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Oct 2, 2008

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Aug 26, 2008

The New Face - look like the Stars!

About-Face
Out with the gaunt and tight, in with the plump and juicy. There’s a new face in town—and it’s a baby’s.

A woman I have known for many years did something to her face not all that long ago, and for a few weeks afterward, I was not able to put my finger on it. Did she get her eyes done? Restylane injections? Botox? Then I thought, Oh dear God, she got a face-lift. No one whom I consider a friend and a contemporary had yet gone that far. But there was no denying she had done something major, and frankly I was worried. Had she ruined her pretty face? As the curtain of hair slowly parted a little each week, I could see that her lips were bigger. Nowhere near overcooked-hot-dog-turning-inside-out bigger like Meg Ryan’s, and not even duck-bill bigger like Courteney Cox’s—but big enough to make me feel uncomfortable looking at her mouth when she talked. Don’t look at her lips!

Then one day, about a month later, I ran into her at a party and she looked stunning. The puffiness had settled, the fire under the skin had gone out. Even her lips looked like they belonged on her face. They were shaped just like her old lips, but … juicier. Her whole face looked as if it had been pushed out and plumped up—not unlike a slightly tired but still very stylish down-filled sofa that looks almost new if you keep those cushions fluffed. I cannot say that she looked exactly like her old self—but so close! A fantastic approximation! An uncanny resemblance! She looks like a very impressive artist’s rendering of her.

But there was also a faint likeness to someone else. She looked a little like … Madonna? Strange, I know, since Madonna and my friend have little in common, at least physically. But when I saw the Big Ciccone on the cover of Vanity Fair a couple of months later, I couldn’t help but notice the similarities: the Mount Rushmore cheekbones, the angular jawline, the smoothed forehead, the plumped skin, the heartlike shape of the face. Their faces didn’t seem pulled tight in that typical face-lift way; they seemed pushed out. Looking at Madonna, I kept thinking of the British expression for reconditioning a saddle: having it “restuffed.” Perhaps that’s where she got the idea to have some work done. After the hunt, Madge dismounted her trusty steed and thought, My saddle needs restuffing. And, by George, so does my face!

Women have been availing themselves of new faces since the dawn of plastic surgery, but suddenly it seemed that there was a better new face to be had. There is a New New Face, very different from the old one, and both my friend and Madonna now have it. Once I starting thinking of it in these terms—the face as the new handbag, say—I started seeing New New Faces everywhere: Demi Moore, Michelle Pfeiffer, Liz Hurley, Naomi Campbell, Stephanie Seymour. They all have it! Even the Olsen twins seem to have a starter version of the New New Face, with their big crazy doll eyes and plush lips. Just to be clear, I don’t presume to know exactly what any of these women have done to their faces, if anything at all. It’s possible (though in some cases before-and-after pictures would seem to suggest otherwise) that this face is occurring entirely naturally—after all, these are women who are famous for being beautiful. The point is that there is a noticeable aesthetic shift happening in the face, and that it’s dovetailing with quantum leaps in plastic surgery and dermatology.

Through some unholy marriage of extreme fitness and calorie restriction (and maybe a little lipo), women have figured out how to tame their aging bodies for longer than ever. You see them everywhere in New York City: forty- and fiftysomethings who look better than a 25-year-old in a fitted little dress or a tight pair of jeans. But this level of fitness has created a new problem to which the New New Face is the solution—gauntness. Past a certain age, to paraphrase Catherine Deneuve, it’s either your fanny or your face. In other words, if your body is fierce (from yoga, Pilates, and the treadmill), your face will have no fat on it either and it will be … unfierce. It was only a matter of time before a certain segment of the female population would figure out how to have it both ways, even if it means working out two hours a day and then paying someone to volumize their faces, as they say in the dermatology business. As a friend of mine recently pointed out, there is now a whole new class of women walking around with wiry little bodies and “big ol’ baby faces.” And they look, well, if not exactly young, then attractive in a different way. A yoga body plus the New New Face may not be a fountain of youth, but it’s a fountain of indeterminate age.


Next: What makes us perceive a face as beautiful? Follow the link above for the full article! http://nymag.com/news/features/48948/

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Aug 8, 2008

Wondering What to Get Your Bridesmaids?

Skin Deep
It’s Botox for You, Dear Bridesmaids

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/07/24/fashion/24skin.html?scp=5&sq=&st=nyt


By ABBY ELLIN
Published: July 24, 2008, The New York Times

AFTER the band was chosen and the napkins color-coordinated to match her shoes, Kacey Knauer, a bride-to-be, had another critical matter to address: her skin, and the skin of the nine women in her bridal party.

So Ms. Knauer, the 35-year-old owner of TempTrends, a staffing agency in Manhattan, invited her nearest and dearest — including her mother and future mother-in-law — for a night out at the TriBeCa MedSpa, replete with mimosas and cupcakes. An aesthetician assessed each woman’s face and devised a treatment plan — a quick chemical peel, say, or an injection of a wrinkle-filler. Or maybe, for a bridesmaid with age spots, a series of Fraxel laser treatments over months, allowing for recovery time.

For Ms. Knauer, who will be married in December, cosmetic interventions for herself and her entourage are as vital as the centerpieces or food. “If I were 25 or 26 and getting married, a bracelet, necklace or matching earrings would be fine,” she said.

But at 35? “Giving them a bracelet isn’t as special as spending an evening together. Plus, as you get older, everyone is more conscientious about their skin and appearance,” she said. “Giving them something for themselves — as opposed to something that they’ll never wear again — is more meaningful.”

And let’s not forget the pictures of college roommates-turned-bridesmaids quickly posted to Facebook. It is no longer sufficient to hire a hairstylist and makeup artist to be on hand the day of. Instead, bridal parties are indulging in dermal fillers and tooth-whitening months before the Big Day.

Some brides pick up the tab for their attendants, replacing the pillbox inscribed with the wedding date with a well-earned squirt between the eyes. In other cases, bridesmaids — who may quietly seethe about unflattering dresses — are surprisingly willing to pay for cosmetic enhancements. “Most women, when they come in here, they want it,” said Camille Meyer, the owner of TriBeCa MedSpa. “They know they’re aging.”

For Karen Hohenstein, who held her party at the Tiffani Kim Institute Medical Wellness Spa in Chicago, convincing her friends was as smooth as a Botoxed forehead. “It wasn’t me saying, ‘Hey, we all could use a little something,’ ” she said. “It was, ‘I want to do this,’ and a couple of people said, ‘I do, too.’ ”

But for every accommodating pal, there’s another who feels going under the knife is beyond the duty of bridesmaid. Becky Lee, 39, a Manhattan photographer, declined when a friend asked her — and five other attendants — to have their breasts enhanced. “We’re all Asian and didn’t have a whole lot of cleavage, and she found a doctor in L.A. who was willing to do four for the price of two,” said Ms. Lee, who wore a push-up bra instead.

Not for nothing are some maids known as slaves of honor, but this kind of cajoling is a recent development on the wedding front.

Marie Scalogna-Watkinson, the founder of Spa Chicks on-the-Go, a mobile spa, said she receives five to seven calls a month from brides seeking Botox or Restylane for their bridesmaids. Five years ago, collective makeovers were unheard of, she said.

Dr. Fardad Forouzanpour, a cosmetic surgeon in Beverly Hills, Calif., said his business has increased more than 40 percent since he began offering what he calls Bridal Beauty Buffets in 2006.

In the last two years, bridal party tuneups have increased roughly 25 percent, estimated Susie Ellis, the president of SpaFinder.com, a site that lists 4,500 spas worldwide.

Just as timing matters when it comes to securing a hall, it’s best that brides-to-be don’t delay scheduling appointments, aestheticians and doctors say. “You wouldn’t get a cut and color the week before,” said Dr. Jessica Wu, a dermatologist in Beverly Hills who advises coming in three to six months before the big day. “We do a trial run of Botox about four months ahead of time. Then, two weeks before the wedding, we do that last treatment.”

Ms. Meyer of TriBeCa MedSpa suggests that a bride contact her the minute the question is popped. “Brides really appreciate the fact that we put everything in a regimented schedule for them,” she said. Since February 2007, she has staged more than 30 bridesmaid parties and has 18 planned so far this year. “If you have to do eight treatments, six weeks apart, that could take up to a year,” she said.

Fraxel laser could also set you back $1,200 a session, which even without the economic downturn, amounts to quite a bit. These days, Robyn Bomar, an event planner in Destin, Fla., overhears brides doing cost-benefit analyses. “They will never choose Botox over a great dress, but they will say ‘Maybe I’ll have a buffet over a sit-down at the rehearsal dinner,’ ” she said. Or: “I’ll spend the money on Botox rather than lunch.’ ”

Jul 24, 2008

Best of Columbus

Press Release

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Timeless Skin Solutions Receives 2008 Best of Columbus Award

U.S. Local Business Association’s Award Plaque Honors the Achievement

WASHINGTON D.C., July 2, 2008 -- Timeless Skin Solutions has been selected for the 2008 Best of Columbus Award in the Spas category by the U.S. Local Business Association (USLBA).

The USLBA "Best of Local Business" Award Program recognizes outstanding local businesses throughout the country. Each year, the USLBA identifies companies that they believe have achieved exceptional marketing success in their local community and business category. These are local companies that enhance the positive image of small business through service to their customers and community.

Various sources of information were gathered and analyzed to choose the winners in each category. The 2008 USLBA Award Program focused on quality, not quantity. Winners are determined based on the information gathered both internally by the USLBA and data provided by third parties.

Jul 22, 2008

Obagi & Tretinoin (Retin-A) in the Summertime

For those of you who have been using Obagi and/or Tretinoin (Retin-A), you may have noticed that you are much more sensitive to the sun now that the summer months are upon us.

Tretinoin is made from vitamin A. As many of you already know, side effects of Retin-A include dryness, excessive redness, and peeling of the skin. But, what you may not know, is that Retin-A can also increase your sensitivity to sunlight and make you more likely to get sunburned. So, be sure to protect your skin from exposure to the sun by wearing broadband sunscreen and protective clothing.

Even though I work with patients everyday to correct the damage their skin has undergone from the sun, I too like to enjoy life and get some sunshine. So, to protect my skin while I am enjoying some rays I use Anthelios SX SPF 15 as my everyday sunscreen to ensure that I am protecting my skin from both UVB (burning rays) and UVA (aging) rays. I also add Skin Medica’s Environmental Defense Sunscreen SPF 30+ and my UPF (Ultraviolet Protection Factor) 50 Sunscreen Hat when I know I am going to be enjoying the outdoors for an extended period of time.

If you find that you spend most of summer outdoors and are becoming too sun-sensitive and/or peeling too much, you may want to consider using Tretinoin every other night and Obagi #4 Exfoderm every other day instead of every day. This really made a difference for me as I started to notice my own increased sun-sensitivity once the spring sunshine hit.

I even have some patients who I recommend completely stop using their Tretinoin during the summer due to their active outdoor lifestyle with their families and children. For these patients, it is still important to continue the exfoliation process, so we replace their Retin-A with some other type of non sun-sensitizing exfoliation agent, such as Skin Medica’s 15% Alpha and Beta Hydroxy Acid Moisturizer.

The bottom line is if you use Tretinoin or any other retinoid derivative (Retin-A or Retinol), never forget your sunscreen!!!

Jun 26, 2008

Still Red on Retin-A?

I have been using Obagi with 0.025% Tretinoin (Retin-A) for 3 months and am loving it!

Yes, the first month was very harsh, but the results have been 100% worth it! Obagi Nu-Derm has not only significantly improved my freckles, hyperpigmentation and fine lines, but has also remarkably helped my acne break-outs and scarring.

If you are struggling with maintaining the use of Tretinoin, have no fear! There are other tools available to sooth and calm the dryness, redness, and peeling that can sometimes accompany the initiation of retinoids into any skincare line. T3™ Foaming Cleanser, T3™ Soothing Moisturizer, and T3™ Calming Wipes are products which were specifically formulated to provide the cleansing and moisturizing effects necessary with the initiation of retinoid therapy.

T3™ Foaming Cleanser is a mild, non-irritating, non-soap cleanser, which features antioxidant Coenzyme Q-10 and green tea extract. T3™ Soothing Moisturizer is a light, non-greasy moisturizer featuring the soothing complex of aloe vera, dipeptide-I, and bisabolol. T3™ Calming Wipes are individually packaged pads with hyaluronic acid and aloe vera gel which soothe and cool the skin while gently assisting in the removal of oils and residue of the skin. All of these products are a great way to increase the efficacy of Tretinoin in a system that addresses the issue of over drying. I even keep T3™ Calming Wipes in my gym bag as a quick and easy way to cleanse and add moisture to my skin after a hard work-out or a few hours at the pool.

For those of you who are just starting, hang in there! I know it can be very uncomfortable in the beginning due to the excessive peeling and dryness (I know, I’ve been there!), but if you stick with it, you will start seeing great results after about one month.

Jun 22, 2008

Women’s Health and Fitness Educational Symposium

Living a healthy lifestyle will add years to your life and life to your years. But how do you know for sure if you’re doing everything you can for your mind, body and spirit? Attend the first Women’s Health and Fitness Educational Symposium on June 24 at Fitness Edge from 6:30 - 8:30 p.m. to find out. Four of Central Ohio’s leading experts on women’s health will provide evaluations and tips on how to live a healthy lifestyle.










Dr. Carol Clinton, owner of Timeless Skin Solutions, the leading medi-spa in Dublin, will discuss sun damage and how to correct it. She will also conduct ultra violet skin evaluations during the program. Dr. Clinton is one of the leading injectors of Restylane in the state of Ohio and has achieved Gold Network Status member for Botox Cosmetic®. Dr. Clinton has lectured internationally as an expert on the use of lasers and lights in skin rejuvenation.

Dr. Patricia A. Stafford, founder of Women's Imaging & Wellness, will discuss bone density and will conduct screenings called bone densitometry. Dr. Stafford believes women’s imaging services should be relaxing and be performed in a warm environment offering the latest
techniques and diagnostic tools. Stafford has trained under world-renowned physician Dr. Andrew Weil, a pioneer in the field of integrative medicine which takes a healing oriented approach to health care which encompasses body, mind, and spirit.

Brian Schiff is a certified strength and conditioning specialist at Fitness Edge in Dublin. Schiff and his team will share information about fitness and nutrition and injury awareness/prevention/healing. Schiff is the former strength and conditioning coach for The Columbus Crew Major League Soccer Team and is an expert author for various online fitness magazines, is the author of two books on shoulder training and co-authored a golf conditioning e-book.

Kim Cox, certified personal trainer, will discuss fitness and nutrition and teach you how to navigate away from unhealthy food choices. Cox graduated from Ohio Dominican University in 2003 and has been a certified personal trainer through the American Council on Exercise since 2007 and is also an EFI Gravity Personal Training Instructor. She also leads a women's small group training program at Fitness Edge and assists with Adventure Boot Camp for Women.

Please RSVP for the event. The cost is $20 if you if you pre-register, or $25 at the door. All proceeds go to the James Cancer Hospital GYN Cancer Fund. Please make checks payable to Timeless Skin Solutions. For more information contact Timeless Skin Solutions at info@timelessskinsolutions.com or by calling 614-799-5100. Fitness Edge is located at 5700 Perimeter Drive, Suite D, Dublin.