I’ve been thinking that when a new year begins, it always offers a chance to try new things and improve others, to re-invent us and excel in new ways… The first months of the year always bring us the illusion that we still have many months ahead to be able to achieve all those things we promised we would when raising our glasses to toast with our love ones.
Together with Velia Lemel I decided to give to you some Beauty Resolutions for 2013.
Our skin is our contact with the world… It’s, in other words, our personal card to society. It’s a complex organ that reflects the health of the rest of our body, the way we feel or how our environment affects us. It is of extreme importance then that we take the necessary steps to take good care of it. We bring you, then, our 2013 Beauty Resolutions…
1. Have an appointment with a professional so he/she can recommend you the treatments and products appropriate for your skin type. A good exam will diagnose the specific needs of each patient, optimizing results which will be more cost-efficient.
2. Always use sunscreen, to prevent premature skin aging (seen in the lost of elasticity and the appearance of wrinkles), spots or even harms that can lead to skin cancer. This is why dermatologists always say that sunblock is the best anti-aging cream.
3. Choose healthy habits, such as quitting cigarettes. Smoking produces numerous hazards to our skin, amongwhich are the worsening of certain skin diseases as psoriasis, bad skin regeneration, dryness and skin marks. Those who smoke look older and have dark spots under the eyes, a less luminous skin and more wrinkles.
4. Have a balanced diet and an appropriate workout routine, both allies in the quest for a healthy and firmer skin. It is important to increase the intake of complex antioxidants such as vitamins E. C, betacarotene and green tea extracts, in your daily diet or as dietary supplements. The latter can be found as pills or drops, but also in many cosmetic products.
Ok, then. So we have the resolutions! All we need now it to charge ourselves with energy and will to fulfill them. There is nothing more rewarding than reaching the end of the year knowing you were able to achieve all the things you proposed…
Last but not least, I asked Velia to share with us some tips and treatments that we can put into practice this year…
- Laser Q-Switched: it’s a simple and effective treatment against age marks (spots on the face, neck and hands). It’s a specific treatment to avoid superficial or deep pigmented scars, even in summer.
- Thermage: this is a treatment that can improve the look of eyelids. With energy released through radio-frecuency, it helps produce collagen, resulting in an instant rejuvenating effect. It needs no special cares afterwards and the patient can continue with his/her normal daily routine. It can be complemented with special eye contour creams.
- Fillers: this is an effective, quick and useful technique to work on skin aging and the changes it promotes (dryness, wrinkles, flaccidity). The hyaluronic acid (a non-animal product) is used to fill wrinkles and revitalize the skin. As it helps retain water, it’s a way to keep the skin hydrated.
- Mother-Cell creams: these vegetable-origin products are used to give vitality to the skin. They give protection to the mother-cells of the skin and delay their aging process. This treatment can be combined with other products containing different active principles, such as retinoic acid, caviar creams, etc.
Thank you very much, Velia!!
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