You are what you eat. Luckily, I can safely say I'm not a Big Mac and Fries. Did you know that there are certain foods that can not only improve your health, but your appearance as well? It's true, the food we eat can make a big difference in the health and vibrance of your skin. Here's a list of our top favorites and their benefits:
-Romaine Lettuce: It's high in Vitamin A (OTC Retinol), which promotes cell turnover and collagen stimulation. In short, it's a natural exfoliant. It's also high in Vitamin K, which promotes vascular health. How's it good for your teeth? In homeopathic dentistry, romaine lettuce is thought to help reduce sensitivity and stregnthen enamel.
-Tomatoes: High in Lycopene, tomatoes help to reduce the risk of sunburn. Lycopene is also thought to reduce fine lines and wrinkles. As a snack, cherry tomatoes are a healthy alternative to sugary treats that promote tooth decay.
- Strawberries: These favorites are high in Vitamin C, which is a potent antioxidant. Vitamin C helps to produce collagen and maintain skin's firmness. Ellagic acid is also abundant in strawberries, this antioxidant protects the skin's elastic fibers and keeps skin from sagging. Strawberries can also be mixed with baking powder to help remove stains on teeth. Strawberries contain malic acid, which helps to remove surface stains.
-Apples: Apples contain the antioxidant Quercetin, which helps to minimize sunburn. It also minimalizes the damages caused by UVB rays, which can lead to skin cancer. Apples can also mimic the actions of a toothbrush, and work to help scrub the teeth clean. While apples may remove surface stain and tartar, it is still important to brush your teeth after eating them as they do contain sugar which will cling to the surface.
-Eggs: Eggs are high luthein and zeaxanthin protect against UV damage that causes fine lines, age spots and skin cancer. Eggs are a good stand in foe teeth in experiments and science projects. Curious as to if a food or drink might stain your teeth? Try it out on an eggshell first!
-Almonds: Almonds contain Vitamin E, one of the most beneficial antioxidants for skin health. Almonds also help boost the skin's moisture level. Almonds are also abundant in phosphorous, which helps to keep your bones and teeth strong.
-Olive Oil: Olive Oil is high in essential fatty acids that help to retain the skin's moisture. The body cannot synthesize EFA's, so a tablespoon of olive oil every day is beneficial. How is olive oil good for your teeth? Rinsing with an olive oil and water mixture can help to treat gingivitis.
Check back soon for more skin care secrets!
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Wednesday, July 28, 2010
Tuesday, April 13, 2010
Quick and Easy Skin Care Tips That Anyone Can Do!
Did you know that skin is the largest body organ? Here are some quick and easy skin care tips to get you started:
1. Use sunscreen daily! Sun damage is the number one cause of premature aging and skin cancer. Whether or not you intend to be outside, its a good idea to have that protection all the time. Some moisturizers also incorporate it, we recommend TNS Ultimate Daily Moisturizer +20 spf.
2. Take a multi-vitamin. Vitamins C, E, A and B7 are beneficial not only to your general health, but to your skin as well! They can help minimize free radical damage, help produce new cell growth, promote healing and help with acne.
3. Drink water! Water helps the skin rid itself of impurities. Between 8 and 10 glasses a day should do it. It will also aid your overall body function.
4. Don't touch your face!! Your hands are germy, transferring those germs onto your face promotes oil build up and break outs. Tie your hair back at night to keep product build up off of your skin, and keep make up brushes clean. Throw out any make up that is more than a few months old.
5. Wash your face every evening to remove make up and other environmental build up from the day. This will prevent acne breakouts and infections from developing. Wash carefully after applying hair products as they can cause build up and residue on your skin. Your skin heals best around 10 pm, so try and scrub up way before bed time!
6. Avoid excess sugar. (This one is dear to our dental hearts!) Excess sugar leads to the formation of toxins called AGEs, (advanced glycations end products) which lead to the breakdown of collagen, connective tissue and promote wrinkles. Since this is kind of a toughy, try reducing your sugar a little at a time, like only putting half the amount of sugar in your coffee each day until you're down to none.
7. Exfoliate! Exfoliating several times a week helps slough off dead cells and brightens skin. For men, this can also help with in grown hairs associated with shaving.
8. Use products and services designed for your skin type. If you're not sure what your skin type is, consult an aesthetician, who will not only be able to tell you your skin type, but will recommend which products you should and should not use.
9. Don't pick! Squeezing, picking, popping and all other sorts other mean things you do to your skin can cause scarring and infection! It also works bacteria deeper into the skin.
10. Change your pillow cases often. They will hold onto the oils, residue and bacteria that you leave on them every night.
1. Use sunscreen daily! Sun damage is the number one cause of premature aging and skin cancer. Whether or not you intend to be outside, its a good idea to have that protection all the time. Some moisturizers also incorporate it, we recommend TNS Ultimate Daily Moisturizer +20 spf.
2. Take a multi-vitamin. Vitamins C, E, A and B7 are beneficial not only to your general health, but to your skin as well! They can help minimize free radical damage, help produce new cell growth, promote healing and help with acne.
3. Drink water! Water helps the skin rid itself of impurities. Between 8 and 10 glasses a day should do it. It will also aid your overall body function.
4. Don't touch your face!! Your hands are germy, transferring those germs onto your face promotes oil build up and break outs. Tie your hair back at night to keep product build up off of your skin, and keep make up brushes clean. Throw out any make up that is more than a few months old.
5. Wash your face every evening to remove make up and other environmental build up from the day. This will prevent acne breakouts and infections from developing. Wash carefully after applying hair products as they can cause build up and residue on your skin. Your skin heals best around 10 pm, so try and scrub up way before bed time!
6. Avoid excess sugar. (This one is dear to our dental hearts!) Excess sugar leads to the formation of toxins called AGEs, (advanced glycations end products) which lead to the breakdown of collagen, connective tissue and promote wrinkles. Since this is kind of a toughy, try reducing your sugar a little at a time, like only putting half the amount of sugar in your coffee each day until you're down to none.
7. Exfoliate! Exfoliating several times a week helps slough off dead cells and brightens skin. For men, this can also help with in grown hairs associated with shaving.
8. Use products and services designed for your skin type. If you're not sure what your skin type is, consult an aesthetician, who will not only be able to tell you your skin type, but will recommend which products you should and should not use.
9. Don't pick! Squeezing, picking, popping and all other sorts other mean things you do to your skin can cause scarring and infection! It also works bacteria deeper into the skin.
10. Change your pillow cases often. They will hold onto the oils, residue and bacteria that you leave on them every night.
Tuesday, March 2, 2010
Free Radicals Bounce Off of Us
We drink alot of green tea in our office, its a great source of antioxidants. With all the media exposure to antioxidants and super foods, we feel its the least we can do. We also eat alot of McDonald's, but hey, no one is perfect. There's alot of buzz in the press about antioxidants, and some food and diet companies have composed fairly successful marketing campaigns around them. But what exactly are they, and how do they work?
THE LEAST YOU NEED TO KNOW: We're going back to high school chemistry class for just a second. Remember atomic anatomy? Everything is made of atoms, and atoms are made of protons and electrons. The number of protons and electrons in an atom is supposed to be equal. Free radicals are atoms that have unpaired electrons. Free radicals can cause skin cancer, photo-aging, discolorations in the skin. An easy way to think of this is to picture an apple. Cut it in half, and the inside will quickly begin to turn brown. The same thing is happening to your skin, just on a much less dramatic level.
Antioxidants fight free radicals. The two most common antioxidants are Vitamin C and Vitamin E. You may have them in your One-a-day, but that's not really what we're talking about.
HERE'S THE GOOD NEWS: Just like us, you can pretty much limit the amount of free radical damage... make them "bounce off of you", and no, its not the cup of green tea that's doing it. Its topical antioxidants that when applied to the skin, help not only fight free radical damage, but repair previous damage as well. Let's talk about them:
Vitamin C & E: These antioxidants work by donating their electrons to the free radicals, thus neutralizing the problem. Vitamin C is a super-antioxidant, as it also stimulates collagen production and Vitamin E. Our favorite product: SkinMedica's Vitamin C&E complex, its an all in one punch that only needs to be applied once daily.
Vitamin A (Retinol): Vitamin A (in all of its various forms) is a powerful weapon in the fight against dermal damage. Vitamin A assists your body in ridding itself of dead and damaged cells; "chemical exfoliation" (as opposed to the sandpaper method). It also assists in collagen production, and even further, it helps by binding growth factors (the things that make your skin new again) to cells. Now, we all remember the kid with acne in high school that had to go to the dermatologist and got put on Retin-A. He looked like a tomato. There's been som remarkable leaps and bounds in this technology, no tomatoes required. Our favorite product: SkinMedica's Retinol Complex. Applied once in the evening, this time released formula does its strongest work while you sleep, and when you're not exposed to the sun. Its gentle, and as long as its used at night, it generally does not cause irritation.
Moisturizers: Some moisturizers advertise antioxidants, and may in fact contain minimal amounts. Generally, they will include green tea, kinetin, some form of Vitamin C, etc., etc. But, the FDA has decreed than any products of this type that are sold OTC may not contain more than 3% active ingredient. We didn't lose hope, we found a product that works: SkinMedica's Dermal Repair Cream (are you seeing a pattern?). Dermal Repair cream not only moisturizes, but also contains high levels of Vitamins C and E, Vitamin B-5 (used to bind moisture to surface layers of skin), Hyaluronic Acid (which naturally occurs in the body and produces that "plump" look in the skin) and other powerful ingredients.
So, there you have it in a nutshell, our secrets to making free radicals bounce off of us. Simple, right?
THE LEAST YOU NEED TO KNOW: We're going back to high school chemistry class for just a second. Remember atomic anatomy? Everything is made of atoms, and atoms are made of protons and electrons. The number of protons and electrons in an atom is supposed to be equal. Free radicals are atoms that have unpaired electrons. Free radicals can cause skin cancer, photo-aging, discolorations in the skin. An easy way to think of this is to picture an apple. Cut it in half, and the inside will quickly begin to turn brown. The same thing is happening to your skin, just on a much less dramatic level.
Antioxidants fight free radicals. The two most common antioxidants are Vitamin C and Vitamin E. You may have them in your One-a-day, but that's not really what we're talking about.
HERE'S THE GOOD NEWS: Just like us, you can pretty much limit the amount of free radical damage... make them "bounce off of you", and no, its not the cup of green tea that's doing it. Its topical antioxidants that when applied to the skin, help not only fight free radical damage, but repair previous damage as well. Let's talk about them:
Vitamin C & E: These antioxidants work by donating their electrons to the free radicals, thus neutralizing the problem. Vitamin C is a super-antioxidant, as it also stimulates collagen production and Vitamin E. Our favorite product: SkinMedica's Vitamin C&E complex, its an all in one punch that only needs to be applied once daily.
Vitamin A (Retinol): Vitamin A (in all of its various forms) is a powerful weapon in the fight against dermal damage. Vitamin A assists your body in ridding itself of dead and damaged cells; "chemical exfoliation" (as opposed to the sandpaper method). It also assists in collagen production, and even further, it helps by binding growth factors (the things that make your skin new again) to cells. Now, we all remember the kid with acne in high school that had to go to the dermatologist and got put on Retin-A. He looked like a tomato. There's been som remarkable leaps and bounds in this technology, no tomatoes required. Our favorite product: SkinMedica's Retinol Complex. Applied once in the evening, this time released formula does its strongest work while you sleep, and when you're not exposed to the sun. Its gentle, and as long as its used at night, it generally does not cause irritation.
Moisturizers: Some moisturizers advertise antioxidants, and may in fact contain minimal amounts. Generally, they will include green tea, kinetin, some form of Vitamin C, etc., etc. But, the FDA has decreed than any products of this type that are sold OTC may not contain more than 3% active ingredient. We didn't lose hope, we found a product that works: SkinMedica's Dermal Repair Cream (are you seeing a pattern?). Dermal Repair cream not only moisturizes, but also contains high levels of Vitamins C and E, Vitamin B-5 (used to bind moisture to surface layers of skin), Hyaluronic Acid (which naturally occurs in the body and produces that "plump" look in the skin) and other powerful ingredients.
So, there you have it in a nutshell, our secrets to making free radicals bounce off of us. Simple, right?
Thursday, February 11, 2010
FREE Chemical Peels- One Day Event!
Please join us for this one day special event, and receive a SkinMedica Chemical Peel absolutely free! In addition, you will receive a FREE facial rejuvenation consult and service discounts. Please call 727. 733.1175 to RSVP or email colleen@allaboutsmiles.org.
Wednesday, January 13, 2010
Wednesday, September 9, 2009
Dunedin Cosmetic Dentist Hosts Night of Beauty
On October 15th at 6pm, Dr. Mike Hopkins will host a "Night of Beauty" in his office at 1952 Bayshore Blvd., Dunedin, Florida. The event will focus on facial aesthetics, and feature a brief presentation by Dr. Hopkins on the new "Liquid Lift" treatment, using Botox and Juvederm. Heather Goodchild of SkinMedica will also be on hand, and will briefly highlight some of SkinMedica's great new products. A generous, exclusive discount will be given to all attendees. There will hors d'ouevres and wine served, as well as fabulous goody bags for all who attend. Attendance is free, but a reservation is required as space is limited. To secure your seat, please call 727.733.1175 or email colleen@allaboutsmiles.org.
Tuesday, July 22, 2008
Hopkins Aesthetic & Reconstructive Dentistry Introduces SkinMedica
Last year we at Hopkins Aesthetic & Reconstructive Dentistry were proud to add Facial Rejuvenation to our list of services.
For those unaware of our Facial Rejuvenation Services, they consist of microderm abrasion, Botox, Juvederm and Restylane.
We are now pleased to introduce a skin care line to compliment these procedures. As of the time of this blog we are pleased to announce we are an official SkinMedica retailer. For detailed information on SkinMedica products, please visit their website: www.skinmedica.com .
We have decided to offer these products in order to enhance and compliment the effects of not only our Facial Rejuvenation services, but our cosmetic dental services as well. After all, a million dollar smile shines only as brightly as the setting it is in.
SkinMedica is a pharmaceutical grade luxury skin care line available only through physicians. Its stregnth lies in its concentrated active ingredients, which work to rebuild aging damage. These products will be available for sale in our office beginning the week of August 11, 2008. For more information, please contact us at 727.733.1175 or visit us on the web at www.allaboutsmiles.org
For those unaware of our Facial Rejuvenation Services, they consist of microderm abrasion, Botox, Juvederm and Restylane.
We are now pleased to introduce a skin care line to compliment these procedures. As of the time of this blog we are pleased to announce we are an official SkinMedica retailer. For detailed information on SkinMedica products, please visit their website: www.skinmedica.com .
We have decided to offer these products in order to enhance and compliment the effects of not only our Facial Rejuvenation services, but our cosmetic dental services as well. After all, a million dollar smile shines only as brightly as the setting it is in.
SkinMedica is a pharmaceutical grade luxury skin care line available only through physicians. Its stregnth lies in its concentrated active ingredients, which work to rebuild aging damage. These products will be available for sale in our office beginning the week of August 11, 2008. For more information, please contact us at 727.733.1175 or visit us on the web at www.allaboutsmiles.org
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