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Skin Function & Anatomy


Your skin is the largest and one of the most important organs in your body. It regulates your body temperature, responds to painful and pleasurable stimuli, prevents harmful substances from entering, and provides a shield from the sun's harmful rays. Having radiant skin can enhance both your physical and emotional well being.

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Each layer of the human skin is distinct and has a specific function. The top layer of the skin, the epidermis, is composed of 5 sub-layers and is responsible for protecting the body from environmental elements.

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Navigating the Cosmetic Jungle

(written by Karen K. Perry)

Not ALL Cosmetics Are Created Equal: What The Differences Are?

cosmeticsIn today's world, it is impossible to escape elaborate advertising campaigns for beauty products. Each ad promises to be the best, with claims of using the most active ingredients, or telling you to say goodbye to wrinkles, get younger, firmer looking skin in few days.

We spend billions of dollars each year in the vain search for the fountain of youth packaged neatly in a pretty jar. Yet with each new purchase, we become more disillusioned.

In some cases, we find ourselves suffering from what is called "Buyers Remorse", wondering why we have wasted so much money on something that only looks and smells good.

How can we avoid those clever traps created by skilled marketing?
How do we determine if a product is effective?
Does cost play a role in the quality of cosmetics?
To find answers to those questions and
read the whole article: click HERE.


Tell me More About Lasers

(written by Karen K.Perry)

The marvels of modern technology have increased the benefits and effectiveness of laser therapy. Men & women are laserdiscovering how dramatic changes can easily be achieved in the war against aging, excess pigment, unwanted hair and minor vascular damage like spider veins and bright red broken capillaries on the face.

The consumer needs to be informed and aware that not all lasers and light based devices are created equally! Nor are all devices safe and effective for all the different types of treatments on every skin type.

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Sexy Summer Arms

While sorting through your summer wardrobe in search of what will fit this year, you could be confronted by the realization that perhaps it’s time to face the inevitable.sexyarms
If you are way past the short-short phase of life, you’ll most probably not be baring the midriff or wearing navel-plunging necklines. Your arms, however, can be another story. Your arms can be your personal pride and joy. No hiding beneath long sleeves. No blotchiness, liver spots or bumps. And as you live and breathe, NO bat wings!! Your goal this summer (on all the other seasons too) should be to achieve sexy summer age-defying arms. Sleek, smooth, curved and toned, it’s going to be a sleeveless summer for YOU.

So what to do first?
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Do you suffer from Rosacea?

Rosacea is a common skin condition, affecting as many as 14 million Americans, 80% of sufferers are not aware that they have this condition. Famous people such as former president Bill Clinton, Princess Diana and W. C. Fields have had this condition.

To read the whole article published in the
Midland Reporter-Telegram: click HERE
Last Updated on Monday, 08 June 2009 19:27
 

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