What is Rosacea?

Rosacea is a common inflammatory skin disease that often begins as a tendency to blush or flush more easily than other people. This flushing usually begins in the nose and cheeks but can spread to the forehead and chin and even the ears, neck, chest, and back and can progress to include serious skin eruptions and even eye complications.

The holidays are over, and now all of us are looking to make some positive health changes in the new year, so many people make New Year’s Resolutions! I would like to challenge to NOT to make a resolution!  Instead, make a “New Year’s Revolution”!  A resolution implies that you are going to suddenly make a complete radical change from your previous habits.  This usually does not last past February. If you plan a “revolution”, you intend to diligently and methodically make small changes which become habits and progress to bigger changes. By the end of 2022, you will have a whole new set of healthy habits!   

Dysport injections help relax the masseter muscle by limiting the strength of the muscle contraction.  The muscle will still work properly for chewing, moving your jaw, and making normal facial expressions but will not be able to exert excessive pressure.  Therefore, the muscle will shrink in size, giving you a more contoured jawline and preventing further damage to your teeth and TMJ. 

To sum it up, skin aging is the result of the complex interaction between your lifestyle, exposure to environmental factors, your immune system, genetics, as well as your emotional and medical state. Prevention of damage from environmental factors will have a huge impact on your long-term skin health.

Sleep is a surefire way to help your body repair itself. This is true for your dermis as much as it is for your brain or your muscles. During sleep, your skin’s blood flow increases, collagen is built, UV damage is repaired, and the muscles in your face relax after a long day.  This allows your body to reduce the effects of aging and prevent new wrinkles and age spots.

A healthy, glowing complexion says a lot about your dietary habits. Food is fuel and medicine! Our bodies function best when we provide them with healthy, balanced, nutritious food.  Many of us are conscious about our waistlines, but a healthy skin diet is also hugely important when it comes to getting gorgeous, healthy, glowing skin.

If you are exercising out of obligation and hating every minute of it, you are missing out on many of the benefits!  So, by finding an exercise program that you enjoy, you will be simultaneously managing stress and helping your skin!

Stress is a common human condition, and everyone experiences it at some point in their lives. And while you may think of being stressed as solely a mental state, that’s not true – stress can affect your entire body, including the health of your hair, skin, and nails.

Taking care of your skin is a lot like starting a diet or exercise program. If you only follow your diet “sometimes” and go to the gym occasionally and expect to lose weight and get fit, it’s probably not going to happen. The same goes with taking care of your skin. If you’re 40 years old, it took you 40 years for your skin to show it’s signs of aging, sun damage, etc. and nothing will repair that damage overnight.

One of the most common questions that I get during aesthetic consultations is, “How long will the results of this treatment last?”  That is a loaded question!   Now that you’ve gotten me started, I’m going to get on my soapbox about how I feel that we should take care of our bodies and our skin!   Our skin is the largest organ of our body, so taking care of our skin obviously necessitates taking care of the entire body properly! The best skin health is only achievable when we focus simultaneously on inner wellness.