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How To Improve Acne Scars 500 750 Facercise

How To Improve Acne Scars

facial exercisesOne of the worst things about acne is the scarring it leaves behind. These scars linger on and sometimes never go away. When our skin is inflamed, there is typically a mark left behind while the skin heals. This may go away over time, but if there is collagen damage, permanent scarring can occur in the form of keloids or depressed pores that look like an indentation. It’s a shame to let acne scars affect your appearance, especially when you do the work to look your best with facial exercises and good skincare.

Here are a few ways to reduce this unsightly condition.

Prevent Breakouts

This is probably the best way to avoid acne marks and scars. Follow an antioxidant-rich diet to reduce inflammation and avoid refined sugars and simple carbs that promote the growth of bacteria that causes acne.

Don’t Pick

We know you’ve heard this many times before, but don’t pick! It can cause permanent scarring after a breakout heals. Get a facial with a licensed, professional aesthetician if you really need extractions.

Wear Sunscreen

The sun’s powerful UV rays can darken breakout marks while they’re healing. This can make their appearance stick around longer. Wear sunscreen every single day, rain or shine to prevent this from happening.

Lighten and Brighten

Use a lightening product to fade scarring over time. There are many natural products you can find that have no side effects. One of our best-selling products is our Brightening Cream. It’s enriched with vitamin C, a powerful brightening agent with a bevy of other benefits. Our Brightening Cream is also very effective at eliminating rosacea.

Retinol Products

Retinol products are excellent for removing dark spots and keloids that acne leaves behind. Our Luxe Retinol Serum is a super effective product for this issue! It promotes cell turnover and accelerates renewal, which fades the spots and hyperpigmentation caused by acne and sun damage. Luxe Retinol serum is a best-seller because its gentle formula works without causing irritation.

In-Spa Treatments

We offer two excellent treatments at Carole Maggio Day Spa that help reduce the appearance of acne scars: microdermabrasion and stem cell facials.

Don’t wait another day! Start a regimen of facial exercises and advanced skin care products now to reduce the appearance of acne scars and to create healthy, beautiful skin.

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5 Benefits of Omega-3 Fatty Acids 500 333 Facercise

5 Benefits of Omega-3 Fatty Acids

facial exercisesOmega-3 fatty acids are one of the best kept beauty secrets next to facial exercises. Also known as “healthy fats,” this group of polyunsaturated fatty acids is essential for beauty, anti-aging and overall health. They provide amazing anti-aging benefits that you won’t want to miss.

Omega-3 fatty acids will improve every aspect of your life, from having firmer, more elastic skin and a healthy glow to an improved mood and lower cholesterol. Since our bodies can’t produce them on their own, we need to eat foods rich in these essential fatty acids. Some excellent sources are avocados (Carole’s favorite), salmon, mackerel, tuna, walnuts, sardines and extra virgin olive oil.

Read on for five benefits of omega-3 fatty acids.

1. Glowing Skin

Omega-3 fatty acids have significant anti-inflammatory properties that promote clearer skin and hydrate from the inside out. They are responsible for the health of the cell membrane, which acts as a barrier to harmful elements. Omega-3 fatty acids also help maintain healthy levels of collagen and elastin, which is essential for skin elasticity. When you do your facial exercises every day and eat a diet rich in omega-3 fatty acids, your skin will have a healthy, youthful glow.

2. Lustrous, Shiny Hair

Omega-3 fatty acids nourish hair follicles to make it grow stronger, feel softer and look shinier and fuller.

3. Optimal Function

Polyunsaturated fatty acids help your body function at its best. They promote healthy digestion, blood flow, cell division and growth, brain function, fertility and muscle activity. Omega-3 fatty acids have also been shown to help reduce joint pain and decrease symptoms of rheumatoid arthritis.

4. Cardiovascular Health

Much research shows that omega-3s promote healthy hearts and reduce the risk of chronic illnesses and diseases, including various forms of cancer.

5. Boost Your Mood

Medical studies show that consumption of omega-3s can elevate your mood and reduce anxiety.

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Your Skin on Antioxidants 500 270 Facercise

Your Skin on Antioxidants

vitamin C serumAntioxidants play a critical role in fighting the signs of aging caused by free radical oxidation. Free radicals are formed by damage to the environment from toxins, pollution, tobacco and the sun. These scavengers cause permanent cell deterioration and reduce elasticity, which results in the signs of aging. The dirty work of free radicals show up in the form of fine lines and wrinkles, dullness, undereye circles and sagging skin.

The Power of Antioxidants

Antioxidants are composed of vitamins and minerals. They have the power to neutralize free radicals and help prevent and even reverse some of their damage. Antioxidants that you can consume and use topically also reduce and soothe inflammation. When skin is inflamed, the reparative process is impeded. The result is acne, sun spots, hyperpigmentation and the cellular damage that causes fine lines and wrinkles.

Vitamin C

Many fruits, vegetables and food items are rich in antioxidants and now they’re often infused into skincare products, such as our Vitamin C Complex Serum. They can be water- or lipid-soluble or both. Skincare products containing antioxidants are as essential as sunscreen to your daily regimen. They help form a barrier that protects your skin from damage from the sun’s dangerous UV rays and other environmental pollutants that cause oxidative stress. Products like Vitamin C Complex Serum prevent and even reverse the damage free radicals cause.

Vitamin C is a critical antioxidant because it can actually help prevent sunburn and photo-aging. We tell our clients to layer High Density C Serum under their sunscreen for added protection. An added benefit is that it boosts production of collagen, the protein responsible for skin’s elasticity. Regular use of vitamin C serum can fade dark spots, boost firmness and give skin a rosy glow.

Vitamin A

Vitamin A contains retinoids, which help improve the appearance of acne, wrinkles, brown spots and hyperpigmentation, while stimulating cellular turnover. Products containing vitamin A boost collagen production and slough away dead skin cells that clog pores and cause inflammation. Vitamin A also promotes wound healing and the production of new blood vessels.

Vitamin E

Vitamin E is another excellent antioxidant to incorporate into your skincare regimen. It protects against sun damage, hydrates and soothes dry skin, discourages wrinkles and may help heal wounds and scars. Studies show that when vitamin C and E are used together, they provide even greater protection from UV rays and reduce the formation of sunburn cells.

Our Vitamin C Complex Serum is one of the most effective, antioxidant-rich vitamin C products on the market.

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How to Defy Age While You Sleep 500 333 Facercise

How to Defy Age While You Sleep

facial exercisesSleep offers one of the best ways to look and feel younger. Proper sleep rejuvenates your entire body and maximizes the results of your skincare program and facial exercises. Our skin cells work to repair and regenerate when we sleep, so there’s no better time to boost your skin care regimen. Read my three tips for fighting the signs of aging while you sleep.

1. Optimize Your Products

Since your cells repair and regenerate at night while you sleep, your products have more time to absorb and will work better. Use a rich hydrating product like my Ultra Hyaluronic Cream or Advanced Anti-Aging Cream all over your face, neck and décolletage.  Our new Korean Skin Care products are also superb complements to facial exercises.

2. Shed the Excess

Nighttime is the deal time to apply a retinol product to shed dead skin cells and stimulate collagen production. My Luxe Retinol serum gently but effectively exfoliates those cells that clog pores and dull our skin. With nightly use, you’ll reduce the appearance of fine lines and wrinkles while imparting a youthful glow. Boost results by applying eye cream and moisturizer over the retinol to maximize absorption.

3. Address the Full Package

Don’t stop at your face—apply products to your entire body, when possible. Moisturize your neck and décolletage with a product specifically designed for that area or your face products. Several times a week, apply a rich hand cream to both your hands and feet and cover with gloves and socks for the ultimate hydrating treatment. If you can, apply retinol to your hands, arms and legs, with special attention to the often-dry elbows and knee areas. If you dry brush regularly and treat the skin all over your body, your skin will glow and appear firmer.

Proper sleep plus a regular regimen of Facercise, our proprietary system of facial exercises, and advanced skin care products, will help you have the best skin ever.