Holiday Preparations

By Nicole Hayre, MD

The holidays are quickly approaching, and our time is filled with shopping, decorating, and innumerable cocktail hours, parties, and get-togethers. As you are bustling through your busy schedule, do not forget to take time to care for yourself. Caring for yourself will help you look better and feel more confident when you attend your holiday events. What are some simple, quick things you can do to refresh your appearance?

The Basics

A youthful healthy appearance begins with beautiful skin. The sooner you are on the proper skin regimen for your skin type, the better. An excellent source to help you with this is a board-certified dermatologist.

A quick visit with a dermatologist to help you adjust your skin care regimen will help you to improve your skin on a daily basis. Some offices even sell skin care products, which, in general, are more potent than items you can buy in the stores.

What Are Others Doing (and not telling you)?

Many of your fellow party-goers have help to achieve or maintain their youthful look. In fact, younger and younger people having minor procedures to maintain their youthful looks has become a silent craze.

One of the top cosmetic procedures in the country is Botox. Botox helps to relax muscles and diminish the overlying lines or wrinkles. It is safe, predictable, and most people will not be able to tell you have had it done.

Fillers such as Juvederm or Voluma have become immensely popular and can help you refresh your look. These products are used to fill-in lines and thin lips. Removing lines takes years off of one's appearance without it being obvious that something was done.

Everyone's lips thin as we age. A little tastefully done filler will help you regain a more youthful lip, without making you look like some actresses (who shall remain nameless).

Microdermabrasion

Microdermabrasion is a no-downtime procedure, which exfoliates the upper layers of your skin, while applying gentle suction to clean out your pores. The benefits are usually seen after the first treatment. The skin is smoother and more radiant, making it an excellent pick-me-up to have performed a day or two before an event.

Facial Rejuvenation

We are fortunate to live in a time when it is possible to turn-back-the-clock without it being obvious that something was done. Thinning lips due to aging can be plumped with either Juvederm or Voluma, lines around the eyes can be diminished with Botox, and for those who want more dramatic results, laser treatments can be used to reverse sun damage including brown spots and dilated blood vessels.

So, when you are trying to look your best for those upcoming holiday parties, there are a lot of easy treatments, which can help you. For more information, visit a board-certified dermatologist.