SKINCARE & BEAUTY BY JANA ELSTON

We as skin care experts, sometimes have to deal with clients who come in and request a service we see as not appropriate for their skin.  Some treatments can be addictive, such as peels, microdermabrasion and laser or IPL. This is because when people have a problem with their skin, these treatments really do deliver fantastic results. So understandably people want more of the same.  However the skin is a live organ, short-term it will respond very well because the skin needs correction, long-term however the skin cells will eventually fatigue and trigger a histamine response in order to try and protect from the ongoing damage.  Peels, micro, laser rejuvenation all cause "controlled micro damage" to trigger skin's healing and rejuvenation mechanism. This is very useful when we are treating acne, scarring, premature aging, sun damage, clogging, congestion, wrinkles, and pigmentation. However once these issues have been cleared up, there is no longer any need t...

When it comes to sun protection there is a fierce debate about the pros and cons of chemical sunscreens. It's no surprise that many people are vary of chemicals, with the increased pollution in our air and water, the increased chemicals in our foods and chemicals in our every day household and beauty products.  It is a fact of life that we are surrounded by chemicals. Solids, liquids and gasses in nature are all made up of chemicals, some completely fine for humans, some not so good. Chemicals are all around us in nature.  However when it comes to the concern consumers have about chemicals in their foods, household cleaning products or beauty products, the word "chemical" takes on a different context; they usually mean "synthetic" or "harm causing" chemicals. Sometimes these terms are used interchangeably, driven by scaremongering marketing by companies selling their "natural"products implying that if its synthetic its "bad" for...