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Stop reading, get moving!
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“I’m going to exercise more.” It’s one of the most common, and most easily dropped New Year’s resolutions. We all have such good intentions, and most of us know how good we feel after we work out. But getting there is hard, and sometimes, we need a swift kick to get us moving. So for…
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Want Healthy Skin? Start from Within!
Everyone knows the old saying: you are what you eat. Here at St. Louis Cosmetic Surgery Medical Spa, we encourage our patients to not only follow the skin care regimens our estethicians recommend, but to eat healthy as well. There are many foods out there that are wonderful for the skin, and healthy for the…
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Mommy Makeover Diaries: Michelle’s “After” Story
After waiting for years to have her procedure (and three kids later), Michelle is finally through and on the road to recovery. While her first couple of nights were a little rough (pain medication made her groggy, and she didn’t want to do much), every day got a little better after that. She got up,…
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Mommy Makeover Diaries: What to expect during a consultation
People choose to have cosmetic procedures for many reasons. Maybe they’ve always been unhappy with a feature on their body, or maybe they used to love the way they look and suddenly that changed. The reasons are as unique as the people themselves. For one of our mommies, Rhonda, this procedure is the “icing on…
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Visualize Your Plastic Surgery Results with 3D Imaging Technology
Thousands of people consider aesthetic plastic surgery each year, and more and more those people are turning to photos so they can try to imagine for themselves what they would look like after a procedure. St. Louis Cosmetic Surgery has new technology to make that choice more visual and much easier to ultimately make. Recent advances…
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Why should I stop using bar soap to cleanse my skin?
Some people resort to using bar soap, trying to rid the skin of excess oil, not knowing that soap can cause skin to dehydrate instantly, thus activating the oil glands to multiply their oil production internally in order to compensate the loss of the surface oil. It’s no secret that ALL bar soap causes soap…
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What are the benefits of having regular facial treatments?
The skin has a natural tendency to heal itself; however, depending on the results you desire, sometimes we must seek professional help in order to achieve maximum results. Your skin renews itself about every 28 days. This process tends to slow as we mature. In order to help with age-related concerns, like wrinkles, crow’s feet,…
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What is your guilt level?
On a scale of 1-10, with 10 being the guiltiest, how much guilt do you have spending money on skincare products or treatments for yourself? And why? You have no problem spending thousands on new cabinets or flooring in a house you aren’t staying in forever. But your skin- you are staying in forever, so…
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Baby steps to fighting the clock
Where do I start? I talked with a patient today in her late 50’s that said she wasn’t sure where to start? Forehead down or chin up? My advice to her, please just start somewhere. Worry about what to do and not doing anything is only speeding up the clock, not slowing it down. At…
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Magazine Junkie!
Are you like most? Do you love to look at all the beauty ads in magazines. We all want to use that shampoo and get thick shiny hair just like the model that has never used the product in her life. Or have my wrinkles fade away in 30 days from a moisturizer made mostly…