As the holidays approach, your days will be busy with shopping for gifts, visiting with family, parties to plan and parties to attend. And during this busy time, you want to look your best. But between shuffling the kids around and attending to your social gatherings, it may be difficult to take time to enhance [...]
Sometimes it Takes More Than Diet and Exercise Okay, now is the time to get serious. You are about to embark on that annual tradition of seeing your friends and family, and you want to look your best. Unfortunately, you may have gained a few inches since the last time you were together. Not to [...]
Facial hyperpigmentation occurs due to overproduction of melanin, caused by sun exposure, high temperatures, genetics, and hormones. When dealing with hormonal pigmentation, we are most likely dealing with a condition often referred to as Melasma, or Chloasma. This is considered to be dermal level pigmentation, which, if caught at an early stage, may be controlled, [...]
Creams and serums are great when it comes to preventing the signs of aging. However, with so many of them out on the market, it can get confusing when trying to find what suits your skin type. With different price ranges, and promises that come along from marketing geniuses behind these campaigns, the consumer never [...]
Facebook, Instagram, Twitter... Social Media can be misleading, especially when they make you believe that you can be your own medical aesthetician without any repercussions. We’ve all seen the clay masques that practically tear your skin off, the charcoal toothpaste that “magically” transforms your smile, and now, possibly the most misleading and dangerous ad out [...]
Our skin is the largest, live organ in our body and as such it reacts to the environment, the weather changes, and to the amount of UV in the atmosphere (The purple damaging sun light can cause sunburn, premature ageing, eye damage and skin damage leading to skin cancer). The Canadian winter months are the [...]
The line between botox and fillers can be quite blurred and sometimes people use the terms interchangeably. While both are great anti-aging treatments, they work their magic in distinct ways. Botox can better be described as a muscle relaxer of sorts. It freezes the muscles on site and prevents them from creasing. On the other [...]
Shaving and waxing isn’t just annoying, it’s a total waste of time and unnecessary. There are much better options available that are cheaper in the long run and prove to be more successful. Once you made the decision to forego the razor and hot wax, laser is a great choice. Get better and faster results [...]
It’s one thing to get older, but it’s another to actually show that you’re getting older. Age spots are a telltale sign that you are in fact, aging. They are flat, brown, gray or black spots on the skin and usually occur on areas that have been exposed to the sun. Age spots are also [...]
Laser is a great tool to stop the aging process. Using a combination of infrared (IR) and radio frequency (RF) technology, the medical skin care therapists at Canada MedLaser can tighten, firm and even melt fat away anywhere on the body. A typical problem area is the face, which can be tightened painlessly and with [...]
