Skincare & Aesthetics

August is Pso­ri­a­sis Aware­ness Month, and it’s a great time to break down some pso­ri­a­sis myths and learn some­thing new about this com­mon skin condition.

Whether it’s your very first facial or your quar­ter­ly injecta­bles touch-up, it’s impor­tant to be total­ly hon­est with your estheti­cian and der­ma­tol­o­gist so that they can make the entire process more relax­ing, infor­ma­tive and successful. 

Mos­qui­to bites are itchy and annoy­ing. Here’s how to avoid them, and when it may be time to vis­it one of our Imme­di­ate Care locations.

Half of all can­cer­ous moles are found dur­ing self-skin exams. While annu­al full body skin exams per­formed by a der­ma­tol­o­gist are impor­tant, month­ly self-skin exams help you famil­iar­ize your­self with your skin so you can mon­i­tor any changes and detect sus­pi­cious lesions early.

You may not think about it, but your skin is one of the most impor­tant organs in your body. It helps to pro­tect you from the envi­ron­ment, reg­u­lates body tem­per­a­ture, and it allows your body to feel. Here are 10 facts about your skin.

Our expert estheti­cians and der­ma­tol­o­gists rec­om­mend the fol­low­ing treat­ments to keep your skin glow­ing this hol­i­day sea­son and through­out the win­ter months.

Whether you have oily, dry or sen­si­tive skin, wear­ing sun­screen is a crit­i­cal step in pre­vent­ing the onset of skin can­cer and aging. Der­ma­tol­o­gist, Dr. Kristin Lee, explains which sun­screen is best for you based on your skin type.

Hair loss can be a stress­ful and emo­tion­al expe­ri­ence for many peo­ple because hair is part of your iden­ti­ty. Yet, as we age, it is nor­mal for hair to grad­u­al­ly thin and change tex­ture, how­ev­er, some peo­ple lose hair at a more dras­tic rate than others.

The Amer­i­can Soci­ety of Plas­tic Sur­geons (ASPS) reports that lip aug­men­ta­tions are up 43% in women since 2000, with fillers being the most pop­u­lar. Lip aug­men­ta­tion used to be a more drawn out process, but today with the advance­ment in fillers, you can enhance your look in mere min­utes. If you’ve been think­ing about per­fect­ing your pout but have been appre­hen­sive about lip fillers in the past, JUVÉ­DERM VOL­BEL­LA® XC might be right for you.

As an alter­na­tive to plas­tic surgery, the Pro­found^® sys­tem is an FDA-approved treat­ment used to reduce wrin­kles and the appear­ance of cel­lulite on the face and body. With a patent­ed tech­nol­o­gy that induces the body’s nat­ur­al heal­ing process to regen­er­ate skin fun­da­men­tals, the Pro­found^® sys­tem cre­ates younger and smoother look­ing skin after just one treatment.