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The Difference Between OTC & Cosmeceutical Grade Skincare Products?     

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Do You Know The Difference Between Over The Counter and Cosmeceutical Grade Skin Care Products?                                                                       

Over-the-counter (OTC) is any skincare product that can be purchased at a store or online without supervision.  OTC’s products do NOT have the same amount of active ingredients that cosmeceuticals have.   They are NOT allowed to under the law.   Cosmeceuticals are pharmaceutical-grade products that are only available through licensed skin care professionals!  Cosmeceuticals contain a much higher amount of active ingredients than you could purchase OTC and they penetrate much deeper into the skin.

 

Why are active ingredients important? These are the ingredients that MAKE a change in the skin. Some of the conditions or concerns that most consumers are trying to correct: Hyperpigmentation, Melasma, Acne, Fine lines & Wrinkles, Hydration, Sun Spots ext.

 

OTC products ONLY work with the outermost layer of the skin.  By law, they cannot penetrate nor correct. So when you use OTC products you are applying the product and it just sits on the surface of the skin. It will not penetrate any deeper!   Bummer RIGHT!   I know. Think of all the money spent over the years on products that just work on the surface.  OTC products have so many fillers, parabens, dyes, fragrances ext and they are most likely watered down.

 

One the BIGGEST reasons consumers purchase OTC products is because they think they cannot afford medical-grade cosmeceuticals. This is not true. Most OTC products you get from the drug store, department stores, independent cosmetic sales consultants, or even a mall kiosk are often the same price or more expensive. You end up using more of the product and replacing it sooner which means more $$$$ all for products that regardless of what you pay do nothing except give the appearance of working.

 

Medical Grade Cosmeceuticals are actually more affordable because they have a much higher concentration of pharmaceutical ingredients, they last longer because you do not use as much, and don’t pay for  T.V. infomercials, packaging, perfume, or big advertising campaigns.

 

So does this mean OTC products do not work? If you have never used a skincare regime before… maybe but only with a minimal result as again under law OTC cannot penetrate nor correct a skin condition.   They will only work superficially. And this is where you end up with multiple skincare products that you get tired of because they do not work and you throw them in a drawer or trash can.   Again waste of $$$$.

 

Whether you want to combat the signs of aging, resolve problematic skin issues or simply maintain healthy skin, we can recommend a skincare products that will meet all of your needs.

Non Surgical Microcurrent Facial

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Non Surgical Microcurrent Facial

Have you ever worked out your face? An eyebrow-raising beauty trend, called a microcurrent facial, aims to do just that.
 
Facial microcurrent is a safe, painless, non-surgical, non-invasive cosmetic procedure that helps tone, lift and firm sagging facial muscles back to its original position and shape.
 
“It’s like a little workout for your face,” actress Jennifer Aniston said in an interview last year.
 
The electrical stimulation technology behind the microcurrent facial has been used in partnership with various treatments for patients afflicted with Bell’s palsy, a sudden paralysis or weakness of facial muscles that causes one side of your face to appear to droop. Now the technology is making waves in the cosmetic field.
 
Microcurrent facials have been used for facial paralysis for about 70 years, and it’s a common use for other areas of the body.
 
For a cosmetic procedure, an aesthetician would apply a conductive gel to your face. The same type of gel is used for ultrasound scans, since it allows for the distribution of electric impulses.
 
Next, the aesthetician would use two metal prongs to apply electrical currents to the skin’s surface, stimulating the facial muscles underneath.
 
“These two wands talk to each other. They’re delivering currents back and forth. This treatment starts out with lifting and tightening,” she said. “It’s just electrical currents going back and forth here and stimulating the top layer of the skin and the muscle.”
 
A microcurrent facial ranges around $88 takes about 45 minutes.. The more procedures you undergo, the more results you may see, she said.
 
During the treatment, patients might feel “a little bit of a tingle” on the skin or have a metallic taste in the mouth, but many find the procedure to be relaxing.
 
The technology could be used similarly for a medical procedure. For instance, when people have facial paralysis or Bell’s palsy, they would see a physical therapist to learn how to move and retrain certain facial muscles.
 
Treatment sessions last for about 30 minutes to an hour. A complete treatment course has an average of 10-15 treatments within the first 8 weeks with a recommended once a month maintenance treatment. However, the number of treatment varies depending on each client’s skin condition and muscle tone.
 
 

Non Surgical Microcurrent Facial

Micro Needling for Anti Aging

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Micro Needling for Anti Aging

Micro Needling is the best anti aging treatment!

If you’ve never heard of it don’t let the name scare you.

Micro Needling or META therapy has become increasingly popular as a skin rejuvenation treatment,with results comparable to laser skin resurfacing.

And this treatment can be performed all year round.

Micro Needling can give your skin a healthy glow by improving overall skin texture. Improvements can be seen with reductions in pore size, fine lines and wrinkles. Scarring can be smoothed and dark spots can be softened.

By creating tiny channels into the skin, our natural healing processes are initiated. New collagen and elastin are produced deep in the skin and gradually replace the most superficial layers of skin. Cell turnover is accelerated and the result is a fresh, more youthful skin.

Unlike other treatments where the superficial layers of skin are removed, with micro needling the skin surface remains intact, so there is virtually no downtime. The best news is that it’s an entirely natural procedure with no injections and minimal contraindications.

You will need multiple micro needling treatments to see optimal results, however multiple treatments are more affordable and it is much easier for clients to fit a treatment into their schedules. There are other facial treatments available with little downtime like microdermabrasion and peels, but they don’t produce the more dramatic results most people are looking for.  Many of these facial treatments can be done in combination with micro needling for better results. When you look at all the variables of results, downtime and cost, there is not a better treatment available than  micro needling for reducing the appearance of acne scars, wrinkles and fine lines.  When you combine this treatment with subjectable serums during the treatment you get a double action with great results.

The average cost is $165 to $250 per treatment

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Micro Needling for Anti Aging

Your Moods Affect Your Skin

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Flawless Skin

Conventional wisdom tells women to brace themselves as they age: get ready for your appearance to go downhill and your skin to head south.

A woman’s appearance is intimately connected with her feelings of self-confidence and  your health is connected to how you feel.

Not looking your best can definitely can put a damper on your mood, but did you know that it could be the reason for breakouts, wrinkles,  dull complexion and health issues.

Paying loving attention to the appearance of your skin is one of the best and easiest ways to listen to your body. Whatever is going on inside will eventually show up on the outside.

The good news! It means your skin really can look better than ever — no matter how old you are — once you recognize that what happens on the inside, on both a physical and emotional front, truly does show up on the outside. Stress, anger, depression, embarrassment and fear are some of the fundamental moods that we go through every day and each of these adversely affect our skin. Long lasting emotional changes have a much longer lasting and irreversible effect on our appearance. Similarly, both a good and happy mood has some positive beauty benefits for your appearance.  So no need to feel guilty about caring for your skin anymore!

Your skin concerns can be delayed or even reversed with a holistic, natural approach that includes optimal diet, lifestyle, product choices and spa treatments. Here at Advanced Skincare, we see results of this inside-out approach every day in the skin of our clients, skin that grows younger and more vibrant each day. Yours can too! The solution relies on a commitment to take care of your skin monthly.

Your Moods Affect Your Skin

Choosing the Right Sunscreen

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Choosing the Right Sunscreen

As the warmer weather approaches, protecting your skin from sunburn and UV damage should be a hot priority. While slathering your skin with any sunscreen may seem like a good idea, many of these lotions are loaded with some seriously questionable ingredients that can induce adverse effects on your skin and body, (i.e., allergic reactions, hormone disruption, and premature aging), and might even increase your cancer risk. Luckily, not all SPF products are harmful, and not all products are created equal.

There are two categories:  Physical Sunblock or Chemical Sunscreens.

Sunblocks contains natural minerals such as titanium dioxide and zinc oxide that cover the surface of skin to physically block or reflect broad spectrum of the sun’s UVA and UVB rays. Unless you’re using good quality SPF products, sunblock can be thick and messy to apply; sometimes leaving a white sheen.

Chemical Sunscreens, on the other hand, contains synthetic ingredients such as oxybenzone and octinoxate, which are absorbed into the skin to filter and absorb UV rays. Because it is absorbed, it can lead to skin irritation and other adverse reactions. Plus, the ingredients can generate cell-damaging free radicals when exposed to the sun.

To reap the benefits of sunscreen and sidestep the potential side effects, avoid these dubious ingredients before slathering up this summer:

Oxybenzone This penetration enhancer (i.e., chemical that helps other chemicals penetrate the skin) undergoes a chemical reaction when exposed to UV rays. When oxybenzone is absorbed by your skin, it can cause an eczema-like allergic reaction that can spread beyond the exposed area and last long after you’re out of the sun. Experts also suspect that oxybenzone disrupts hormones (i.e., mimics, blocks, and alters hormone levels) which can throw off your endocrine system. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), 97 percent of Americans have this chemical circulating in our bodies, as it can accumulate more quickly than our bodies can get rid of it.

Octinoxate One of the most common ingredients found in sunscreens with SPF, octinoxate is readily absorbed by our skin and helps other ingredients to be absorbed more readily. While allergic reactions from octinoxate aren’t common, hormone disruption is: the chemical’s effects on estrogen can be harmful for humans and wildlife, too, should they come into contact with the chemical once it gets into water. Though SPF products are designed to protect skin from sun-induced aging, octinoxate may actually be a culprit for premature aging, as it produces menacing free radicals that can damage skin and cells.

Homosalate This UV-absorbing ingredient helps sunscreen to penetrate your skin. Once the ingredient has been absorbed, homosalate accumulates in our bodies faster than we can get rid of it, becomes toxic and disrupts our hormones.

Octocrylene When this chemical is exposed to UV light, it absorbs the rays and produces oxygen radicals that can damage cells and cause mutations. It is readily absorbed by your skin and may accumulate within your body in measurable amounts. Plus, it can be toxic to the environment.

Paraben Preservatives Associated with both acute and chronic side effects, parabens (butyl-, ethyl-, methyl-, and propyl-) can induce allergic reactions, hormone disruption, developmental and reproductive toxicity. While butylparaben was reported to be non-carcinogenic in rats and mice, but it has been previously suspected that parabens and other chemicals in underarm cosmetics may contribute to the rising incidence of breast cancer.

In lieu of the skin-penetrating hormone-disrupting chemicals like oxybenzone, the safer sunscreens tended to use non-nanoparticle sized zinc- and titanium-based mineral ingredients, which block the sun’s rays without penetrating your skin. Additionally, here’s what to look for when choosing a safer product.

  • Avoid Spray Sunscreens:These are incredibly popular, especially for kids, but not safe. When sprayed, toxic particles are released into the air, making them easy to breathe in, with unknown health effects. They may also contain flammable ingredients, and there have been reports in which a user received serious burns.
  • Avoid Super-High SPFs: Higher SPF is not necessarily better, just more chemicals. You should be aware that SPF 30 is not twice as protective as SPF 15.

 

SPF 15 protects the skin from 93% of UVB

SPF 30 protects the skin from 97% of UVB

SPF 40 protects the skin from 98% of UVB

Important note: when a vitamin C cream  is applied first, an apparently greater than additive protection is noted against the phototoxic damage. These results confirm the benefit of anti-oxidants as a photo protectant but suggest the importance of combining the compounds with known sunscreens to maximize photo protection.

Choosing the Right Sunscreen

Advanced Skincare Products

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Northborough Advanced Skincare Products

 

Environ

Environ believes that skin has a life and that vitamin A is the “oxygen” it needs to look beautiful and healthy for life. It is for this reason that we actively pursue skin care science to skillfully and consistently developed  the best skincare, scientifically researched that work with the skin.

Everyday our skin loses vitamins due to exposure to environmental elements, which accelerates the sign of aging. The only way to effectively replenish these lost vitamins is to apply topical into the skin.

The formulation of Environ are entirely based on the need to replenish all the essential skin nutrients lost by the exposure to the sun & environmental factors.
Call  or email to place  an order. All products are order and deliver within a week  to ensure freshness and highest potency.

Global Skin Solutions

Having beautiful, clear and glowing skin is the dream of every woman.

If you ask most people what they would most like to improve about their skin, the answer will usually involve making the skin tone more even, clearing the complexion of flaws and imperfections.

Skin pigmentation can take the form of freckles, age spots or larger patches of discolored skin. The most common form is hyperpigmentation, which is the excess production of the skin pigment melanin, appearing as localized patches, which are darker than the surrounding skin.

Another way to gauge is if your ancestral heritage is of African, Asian, Latin, Middle Eastern or European descent or if you are a combination of any of these, you have pigmented skin.

Pigmented skin behaves differently to certain skincare ingredients and many people with pigmented skin have unique skin concerns such as hyperpigmentation (blotchy skin), ashy skin, oily or dry skin and age spots.

 

Global Skin solutions is formulated to specially target the unique challenges of pigmented skin.

Osmosis Skincare

Osmosis provides the tools needed to create the ideal environment to encourage permanent change and overall radiance. Our unique philosophy is based on analyzing the skin and body as a whole to treat skin conditions at their source, restoring beauty and wellness.

The Skin is a remarkable organ with tremendous potential. We maximize this potential and the skin’s ability to perform. Osmosis works at the source to empower the most change possible.

Our wellness system is a program designed to optimize the skin and body’s rejuvenation process. We holistically take aim at the origin of imbalances to impart real change. Using a multi-tiered approach we partner with the skin to remodel and heal without causing inflammation.

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 Juice Plus

 

POWERFUL ANTIOXIDANTS RIGHT FROM THE SOURCE

Juice Plus+ capsules were introduced in 1993, when most scientists and health professionals were only beginning to understand the importance of whole food nutrition. This whole food based nutrition delivers powerful antioxidants that provide your body protection, because it relies on fruits and vegetables. According to the National Cancer Institute, antioxidants are “substances that may protect cells from the damage caused by unstable molecules known as free radicals. Examples of antioxidants include beta-carotene, lycopene, vitamins C and E and other substances. Many of these antioxidant also helps to improve skin hydration, skin thickness and circulation in the skin.

Whole food based nutrition starts in orchards, gardens and vineyards. Juice Plus+ combines the latest dietary guidelines and clinical research findings to create convenient whole food based nutrition, while consistently emphasizing that people need to eat more fruits and vegetables to improve their chances of living long and healthy lives. Try Juice Plus+.
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