LED Phototherapy is based on the principle that living cells are able to absorb and are influenced by light and the treatment has long been recognised for its regenerating and anti-inflammatory properties.
While we often associate light exposure with skin ageing and damage, light also has many positive influences on the body. It helps us produce vitamin D and provides energy and serotonin and can also accelerate our skin’s natural repair processes.
Throughout winter your skin can experience changes such as dry or cracked skin, eczema flares, itchy skin, exacerbated rosacea and even more acne breakouts. The skin can be just as susceptible to weather shifts as it is to hormone changes or dietary splurges. Consider these five ways to protect your skin this autumn and winter, to keep it looking radiant and healthy.
Fish oil and others high in omega-3 essential fatty acids have been shown to help dry itchy skin if taken regularly. You can also eat fresh-caught cold-water fish, like salmon, on a regular basis.
In the beauty industry, the use of oils on the face and body has become more popular, as women are seeing a benefit. Oils such as Argan and Marula oil can improve skin’s hydration. Only a few drops daily are needed, in the morning or before bed.
There are several companies that have jumped on this bandwagon so it’s important to buy only quality oils from a reputable brand. Oils can become rancid very quickly as noted by an unpleasant odour.
Consider daily probiotic use
These microorganisms are typically found in certain dairy foods, and in fermented foods such as kombucha, sauerkraut and kimchi. Or they can be taken in oral supplement form. Probiotics have been shown in research on mice and humans to have beneficial effects on skin conditions such as atopic dermatitis, which can occur during the dry weather days of autumn and winter.
Eliminate or reduce dairy products
Research has shown that dairy products can increase inflammation, especially in the skin, increasing the chances of acne breakouts. As the change in weather can make the skin more sensitive all around, cutting out dairy such as cheese, milk and yogurt, may make this transition much smoother. Consider replacing these products with rice, almond or coconut milk, or asking restaurants to hold the cheese on your salad, sandwich or hamburger. This might be especially challenging during the holidays. But if the correlation is there for you and forgoing dairy helps, it may well be worth it.
Drink plenty of fluids
It is also important to hydrate this time of year. Cold weather may not instinctively remind us to drink water like the hot summer days do, but our skin still has a serious need for fluids. So drinking the recommended 2L of water a day will benefit your health and your skin.
The right skin care products
Keeping good care of your skin using the right products is also highly important. During the winter months, you tend to spend more time indoors due to the cold weather. Our homes – particularly nowadays – are what we call ‘hermetically sealed’, this means that the gaps around the windows and doors are sealed and so inside our homes, the environment is, therefore, more anaerobic (less oxygen), aka a greater place for bacteria to breed and so skin conditions (particularly acne) tend to become worse over winter. If you don’t want your acne or rosacea getting worse over the winter months it is key to you use either the Aknicare products or Rosacure products to prevent breakouts and flare ups.
The addition of the cold dry winds don’t help either, these conditions can make your skin become dry and flaky – a key contributor to exacerbating many skin conditions.
Stay prepared! Try our Hydratime® and Nutritime® range. This is a dual system for people with dry, flaky, itchy and oily skin. These products nourish deeply by enhancing the lipid content and smooth the skin by providing the full complement of ceramides and ceramide precursors keeping your skin hydrated.
The Hydratime® and Nutritime® systems also sustain, protect and re-establish the skin’s barrier properties to resist moisture loss by delivering a range of water binding ingredients into the skin. They also provide sun protection using the latest organic pigments. Antioxidant and free radical scavenger activity is provided by special absorbable forms of Vitamin C and Vitamin E which support the natural calming ingredients.
Hydratime® and Nutritime® are supplied as Face and Body creams. Hydratime®is a day cream and Nutritime® is used at night, although some people use either product morning and night.
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Removing Male Facial Hair
17 Mar 2018
Tired of shaving every day? Of having five o’clock shadow – five minutes after you’ve shaved? Of pesky ingrown hairs, razor burn or failed shaping attempts? Or hair that creeps up high on your face or irritates your neck?
If you think your sentenced to a lifetime of shaving – or more painful still, waxing! – you’ll want to consider laser hair removal for your beard. Is this solution for which you’ve been searching? Let’s find out.
Laser hair removal is a quick process (no need to call off work – unless you want to!). Concentrated laser light is directed at the hair follicles to reduce regrowth. So who can have Laser Hair Removal for the beard?
You want to remove a full beard. Want it gone? Laser hair removal can help you achieve a clean cut look, without the bothersome little razor cuts.
You want to shape your beard. Like a trim, neat appearance? You can tighten up your beard with targeted laser hair removal. For example, if your beard creeps up on your cheeks or bothers you on the neck, you can elect to have that hair removed.
You want a little extra room in your morning routine. Have that second cup of coffee; you’ve saved time not having to shave!
You want a long term solution. Laser Hair Removal provides a long term solution for facial hair reduction.
Schedule a free consultation and patch test today with one of our expert laser practitioners and learn more about laser hair removal for your beard!
March 17, 2018
The world of permanent hair reduction is a complex one, so trying to decide which type of hair removal will work best for you can be tricky. In this blog, we look at the difference between the two technologies to help you on your way to a more effective method of hair removal.
WHAT IS IPL TREATMENT?
IPL produces a wide spectrum of light that shallowly penetrates the skin. This wide spectrum is diffused and does not target any specific aspect of the hair. The hair absorbs some wavelengths of the light, resulting in heating and disruption of the follicle, while the rest are reflected away. Only some of the energy generated during IPL affects the hairs, making it a less efficient method of hair removal than laser treatment.
It is worth noting that, occasionally, IPL is referred to as IPL Laser treatment. This can be misleading, as the beam produced by IPL is wide-spectrum light and does not involve lasers.
WHAT ABOUT LASER TREATMENT?
A laser produces a single, concentrated wavelength of light that penetrates deeper into the skin to reach the base of the hair follicle.
The wavelength used in laser treatment has been specifically selected to target the melanin in the hair follicle, unlike IPL, which uses a more scattered approach so only some of the light is absorbed. The narrow beam used in laser treatment is targeted, precise, and effective – all the energy used in the treatment is being utilised for the intended purpose of hair growth reduction/elimination.
If you’re still not sure which technology may be for you visit our website to get more information and download our price-list
**We are offering our Love My Skin readers a extra 5% discount on any of our our Laser Hair Remover promotion packages! Just add LOVE20 at the checkout!**
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