Necessary Vitamins in Skin Care Products

Posted on January 3, 2009 - Filed Under Health | Leave a Comment

Understanding the ingredients on skin care labels can be quite confusing.  It is difficult to select a skin care product when the manufactures use clinical names for the ingredients versus the common names we are used to. 

Reading the ingredients on skin care products can be quite confusing.  The labels use terms such as pentapeptides 3, Rentinyl, Palmitate  and Ascorbyl Pamitate and to the average person these terms are bewildering.  However, terms such as the ones listed above are clinical names of very common vitamins.

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The Best Agent in Anti Aging Therapy is Hyaluronic Acid

Posted on October 15, 2008 - Filed Under Uncategorized | Leave a Comment

Hyaluronic acid (HA) is a naturally occurring biopolymer and has properties to store water in your skin, providing moisture to all body processes. It acts as a lubricant, and is extremely necessary in the proper functioning of joint movement, heart valves, eyes, brain and skin.

Another very important benefit-it helps maintain the very shape of our skin.

HA helps in softening skin, dry skin relief, reducing fine lines, tissue reconstruction. When applied topically on the skin it helps the skin stay moist, vibrant and subtle even at older age.

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FDA Hears testimony on LASIK outcomes

Posted on August 13, 2008 - Filed Under Uncategorized | Leave a Comment

FDA hears testimony on LASIK outcomes. Lasik Michigan was not evaluated in this testimony.

FDA examines LASIK surgery complications.

Nearly ten years after its arrival in the United States, and more than 3 years after FDA approval, LASIK surgery is coming under fire from some patients who have suffered complications or experienced poor outcomes.

Today, the FDA heard testimony from patients who were dissatisfied with their LASIK surgery. Their complaints ranged from mild visual distortion, to pain, to severe activity-limiting visual halos and glare. One distraught parent read a suicide note from their child who described six years of eye pain and blurred vision.

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