Skincare Blog

This article originally appeared on Cosmopolitan.com Did you know you’re supposed to wash your face after you use a face-wipe?? Here’s why. For years we’ve been told that one of the best things you can do for your skin is take off all of your makeup before bed. And the easier it is to remove said makeup,… Read more »

We were extremely flattered to be interviewed for this article!    How to Get Rid of Your Acne Scars A.A. Newton Few skin conditions torpedo self-esteem the way acne does. As it turns out, a face full of painful lesions—not to mention unsolicited, tone-deaf advice from family and strangers alike—has a way of driving people into hiding…. Read more »

In a world full of flowing information, it can be hard to differentiate which “facts” to believe and which to ignore. This can especially be the case when dealing with acne, when every source you check has differing information.In order to shed the light of truth on some frequent Acne urban legends, here goes the debunking of some of the most popular pimple lore…Poor hygiene causes Acne.

Immediately after your hand treatment, there are some recommended things you can do to make your healing as comfortable as possible: Feel free to apply cold compresses / ice packs to the injected areas immediately after treatment to help reduce swelling Try to avoid touching the treatment-area for 6-hours after your treatment. (The area will… Read more »

Dear Fraxel Diary, I am 47-years old woman that loves spending time outdoors. In the Fall and Spring I am happy for any excuse to be out and about in my hometown of Philadelphia, and during the Summer I spend every second I can at the shore in Avalon, NJ. Because of my history of… Read more »

Bring your favorite Botox-Virgin (BFF/ coworker / family member) with you for a joint Botox Cosmetic treatment, and you’ll both enjoy: $11.00/unit Promo Pricing (Regularly $13.00/unit) 1x Sente Dermal Repair Cream: Botox’s Best Friend! Enhance your injection results with this Anti-Aging All-In-One product. ($150 value) The pleasure of each other’s company. 🙂 BONUS! First 24x people seen will get Sente Gift… Read more »

So there?s an app called ?Botox Booth?. Similar to the simplistic ?Fat Booth? or ?Old Booth?, you upload a photograph and the app will warp the face to show what that person would look like with ?Botox?. The image used to market this app (at left) shows a woman, where the most noteable change seems to be her pumped-up lips.

You know how Naomi feels about Sente Dermal Repair Cream…   We are now happy to introduce another wonderful Sente product! ATP Reset Moisturizer is a light-weight, luxurious, antiaging, antioxidant-rich, moisturizer. Light enough to easily fit into your existing skin regimen, ATP Reset Moisturizer provides gentle hydration for even the most sensitive skin. With it’s… Read more »

With the plethora of sunscreen options now available at your fingertips, the myriad of choices can be confusing. To help you decipher what the labels mean, and which product may be best for you, the following is a cheat-sheet of sorts to expain the most commonly used terms and abbreviations. UVA Short for Ultraviolet-A, these… Read more »

Once upon a time, four years ago, there was the patient who would not stop picking at a (perceived) pimple on her chin. She persisted with her squeezing and picking until she literally reached the bone.

Even the best-intentioned sunscreen user may run into questions from time to time… Is it OK to use last year’s sunscreen? Do you need different sunscreen for your face versus body? What is the difference between a mineral sunscreen and a chemical one?!  Is my sun protection bad for the environment?? Naomi Fenlin, owner of… Read more »

With SO much skincare and beauty advice floating around, it can be really hard to discern which nuggets to believe and which to discard. Below the About Face team debunks 7x common skincare inaccuracies. (Have you heard / read something that you don’t know whether or not to believe? Feel free to run it by… Read more »

It used to be that patients would come in with pictures of celebrity lips they wanted to emulate. Now, they come in with pictures of celebrity backsides. In the span of a few years, Sculptra has accumulated a cult-following of celebrities, models, and mere mortals alike, that all wish to safely augment their buttocks and… Read more »

As an adult who has been obsessed with sunscreen protection for the past 10+ years, I’d be lying if I said that the process was easy. Or fun. Surrounded by ALL of the proof anybody could possibly need to KNOW  the neccesary responsibility that is frequent sunscreen application, (plus the first-hand joy of getting multiple… Read more »

It doesn’t matter how many times you are told that sun exposure is bad for your skin. The negative impact doesn’t usually happen right away, and it can be easy to shrug off warnings and advice, and convince yourself that none of that bad stuff will happen to you.

A new survey reveals the average daily cost of how much an American woman spends on her face.  In a recent SkinStore customer survey, it was discovered that the average American spends $8.00 a day on skincare products, with the average women applying a whopping 16 products minimum to their face – before even leaving the house. At first, this… Read more »