Absolute Facial Beauty

Ginseng for Absolute Facial Beauty

2011-12-30T09:10:00.000-08:00

To retain facial beauty and to remain younger for longer, take ginseng regularly. In addition to providing energy needed for old age, ginseng prevents disabling disorders, such as arthritis and heart diseases.

How to use ginseng to help you stop aging:

(1) First of all, take ginseng regularly. In China, ginseng is the best gift for an elderly individual for it retards aging.

In China, it is not uncommon for people to buy the best ginseng roots, put them in bottles soaked with brandy to be used in old age. If properly preserved, ginseng can retain its potency for many years. A testament to its efficacy as a medicinal herb, wild ginseng can be worth thousands of dollars in price. If stored in a tight container, ginseng can retain its potency indefinitely. Today, ginseng is widely grown in different parts of the world. However, wild ginseng is still exclusively sought.

Ginseng can make you look and stay younger because ginseng not only acts like a hormone (hormone decline in human is responsible for aging), but also stimulates the body to produce its own hormones. As such, it is anti-aging.

Given that ginseng has hormone-enhancing effect on the body, it can reverse male impotence. Research studies indicated that mice given ginseng reached puberty much faster than untreated mice. In human, sexual health holds the key to longevity health.

(2) Buy the best ginseng.

Ginseng is readily available in drug and health food stores all over the United States. However, finding the right ginseng may be challenging.

You need to determine the type of ginseng: American, Chinese, Japanese, or Korean?
You need to decide on the form of ginseng: root, tablet, powder, or tincture?
You need to know what you are getting for the money you pay: the quality or the grade.

Asian ginseng is the classical ginseng, which is most effective as a restorative tonic for long-term health and wellness: it regulates blood pressure, control diabetes, suppresses stress, and counteracts alcohol and drugs. Asian ginseng is anti-aging.

When you buy ginseng, consider the following:

Age: The older the root of the ginseng at the time of harvest, the more expensive it is. The age can range from 6 to 12 years. Anything younger than 4 years is not recommended. Ginsenosides, the most important ingredient in ginseng, are accumulated in the root over time. The age of the root is determined by the number of ridges or scars in the root.
Color: Only better-quality ginseng roots are selected for steaming to enhance the medicinal value of the roots. When they are steamed, the color turns from white or pale yellow to reddish.
Texture: Good-quality ginseng is hard and brittle, and the texture is dense.
Taste: Ginseng has a bitter, robust taste, with a tinge of sweetness.
Shape: A good ginseng root has the shape of a man: straight with intertwined rootlets or branches. Curled roots are inferior in quality.

The first choice in buying ginseng is to buy the whole root. Other than that, you can get standardized ginseng extract in tablets, capsules, or tinctures.Standardization is a way of processing ginseng that guarantees a certain fixed amount of ginsenosides in every dose. Buy products with concentrations of 4 to 7 percent of ginsenosides. Tinctures are concentrated alcohol extracts, and therefore are readily absorbed by the body.

Remember, take ginseng regularly for absolute facial beauty.

Stephen Lau
Copyright© by Stephen Lau

Holistic Skin Care

2011-11-10T18:04:00.000-08:00

What is holistic skin care?

Holistic skin care is based on the principles of self-repairing and self-maintaining.

Your skin is your body’s biggest organ. Its built-in functions are as follows:

1. Regulating your body temperature

2. Eliminating toxins from your body

3. Preventing dehydration

4. Protecting your body from sun-damage through its pigment melanin

Nature has given your body its innate capability to repair itself. Good maintenance holds the key to rejuvenation, and hence absolute facial beauty.

According to holistic skin care, a super skin is the result of a super diet: you need to feed your skin healthily from the inside. Always eat Super Foods. In addition, you need to cleanse and nourish it from the outside. Absolute facial beauty derives from the inside as well as the outside.

Remember, all skin care products can do only so much, no matter how natural and organic they are.

The basics of holistic skin care products are:

1. Less is more. The fewer the ingredients of a skin care product, the better it is for your skin.

2. Your skin is not a separate entity but an important part of your whole body. Although your skin has limited absorptive capacity, theoretically, you should not put on your skin anything that you are not able to eat.

The holistic wisdom is to use little lotions and potions even for cleansing and moisturizing your skin.

Leon's Anti-Aging Beauty Secrets: Make your own natural skin care recipes to remove wrinkles, crow's feet, age-spots for absolute facial beauty.

Stephen Lau
Copyright© by Stephen Lau
Self-Healing Self-Help

Remoing Warts from Your Skin

2010-03-10T13:00:00.000-08:00

Warts are skin infections caused by wart viruses, leaving unsightly elevated bumps on your skin, as well as on the lips and in the mouth. With or without treatment, warts may come and go, or they may stubbornly stay for a long period.

Given that warts are contageous, shaving or continually coming into contact with clothing may spread the wart virus.

To maintain absolute facial beauty, you may want to remove warts. Warts can be treated naturally:

Apple cider vinegar can be applied full strength soaked in a cotton ball. Leave it on to dry.

Castor oil is effective in removing warts. Apply a small amount of castor oil several times a day to the infected area.

Other natural substances you can use include: garlic, onion. pineapple, and potato skin. Rub them on the wart.

You can also dissolve an aspirin or two in half a teaspoon of water. Apply the solution to the infected area. If irritation occurs, apply some Vaseline to stop the skin irritation.

In addition to the above applications, you should have a balanced acid and alkaline diet, rich in vitamins A and E, to optimize your immune system to prevent outbreaks of warts.

Home Remedies for Removing Warts: A step-by-step guide to show you how to remove all warts naturally in just 5 days!

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Dry Skin and Sagging Jawline

2010-03-01T07:53:00.000-08:00

Do you have a sagging jawline? If you do, it is no more than a sign of aging.

If you used to have normal skin, and now you experience dry skin, this, again, is another sign of aging.

Dry skin is one the characteristics of skin aging. As you age, your dermis (the inner layer of skin) becomes thin and transparent, revealing capillaries and veins, due to the breakdown of collagen (protein under the skin), and the loss of body fat. These physical changes are a result of menopause, which causes the loss of estrogen (female hormone).

Therefore, it is important to take care of your dry skin. Once the dryness is gone, your skin becomes more even toned with softer lines. Collagen stimulation is the process by which the body is stimulated to produce more collagen, thereby improving the structure and integrity of the skin. Fillers, used in collagen stimulation, simply act to temporarily add volume to the skin, giving the impression that the wrinkles no longer exist. The problem with these treatments is that they really only disguise the problem rather than solving it.

The lines at the corner of the mouth also come with age. These unsightly lines can be softened by injecting fillers. However, sagging around the jaw cannot be fixed by simply injecting fillers, or Botox. There is no magic potion to cure a sagging jawline, other than plastic surgery. The reason is that the aging process is more than skin deep: it affects not only your dermis and subcutaneous fat, but also your bones, muscles, and ligament. A sagging jawline is due to thinning skin, loss of subcutaneous fat, bone loss on cheeks and around the jaw, and loss of muscle mass—they are the byproducts of aging. Therefore, all the cosmetic products on the market that claim to improve a sagging jawline only tighten the skin, and thus giving the illusion that your jawline no longer sags. Sagging around the jaw is an indication that your need a face-lift.

A change in lifestyle is the only way to improve your facial conditions. Do not smoke!Do not worship the sun! Do not drink alcohol! And take good care of your skin! For more information on facial beauty, go to: Absolute Facial Beauty.

Removing Acne Scars

2010-02-22T03:58:00.000-08:00

The aftermath of acne is the unsightly acne scars left behind.

Acne is an inflammatory skin condition. Acne comes in different stages:

(1) Initially, the skin becomes red with node under the skin, accompanied by pain. If untreated, these conditions can last for weeks, or even months.

(2) Then the redness is overcome by dark pigment cells. These dark spots at former acne sites may persist for months or even years, resulting in acne scars.

(3) If inflammation is severe, tight scar tissues may form around the former acne sites, pulling the skin downward, and thus forming permanent pitting scars.

Unfortunately, acne scars may stubbornly stay on your skin for a long period of time -- especially if you have fair skin.

Remember the following:

(1) The deeper the acne cyst is, the longer the redness stays, and the more damaging it is to the skin.

(2) The darker your skin type is, the longer the redness will persist, eventually forming dark spots.

(3) The older you are, the longer the redness will linger on your skin.

Acne is an inflammatory condition that has to run its course.

At the onset of acne, use vascular lasers to interrupt the blood supply, thereby interrupting the inflammatory process and avoiding the formation of pitting scars. However, vascular lasers may be dangerous and unsuitable for individuals with dark skin. The reason is that vascular lasers may target not just the infected area, but also the background, thereby changing the skin color of and around the infected area by making it lighter in contrast to the rest of the skin. In addition, vascular lasers are expensive as well as uncomfortable procedures.

Another way of dealing with acne scars is using soft tissue augmentation, which involves filling pitting scars with your own body fat from another part of your body. The drawback of this "fat-grafting" procedure is that it has to be repeated every now and then.

The best remedy is to stop acne at the initial inflammatory stage through good skin care, personal hygiene, and an anti-inflammatory diet that prevents the outbreak of acne.

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The Pro-Aging Factors of Obesity

2010-02-11T04:00:00.000-08:00

Obesity has become an epidemic worldwide, especially in the United States. Obesity takes away not only your body image, but also your longevity. Obesity is pro-aging.

Those extra pounds in your body can significantly increase your risk of diabetes, heart disease, stroke, respiratory problems, gallstone—these are all life-threatening conditions that are not anti-aging.

But the most significant pro-aging factor is the reduction of HGH (Human Growth Hormone). With all its anti-aging benefits, HGH is released by the pituitary gland when you are sleeping. If you are obese or with weight problem, most probably you have an eating disorder that makes you crave carbohydrates. If you consume carbohydrates before bedtime, your body produces additional insulin, which inhibits the release of HGH. With lower level of HGH, you sleep less, and therefore produce less HGH and less energy; with less energy, you are prone to eating more carbohydrates, and thus forming a vicious cycle in the reduced production of HGH.

In addition, low level of HGH makes you burn less fat when you sleep, and you gain more body weight. With less HGH, you become more sluggish, you may not want to exercise as much as you should, and, as a result, you build less muscle. Remember, the more muscle you have, the more fat you burn while you sleep.

The bottom line: Reduce your consumption of refined sugar and simple carbohydrates, which increase your insulin, which in turn inhibits the release of HGH—the anti-aging hormone you need to make you look younger and healthier for longer. Regain your health through nutrition, where you will find solutions to different health problems related to obesity.

Removing Unwanted Facial and Body Hair

2010-02-04T14:15:00.000-08:00

In women, as they continue to age, unwanted facial and body hair may grow on the chin, over the upper lip, and on the arms and legs. As much as 5 to 10 percent of women may have this problem of excess facial and body hair, due to genes or an increased sensitivity of the skin to certain male hormones in the body.

To get rid of excess and unwanted facial and body hair, the traditional methods are as follows:

(1) bleaching

(2) electrolysis

(3) plucking

(4) shaving

(5) waxing

Recently, laser hair removal has proven effective in the removal of unwanted hair, with hair loss for up to two or more years.

However, laser hair removal may have certain temporary undesirable side effects:

(1) blistering

(2) darkening of the skin

(3) redness

(4) swelling

Permanent side effects may include skin discoloration; that is, the skin of the treated areas may become much lighter in color.

Laser hair removal is a medical procedure that should not be taken lightly. Consider the following:

(1) Always choose a qualified practitioner with a good track record performing laser hair removal.

(2) Tell your practitioner if you have certain family medical conditions or hormonal problems.

(3) Avoid the sun prior to the procedure.

(4) Avoid plucking or waxing prior to the procedure.

(5) Thoroughly clean the areas of treatment; remove any makeup if your face is to be treated.

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What to Do with the Dark Circles around Your Eyes?

2010-01-30T09:40:00.000-08:00

Dark circles around your eyes make you look much older than your real age. Unfortunately, dark circles are only too common.

Dark circles are caused by bruising on the skin around the eyes, which is the thinnest as well as the most delicate part of your facial skin with many tiny capillaries. Any abrasive action may result in bruising, leading to blood leaking from those tiny blood vessels; the blood leaked out may become oxidized, turning into a dark bluish red—your dark eye circles!

(1) Dark circles around the eyes become more common with increasing age. The reason is that as you age, you skin becomes noticeably thinner, and therefore more vulnerable to abrasion and injury.

(2) Inadequate sleep makes your skin look paler, and hence intensifies the darkness through color contrast.

(3) Stressful work may affect your hormones and general skin conditions, making you look haggard and worn-out, accentuating your dark circles.

(4) Pregnancy or menstruation brings about temporary hormonal changes, which can make your skin look much paler, and hence darker circles around the eyes.

(5) Allergic skin reaction may cause you to rub or scratch your skin more frequently, especially around the eyes, which may unintentionally cause bruising.

(6) Healthy skin requires healthy nutrients from a balanced and healthy diet. Your skin becomes what you eat!

Now that you understand what may have caused unsightly dark circles around your eyes, you should know what to do with the dark circles around your eyes:

(1) Get good sleep habits (such as keeping regular sleep patterns, even on weekends) to maintain adequate sleep without medications.

(2) Learn to cope with stress—especially stress at work—which may interfere with your sleep and your diet. Meditation is the most effective way to relax both the body and the mind.

(3) Drink more water to cleanse your body of toxins. As a matter of fact, it is good practice to detox your body on a regular basis for optimum health for body and skin.

(4) Avoid the sun—especially tanning salons. A tanned skin only accentuates the darkness of the circles around your eyes.

(5) A cold eyewash compress can constrict the blood vessels and reduce the darkness.

(6) Certain dark eye circle creams do speed up the oxidization process, while certain bleaching creams may also lighten the darkness of the skin around your eyes (but use them with caution around the eyes).

(7) Take a vitamin E capsule, break it up, and dab the content on your skin under your eyes, and then take the remaining supplement.

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Skin Discoloration Mars Facial Beauty

2010-01-24T12:46:00.000-08:00

Aging may result in skin discoloration that mars facial beauty.

How does skin discoloration occur? As you age, you skin becomes thinner, thereby exposing the underlying blood vessels under your skin. As a result, any minor injury may cause extravasation of blood into the surrounding tissues, causing skin bruising. This is the reason why the skin of the elderly becomes easily bruised.

To avoid skin discoloration or to prevent skin bruising, do the following:

(1) Beware of the use of any anti-clotting medication.

(2) Check if you have a bleeding disorder.

(3) Wear long-sleeve clothing to reduce friction or trauma to skin.

In addition to skin bruising, skin discoloration can result from age spots or photoaging spots. These are light to dark brown patches or spots on the face, hands, feet or legs. These unsightly freckle-like spots may sometimes cluster together. Age spots may be due to the genetic factor, or over exposure to the sun. Always protect your skin from the sun.

Melasma are irregular brown patches on the face, especially on the upper cheek, nose, lips, and forehead. Melasma is often caused by over stimulation of pigment-producing skin cells as a result of hormonal changes associated with aging. You may be more susceptible to melasma if you have the following:

(1) genetic disposition

(2) light-brown skin

(3) too much sun exposure

(4) thyroid disease

(5) allergic reactions to certain medications

(6) hormonal changes, such as giving birth, stopping oral contraceptives, or taking hormone replacement therapy.

Poikiloderma of Civatte is a reddish brown patch on the skin, where there is thinning, increased pigmentation, and dilation of blood vessels. This skin discoloration may be due to chronic exposure to the sun, and photosensitizing chemicals in costmetics and perfumes.

Skin discoloration not only mars your facial beauty, but also makes you look much older.

Taking care of one's skin is a livelong endeavor. For more information on how to maintain absolute facial beauty, visit: Absolute Facial Beauty.

Skin Cancer and Facial Beauty

2010-01-17T02:58:00.000-08:00

Skin cancer may be deadly, in addition to scarring facial beauty.

There are three basic types of skin cancer:

(1) Basal cell cancers occur mainly around the nose; other common areas of occurrence include the cheeks, the ears, the neck, and the upper back. Basal cell cancers are a result of too much sun exposure.

(2) Squamous cell cancers are often deadly because they tend to spread. Again, chronic sun exposure is the cause.

(3) Melanomas are the deadliest type of skin cancer.

Skin cancer is due to accumulated DNA damage in a skin cell, resulting in uncontrollable growth that multiplies repeatedly.

If you have fair skin, or family history of skin cancer, you should have your skin examined by a dermatologist. Also, you can perform self-exam. The warning signs to look for include the following:

(1) Moles that are irregular in shape, with scalloped or notched edges

(2) Moles that are typically brown or black, and sometimes with patches of blue, red, and white

(3) Moles that are larger than a quarter of an inch

(4) Moles that are asymmetrical (the sides are uneven and do not match)

Early detection of skin cancer is critical to recovery and survival. In addition, early detection can prevent the skin cancer from penetrating deeply through the layers of skin, resulting in more skin damage and even fatality. Nowadays, with the advancement of technology, skin caner can be removed without removing too much skin tissue, and therefore scars are minimal.

Swelling of lymph nodes in armpits or the neck may indicate that the skin cancer has spread. Beware!

Diet may prevent skin cancer. Eat whole foods, rich in folic acid, and the B vitamins.

Protect your skin from the sun, especially between 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. A tanned look may not give you ultimate facial beauty. Remember, skin cancer lags behind about 10 to 20 years later. More than 80 percent of skin damage from the sun occurs in the first two decades of one's life. It is, therefore, important to protect children, so that they may have facial beauty and healthy skin when they grow up.

For more information on cancer, visit: Cancer Cures.

Forehead Massage to Soften Lines on Your Forehead

2010-01-10T13:43:00.000-08:00

To keep your absolute facial beauty, you need to massage your forehead to soften the lines on your forehead. Practice forehead massage nightly. Follow the following steps:

(1) Cleanse your face thoroughly. You don't need expensive soaps or lotions to cleanse your face. Use pure natural oils, such as sesame or olive oil. Use your fingertips—the simplest, the most natural, and the least abrasive—to remove dirt and oil-soluble cosmetics; when you use your fingertips, you are in complete control. Massage gently with your fingertips. Afterward, wipe the oil from your face with cotton pads.

Instead of oil, you may also use honey, which is suitable for all types of skin, especially aging skin and the sensitive skin of teenagers. Sea weed is another option. Edible seaweed can be obtainable from a Chinese supermarket. Soak the seaweed in water overnight to get rid of the sea salt.

(2) After having thoroughly cleansed your face, splash it with cold water 15 to 20 times. Cold-water face splash has the following benefits:

activating skin cell metabolism
stimulating blood circulation
providing a glowing complexion

(3) Begin your facial massage with your forehead. Holding your fingertips together, move them across your forehead, using extremely gentle gliding strokes, straight strokes, or simple static pressure, without displacing your skin.

Place the four fingers of both hands at eyebrow level on your forehead, with your little fingers resting near the lower center of your forehead, and your forefingers touching the hairline at the temples.
With pressure, a little but not too much, move the fingertips upward in straight strokes.
Do at least 10 repetiions.
With both hands, press the forefingers and middle fingers together, and place them at the center of your forehead, such that the tips of the middle fingers are touching each other.
Using pressure, a little but not too much, pull your fingers away from the center of your forehead towards the hairline.
Again, do at least 10 repetitions.

Forehead massage can soften lines on your forehead, if performed diligently several times a day.

Massage Guide provides useful information on different techniques of massage

Beautiful Skin - No Carbohydrates Before Bedtime!

2010-01-01T10:06:00.000-08:00

If you wish to have absolute facial beauty skin, do not eat carbohydrates before bedtime. Avoid any carbohydrate at least three hours before going to bed.

The explanation is this: You would want to set a good foundation for an insulin-free system for the following day, in particular, the next morning.

Why should you avoid insulin in your body system?

It is because insulin means appetite. Eating carbohydrates before bedtime means adding fresh insulin into your body system. The theory behind this is that your body produces human growth hormone (HGH), which has many anti-aging benefits, especially for youthful skin. The human growth hormone (HGH) is released in the deep recesses of your sleep. However, too much insulin inhibits the release of HGH. As a result, it may not provide you with restful sleep; in addition, it saps your energy, making you want to eat more the next day.

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Accordingly, you should also start the following day without carbohydrates, because insulin also responds more readily in the morning than any other time of the day. In other words, eat your breakfast without orange juice, cereals, or bread. It is inculcated in our culture that we should start the day with coffee and cereals. That may be one of the reasons why Americans have a weight problem. (If you have a weight problem, get a FREE copy of All-Round Weight Loss.) Instead of carbohydrates, eat protein, such as a sausage, a piece of ham or chicken. Also, try to avoid coffee in the morning, because it releases glucose that can trigger insulin production.

Avoiding carbohydrates before bedtime and in the morning may help you avoid having midday fatigue or snacking before lunch. Remember, you may still have your favorite carbohydrates at lunch or dinner.

Having absolute facial beauty skin does not mean you have to give up your favorite carbohydrates; it just takes smart rearranging of the order of eating carbohydrates. Be smart in your aging!

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Dealing with Dry Skin

2009-12-30T10:43:00.000-08:00

Dry skin is a common dermatological condition, in which the skin becomes dry and cracked. The incidence of dry skin increases with age.

The causes of dry skin are:

(1) the reduced production of sebum (a wax-like substance in your skin to protect it from the environment)

(2) taking certain cholesterol-reducing medications

(3) defects in the outermost layer of the skin, used to prevent water loss

If you are over 65, your skin may become very dry and itchy. Dry skin often occurs in the legs, as well as on the hands and trunk.

Dealing with dry skin, you may consider doing the following:

(1) Avoid hot baths. Use lukewarm baths, instead. Reduce the frequency of taking a bath to every other day, if needs be. Ironically enough, water can cause your skin to dry up. Use non-irritant soaps, such as Aveeno, Dove, or Olay.

(2) Avoid irritants to the skin, such as harsh skin cleansers.

(3) Use moisturizers, such as Vaseline.

(4) Avoid skin friction from abrasives or even rough clothing.

(5) Use cool water compresses.

(6) Maintain proper humidity, especially in winter. Use air humidification in dry weather conditions.

Persistent dry skin conditions may lead to chronic itching and scratching, which may further damage the skin.

Scratching makes your skin become thick and leathery. Itchiness may create the perception of having bugs in the skin.

Skin itching often begins with an external stimuli, causing you to scratch your skin, which reacts by thickening to protect itself. As healing progresses, the itch fibers in your skin are activated by slight scar contraction in the damaged area. This causes new itching, leading to more scratching, and thus begins the vicious itch-scratch cycle.

Although itching is often a benign condition, and one may seek gratification through scratching, persistent itching may also be indicative of health problems, including:

anemia (iron deficiency)
diabetes
hepatic disease (liver)
HIV
malignancy
neuropathy (disease of the nervous system)
renal failure
thyroid disease

Skin itching may also be due to allergic reactions to offending allergens, such as scented soaps or topical alcohol.

Your skin may be sensitive to the sun, resulting in blisters, bumps, hives, rashes, or red splotchy areas. Test the sensitivity of your skin.

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Anti-Aging Inner Peace

2009-12-14T10:25:00.000-08:00

Inner peace is anti-aging, while distress is aging.

Stress is normal. Your body needs stress to accept challenges, to concentrate on doing a difficult task, to make important decisions, or even to have sex. But too much stress can increase your

How stress can age you

1. Chronic stress, which causes your body to maintain physiological reactions for long periods of time, especially with respect to the release of hormones, can lead to depletion of vital nutrients in your body, particularly DHEA (a hormone critical to aging and longevity), vitamin C, and the B-complex vitamins.

2. During stress, your body uses its DHEA supply and impairs the functioning of your body’s hormonal glands. According to scientific research, your DHEA levels decrease as you age. Stress is adding insult to injury.

3. Too much stress increases the production of hormone epinephrine, which wearing out your hormonal glands.

One interesting study showed that men who meditate (an anti-stress strategy) regularly have significantly more DHEA than those who do not, and the difference is even much more significant in the case of women (maybe women do have more stress than men).

Indeed, stress can accelerate the aging process. According to Robert Sapolsky, author of Zebras Don’t Get Ulcers, you lose your ability to cope with stress as you age, due to elevated blood pressure, which adversely impacts hormone secretions. In this way, stress can become a vicious circle.

If you wish to remain younger and healthier for longer, do not allow stress into your life.

For more information on how to manage your stress, go to: Cope With Stress to learn all the strategies to cope with your everyday stress.

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A Woman's Inner Beauty

2009-12-14T09:38:00.000-08:00

If you are a woman, you would want to be beautiful, youthful, and forever young.

What is beauty? Is beauty only skin deep, or something only in the beholder’s eye?

In the Orient, the perception of beauty may vary from that in the West: the focus in the East on inner beauty or the "inner eye" may sometimes seem difficult for the Western mind to comprehend.

The Oriental perception of beauty may have stemmed from Buddhism, which promotes the following inner innate qualities:

1. Compassion for others

2. Detachment from negative thoughts and feelings

3. Peace of mind and inner tranquility

4. Right-mindedness from a true heart

A truly beautiful woman has a serene face with a softening spirit. Such a face is often a reflection of the physical, the mental, and the spiritual aspects of that individual. Beauty is more than skin deep: it exudes inner confidence and radiance.

You may become aware of the first click of your biological clock around age 30, when your first streaks of silver appear on your hair, or around 35 when you first notice your crow’s feet (for some, this may have happened much sooner). Can you turn back the clock?

According to Phyllis R. Koch-Sheras, clinical psychologist and professor at the University of Virginia in Charlottesville, understanding the changes and learning how to accept and cope with them are anti-aging strategies.

Complement your inner beauty with your extrinsic beauty. Nature has given you a lovely face: take good care of it and preserve it diligently with daily facial regimens to make you forever look the best of your age.

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How to Save Your Skin

2009-12-13T14:11:00.001-08:00

Your skin is the largest organ of your body. Your skin ages, just like the rest of your body. Skin aging is irreversible. However, you can save your skin by taking action to delay the process of skin aging – and such action should be taken as early in your life as possible. There is no time to lose when it comes to combating skin aging. Don’t wait till your skin has started its aging process. Still, it is better late than never. Save your skin now!

Having youthful and healthy skin requires commitment and dedication.

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Antioxidants

The first line of defense against skin aging is the use of antioxidants to promote skin cell rejuvenation and collagen production, including the following:

1. Alpha lipoic acids

Alpha lipoic acid is a potent water-and-fat-soluble antioxidant against free radicals in many of your body systems, including your skin.

Alpha lipoic acid protects your DNA by recycling vitamins E and C, making them more effective.

Alpha lipoic acid has been studied in many age-related diseases, from heart disease and stroke to diabetes and cataracts. For example, in Germany, it is often prescribed to treat long-term complications of diabetes, such as nerve damage.

Your body needs alpha-lipoic acid to keep you younger and healthier for longer. Except for liver and yeast, foods contain only tiny amounts of it. Take the supplement.

2. Coenzyme Q10

Coenzyme Q10 is a powerful antioxidant that makes your heart strong and produces energy. Specifically, it promotes blood circulation and increases the flow of oxygen within cells, and thus making your skin look younger and healthier for longer.

CoQ10 is naturally present in a wide variety of foods, such as organ meats: liver, and kidney, as well as the beef itself. Soybean oil, sardines, mackerel, and peanuts are other sources that are particularly high in CoQ10. To put this into perspective, one pound of sardines, two pounds of beef, or two and a half pounds of peanuts, provide 30 mg of Coenzyme Q10. This explains the importance of taking a CoQ10 supplement daily.

3. Copper peptide

Copper peptide (fragment of protein) has been used for skin repair and rejuvenation based on the concept that removing the outermost or even deeper layers of the skin will stimulate the resultant healing process, and thereby leading to smoother, younger looking skin. Since copper peptide optimizes healing and improves skin rejuvenation, it has become an important ingredient in many skin care products.

In the skin, copper, acting as a potent antioxidant, serves several anti-aging functions: stimulating collagen (protein) production not only to diminish fine lines but also to firm the skin; promoting elastin formation to cut down on sagging and the formation of fine lines; producing extra-cellular cement between cells to improve skin strength.

4. Vitamin A

Carotenoids play a pivotal role in maintaining youthful and healthy skin. Take beta carotene (15 mg) once or twice a day for youthful skin.

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Sun blockage

The sun’s ultraviolet rays damage your skin permanently. Protect your skin from the sun:

1. Avoid direct sunlight from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.

2. Gradually and progressively, expose your skin to the sun to protect your skin. The reason is that during initial exposure, your skin pigmentation is activated but offers no protection; only about 3 days later, further pigmentation may provide some protection against sunburn and sun damage.

3. Wear a hat, long-sleeve clothes, and pants.

4. Put on sunscreen with Sun Protection Factor of 15 or more.

A suntan is never a healthy look. Remember, your skin will not show the damage until many years later.

Quitting addictions

1. Nicotine addiction causes free radical damage to your skin. Never use smoking to control your body weight: the price is too hefty to pay.

2. Alcohol addiction damages the liver, which supports your skin health and kidney function. A smoker's complexion always has a yellowish tint, instead of a healthy glow. Alcohol addiction affects your hormone production, leading to premature skin aging.

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3. Sugar addiction may lead to weight gain, followed by fad diets to lose weight. Avoid the stretching of your skin due to weight gain, and the laxity that follows weight loss. Remember, once your skin loses its elasticity, it does not snap back right away.

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Can Botox Fix Your Face?

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Everybody wants to look the best of his or her age. To turn back the clock, many resort to procedures, both invasive and non-invasive, to keep them look forever younger.

Botox

Botox has been hailed as “the new fountain of youth” to make you look the best of your age.

Can Botox fix your face?

Botox is a purified protein injected into your skin to make the facial muscles contract, thereby smoothing out the crow’s feet around your eyes.

Botox has advantages over plastic surgery:

1. It is a minimally invasive procedure to fix the face temporarily.

2. It is an instant fix: you can see the results almost immediately.

3. It gives a more natural look, except for the lines around the mouth.

4. It is a fairly safe procedure, because only a small amount of botulimum (a toxic chemical) is used, and there is little or no buildup in the body system (generally eliminated within 24 to 48 hours)

5. It is relatively inexpensive, compared to other more invasive procedures, such as a facelift.

However, Botox does have some disadvantages, and they are:

1. It is still costly long term: it has to be repeated every three to four months.

2. It paralyzes the facial muscles around the mouth, and thus giving you a very “unnatural” smile.

3. It is a drug with botulimum, and you may still have some concern over its long-term use.

Can Botox fix your face?

Presumably, it can.

However, there are other non-surgical procedures to fix your face.

Collagen injections

Collagen is a protein substance in the dermis layer of your skin, which is responsible for giving elasticity to your skin.

Collagen injections use bovine collagen, which is pure collagen obtainable from isolated cows, and which is clinically tested prior to injection into your skin.

Collagen injections have the following advantages

1. Collagen injections make the lines on the face become less obvious and much smoother, compared to Botox; however, they do not make the lines disappear completely as Botox does.

2. Collagen injections are used mainly between the eyebrows and on smile folds, where Botox does not work effectively.

The disadvantages of collagen injections are:

1. Collagen injections are not for everyone, especially if you are allergic to cows.

2. Collagen injections only soften the lines, but do not remove them completely.

Fat injections

Fat injections are living grafts in which part of the fat from your own body, usually from the buttocks, stays and lives in a new environment, that is, your face.

Fat injections have the following advantages:

1. They are more cost effective, compared to other non-surgical procedures. The intervals between injections can be up to several months.

2. They give better results for deep smile folds than collagen injections do.

Restylane

Restylane is a clear gel injected into your skin to soften your facial contours, and to remove lines and wrinkles on your face. It is derived from a product bio-compatible and bio-degradable as the natural hyaluronc acid, which is most ideal for the human body. Given that hyaluronc acid is a substance that gives your body its structure and volume by attracting and holding on to the water in your skin. Therefore, it is most ideal for line and wrinkle filler.

The advantages of Restlylane are:

1. It does not paralyze your facial muscles. It can be injected almost anywhere on your face.

2. It eliminates any rejection by your body, because it is naturally found in your own body.

The above are some of the common procedures to fix your face.

There are also products, which are as effective in making you younger and longer. Promaxyl deep wrinkle treatment is your best Botox alternative!

How Your Skin Ages

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Skin aging

Skin rejuvenation maintains the skin's youthfulness. The skin renews itself every 35 to 45 days. Aging begins when the rejuvenation process slows down with age, or the renewal process is interrupted by internal or external factors, or both. How fast one's skin ages depends on the interruption to the renewal process.

Internal aging factors

Internal aging factors may interrupt the normal process of rejuvenation:

1. Some of your skin cells may slow down or stop their replication process. They do not die; instead, they accumulate in your skin, secreting substances that adversely affect the level of collagen (protein in your skin). Lack of collagen takes away the support, resulting in the formation of wrinkles.

2. Your body's production of hormones declines with age. A woman's estrogen (hormones) level may decline by as much as 30 percent during the first ten years of menopause.

Your skin becomes thinner and less elastic. Also, the rejuvenation process slows down considerably.

3. The loss of bone mass, and the reduction in the volume of fat under the skin change the general structure of your face, making it look haggard and worn-out.

4. Stress may cause the flare up of acne, eczema (red swollen skin) and rosacea (a chronic skin disease in people with fair or light skin).

External aging factors

Most of the external aging factors are within your control:

1. The sun's UVA and UVB rays cause photo aging. They promote the growth of free radicals, which not only reduce collagen production, causing your skin to become thin and loose, but also accelerate the production of copper and iron (agents of free radical production) in your skin cells.

2. Nicotine from tobacco smoke generates free radicals and deprives your skin of oxygen necessary for growth and rejuvenation.

3. Excess alcohol consumption damages the liver, and a damaged liver gives a yellowish complexion, instead of a healthy glow.

4. Poor diet deprives your skin of nutrients. The chemicals (food colorings, food emulsifiers, and food preservatives) in processed foods promote free radical production.

5. Dehydration (from artificially heated or cooling environment) dries up your skin. Consumption of alcohol, caffeine, and carbonated sodas may also contribute to dehydration.

6. Extreme wind and heat may also damage your skin, especially in a work environment outdoor, or with close proximity to fire, furnace and stove (e.g. working in a kitchen).

7. Gravity, over time, pulls down your skin, causing it to sag, especially after 40s and 50s.

The face aging process

1. In the twenties, your fibroblasts (cells deep within the skin) are in optimum conditions, continuing to produce new collagen and elastin to support your skin.

Your sweat and oil glands keep your skin moist and lubricated.

The blood in your skin tissues gives your skin a healthy glow.

2. In the late twenties, superficial lines begin to appear on the forehead and at the corners of your eyes.

Tiny blood vessels begin to surface on your cheeks and your nose.

3. In the thirties, the renewal rate of skin cells begins to drop. Your fibroblasts become less active in the collagen production.

Dynamic muscles due to muscle motion begin to form in the expression areas of your face.

In the late thirties, the fat layer under the skin begins to thin out, creating slight hollows around your eyes, on your cheeks and your temples.

Sagging begins to occur around the eyes, the cheeks, and along the jaw lines.

4. In the forties, the rate of skin aging accelerates, due to loss of fat, shrinkage of bones, and slowing of skin cell renewal.

Gravity continues to pull down your skin, lowering your eyebrows, and making the tip of your nose droop.

Bags under your lower eyelids, vertical lines between your eyebrow, and deep-set wrinkles begin to form.

5. In the fifties, the physical structure of your face diminishes due to gravitational pull, shrinkage of bone mass, as well as loss of fat and moisture in your skin.

6. In the sixties, your face may become more rectangular or trapezoid in shape.

The cellular renewal rate has slowed down by as much as 50 percent, and your skin's elasticity and volume also reduce significantly.

The skin process will continue into your seventies, eighties, and nineties until your demise.

Facial Muscles - To Exercise or Not to Exercise?

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It is a myth that because we exercise to develop our body muscles through weights or bands for resistance, we should exercise our face in the same way. WRONG!

The truth is that facial exercises make wrinkles. A workout on your body muscles gives your body tone and strength, but a workout on your facial muscles becomes a wrinkle workout.

The explanation is that facial muscles on your facial bones are thin and flat muscles, whose function is to give expressions to your face. Facial exercises, through repeated tightening of the facial muscles, only accelerate the formation of wrinkles. Facial exercising does not enhance the tone of your face, nor does it strengthen your facial skin.

The muscles of facial expression are attached to the skin on your face, and repeated tightening or exercising of those muscles folds your skin over and over until wrinkles are formed on your face. Facial exercises are only a wrinkle workout for you.

Remember, Botox utilizes the same principle of reducing the movement of the muscles around the horizontal lines of the forehead or the smile lines of facial expression in order to make you look younger temporarily. The success of Botox attests to the importance of not exercising your facial muscles.

However, don’t stop smiling! Smiling serves to animate your face, giving it a pleasant expression of youthfulness. Smiling is like a natural exercise, but facial exercising is something else—like using steroids for muscle building.

For absolute facial beauty, do not exercise your face. There are books about facial exercises: they make money from you, but do not make you look younger for longer. Massage is something else: it relaxes and soothes your skin. Incredible Massage Guide provides useful information on different techniques of massage.