Skin Care Advice for Your Big Event
By Kevin C. Smith MD FACP FRCPC Everyone -- guests and those who will be in the public eye -- wants their skin to look its best on their big day. Here are some simple tips you can follow to help avoid skin problems on your special day: Acne or Rosacea Skin: Plan...
It’s All About Health
It's all about health - It's all about youth For most of the baby boomer generation, ages forty to sixty five, the effects of aging and the desire to slow the signs of aging are ever increasing. Some undergo a very steep decline where they feel pre-maturely aged and...
Moisturizers – An Essential Part of Skin Care
By Mariusz J.A. Sapijaszko, MD FRCPC (Dermatology) Moisturizers - Are they really needed? The truth is that moisturizers are a growing component of daily skin care and account for one of the most common over the counter products sold in the world. This growth is...
The Sun and Psoriasis – What You Need to Know
By SkinCareGuide.ca Psoriasis is a common, chronic, non-contagious, recurring skin condition that usually takes the form of itchy, red, scaly, well-defined, thickened patches of varying sizes. These patches may appear on a small area of your body or may be very...
Anti-Aging 2011 News
Facial Aging One cause of the appearance of visible skin aging is a degradation of the skin’s extracellular matrix (ECM). The ECM is a complex framework that supports and protects the cells of the dermis. A strong ECM must be present to shore up the skin’s outer...
Modern Apothecary Lines Offer Natural Approach to Skincare
By CATHERINE SAINT LOUIS THESE days, even mainstream beauty creams sometimes make such improbable claims that they might as well be swarthy Lotharios (think Nivea’s My Silhouette!, whose maker was fined $900,000 last week by the Federal Trade Commission for suggesting...
Bridal Beauty Tips
You’ve got the perfect bridal gown and all of the accessories down pat (think headpiece, heels, clutch and jewelry). Next in line is your beauty regime. You still want to look like you, but with a little more slick and polish. The bride should be the most beautiful...
Beauty Deals Multiply on Discount Sites
By TATIANA BONCOMPAGNI JASMINE CHESS had long wanted to try eyelash extensions, but the high cost had kept them off her beauty shopping list. Then Ms. Chess, 25, saw an offer to buy the service at a reduced rate ($225 instead of the usual $450) on Gilt City, an online...
Healthy Skin Care Education in 3 Easy Steps
Most people are self conscious about their skin. Everyone wants their skin to look young and healthy, and will go to many lengths to protect our skin from anything in the environment that could harm it. Our skin is the largest organ in, or on, our body. It performs...
Indoor Tanning Beds: How Safe Are They?
A tanning bed is a cosmetic device that emits ultraviolet radiation such as UVA and also UVB to generate artificial tanning. Historically, medical devices that emit UVA were developed and adopted for modern indoor tanning. Since UVA (Ultraviolet A of the sun) has less...
How Skin Changes With Age
With aging, skin also changes. The changes in skin are both intrinsic and extrinsic. Intrinsic changes are those that appear with aging of body. Extrinsic changes are those that occur because of external factors such as sun, smoking, gravity and bad skin care. We...
Skin Care Tutorial
While the shelves labeled beauty care are laden with various types of products to help you with your skin, confusion lies in choosing the right product. So what is the best bet? To choose a new entrant on the block or wait for something which might still be much...
Choosing an Antiaging Eye Cream
Selecting an anti-aging skin creme begins with an assessment of the areas face that you plan to apply the treatment. The method of application and type of creme you'll choose will be dependent on the treatment area. For the Eyelashes Although not your ordinary...