It’s not uncommon for us to forgo our usual healthy choices and routines as life gets busy. It can hard to keep up with our day-today tasks – especially when it comes to our skincare. The ensuing fatigue can start to affect our appearance, particularly around the eyes. Puffiness, laxity, wrinkles, dark circles: there are […]
Tag: anti-aging
Vitamin A 101 | The benefits of this powerful skincare ingredient.
With the arrival of fall and winter our focus turns towards a key skincare ingredient that should be a part of your winter routine – vitamin A, also known as retin-A, retinol and retinoic acid. This powerful skincare ingredient has many benefits for skin health. Here we explain the ins and outs of this anti-aging […]
How to address and correct lax skin.
Beyond brown spots and wrinkles, a major aging concern is loss of skin firmness. When the skin becomes loose and starts to sag, it’s a sign that our collagen stores have diminished. Here we explain why skin loses its resilience, how collagen fibres can be rebuilt and methods to correcting lax skin. Why skin collagen […]
Understanding laser and light treatments.
It seems like everyone is talking about laser treatments these days. But with so many different kinds of lasers and treatments available it can be hard to filter out the noise and select the right option for your unique concern. Lasers offer an amazing skin intervention, offering patients dramatic results to many of their most […]
Surgical and non-surgical facial rejuvenation techniques.
Just as our faces are unique in size, shape, colour and contour, so are our individual aging concerns. Environmental damage is a daily annoyance and our faces seem to bare the brunt of constant UV exposure and pollution. Sometimes it doesn’t matter how diligent we are with sun protection, skincare, diet and exercise, skin aging […]
Treatments for sun damage.
With fall on the horizon, it’s time to start thinking about what summer has done to our skin. Even with diligent application of sunscreen, our skin can still experience a moderate amount of UV exposure—and UV exposure means sun damage. Sun damage can present in a number of ways; besides a tan (which we all […]
