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Skin Care Myths
By Alexandra J. Zani, founder and owner of AEsthani | December 10, 2015
STATEMENT: Avoiding sugary foods improves skin texture. Facts: Diet plays a significant role in the skin, especially when it comes to the health of the cells. Maintaining a balanced diet, including the consumption of essential fatty acids (omega 3 ...
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Skin Care MYTHS: Eating oily fish helps eczema-pro
By Claudia Aguirre, Ph.D., neuroscientist and skin care expert | November 20, 2015
STATEMENT: Eating oily fish helps eczema-prone or dry skin. Facts: When it comes to dryness, both internal and external supplementation can relieve the itch and ashiness associated with skin that is lacking its protective lipids. Oily fish are a species ...
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Skin Cancer 101: A review of the 3 most common ski
By Dana Canuso, podiatric surgeon and founder of Dr. Canuso Skincare | November 20, 2015
It is estimated that one American dies every hour from skin cancer.1 Even though the rate of many other common cancers is falling, the incidence of melanoma continues to increase significantly and at a faster rate than any of the seven most common cancers.2 ...
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Skin Care MYTHS: Steaming the skin is beneficial t
By Tina Zillmann, L.E., C.L.H.R.P., founder and executive director of Advanced Rejuvenating Concepts | September 30, 2015
STATEMENT: Steaming the skin is beneficial to opening the pores before treatment. Facts: Think twice before using steam in facial procedures. It may be more harmful than helpful. Clients with broken capillaries, facial redness, acne, or sensitive skin ...
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Skin Care for Adventure-centric Clients
By Melissa Picoli, L.E. | July 1, 2015
Sometimes even the best aestheticians get a little stuck in ruts, and can think of skin simply as either dry, oily, mature, acneic, or sensitive. Client intake forms usually ask for current routines, skin types, medications, and goals, but rarely ask ...
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Skin Care MYTHS: Toothpaste treats spots.
By | October 1, 2014
STATEMENT: Toothpaste treats spots. Facts: The application of whitening toothpaste to post-inflammatory hyperpigmentation (PIH) spots may have a temporary bleaching effect on the skin, similar to lemon juice and other so-called home style approaches. However, ...
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Skin Care and the Hormonal Balance
By | November 1, 2011
Understanding hormones and their effect on the skin, from the teenage years to perimenopause and menopause, is challenging for many skin care specialists. Journeying through the roller coaster with many clients can be rough sailing. Understanding the ...
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Skin Care MYTHS: Drinking too much caffeine has a
By Rachelle Dupree, marketing and communications at Vivoderm Laboratories, Inc. | July 31, 2014
STATEMENT: Drinking too much caffeine has a negative effect on the skin. Facts: Is caffeine bad for your skin? The current scientific research says yes and no. According to recent studies, up to 90 percent of Americans consume caffeine daily in one form ...
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Skin Care MYTHS: Cold water shrinks pores.
By Alexandra J. Zani, AEsthani Education Pathways | July 7, 2014
STATEMENT: Cold water shrinks pores. FACTS: The skin contains thousands of tiny pores. These small openings appear on its surface. Hair follicles, sebaceous glands, and sudoriferous glands each have a valid purpose. Their size is genetically predetermined ...
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Skin Types in a Changing World
By Susan Etter | March 10, 2014
The United States is no longer the melting pot that it once was. These days, it is more like an organic, herbal-infused smoothie in a blender. The mixing of various ethnicities and multiple heritages that belong to each individual make it much more difficult ...
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