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Debunking Common Skin Care Myths

As your dedicated esthetician, it’s my passion and responsibility to ensure you have all the right information to take care of your skin. I want to address some common skin care myths that continue to circulate, despite not being true. It’s important to have accurate information to make informed decisions about the health of your skin. 

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Preventing Neck Wrinkles

Wrinkles and fine lines are a natural part of the aging process, but we can do what we can to delay them. The neck is one of the first places to show visible signs of aging. Lack of proper skin care, sun exposure and volume loss due to aging are some of the biggest culprits. Read on for my recommendations for how to prevent neck wrinkles.

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Melanie Finke Melanie Finke

Is Your Skin Care Routine Right For You?

Our faces are on the front line, bombarded by the sun, air pollution, and dirt. Keeping your skin healthy is very important! Everyone’s skin is unique so your particular treatment plan and home skin care regimen is specific for what your skin needs.

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Melanie Finke Melanie Finke

9 Tips for Radiant Skin

Maintaining beautiful, radiant skin doesn’t happen by chance, it takes effort. There’s no quick fix, but there are some healthy skin care and lifestyle habits that support aging well and staying younger-looking longer. Practicing these nine habits consistently makes a huge difference in how you look and feel.

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Melanie Finke Melanie Finke

Protecting Your Skin From Sun Damage

Did you know that sun damage accounts for ninety percent of the visual signs of aging? The skin is exposed to oxidative damage from UV radiation and predisposes you to accelerated aging of the skin and skin cancer. Read on for some suggestions for protecting your skin.

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7 Benefits of Dermaplaning

Your skin is exposed daily to harsh environmental toxins, irritants, and sun damage. This can injure your skin cells making the skin appear dull and age prematurely. Dermaplaning is a corrective skin treatment that uses a physical exfoliation method to clear away those damaged skin cells to reveal fresher skin that is smooth and glowing. 

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Melanie Finke Melanie Finke

Skin Care Tips for Healthy Aging

Your skin changes over the years. With time, we all get visible lines on our faces. Skin becomes thinner, loses fat, and can often look less moist and plump than it once did. The good news is our genetics are only 20-30% responsible for our aging process. That means 70-80% of how we’ll age is in our control! Here are some healthy habits we can do to avoid our skin aging more quickly than it naturally would.

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Melanie Finke Melanie Finke

The Stress/Skin Connection

The impact of chronic stress changes the whole immune make-up causing an increase in inflammation. This in turn can cause a flare up for people who tend to have skin conditions such as acne, rosacea and eczema. Chronic inflammation can even accelerate the aging of the skin! Read on for a few self-care reminders that can benefit your skin.

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