SUN PROTECTION-The most important anti-ageing treatment of all.

According to a British Association of Dermatologists survey carried out in recent years, many Britons are unaware that sun protection can keep the skin looking younger, believing instead that applying a daily moisturizer, eating a healthy diet, drinking plenty of water and having facial treatments will suffice.

In fact, such measures will have nowhere near the anti-ageing impact of sun protection. Not only does exposure to UV increase a person's risk of skin cancer, it also affects the elastin in the skin, which leads to wrinkles and sun-induced skin ageing such as roughness, increased thickness and blotchy pigmentation. So, even though you might feel instantly better with that tan, years later you will live to regret it! In reality, each tan is giving your skin irreversible sun damage which will become very evident not far down life’s winding road!

Even though we may live in rainy, cloudy old England it is still essential to protect your skin from damaging UVA rays every single day. UVA rays are constantly present, no matter the season or the weather. If you think you can't get sun damage on a cloudy day, tell that to the UVA rays! They are so powerful that they also penetrate some clothing and even glass. When was the last time you applied sunscreen before getting behind the wheel?

These photos say it all! This lady sat in the same position at work in front of a window to her left for 15 years Look at the difference between the appearance of her skin on the two sides of her face. The left certainly has aged far more and even has a precancerous lesion.

UVA rays used to be considered relatively safe, in terms of the sun's rays, and that's why tanning beds, which use UVA rays, took center stage. We now know that using tanning beds before the age of 30 can actually increase your risk of skin cancer by 75%!

UVB Rays are the rays you can blame when you get sunburn. Unlike UVA rays, these rays aren't always the same strength year round - They're more prevalent in the summer months, however they are able to reflect off water or snow, so it's always important to protect yourself all year round. UVB rays are responsible for causing most skin cancers. While large doses of UVA rays can contribute to cancer, it's the UVB rays that are commonly to blame.
All sunscreens protect against UVB rays, but it wasn't until recent years that sunscreen started including UVA protection, and in fact, not all sunscreens do. Look for one that specifically says UVA/UVB or "broad spectrum coverage" on the bottle.

Our Environ range of skin care includes a highly effective sunscreen endorsed by the Cancer Association of South Africa. It is suitable for any age, even babies, and contains a reflective agent(titanium dioxide), UVA and UVB absorbent filters(Ethyl MethoXycinnamates and Butyl Dibenzoylmethane)as well as antioxidants Vitamin C , Vitamin E and Beta Carotene, to give a three armed attack against the damaging rays and free radicals. It should be applied every morning for anti-ageing protection after moisturising. If you want a tan…fake it!

Skin health

The importance of Vitamin A

Vitamin A is the central driving factor in the development of normal, healthy human tissue including all parts of the skin, literally from conception to death. If vitamin A was to disappear from earth tomorrow for some mysterious reason, no more humans would be born in the normal, recognizable form any more. We are human because of vitamin A.

Vitamin A is essential to assist the basal cell layer cells to specialise into the various functional epidermal cells above it. This process happens approximately once per month to five weeks. Without vitamin A this would not happen effectively, and healthy, functioning layers would not form.
Skin becomes thin because of a general lack of vitamin A, sun damage, loss of sex hormones, general ageing and excess exposure to cortisone(stress). If the skin is not assisted by proper nutrition of all elements which contribute to healthy cell behaviour, the end result will be malnutrition. Just as humans become very thin when they are starving and undernourished, so too does the skin, when it lacks essential vitamins and nutrients.

Environ eye gel is reviewed

Environ AVST Eye Gel

http://www.dentelle.co.uk/elegance.html
On days – even weeks – when sleep is in short supply, it’s an achievement to simply get through the day ….. On these days, you need all the help you can get and this no-nonsense product should fit the bill. Clean, crisp packaging with a large dollop of science thrown in for good measure. The gel is cooling and gentle, though it felt as is it was getting to work immediately and did help soften those lines after a few days.

The full review is at http://yummymummybeauty.com/?page_id=3509

Skin analysis event

Environ Advanced Skin Analysis

Have you ever wondered how your skin compares to others of your own age?
Or how you might look in a few years’ time, without some serious intervention?

... A high tech skin analysis technique by Environ is coming to Dentelle at Elegance Nails and Beauty for a series one day events, which will reveal all that’s good and bad about your skin.

A skin analyst from anti-ageing skincare brand Environ is hosting the special events and will be on hand to provide free* 45 minute consultations (limited to eight per event). She uses powerful Visia imaging technology to capture information and assess common problem areas, such as sun damage, brown pigmentation blemishes, capillary damage, wrinkles, scars or imperfections and congested pores. This equipment is so advanced that plastic surgeons and dermatologists use it worldwide.

She will be identifying goals for treatments and offering solutions to overcome niggling complexion concerns and take years off your appearance, without the need to go under the knife. The skin advisor recommends products for use at home, salon treatments as well as dietary and lifestyle advice, which are aimed at giving the individual clearer, more radiant, even toned, smoother and less lined skin.

The machine’s camera provides a series of images which reveal the extent of each problem and attributes a score. Clients pay a return visit to the salon after three months, when improvements are graded by comparing a new set of visuals with the originals.

“There are too many empty promises in the beauty world,” says Environ Founder Dr Des Fernandes. “By using this sophisticated system we can now prove to our clients that using active skincare products and following our advice makes a measurable and visible difference. We can even artificially ‘age’ your skin to show how you could look in five years without proper skincare.”

*Although the Environ skin analysis is free, there is a £20 booking fee, which is redeemable against Environ products purchased on the day.

For more information about the Environ's Skin Analysis Events please contact Clare at clare@dentelle.co.uk

Next event is scheduled for 20th February 2012..only a few places remaining!

Keeping up to date.

November Facial Aesthetics Masterclass with Dr. Koenraad de Boulle 

Clare spent a fabulous day at this masterclass. A very engaging speaker with countless top tips for successful aesthetic treatments.

This exciting Masterclass is open to medical professionals from the aesthetics industry (doctors, dentists, registered nurses etc.) and is a unique opportunity to expand their industry knowledge. The itinerary for the day includes: lectures on facial aesthetics; interactive assessment of cosmetic indications using selected patients; demonstrations of techniques from basic to advanced; discussion of product selections; Q&A with Koenraad; how to manage complications.

Journalists give Genuine Dermaroller™ Therapy ™ the thumbs up

More than 90% of journalists who have tried Genuine Dermaroller™ Therapy™ would recommend the treatment to others, according to a survery carried out by AesthetiCare®.  Publications surveyed included The Daily Mail, Prima and The Evening Standard. Journalists polled also commented that they saw Genuine Dermaroller™ Therapy ™ as a fantastic alternative to more invasive skin treatments and over 70% stated that they found the procedure to be uncomfortable rather than painful.  Many polled also felt that the treatment would be around for a very long time and with over 1000 practitioners now trained, it’s easy to see how it will continue to go from strength to strength.   Managing Director Roger Bloxham said, ‘This interesting survey of top beauty journalists who ‘really know their stuff’ demonstrates what a valuable and now established treatment Genuine Dermaroller™ Therapy is and I would like to thank all the medical aesthetic practitioners through out the UK who have delivered this treatment and enabled thousands of their clients to receive the great benefits the journalists in this survey refer to. Also I would like to thank them for maintaining the standards that we in the medical aesthetic community aspire to by using the highest quality Genuine Dermaroller™ German manufactured medical devices and spreading the message that this is a treatment that needs to be conducted in a medical aesthetic setting, this has enabled the reputation and therefore the benefits of this great treatment to be maintained in an environment which is otherwise currently unregulated in the UK”.

New Dermal Filler Technique

BACN Unveils New Device For Facial Injectables

Clare recently attended to BACN Conference to keep up to date with all the very latest techniques.

She has already had training in this advanced technique which uses a blunt cannula rather than a needle to administer dermal fillers without damaging the surrounding tissues.

A major change in the way anti-ageing ‘fillers’ are being administered means that the risk of bruising and swelling from facial injectables is becoming a thing of the past.

As members of the British Association of Cosmetic Nurses learned at their Second Annual Conference this week, the manufacturers of several leading dermal fillers are proposing cannulas instead of needles for certain treatments.  The benefits are numerous – including an easier injecting process that involves far fewer entry points and therefore less tissue trauma for patients.  The outcome is a perfect result with no evidence of recent treatment.

“The introduction of the cannula is truly a technical revolution for professional injectors using facial fillers,” remarked Emma Davies, Chair of the British Association of Cosmetic Nurses (BACN), who explained that by using a cannula, the injector can deliver product to a wide area of the face through a single perforation.
Cannulas are devices with elongated, fine flexible tubes.  A needle is used to pierce the patient’s skin and is then replaced by a cannula which can be used to introduce tissue fillers to several sites – for example, the mid-face, cheeks and the naso-labial folds – without puncturing the skin again.

Cannulas are especially useful for particularly sensitive areas of the face, such as around the eyes, and the lips.  Because the skin is pierced far less when using a cannula, dermal tissue is less disturbed, there is virtually no discomfort  for the patient and discoloration and oedema rarely occur