Category: Skin Health
Skin Tags (Acrochordons)
Skin tags are growths of skin that are benign (not cancerous). They often grow in response to irritation or rubbing of the skin.
They can occur anywhere but it is very common to see them on the neck, underarms, waistline or bra-line.
They may be darker than the skin or the same color. A thinner ‘stalk’ may attach them to the skin. It is a very simple procedure to remove them often using Electrodessication.
This is a minor surgical procedure Read more [...]
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Ingrown Toenails
As the weather cools off, school starts, sports start and we all start wearing closed-toe shoes again. This is usually when a rise in ingrown toenails occurs. The constant slamming of the foot against the edge of a shoe while playing football, basketball or soccer will surely do it.
Cutting the nails too short or simply genetics can also cause ingrown nails. Any trauma can cause the nail to cut open the skin of the toe. Once the skin is interrupted an infection is sure to follow. Once an infection Read more [...]
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Sunburn Help
When You Play in Fire, Sometimes You Get Burned!
Everyone living in Arizona knows the intensity of our sun. Most of us spend a great deal of time and energy preventing the danger that the sun can inflict on our skin. Even the most prudent sun screen wearers may find themselves with a burn. Obviously, continue the preventative measures like SPF, hats, SPF clothing, and avoidance. The degree of a burn is determined by the depth of the damage. Second degree burns most often blister and have significant Read more [...]
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Summer Juicing with Ginger
The following recipes are refreshing and light and can be an alternative to drinking lemonade or iced tea. Ginger is amazing for the digestive system. Ginger in Chinese medicine is a hot substance and therefore energizing and stimulating. Ginger also is wonderful for the health of skin, hair and nails.
I learned to make ginger tea while living "off-grid" in Jamaica over fifteen years ago.
Traditional Jamaican Recipe for Ginger Tea:
Take a large piece of fresh ginger root- about the Read more [...]
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Dysport
If the world perceives you as angry even before you speak, first time interactions perceive you as angry. When a movement of the face is made enough times it creates a wrinkle, just as folding fabric over and over will create a crease. These lines eventually persist, even when your face is at rest. This can make you look angry even if you are extremely happy.
Botulinum Toxin type A (Botox) has been used for thirty years medically. The first purification of this toxin with experimentation was in Read more [...]
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Tagged aesthetic, az, botox, cosmetic, dr. julie keiffer, dysport, east valley naturopathic doctors, lines, mesa, movement, purified botulinum type A, wrinkles
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Clean Skin Series Part II: Skin Lesions
"What is this on my skin?"
What Is This On My Skin?
Most of us over the age of thirty-five have something on our skin that we did not have in years past. When they show up we are not really sure. Others remember the exact day they saw that spot in their 7x mirror. With the increase in skin cancer we all have a small amount of discomfort when something new appears on our skin. Getting it looked at is the first step. Most of the skin growths are nothing to lose sleep over. If it is a skin cancer, Read more [...]
Spring Cleaning for the Skin – Part I: Chemical Peels
One of the oldest aesthetic procedures known is the use of chemical peels to improve the skin. In this age of high technology and lasers we hear less of this procedure. Peeling of the skin remains an affordable option to improve the skin’s tone, color and texture.
Not all chemical peels are created equally. The definition of a chemical peel is the use of an exfoliating topical agent to stimulate a sloughing of the outer layer of the skin creating cellular rejuvenation and a youthful appearance. Read more [...]
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Tagged acne, anti-aging, chemical peels, east valley naturopathic doctors, health, skin, spring clean the skin, youthful
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Nutrition For The Skin
In honor of March being National Nutrition Month I would like to address how nutrition affects the skin. The skin is the largest organ of the body so it makes sense that the health of your skin indicates the health of your overall system. It is one of the main ways your body eliminates toxins. Keep this in mind if you are undertaking a detoxification process. It will show up on your skin.
Hormones play a key role in the health of the skin as well. If there is an imbalance, a deficit or the body Read more [...]
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Tagged detoxification, health, largest organ of the body, nutrition, skin, toxins
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The Face of Anti-Aging!
Gravity can make us look so very different than we feel! Have you seen a photo of yourself or passed a mirror and thought ‘Who is that?’ Many have the habit of lifting just slightly on the upper cheek and restoring their reflection to a face they are familiar with.
After ten years of working with women and men on their appearance, we have some great simple tools to help restore a more youthful look. For those of you who fear botulinum toxin(i.e.Botox/Dysport) this anti-gravity procedure Read more [...]
Posted in Men's Health, Skin Health, Women's Health
Tagged appearance, botox, dysport, jowls, naso-labial, smile, volume-loss, youthful
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