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Anti-Aging Skincare


Turn Back the Clock with New Treatments and Breakthroughs


by Linda Sechrist


With aging still a largely mysterious process, current seekers of perpetual youth and beauty are urging scientists to find ways to slow or even reverse it. New tools to fight lines, wrinkles and sagging skin excite the imagination.


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oday’s anti-aging toolbox is filled with promise. Tools range from at-home strengthening and refining creams to commercial treat- ment technologies such as cold laser, intense pulsed light (IPL), light-emitting diode (LED), microdermabrasion, photofacials, and skin tightening and rejuvenating ultrasound. Acupuncture facelifts make use of ancient Chinese techniques. Then there are the more invasive injectables, fillers and chemi- cal peels. How do we know what is best for us? Whatever one’s chosen tools,


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Hema Sundaram, author of Face Value: The Truth about Beauty—and a Guilt- Free Guide to Finding It, believes that women at any age have every right to pursue the outward expression of their inner beauty. The Washington, D.C.- based medical doctor and board-certi- fied dermatologist, who specializes in cosmetic surgery, supports a woman’s freedom to choose, without embarrass- ment or criticism. She emphasizes the


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positive effects of cosmetic procedures performed for the right reasons and notes, “Restoring the balance between a woman’s inner and outer selves can transform her life.” An at-home anti-aging regimen aimed at retarding time’s telltales and enhancing beauty lays the foundation for an effective partnership with an estheti- cian or dermatologist. Performed consis- tently, do-it-yourself treatments can help to maintain cosmetic work performed by skincare professionals. Popular, non-invasive techniques are explained here. Many take it a step further with a meditation practice designed to develop and project inner, spiritual beauty. Gua Sha. This Chinese technique (pronounced GWA SHA) uses a small medicinal board to gently massage, manipulate and stimulate energy points along the face. The objective is to promote a normal flow of energy, or qi (pronounced KEE), and blood circula- tion and to remove toxins. It also sup- ports, lymph drainage.


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