Category: Beauty Tips

Sure, you’ve read all about how omega-3 fatty acids promote good health and cell renewal to keep your skin looking more youthful, reduce sun sensitivity, manage weight, boost your mood and fight off a multitude of illnesses like heart disease, high blood pressure, diabetes and osteoporosis. But do you know how much you should be […]

We’ve been taught that fat is a foe since what feels like birth…or maybe in reality since we cared about fitting into tight jeans or being able to run a mile. Fat is the enemy—we, and your heart, can all agree. And as we get older, with our metabolism slowing to an oh-so-frustrating rate, fat […]

For aging skin, we tend to get a little obsessed with fine lines and wrinkles, and our desire to smooth them away. But we may be missing out on another important element to youthful-looking skin: brightness. Our luminosity can be concealed by dark sun spots that develop when pigmentation clusters together, or it can be […]

Around your 40s, you may start to notice the development of one of the most dreaded signs of aging: jowls. That sagging skin that begins to form along your jawline is caused by a loss of facial volume. If you have a fuller face, it may take longer for jowls to appear, but if you […]

When tackling the topic of stretch marks, or striae, knowing why they form is the first step. When the skin is stretched excessively because of rapid fat or muscle growth, small tears occur in the dermis that eventually appear as red, purple or silver lines on the skin’s surface. They can show up anywhere, but […]

Despite public knowledge of the dangers associated with indoor tanning, about 10 percent of Americans still use tanning beds each year. More and more evidence continues to surface pertaining to the risks associated with tanning beds. The latest was presented at the 10th AACR International Conference on Frontiers in Cancer Prevention Research, held October 22 […]