Christina Wills has been studying faces for over 25 years and is an expert in transforming a woman’s confidence by way of a tailored skincare regimen and artful application of makeup. She has studied the connection between health, wellness and diet over that period,...

Kicking the sugar habit is no easy task. Researchers at Yale University conducted an experiment in which they showed participants the images of milk shakes and then conducted MRI brain scans. They found that the same reward circuits were activated in the brains of...

Featured in Dermascope Magazine Annette M. Tobia, PhD and Alice Marcy, PhD Eat wisely to look good. It’s a mantra worth remembering. Diet nourishes skin from within, and some skin conditions, such as acne and rosacea, require even more careful attention to what’s on...

The recent International Congress of Esthetics and Spa (ICES) meeting in Philadelphia was a great place to wander the aisles, share ideas with 100 or so skincare vendors and practitioners, see product demonstrations, and learn from experts conducting educational...

The mission of your medical spa is to help clients achieve “physical heath, inner joy and improved looks.”  What’s the connection between the “inner self” and aging-- especially skin aging? When a person is less stressed, more mindful and content, he or she will make...

Don’t live near a beach? Never ending cloudy weather forecasted? Want to look like a bronze goodness, or at least a vacationer from some tropical getaway?  You can choose to do it yourself with a commercial spray-tan product or by heading to a sunless tanning salon....

Unless you’re willing to parade around in a hazmat suit and respirator mask—not very stylish, but you’ll get noticed!--you can’t completely avoid exposing your skin to airborne dirt, soot, and noxious chemicals. But awareness and knowledge of the problem is a good...