Skin News

Ok, you’ve just about gotten your skin to start looking better but one thing still plagues you.

Dark circles!

Here’s what is really going on and how to make it go away.

Dark circles are primarily caused by one (or sometimes two) intrinsic factors:

1. Slow blood flow.

A hereditary cause of under-eye darkness.  Slow blood flow results in accumulation of hemosiderin (a pigment that contains iron oxide) in the skin. Diffcult to eliminate, but the clients that we put on a combination of vitamin K and retinol helps. Vitamin K alone may help. There is vitamin K in mineral makeup lines like Jane Iredale, which heals your dark circles when it hides them.

2. Melanin.

When exposed to sun, that melanin in your skin causes skin to darken,  especially skin under the eyes.

Daily sunscreen is a big must, and so is reapplying if you’re in and out of the sun.

Go for physical sunscreens,  ditch the chemical ones. These will contain titanium dioxide and won’t sting your skin or eye area.

3. Lack of Sleep.

Sleep-deprivation increases under-eye darkness by restricting blood flow, creating puffiness in that delicate area. Prioritize your shut-eye!

We always have clients asking, how soon before troubled skin starts to get better?

28 days.

Yes, you heard us. Avoid these bad habits and you will see better skin in just 28 days. continue

Heard about the mineral makeup craze? By now, probably.

How it doesn’t block pores, how its great for acne prone, oily and sensitive skin etc. But before you go out and grab your minerals, here’s one thing to look out for before you fall for pretty packaging. Hey, if you’re looking, you might as well go for the good stuff. continue

accutane is banned

Remember our warning on Accutane? This latest worldwide move practically bans accutane.

If you’re looking for effective acne treatment, the good news is there are plenty to go with.

accutane is not a good acne treatment

We’re frequently informing our clients during our Skin Type program consultations, using Accutane as an acne treatment is a really bad idea.

Here’s why.

It doesn’t actually stop acne. Rather,  it reduces your skin’s oil glands and hence the amount of oil your skin produces. The acne causing P. bacteria needs this oil to survive so the logic is that less oil, the less likely P. bacteria is to thrive.

So what’s the problem?

Accutane works on hormones and they get told to stop producing oil by means of suppression. This “suppressive” nature has been shown to cause bouts of depression in teenagers and birth defects and deficiencies and fertility complications.

Accutane was invented in ‘79. Last century.

It just isn’t clever enough to choose how the hormones are suppressed hence the complications.

There are now easier and safer ways to treat acne, and we eliminate the guesswork by getting on the Skin Type program, it shows us what your unique Skin Type is and it shows you, what products and treatments you can do, very often without spending more than you would need to.