Your Vitamins Or Meds Could Be Causing Your Skin Problems

Your Medication Is Important, But Could Be Affecting Your Skin A surprising variety of medications can cause acne, hyperpigmentation, and even skin sensitivity. Some vitamins and drugs known to be… …Acnegenic: T3 and T4 hormone supplements Vitamin B12 (alone or in multivitamins) Certain hair growth supplements Some neurologic medications and anti-depressants …Photosensitizers (can make skin […]

Your Skin Wants You To EAT Your Antioxidants

“Dinner in the sunshine. Natural fiber place mats, retro tin camping plates, spinach soup, lotsa veggies, grilled fish. #healthyeats #eatarainbow” via @LauraAtVMV It’s not just what you stop eating — great skin comes from what you DO eat. The junk is gone, yay for you! Now what? First, let’s over-emphasize how thankful your skin is […]

Junk Food Is Junk For Your Skin

It’s called “junk” for good reason. Dump the junk. NO MORE JUNK FOOD. Get rid of it, don’t shop for it, don’t store it. Unless that isn’t clear yet: while you can lessen some less-than-healthy foods, junk food does your body, brain, and skin ZERO favors, period, and needs to not have a role in your life. At […]

Get The Right Diagnosis

An accurate diagnosis is gold. And it’s not as simple as it might seem. Dermatology has one of the broadest ranges of possible diagnoses in medicine. What looks like acne could be keratosis pilaris (a condition of dry skin). And there are different types of acne and acne-like conditions the may require different treatments — pityrosporum […]

3 Reasons Why A Facial Makes You A Better Person

Can Something So Delicious Be Good For You? If you break down what really goes on during a facial, the answer is a resounding, YES! We normally think of spas as pure indulgence…which sounds wonderful but also like a waste of time. Relaxation is down time, but it is anything but a waste of time. Downtime is […]

How To Look Good? BE Good.

We all age. That’s just what living organisms do. But what more and more research is showing is that we can affect how we age — how quickly, how severely, how visibly. We know, for example, that even if you have diabetes in the family, improved nutrition, careful monitoring and daily exercising may keep you from developing […]

Age LESS: Six Things To Do Now To Stay Younger, Longer

There are many things we can do that are proven to keep us younger, longer — not just looking it but physically being it. Simple steps, sans needles or “miracles.” Skeptical about how much anything you do can affect your biology? New studies are showing that our actions can influence our genes so much as […]

7 Steps To Sublime Summer Skin

We asked Holly, Senior Esthetician and Brand Educator at VMV Hypoallergenics, to share some tips for summer skin survival. Survival, she scoffed, is so defeatist. And limited. Here are Holly’s top 7 steps to summer skin survival sublime summer skin! 1: SUNSCREEN Many of us still rely on the SPF that we apply in the morning or think that […]