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How Sleeping Can help clear the skin

Written by Claudia Aguirre, Ph.D., neuroscientist and skin care expert

Imagine going to a big music festival with hordes of people, food vendors, lights, cameras, and stages. Now imagine the cleaning efforts at the end of the festival. It would be quite a feat to clear all the waste from the day’s events. According to new neuroscientific findings, this is how sleeping works. Each night, the brain clears up the daily metabolic waste, which, depending…

Published in Wellness

Aesthetic Nutrition: Essentials for Healthy Skin

Written by Tasha D. Manigo-Bizzell, L.E., L.D.N., C.N.S., owner of Muse Wellness Company

One key function of the skin is using nutrients from food to provide each cell in the body with what it requires to do its job. While the skin care professional’s job is to provide topical solutions for maintaining healthy skin, it is imperative to understand the connection between how the body is fed and how the skin looks and functions. The following is a…

Published in Wellness

Mind, Body and Spirit

Written by Amra Lear L E

Wellness is defined as the state or condition of being in good physical and mental health. Skin care professionals are all too familiar with caring for the well-being of the skin, but how can they cater to the physical and mental well-being of their clients and themselves? This special editorial section presents a number of wellness topics that can be applied in the spa and…

Published in Wellness

10 Things to Know About Water

Written by Melanie Sachs

Water is very much on the minds of many people at the moment. The West Coast is in its fourth year of drought while much of the rest of the nation is experiencing record rainfall and flood. Nature is offering a reminder of her power and is forcing many to wake up and not take her precious resources for granted.

Published in Chemistry

Skin Cancer 101: A review of the 3 most common skin cancers

Written by Dana Canuso, podiatric surgeon and founder of Dr. Canuso Skincare

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 Each year there are more new cases of skin cancer than the combined incidence of breast, prostate, lung, and colon cancers.3

Published in Oncology