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Healthy Aging Month was created to encourage events and promotions that help people discover ways to make the most of the positive aspects of aging, to age healthfully and gracefully. The main theme is that “it’s never too late to improve the physical, mental, social and financial quality of life.”
With that in mind, now is the perfect time to introduce your clients to skin care regimens, like Dermalogica AGE Smart, that benefit the skin as it ages or ChromaWhite which helps even pigmentation anomalies that occur with age.
The Grades of Aging
A new shortcut to help determine which products and treatments are best for a client’s skin condition: The Grades of Aging. Using these grades, you can quickly design a treatment program specially tailored for each client. Your plan guides clients toward their goals and keeps them right where they are, happy and pleased with their skin—and you. Read More
Mayo Clinic: Healthy Skin Habits
Today’s busy lifestyle leaves little time for anything, and things like skin protection can fall by the wayside. The result? Your skin is no longer the baby-soft glove you were born with. As you age, your skin gradually becomes thinner and finely wrinkled. Oil-producing (sebaceous) glands grow less active, leaving your skin drier. The number of blood vessels in your skin decreases, your skin becomes more fragile, and you lose your youthful color and glow. Conscientious skin protection steps are the key to healthful dermal aging. Read More
New Age Attitudes Toward AHAs
Solutions for wrinkles, pigmentation, acne and sagging skin continue to be sought out and coveted by the aging boomer generation. Their attitude has a stronger emphasis on health and longevity and are more educated about the good, bad and ugly part of invasive surgical procedures and challenge the traditional methods of surgery. This new age attitude has created a major demand for anti-aging treatments that don’t require anesthesia, needles and knifes, turning instead to AHA treatments and peels. Read More
Younger Consumers & Anti-Aging
According to a recent industry report the global market for anti-aging products - topical, dietary and pharmaceutical - is predicted to increase due to growing interest from an ever younger consumer base. According to the report, younger consumers, those aged between 25 and 30, are progressively becoming more interested in anti-aging products, particularly topical skin treatments. Read More
Natural vs. Organic
There is a new fad in skin care these days. Everywhere you look there are advertisements touting yet another new organic line. As concerns regarding the health of the environment continue to take center stage in the global conversation, these new lines are linking into this messaging, asking the consumer to believe organic products are not only safer to use than non-organics, but directly correlated to saving the environment. Read More |
