Besides using medical grade skin care products that provide optimal nourishment, hydration and repair for damaged skin, other factors can significantly contribute to a youthful healthy complexion. Improper nutrition, use of alcohol and tobacco and exposure to the sun all cause the development of free radicals that prematurely age the skin.   

If you missed our feature article from the last newsletter, we explained how aging of the skin begins at the cellular level with free radical damage. A certain amount of free radicals occur during normal metabolism and can also be a protective response by your body to eliminate viruses and bacteria. But exposure to harmful environmental factors can accelerate free radical damage, leading to premature aging and even chronic disease. .You may have noticed relatively [...]

What motivates you to seek medical treatment or aesthetic skin care beauty services? Take a few minutes and seriously answer these questions for yourself. Becoming aware of your thoughts, values and patterns of behavior with respect to health and beauty, you may find yourself making different but better choices with regard to disease prevention and health promotion. You might even find that those choices lead to a healthier, happier life with less stress and less needs for costly medical procedures. Your better health can even keep you looking younger with reduced needs for expensive cosmetic services.

What is Disease Prevention and What Does It Mean to You?
Maybe you think that disease prevention is limited to getting an annual physical exam with laboratory and other screening [...]