In the June 2008 Issue of In Style magazine, featuring Cameron Diaz on the cover, Elizabeth Lamont writes tips on how to achieve the flawlessly natural, ‘bare’ makeup look that has become wildly popular this year.  Stars and models alike are donning light, glowing, fresh faces in nude barely-there shades for summer and looking more gorgeous than ever.  Her list includes product suggestions, tips for applying concealer, for choosing the right shades and mixing colors with foundation to tone down their effect. What AMA has to say: Blush, concealer, foundation, shimmer lotion, powders?  Sounds like a lot of hassle for a breezy, makeup-free look to us!  What if you could have that smooth, creamy, effortless look without all the… effort?  The AMA SpectraLift™ integrates a wide variety of highly specialized laser procedures to completely resurface your skin, energize collagen, smooth away wrinkles and fine lines, erase spots and discolorations, and smooth out the overall pigmentation of your skin.  This procedure is less expensive, less painful, less risky, less time consuming, healthier, and more effective than a traditional, surgical facelift.  It is customized for your skin and yields extremely long lasting, absolutely natural results.  So toss the crèmes, powders, and pigments; dare to bare your very own skin.  You don’t have to ‘cover up’ to look ‘uncovered’. The secret behind ‘dare to bare’ skin that’s ready when you wake up in the morning and looks fabulous until you go to bed at night (no touching-up required!) is to heal the damage and correct the irregularities through true physiological transformation.  Your skin will be healthier, stronger, and younger on the inside, which makes it years younger, healthier, and more beautiful on the outside.  

In the June 2008 issue of In Style Magazine, featuring Cameron Diaz on the cover, a brief Beauty Q and A addresses the sun protection in many common skin products, such as foundation powders and crèmes.  Foundation powders, even if they are listed to have an SPF of 10 or more, do not offer sufficient sun protection with the kind of coverage that most people use.  One would have to apply much more to their skin than would be reasonable in daily makeup.  The article suggests using a broad-spectrum sunscreen before applying the makeup to ensure that your skin is protected from the sun. What AMA has to say: The key is in ‘broad spectrum’ sunscreens – products that protect against both UVA and UVB rays, the two harmful wavelengths in sunlight.  Most products on the market do not protect against both!  So, while you may be faithfully applying your sunscreen every morning before you go out regardless of the weather, you may not actually be as protected as you think you are. American Medical Aesthetics carries a wide range of high quality, medical grade skin products that include broad-spectrum sun protection.  Whether you’re looking for a light, tinted moisturizer for daily wear or a heavy-duty, waterproof high-SPF for a long, bright day at the beach we have you ‘covered’! Sun protection is essential, particularly during the summer months when you want to be out as much as possible enjoying the warm air and great weather.  Make sure that you don’t come away from your recreational activities with sunburns and long-lasting damage to your skin. If your skin has already paid a price to the sun, resulting in spots, wrinkles, and uneven texture, then get on the path to healing today.  Your sun damage can be reversed through AMA’s revolutionary, holistic process of Physiological Transformation.  Our unique protocols and highly trained specialists can actually renew your skin from the inside out, making it healthier, stronger, and younger on the inside so that it is years younger, healthier, and more beautiful on the outside, naturally.  

In the June 2008 issue of Oprah magazine, Susan Logan writes an article about a friend receiving a major surgical facelift.  She discusses not only her friend’s process of nervousness about the procedure, and then being afraid of the results throughout the initial healing process (a lengthy one where cosmetic surgery is involved!), but also the complicated feelings she herself – a middle aged woman – suffered as a result.  After struggling with the envy of her friend’s procedure, she ultimately ‘gives up’ and decides to simply accept her aging skin as it is. What AMA has to say: There’s absolutely nothing wrong with looking your best, letting how you look reflect the way you feel – young, vibrant, and fabulous!  But surgery is a scary, expensive plunge that involves months of possible downtime and side-effects that can be disastrous.  More importantly, there is a better way to improve your skin and take years off your face – and off your mind!  Holistic, non-surgical laser procedures such as our innovative SpectraLift™, can offer you the results of surgery as well as improving the physiology of your skin without the risk of disfigurement, and with almost no down-time and side-effects (a few days of swelling and redness as opposed to weeks of bleeding, bruising, and pain).  Wrinkles, spots, sagging, discolorations, enlarged pores and more can be swept off your face in just a few, comfortable, totally non-invasive procedures with our state-of-the-art equipment and highly trained specialists.  

In the May 2008 issue of Image Magazine, a lengthy article by Cherri Straus details some of the hazards of UV exposure and ways to protect your appearance – and your health – from the damaging effects of the sun.  There’s no doubt that spending time out in the sun has an extremely positive impact on your health and wellbeing.  Fresh air, exercise, and the uplifting effect of a sunny day are necessary to all of our lives; however, if we don’t protect our skin, that fun-in-the-sun time can produce premature wrinkles, spotting, scaling and more frightening damage underneath the surface, such as cancer.  Skin cancer is the most common kind of cancer in the United States. What AMA has to say: Skin cancer is not a matter to be taken lightly.  Neither are negative effects on your appearance!  Don’t fear, however.  American Medical Aesthetics has a wide variety of products and procedures to both reverse and eliminate prior damage to your skin, as well as protecting you from future damage.  We will arm you with all the tools and knowledge you need to go out and soak up as many of the life-giving rays as you want, without having to worry that you’re doing more harm than good to yourself. Our unique, leading-edge laser treatments – such as the innovative, holistic SpectraLift™ as well as smaller, more targeted ‘spot treatments’ – are individually tailored to your unique skin, and its precise condition.  Not only do they eliminate the appearance of this damage, but they actually neutralize damaged cells underneath, restoring your skin to a truly healthier condition and reducing the risk of cancerous cells forming. We also carry a range of the highest quality, medical grade topical products to protect your skin while gently moisturizing and improving its overall tone and texture.  Come in and talk to our experienced staff about what sunscreens will be best for your skin type and activities.