winter is a wonderful time of year. But unfortunately the onset of winter can wreak havoc on our skin. Cooler temperatures outside combined with arid, artificial heat inside create a recipe for dry, itchy skin.

For patients who experience dry and itchy skin when the weather changes year after year, I advise being proactive. If you start moisturizing sooner rather than later—especially when winter just begins to set in—these uncomfortable skin issues can usually be avoided.

When…

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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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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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Vitamin A - The Key to Younger Looking Skin

SkinMedica® Tri-Retinol Complex™ ES delivers three forms of vitamin A to pack a powerful anti-aging punch 

Retinol is considered to be one of the most effective anti-aging ingredients available today, but the different forms of this vitamin A derivative have varying effects on the skin. SkinMedica’s new Tri-Retinol Complex™ ES contains three distinct retinols that work to smooth rough…

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Good Morning America: Summer Safety Tips

"Skin cancer is now the most common form of cancer in the United States. One in five people will develop skin cancers over the course of their lives, which means it's more important than ever to protect yourself from the sun", says Dermatologist Jeanine Downie.

Dr. Downie tells you how our Environmental Defense Sunscreen™ SPF 50+ can help you avoid the sun's harmful rays.

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What can I do about brown spots and uneveness?

Hyperpigmentation is the medical term used to describe the condition in which certain areas of the skin become darker. Hyperpigmentation is often the result of sun exposure but other common causes are hormones, especially hormonal changes due to pregnancy or the pill. Genes are also factors in determining how likely you are to get brown spots. For example, olive complexions are more predisposed to pigmentation. There's also PIH (post inflammatory hyperpigmentation) which is caused by injury to the skin. Acne and eczema are common culprits for PIH.

There are a couple of…

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If I could use only one anti-aging product, what should it be?

Sunscreen.

I'm still troubled by the number of my patients that don't use an adequate amount of sun protection. Even if it's cloudy and you are running one quick errand, you still need sunscreen. Consider these lesser-known facts:

  • Windows (e.g. automobile) will not protect you. Windshields are laminated for safety reasons and filter most UV radiation. However side and rear windows allow as much as 79% of UV radiation to pass through1. UV radiation also passes through…

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