Each person’s face has certain proportions and dimensions that can make a nose stand out because it doesn’t quite “fit”, aside from issues like a hump or a hook.  The best rhinoplasties result in a nose that looks overall nicer and which fits the face better.  You still look like you – only with a…

A key in limiting symptoms; drink plenty of fluids and keep your hydration up.  Good hydration will make a big difference.  Remember that alcohol, coffee, and tea don’t ‘count’ as liquids and actually have an overall dehydrating effect!  Increasing intake of essential fatty acids – with foods like walnuts, almonds, and flax seed – are…

Spicy foods, coffee, alcohol, raisins, mushrooms, spinach, and lima beans are among the many foods known to aggravate rosacea.  Good food sources which can help alleviate symptoms include yogurt (for the probiotics) and salmon or walnuts (for the essential fatty acids).

Cool Sculpt Cryolipolysis is a popular non-invasive fat reduction treatment which works by freezing your fat (cryolipolysis).  But a serious complication side effect has been discovered to be much more common than previously thought – PAH: paradoxical adipose hyperplasia.  This is when hardened, thick areas of increased fat deposits develop within the very areas targeted…

Food substances that are high in the amino acid lysine (blocks cold sore virus HSV activity) but low in the amino acid arginine (which the virus needs to multiply) are ideal during an outbreak.  Examples: avocado, fish, and beets.  Foods to avoid which have the opposite ratio – high in arginine, low in lysine –…

Dark chocolate is loaded with antioxidants – great for limiting sunburn damage, and helpful in sunburn prevention as well!  The antioxidants found in green tea or black tea are also great anti-sunburn weapons.  And throw some broccoli on that boardwalk pizza – the unique antioxidant sulforaphane in broccoli has anti-cancer effects too!

Avoid aggravating dietary triggers like grains, corn, peanuts, eggs, soy, and dairy.  Gluten is probably the main culprit – even for those without a true gluten sensitivity.  Limit your intake of acidic foods (e.g. tomatoes) which tend to stimulate sebaceous gland activity.  Foods rich in Vitamin A – like carrots or sweet potatoes, and those…

A square, rectangular looking jawline is traditionally more of a masculine look.  A more oval shape to the face is a thinner, softer, more feminine look.  The muscles along the angle of the jaw responsible for the square look are often bulky and thick.  By strategically injecting a little Botox into these muscles, they relax…

Unattractive, little lines and little grooves around the mouth and lips – and you don’t even smoke!  They tend to create an aged, unfriendly, “weathered”, even angry look.  Microneedling to the rescue!  This popular miracle worker treatment stimulates your face’s own natural collagen production as it softens, smooths, firms, and revitalizes the entire area around…

We now know that as skin ages it loses more and more of its ability to reflect light. Techniques designed to “whiten” or “lighten” the skin (also known as “bleaching”) can improve the brightness of the skin. But these whitening techniques often eliminate pigments that are part of one’s ethnic identity or create a strange…