Category: laser resurfacing | skin care

  The development of dark circles under one’s eyes makes you look tired. Some people develop dark circles with aging, while others have had them from when they were young. Dark circles occur just as frequently in Caucasians as they do in more darkly pigmented people. Dark circles, contrary to popular thought, is not due Read More…

  Spring is finally here – and this is the time of year when one starts looking in the mirror and seeing dull, dry winter-time skin. I’m often asked which skin care treatments are most effective and how patients can best maintain their surgical results. While the answers aren’t the same for everyone, I can Read More…

Dual-Protection Sunscreens Anti-aging skin management 101 is….protection from excessive sun exposure and damaging UV rays…and one in which many patients fail to consistently do. This has become easier over the past few years as many moisturizers and some makeup now contain them. What most people don’t realize is that most sunscreens do not block all Read More…

Topical Peptides have the Potential to Stimulate Collagen One of the newer skin ‘stimulants’ that have come onto the scene recently are peptides. These are small proteins that help stimulate collagen production in the deep layers of the skin, tyhus having an anti-aging effect. There has been a buzz about these proteins and they are Read More…

Vitamin A has Anti-Aging Properties in Different Formulations One could argue that the original, and certainly now the most-studied, anti-aging topical skin care cream is Vitamin A, specifically the retinoid family of Vitamin A derivatives. The pharmaceutical compound of Retin-A has been around for two decades and its effectiveness at decreasing wrinkles is well established. Read More…

Over-the-Counter Antioxidant Skin Care Nutrients The single most popular and touted anti-aging ingredient in skin care are the anti-oxidants. They are in many topical products and are the buzz word in skin care over the past few years. They chemically work by destroying free radicals, which are destructive unstable molecules that form in the skin Read More…

SPF and PFA – What do they mean? Protection from excessive sun exposure and UV rays is one of the most basic approaches to anti-aging skin management. The importance of the use of sunscreen is well acknowledged but most people do not realize that their sunscreen does not block all UV rays well. Of the Read More…

Total Skin Rejuvenation (TSR) Program Welcome to OLOGY’s extraordinary anti-aging skin care approach. This program has been developed as a collaboration between myself and aestheticians to bring the best of medical science and skin care together to create a comprehensive and effective skin treatment program, Total Skin Rejuvenation. This program offers the most advanced laser Read More…

VISIA – A unique complexion profile and the first step to skin health and vitality Your complexion is the window through which your image is projected to the world – and now VISIA Complexion Analysis provides the information necessary to truly individualize facial rejuvenation and skin care regimens to match your unique complexion profile. A Read More…