Many women as they enter their late 30’s and even upwards until their mid-40’s begin losing essential hormones from their bodies.  Chemical and hormonal adjustments too often mean that your once beautiful and youthful looking skin has begun looking dryer and dryer, you’ve noticed the appearance of fine lines and you’re actually starting to discover all these interesting discolorations in your skin to top it all off.

While women complain about hot flashes and all the other things that go along with menopause the most significant change that takes place in your body is the reduction in the producing of estrogen.    When a young girl is very young estrogen helps stimulate puberty and encourages normal maturing of her body.  It also helps keep your bones strong, regulates cholesterol production and more importantly it stimulates skin smoothing collagen and oils.  Unfortunately as we age and our bodies produce less estrogen, that means that they also produce less collagen and oil that help keep our skin moist and youthful looking.  In addition to our skin often becoming dry and itchy it also begins to develop all these fine lines and even slight discolorations.

As if dealing with all the chemical and hormonal changes in your body weren’t stressful enough, your discovering that your skin is as dry as sandpaper and it’s downright uncomfortable at some times. The skin on your face feels taught and looks very dry.   You can spend hours a day trying to deal with this but unfortunately this is a condition that is going to need ongoing care – you’re physician may recommend an estrogen supplement but there are medical dangers associated with long term use and they often don’t do as good a job as natural estrogen in stimulating collagen production.

Take heart – this is all a normal part of the onset of menopause and while it’s probably not going to go away any time soon, there are plenty of things you can do in the privacy of your home to not only battle the dryness but you can also fight those fine lines and discolorations safely and effectively with an in home photo facial system.

In home photo facial systems work by stimulating your bodies own collagen reserves to help your skin remain firm and youthful looking and by helping your skin stay soft and moisturized.  No more spending time morning, noon and night slathering creams and lotions that may take hours to absorb and don’t seem to do much more than create a new case of acne every time you try them!

A home photo facial system is a safe, convenient way to not only battle those fine lines and restore moisture to your dry skin, but they can also help minimize or even eliminate those discolorations that are caused by age spots, fine spider veins and more.

While a home photo facial system won’t restore your bodies normal hormonal balance, it can help you fight the effects of the lower levels of hormones that you’re now dealing with and help you maintain a beautiful, healthy complexion!

While women complain about hot flashes and all the other things that go along with menopause the most significant change that takes place in your body is the reduction in the producing of estrogen.    When a young girl is very young estrogen helps stimulate puberty and encourages normal maturing of her body.  It also helps keep your bones strong, regulates cholesterol production and more importantly it stimulates skin smoothing collagen and oils.  Unfortunately as we age and our bodies produce less estrogen, that means that they also produce less collagen and oil that help keep our skin moist and youthful looking.  In addition to our skin often becoming dry and itchy it also begins to develop all these fine lines and even slight discolorations.

As if dealing with all the chemical and hormonal changes in your body weren’t stressful enough, your discovering that your skin is as dry as sandpaper and it’s downright uncomfortable at some times. The skin on your face feels taught and looks very dry.   You can spend hours a day trying to deal with this but unfortunately this is a condition that is going to need ongoing care – you’re physician may recommend an estrogen supplement but there are medical dangers associated with long term use and they often don’t do as good a job as natural estrogen in stimulating collagen production.

Take heart – this is all a normal part of the onset of menopause and while it’s probably not going to go away any time soon, there are plenty of things you can do in the privacy of your home to not only battle the dryness but you can also fight those fine lines and discolorations safely and effectively with an in home photo facial system.

In home photo facial systems work by stimulating your bodies own collagen reserves to help your skin remain firm and youthful looking and by helping your skin stay soft and moisturized.  No more spending time morning, noon and night slathering creams and lotions that may take hours to absorb and don’t seem to do much more than create a new case of acne every time you try them!

A home photo facial system is a safe, convenient way to not only battle those fine lines and restore moisture to your dry skin, but they can also help minimize or even eliminate those discolorations that are caused by age spots, fine spider veins and more.

While a home photo facial system won’t restore your bodies normal hormonal balance, it can help you fight the effects of the lower levels of hormones that you’re now dealing with and help you maintain a beautiful, healthy complexion!

As a society we’ve become fixated on age and when we begin to see those fine lines and wrinkles the first thing we think is what can I do about them?   Let’s understand one thing before we go any further! There is no such thing as an anti-wrinkle treatment!! While we can help reduce fine lines and diminish the visibility of wrinkles, we can not eliminate them completely – they’re a perfectly normal part of aging that is caused by our skin losing moisture!

There are hundreds of creams, lotions, fillers and more that we’re blasted with in magazines, on television and on the internet every single day. But, there are treatments that are effective that you can use in the privacy of your home that give you the edge in combating wrinkles without spending thousands of dollars a year on creams, lotions and even surgery.

You’ve probably heard of some of the surgical procedures that some opt for to reduce or eliminate wrinkles – such as face lifts, dermabrasion or even botox.  While these may temporarily reduce the affects of aging let’s look at the overall difficulty of each:

A)  A face lift requires a hospital stay, a fairly long recovery time and it’s extremely expensive. Face lifts are not covered by most medical insurance because they are considered cosmetic surgery making them an elective procedure;

B)  Dermabrasion – dermabrasion removes the dead skin cells from your face and removes dead and damaged cells.  While this will reduce the appearance of fine lines, it will do nothing to improve your overall skin health in the long term and when these fine lines reappear you’ll have to have the treatment done again. Dermabrasion requires very harsh chemicals and they’re not suitable for everyone;

C)  Botox – while Botox seems to be the latest solution for reducing wrinkles it is most commonly used on the forehead to smooth out wrinkles. But consider this: this is a toxin that is injected into your muscles and causes them to relax – this procedure often winds up having to be repeated time and time again and is not just painful but it’s expensive too.

One of the safest methods of revitalizing your skin and helping reduce wrinkles is laser light therapy.  This helps by focusing light on the portions of your skin and tightening the underlying collagen fibers in the skin – this can help tighten your skin, reduce fine lines and wrinkles and help remove mild skin discolorations and even lighten up darker discolorations.

Today with very safe and cost effective units that are available to be used in your home, you too can get all the benefits of laser light therapy in the privacy of your home at a cost you can afford. No more spending hundreds of dollars a year for laser resurfacing in your doctors’ office, harsh chemical peels, painful injections or drastic surgeries.

It’s important to be aware of the manufacturers instructions as they apply to the unit that you purchase.  At home light laser therapy systems can help revitalize your skin and help you recapture that youthful glow and bring out the natural beauty of your

Before we discuss what causes age spots it’s probably better if we understand what they are.  Age spots are flat, gray, brown or black spots that can vary in size and can be found on the face, the hands, the shoulders and the arms.  Age spots are generally harmless and they typically do not need any type of treatment – cosmetically they may look like a growth but if you avoid sun and use a good sun screen you have less chance of developing them.

Causes

It is widely accepted that age spots are caused by the sun. However, there is a process that your skin goes through – basically the UV light that is produced by the sun stimulates melanin production in your body. When melanin is produced in higher concentrations that normal in specific areas of the skin it sticks together and forms an age spot – though this typically takes many years of exposure.  Unfortunately, age spots form very slowly – even using tanning lamps and tanning beds can cause age spots.  Some people may be genetically disposed to developing age spots and for some folks just their normal aging process can stimulate melanin production in their bodies.

Treatments

While age spots are generally not bad enough to warrant any special treatment, women especially may be embarrassed by the discolorations that appear on their arms, hands and especially on their face.  There are some treatments that are used to diminish age spots including:

Freezing – liquid nitrogen is placed on the age spot and this can help destroy the pigment.  This procedure unfortunately may result in permanent scars or even worse discoloration;
Dermabrasion – this invasive procedure basically involves ‘sanding’ down the surface skin with a brush. This procedure strips the top layer of skin – unfortunately this can leave the skin re and cause a scab to form where the age spots are;
Chemical Peel – this procedure can help fade the age spot over time – unfortunately this procedure often requires several costly treatments.
Medications – there are some medications that can help lighten age spots, but they typically require you take them daily over a period of several months.

The most effective and least damaging treatment for age spots is laser therapy. This destroys the melanin that created the original dark spot and does so without any chemicals, invasive procedures or medications.  Laser light treatments can be done easily in a doctors office though they can be expensive.

You now have the option of purchasing a home unit that allows you to treat age spots in the privacy of your own home. These easy to use systems are portable and when used following manufacturers instructions provide a safe, convenient, easy to use system that can help fade age spots.

No more worrying about the high cost of treatments in a doctor’s office, no worrying about the risks and side affects of chemicals and medications that you’re not sure how you’ll react to. These simple to use systems provide you all of the benefits of light therapy that you’d get from your dermatologist at a fraction of the cost.

What is Botox?

Botox is a toxin that is produced by the bacteria that causes botulism.  This toxin affects the nerves and if injected into a muscle it causes the muscle to lose activity.
Uses for Botox
Botox is used to help treat spasms that occur in neck muscles, treating of lazy eye and may also be used to treat uncontrolled blinking as well as severe underarm sweating and other purposes.  One of the most common uses however is for temporary reduction in facial wrinkles.
Why consider Botox?

As we age we start to consider options to help diminish the lines and wrinkles that appear in our face and on our neck.  It’s important if you are one of the thousands of people who are trying to decide if Botox treatments are right for you that you understand the risks that are associated with Botox injections.

Like anything else, Botox is not without risk and if you’re considering it as a potential treatment for wrinkles, you should understand the risks, the side affects and all of the possible complications that are inherent to Botox injections.

What are the Botox Risks and Possible Complications?

Even if you know someone who has had successful Botox injections and you’ve decided that because they’ve had a successful treatment for facial cosmetics that you will too doesn’t mean that your treatments will be as successful.

There have been cases where Botox injections are placed too close to the eyelid and this can cause the eyelid to droop (although this can be temporary). It could take days, weeks or even months before this condition corrects itself, giving a very unusual appearance to your eyes and possibly causing eye problems as well.

There are also those people to develop allergic reactions to Botox injections. While this is a relatively rare complication, it’s certainly a consideration.  In fact, Botox injections are usually not recommended for women who are pregnant and may not even be recommended while nursing because there is no way to determine at this time if there is a risk to your baby.

Alternative Facial Treatments

If you’re concerned about the risks of side affects or if you feel that Botox injections are more invasive procedures than you’re willing to undergo but you still want to find a way to fight fine lines and wrinkles on your face, you may want to consider an at home photo light machine that will help provide you with a cost effective, non-evasive procedure that can help reduce not just fine lines but the discoloration of the skin that often comes with aging.
How they work

Photo light machines in your home are specifically designed to stimulate your bodies supply of collagen. It’s long been recognized that one of the major causes of our skin developing fine lines and wrinkles is because we do not produce as much collagen as we age.  Using a light system that not only stimulates collagen production but also can help minimize discolorations on our skin by altering the melanin in our skin means that this cost effective, non invasive treatment doesn’t carry all of the side affects of dangerous drugs like Botox.