The holiday season may be the most wonderful time of the year—but it also has the potential for wreaking havoc on your complexion. From a jam-packed schedule to ingestible temptation at every turn, it’s easy to get off-track as far as healthy diet and lifestyle choices are concerned. Here, six top dermatologists share their advice for helping you and your skin weather the final stretch of 2017—and start 2018 off beautifully. Click here to view the entire article.
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We all have a particular skincare issue we’d like to fix. We’re not talking about changing the way we look, but the way our skin behaves. An oily T-zone that looks more like a mirror than a forehead come lunchtime? We’ve been there. Chin scars left from a nasty bout of hormonal acne? We understand.
Skin can be a very temperamental thing, subject to change whenever our environment, hormones, lifestyle, or the products we use do. It can often feel like a constant battle — like when a dry patch clears up only for blackheads to appear — which is why we went to the pros to put our skin concerns under the spotlight.
Eight Refinery29 staffers, all with different skin tones and types, asked eight experts to help solve their issues. Click here to find out what they advised.
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Want to know the difference between acne and spots? There isn’t one, according to Dr Anjali Mahto of the British Association of Dermatologists. How many spots you have is irrelevant – even a few can really bother people. Those afflicted can become anxious, avoid social events and even stop going to work. “The mistake people make is to think acne is a cosmetic condition,” says Mahto. So if you think you might have acne, you probably do.
Adult-onset acne starts at around the age of 23 but can occur at any age in people who have never had spots before. Mahto says it affects 20% of women compared with 8% of men. It is a condition largely caused by genetics and hormones and not, as myth would have it, through dirty skin and too many chips. Even after the menopause women can suffer from acne – the male hormone androgen, in excessive amounts, is linked to the condition, but women produce it too, and during the menopause oestrogen levels drop and so the proportion of androgen rises. This causes a build up of dead skin cells and increased oil production, clogging up the hair follicles. Bacteria (Propionibacterium acnes) move in and the skin erupts in pustules, nodules (bumps) and cysts. Nodules that are inflamed and push deeper into the skin can be painful for weeks and cause scarring. Click here to read the full article.
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These are the in-office and at-home treatments you need to get your skin wedding-ready in 30 days.Early on, get into the habit of a weekly mask ritual. Take two minutes to sit back and de-stress, while giving your skin some TLC. What’s great about face masks is that there’s a formula (or, more likely, a few) to treat whatever ails you, err your skin. Say buh-bye to dullness with radiance-boosting vitamin C.
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Dr. Benjamin Barankin, as team dermatologist for TFC, is very proud to congratulate the team on winning the MLS soccer cup final this past Saturday. This is an amazing soccer team and with great coaches and other staff that have come together to give the great city of Toronto a much needed championship win. We wish the TFC team ongoing success!
Representation makes a world of difference to people, and sometimes, we don’t even realize it. Dolls are a quintessential part of childhood, but up until now, there hasn’t been an inclusive market for them. We’re seeing a wider range of skin tones, sizes, and styles surface in the past few years, but there is still a huge lack of representation.
Kay Black is on a mission to change that by creating detailed, custom-made dolls that are inspired by her customers. She has done dolls that spread the message that black is beautiful, but recently, she has also been doing dolls with the rare skin condition vitiligo. No doubt, this artist is changing the world and making a difference, one doll at a time. Click here to check out the dolls she made.
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“Just as most people know there is no such thing as safe smoking, there is also no such thing as safe sunbathing or tanning. Exposure to UVA and UVB rays can cause more than just a sunburn or tan – it can lead to everything from wrinkles to skin cancer.” Click here to read more about how you can protect your skin from harmful sunrays.
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Acne needs no introduction—for most, it’s an embarrassing blemish which only occurs during puberty, while others can literally be scarred by it.
The medical name is acne vulgaris, which occurs when one’s pores are clogged with dead skin, dirt, and excess oil. This includes blackheads, whiteheads, pimples, oily skin, hormonal breakouts, cysts, and scarring. It primarily affects the areas of the skin that host a high number of oil glands, such as the face, chest, and back.
“While many people do outgrow their acne by age 20, others do not. The issue with waiting is that you may have to face seven to 10 years of embarrassment and other psychological issues as a result, as well as scarring that develops, which is then expensive and painful to try and fix, and will never be fully fixed,” says Dr. Benjamin Barankin, a dermatologist for the Toronto Dermatology Centre. Click here to read the fill article.
The physicians at Toronto Dermatology Centre spent the weekend getting even more advanced & cutting edge education on injectable fillers such as Botox and Juvederm. Come to Toronto Dermatology Centre for your expert cosmetic care, always performed by highly trained & experienced physicians.
