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Remember to ICE it’s Sage Advice! Part Three

March 30th, 2011 | by SageAdvice | skin care

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SOLUTIONS

When you find yourself outside in the heat and humidity, playing golf or tennis, swimming or working out, carry a COOL IT BAG filled with a cold, wet towel, ice cubes, and water. Several times during the activity (when you have a break) wipe down your face, neck, and chest with the cold, wet towel and reapply your SPF 27. It feels great, is totally refreshing, and removes the excess salts and acids (from perspiration) that dry and irritate the skin. This calms the skin, reducing swelling, irritation, dryness, and inflammation. Read full story

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Remember to ICE it’s Sage Advice! Part Two

March 29th, 2011 | by SageAdvice | skin care

Mar
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THE IMPORTANCE OF ICE

HEAT AND HUMIDITY

False: Hot water opens pores and Cold water closes pores. (How many times did your mother tell you that one?)

True: Pores have no muscles and do not open and close.

Behind every old wife’s tale is a grain of truth.

Heat and humidity (St. Louis has the second highest rating in the U.S.) causes acne flare-ups because the skin “swells” from the cardiovascular system kicking in. When you get hot or exercise, two things happen at once. Your skin swells from the freshly oxygenated blood sent to the surface to feed the muscles that are “working” and then you start to perspire producing acids and salts to “cool” the body off. This combination of swelling skin with acids and salts irritates and dries the skin and can cause ZITS to get worse and become larger. (In Vietnam, many soldiers had acne flare-ups on their entire bodies because of the heat and humidity.) Read full story

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Remember to ICE it’s Sage Advice! Part One

March 24th, 2011 | by SageAdvice | skin care

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Ice Cubes

THE IMPORTANCE OF ICE

By: Barbara Strickland, Certified-Para Medical Esthetician

Truth: Cold or ice causes the skin to compact or get “thinner.”

I advise all of my clients to ice twice daily after Corrective Grains and Facial Shampoo because it reduces swelling and inflammation and allows your products to penetrate more quickly and give you faster and better results. Read full story

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