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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.

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Achieving Beautiful, Radiant Eyes

Your eyes are the first thing people see when they look at you, and this is often the first area to show visible signs of aging. The aging process itself can cause your eyes to convey that you're tired, stressed and years older than you really are. SkinMedica's Age Defense Eye collection can help prevent and reverse signs of aging around the eyes so you can put your best face forward.

Specific eye-area issues vary from person to person, and range from dark undereye circles and puffiness to sagging skin and wrinkles. SkinMedica® has a variety of effective topical…

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Dos and Don'ts for Flawless Skin Through the Holidays

‘Tis the season for parties, family get-togethers and other events that you’ll want to look your best for. But between holiday shopping and a jam-packed social agenda, who has time to think about their skin? Follow these pointers and you’ll be sitting pretty through New Year’s.

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Do start using an anti-aging regimen that delivers results for both the short- and long-term. SkinMedica TNS Essential Serum® combines the benefits of the patented growth factor serum, TNS Recovery Complex®, with potent antioxidants, peptides…

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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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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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What are the benefits of chemical peels for the treatment of skin discoloration?

Anyone who has had uneven, blotchy skin or a skin condition called melasma knows how challenging it is not only to treat these skin disorders, but to also prevent a recurrence.  Understanding the causes of skin discoloration is a great first step to correcting it.

Skin inflammation: Acne or any skin trauma such as a scratch or burn often leads to post-inflammatory hyperpigmentation (PIH), which can take weeks or even months to go away.

Melasma: Irregular patches of pigmentation are commonly caused by pregnancy, birth control pills,…

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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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The Early Show: Post-Summer Skin Treatments

Not one, not two, but THREE SkinMedica products were featured in this segment featuring Dr. Jeanine Downie discussing treating post-summer skin.

Among the picks were TNS Essential Serum® to repair uneven skin tone plus our new Tri-Retinol Complex ES™ and Environmental Defense Sunscreen SPF 50+ (because your skin needs sun protection year-round).

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Retinoids: Improving skin from the inside out

Few skincare ingredients have as storied a history as retinoids. These vitamin A derivatives first found fame as a novel and effective treatment for acne in the early 1970s, until older patients found it to have aesthetic anti-aging benefits as well. As a result, Retin-A received the FDA's first anti-aging approval in the early 1990s. Today, retinoids are considered by many dermatologists to be one of the most effective topical ingredients for treating symptoms of sun damage. Found both in prescription and over-the-counter creams and gels, retinoids are available in multiple…

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