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What NOT to do before Visiting your Esthetician

Having a professional cosmetic procedure is one of the most relaxing things you can do, however, the appearance of a skin reaction after the procedure, is not. Experts say that the vast majority of bad outcomes after these procedures are the fault of the patient, who tampers with her own skin before visiting the esthetician. This virtually guarantees a negative result.

Here is a list of 7 things that you should avoid doing before you visit your Esthetician:

  1. You cannot conduct a depilation for 24 hours prior to the procedure

Waxing removes the top layer of skin cells exactly like stiff exfoliation. A cosmetic procedure immediately after it will cause severe irritation to the affected skin.

  1. You cannot touch your face to harsh bristles

Men’s stubble is a real horror for sensitive facial skin. Touching it will cause redness and inflammation. In this condition a cosmetic procedure is contraindicated in the Salon.

  1. You cannot spend time in the Sun the day before your beauty session

Cosmetic procedures can greatly reduce the damage caused by harmful sunlight, for example, pigmentation. But your skin needs to “recharge” after a being in the sun. Otherwise, the skin may have an unexpected reaction to anti-aging and anti-acne ingredients used by your cosmetologist.

  1. You cannot have Botox injections

If you have undergone Botox injections or have had facials, please defer your visit for at least 48 hours. The areas of the recent injections cannot be massaged, otherwise the imposed substance can move to another area. In addition, the provider will hardly fix these skin imperfections until injected sites have worn off for several months.

  1. You cannot undertake deep skin cleansing at home

Squeezing pimples and black spots before heading to the beautician will cause severe inflammation in these areas, and the Esthetician will be unable to help you clean the “residue” which has entrenched itself in infected pores. That is why you must attend a reputable spa and leave the cleaning procedure to the professional.

  1. You cannot have eyelash extensions prior to your treatment

Never rub, use lotions or steam during the first 48 hours due to the glue used for extensions. Otherwise, the money and time spent on eyelash extensions, will be a waste — they will simply come off!

  1. You cannot use exfoliating products

Ingredients like Retinol and glycolic acid, increase skin sensitivity, because they eliminate its topmost layer. The majority of adverse skin reactions associated with this action. If you are not sure of the ingredients, please refrain from using them for a few days before the scheduled procedure.

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How to treat couperose or rosacea?

If my face shows reddish veins, you are more than likely suffering from couperose or rosacea. A proven, however, temporary way to hide the problem is to disguise it under a layer of foundation. However, using cosmetic medicine, there are ways that you can permanently get rid of scars and veins.

Why do I suffer from couperose or rasacea?

The reddish mesh that penetrates through the skin are dilated vessels. They become such when their walls weaken. For example, during strong emotional or physical stress, as well as when heated – in the sun or in a bath – the capillaries are overfilled. In such cases, the way in which this is described is that “the blood flows to the face.” However, even after the stress has diminished, or you are no longer feeling heat, the skin does not always return to normal, and some of the capillaries remain enlarged. Most often, this happens to people prone to allergies and other skin irritations. Skin redness occurs in those who are indiscriminate in their choice of food, eat too much, abuse alcohol and smoke. Weak blood vessels can also be a genetic inheritance, in fact, if you have had thin, sensitive skin since childhood, you may develop couperose or rosacea with age.

How to treat couperose or rosacea

Until recently, the most popular treatment for treating couperose and rosacea has been  electrocoagulation. However, this is a rather ineffective procedure with a long recovery period. Today there are new methods, including laser or IPL. It works in this way: the Doctor directs the light spot on the vessel and processes each point with a short laser pulse, the walls of the vessels stick together and go deep under the skin. In this case, the beam does not damage the healthy tissue, and the effect is noticeable immediately after the procedure.

The good news is that in most cases, just a few procedures are sufficient to get rid of couperose or rosacea. The treatment is painless and does not require rehabilitation. Different laser systems are able to solve other problems simultaneously, for example, to smooth out the skin tone, to remove stains after acne and pigmentation.

Maintain your success

After the laser treatment, you can make procedures that will help to consolidate and maintain the result, make the skin tone smooth, and the structure dense and elastic. Mesotherapy will help with this problem. Cocktails are especially useful, including ingredients that improve the microcirculation of the vascular bed, because they increase the elasticity of the vascular walls, prevent stagnation. Often, they include vitamin C, ginkgo biloba extract, and meliloto extract.

Can you prevent the occurrence of couperose or rosacea?

Treatment of vascular asterisks depends on the stage of the disease. If the problem has arisen recently, preventive measures may help you cope. For example, try D’arsonval and Cryotherapy – these procedures are performed by an anesthetician or cosmetologist.

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Keeping Fit: 5 Most Common Mistakes

  1. Working out more than necessary

Training every day, counting every calorie, and getting up at 6 am to keep fit does not work. The more pressure you place on yourself, the sooner your enthusiasm will run out.

Just three workouts a week and a balanced diet is all that is needed to maintain an ideal figure.

  1. Being your own coach

Fitness is like medicine. If used correctly, it will improve your life and health, if not, it may harm you. So, just as you need a doctor for medical treatment, you also need a coach to keep fit properly. The coach will create a customized training program just for you, teach you how to handle the training apparatus and, most importantly, teach the technique of exercises. Without a coach, you may be training hard and achieving little. Worse, you could hurt your joints, your spine – even get injured.

If you are unable to bring on a coach, study the technique of doing the exercises yourself. Fortunately, the Internet is full of free lessons, and use the camera on your smartphone to critique yourself.

  1. Eat anything after a workout – especially if the food is healthy.

They say if a physicist wrote a book about losing weight, there would be only one phrase: consume less energy than you expend. You can even live in the gym and eat the best food in the world, but if you do not follow this rule, you will not lose a gram.

Not only that, if you don’t cut down on foods with a high caloric content, it is impossible.You may lose weight, but how does your body get enough strength for training? You will slow down the metabolism and start burning muscles. You may be thin, but you’ll feel fatigued. Note: Reduce your calorie intake by 20-30% of the norm, not more.

  1. Ignore the warm-up

When your body is not ready to pick up heavy loads, it’s impossible to achieve good results. If your body is not warmed up prior to exercising, your muscles are stiff, and the body will go into a little bit of shock from heavy loads.

When you warm-up, you increase the mobility of your joints, accelerate your blood supply, and increase the elasticity of your muscles. Without warming up, your workout will not be effective – not to mention that it is also dangerous to your body.

  1. Ignore strength training and only do cardio

During an hour of “fat-loss” training, you will lose 500-800 calories. While this is a lot, to lose 1 kg of pure fat you need to burn 7,700 calories.

I encourage you to find a balance between cardio and strength training. Both are important, however, devote as much or MORE time to strength training to preserve muscle mass and improve your body composition. Everyone has to battle the age-related decline in muscle mass at some point. Strength training is the best way to do that.

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How to Avoid Inflamed Skin After a Facial Procedure

Professional cosmetic procedures should be a relaxing experience, however, skin reactions after the procedure are not! Experts say that tampering with your own skin prior to visiting the esthetician, is responsible for the vast majority of procedure complications. Here is a list of 7 things that you should not do if you want to avoid inflamed skin after a facial procedure.

1. Don’t depilate 24 hours prior to the procedure

Waxing removes the top layer of skin cells like exfoliation. Cosmetic procedures immediately after will cause severe irritation to the skin.

2. Don’t touch face to harsh bristles

Mens stubble is unkind to sensitive facial skin, touching your skin to the stubble will cause redness and inflammation.

3. Don’t spend time in the sun the day before beauty session

Cosmetic procedures can greatly reduce the damage caused by sunlight. Your skin needs to “recharge” after a being in the sun.  Otherwise, your skin may have an unexpected reaction to anti-aging and anti-acne ingredients used by your cosmetologist.

4. Don’t have Botox injections

If you have received Botox injections, defer your facial for at least 48 hours. The areas of the recent shots cannot be massaged to avoid migration of Botox serum. If the Botox does affect the site, it can take up to 12 weeks for the effects to subside.

5. Don’t deep cleanse at home

Squeezing pimples and blackheads before heading to the spa will cause severe inflammation in these areas, which again, will hamper your facial results. Go to a reputable spa, and leave the cleaning procedure to a professional esthetician.

6. Don’t get eyelash extensions

Never rub, use lotions or steam during the first 48 hours after you’ve got eyelash extensions. Products used during your facial may cause the eyelash extensions to come off, wasting all that time and money.

7. Don’t use exfoliating products

Ingredients like Retinol and glycolic acid, increase skin sensitivity. If you are not sure of the ingredients, please refrain from using them for a few days before the scheduled procedure.

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10 Interesting Facts About Body Temperature

Body temperature rises and falls and the body adjusts accordingly, keeping you comfortable and healthy. Sometimes we can stress our body’s temperature regulator without realizing it. Most of the time, the effect is temporary, but it’s still good if you understand what causes your body temperature to fluctuate.

body temperature Illuminari Med Spa10 Interesting Facts about Body Temperature

Have you ever wondered why a spicy bowl of chili sounds so good when you are cold? Read through these facts and find out.

1. Smoking causes your body temperature to rise.

The temperature at the end of a cigarette is 203 deg Fahrenheit. When you breathe in the heated smoke, you can cause your body to lightly overheat. You raise your body temperature. Often, smoking can cause you to lose the ability to cool your temperature. Once you stop smoking, you temperature usually takes about 20 minutes to return to normal.

2. Your nose gets warmer when you lie.

Spanish scientists from the University of Granada confirmed that the area around your nose and eyes heats up when you lie. This response can be recorded with a thermal scan.

3. A cold heart protects your brain.

A cold heart is not such a bad thing, especially after a heart attack. Physicians from Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center in Baltimore have developed a technique of lowering body temperature to prevent serious damage to the organs. This includes inducing a form of hypothermia after a heart attack.

4. Cayenne pepper warms you up.

Red Pepper not only improves the taste of food but also raises body temperature during digestion. This is why a hot bowl of chili tastes so good on a cold day. Researchers from Purdue University observed that red pepper reduces appetite and speeding up the expenditure of calories. The by-product of burning calories is that it temporarily raises body temperature.

5. Men and women differ.

Men are colder than women.

Temperature responds to changing hormone levels. The body temperature in women varies depending on the phase of their menstrual cycle. A man’s body temperature is often hotter near his testicles.

6. Older usually means colder.

If you have cool hands even on hot summer days, the reason may be your age and circulation. Scientists from Turkey measured body temperature in 133 elderly people aged 65 to 74 years and found that their body temperature was below normal. In the age group 75-84 years, the temperature was even lower, and the lowest was in those older than 85 years.

7. Increased body temperature interferes with sleep.

Body temperature affects the quality of sleep. Scientists from the Netherlands Institute for Neuroscience in Amsterdam found that people sleep better when the skin is cool. Survey participants were issued special suits that lowered skin temperature. The participants slept more deeply. Particularly good results showed in elderly participants who complained of insomnia.

8. Body temperature indicates the time of death.

When a person dies, the body temperature decreases by 1.5 degrees per hour. If the medical examiner determines the temperature of the body of the deceased then he can determine the time of death. This fact was first discovered by the English chemist and physician-lover John Davy in the year 1839.

9. A hat does not always help.

Remember how your mom told you that you should wear a hat when it is cold because the heat goes through your head? She was wrong, according to a study published in the medical journal BMJ. When you lose heat, and the temperature drops, it occurs in all parts of the body simultaneously. The amount of heat that you lose through a head depends on many factors: how thick your hair is, and how much energy you spend in the cold. But because the baby’s head is proportionally larger in relation to the surface of their body, children can lose more heat, if they do not wear a hat.

10. High body temperature is not always a bad thing

According to the American Academy of family physicians, you have a fever when your body temperature is one degree more than the norm. A fever can be a good thing. Temperature is a reaction of the immune system and helps the body fights infection. In many cases, the higher the temperature, the harder your body is working to fight disease, however, a fever can cause dehydration and other side effects. If it does not subside after a few days or if the temperature is extremely high, ask for help.

If you want more information on holistic health, contact Illuminari MedSpa. We serve clients in Agoura Hills and the surrounding areas.