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Non-Surgical Facelift??

With the huge demand for ways to stave off the signs of age medical technology is working overtime. First there were facelifts – but a rhytidectomy (face lift) has significant down time, risk of infection, scarring and is very expensive. A facelift is normally the lower 2/3 of the face and if you add a […]

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Chemotherapy and your skin

Having to undergo chemotherapy is a challenge in itself but some of the drugs that are necessary to treat the cancer can bring their own set of challenges to the skin. According to Dermatology Times, November 5, 2014 review of a research report from the European Medical Journal Dermatology the new generation of anticancer drugs

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Menopause and Your Skin

Menopause is a nasty word that no woman enjoys dealing with.  It is the time when the body transitions from having ovulation and the menstrual cycle to the complete cessation of this.  While for most of us loosing the ability to have more children at 50+ is not a big issue, the challenges we must

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UV Rays

There is only one thing more damaging to the skin and aging it than the sun, and that is a tanning bed.  It doesn’t burn the skin because it only uses UVA rays.  UVA rays penetrate more deeply and cause damage to the dermal tissue. UVB rays are more focused on the surface of the

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