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Foods that are great for your skin – Beautifying Broccoli

This week our in house health & wellness enthusiast, and receptionist, Taryn, has written a blog about beautifying broccoli. For more wellness inspiration from Taryn visit her website HERE.

Seasonal eating has many benefits, not only for your body and skin but also for the community. Local produce found at local farmer’s markets is more likely to be fresher and, therefore, higher in nutritional value.
Some anti-oxidants such as Vitamin C, folate and carotenes will rapidly decline when stored for periods of time. One vegetable that is currently in season is beautifying broccoli. Broccoli hosts an array of nutritional benefits…

  • Powerful Antioxidant – Of all the cruciferous vegetables, broccoli stands out as the most concentrated source of Vitamin C, plus it includes the flavonoids necessary for Vitamin C to recycle effectively. Vitamin C plays a vital role in the formation of collagen, the main support system of the skin.
  • Detoxication – Glucoraphanin (which helps to regenerate sun-damaged skin), gluconasturtiin and glucobrassicin are special phytonutrients that support all steps in the body’s detox process, including activation, neutralisation and elimination of unwanted contaminants. These three are perfectly combined within broccoli.

Broccoli Flatbread

Ingredients

  • 1 TBS Chia Seeds – left to swell in a small bowl with 4 TBS water
  • 180g Broccoli Florets – cleaned and rinsed
  • 1 Cup Almond Meal – ground almonds
  • 3 TBS Nutritional Yeast
  • 1 TBS Psyllium Husks
  • 1 1/2 Tsp Sea Salt or Himalayan Rock Salt
  • Grind of Black Pepper

Instructions

  1. Pre-heat oven to 200C (fan forced).
  2. Place the chia seeds and water into a small bowl, mix and leave aside to swell.
  3. Blitz the broccoli florets in a food processor until fine.
  4. Add the broccoli to a large mixing bowl and add the remaining dry ingredients. Mix thoroughly.
  5. Add the swollen chia seed gel and mix well until all combined.
  6. On a lined baking tray, evenly spread the mixture and press down with either your hands or a silicone baking spatula.
  7. Poke a few holes around the mixture with a fork to ensure even baking.
  8. Pop into the oven and bake for 20 mins at 200C or until golden brown.
  9. Remove from oven and allow to cool for a couple of minutes.
  10. Slice into slices and enjoy or store in an airtight container.

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Hyaluronic Serum – The importance of skin hydration

Hyaluronic Serum Skin HydrationSkin hydration is important especially as we transition from season to season. This can take a toll on your skin. Dry conditions and lack of moisture can leave it looking lacklustre and dull, but Aspect Dr Hyaluronic Serum can help!

As the largest organ in the body, your skin provides many necessary functions to protect you from the environment. These include temperature regulation, the prevention of epidermal water loss, and a degree of protection against harmful attacks from chemicals, infections, and ultraviolet radiation.

For these functions to perform properly, it’s important to have an appropriate amount of water in your skin cells. The skin itself made up of approximately seventy per cent water and it contains a natural moisturising factor (including sebum) to prevent water loss and dehydration. As you age the presence of this decreases leading to dryness, redness, and irritation.

Increasing your water intake can help replenish and hydrate your cells, but your skin needs all the help it can get at the end of a long dry winter.

INTRODUCING ASPECT DR HYALURONIC SERUM

Once you feel the benefits of Hyaluronic Serum, we have no doubt that it will quickly become a key ingredient in your skincare regime. It has a super ability to hydrate your skin and lock in moisture. It will help to repair your skin, while providing antioxidants that combat free radicals.

Hyaluronic Serum is a potent humectant which can hold up to 1000 times its weight in water. It will improve the cosmetic appearance of your skin, giving it a soft hydrated, dewy look.

Hyaluronic acid will help the skin face daily challenges of water loss. It is beneficial in assisting the management of many skin concerns.

Not only will Hyaluronic Serum nourish your cells with hydration, it will optimise any skin treatment that you’re undertaking, giving you the best result possible.

Increase your skin hydration levels… Call in today and discover the advanced skincare solutions we have in the clinic.

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Skincare – A recipe to feed your skin – Use Nelson produce!

At enhanceskin in Nelson we want to help you look and feel the best you can. Our range of cosmedical services and advanced skincare products are designed to do just that.

We’re also lucky to have on hand our in house health & wellness enthusiast and receptionist, Taryn. Taryn has created this delicious and nutritious soup recipe that’s bound to warm the cockles of your heart, as well as nourish your skin from the inside out. We hope you enjoy it!

Skincare Nelson

Vegan Butternut Soup

Ingredients

  • 2 Large Butternut Squash (Peeled, cleaned and cut into chunks)
  • 1 Large Sweet Potato (Peeled and cut into chunks)
  •  Large Regular Potato (Peeled and cut into chunks)
  • 1 Medium Onion
  • 1 Large Apple (Peeled and cored)
  • 1 Tsp Crushed Garlic (or 3 Cloves)
  • 3/4 Cup Coconut Cream
  • Pinch of Cayenne Pepper
  • 1/2 Tsp Mixed Dried Herbs
  • Sprinkle of Paprika
  • Salt & Pepper to taste
  • Water

Use organic Nelson produce wherever possible.

Instructions

  1. Place all ingredients, except the coconut cream, into a large pot or slow cooker.
  2. Add enough water so that about 1 cm of the veggies are emerged. Be cautious not to add too much water or the consistency will be very thin.Cook on a low heat until all the vegetables are soft.
  3. Blend with a hand blender. If you don’t have a hand blender, a normal one will do. Just ensure the veggies have cooled a bit before placing them in the blender or it may crack, if plastic.
  4. Return to the heat and add the coconut cream.
  5. Garnish with drizzled coconut cream.

Why this soup can help with your skincare:

Nutritional Benefits of Butternut for the Skin

  • Boasts more vitamin-A than that of  pumpkin. It contains high levels of beta-carotene (which your body automatically converts to vitamin A). Vitamin-A is a powerful natural anti-oxidant and is required by the body for maintaining the integrity of skin and mucosa and also identified as a deterrent against age-related macular degeneration
  • Beta-carotene has received a great deal of attention for its potential to block the harmful effects of UV radiation by repairing cell damage caused by excessive UV exposure. Increasing your beta-carotene intake can protect you from sun-related aging symptoms, such as wrinkles and blemishes, along with good sun protection of course! Try the PCA Skin Weightless protection available at enhanceskin in Nelson as part of our advanced range of skincare products.

Nutritional Benefits of Kumara for the Skin

  • Kumara or sweet potato is a very rich source of vitamin C, which is known to produce collagen. Collagen helps in maintaining the elasticity of the skin and makes it look youthful.
  • Kumara or sweet potato, also contains vitamin E, which is known to be beneficial for the health of the skin.
  • High in beta-carotene to combat the free radicals which result in skin aging.

Visit Taryn’s website for more delicious recipes.

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Anti-Ageing – The A,B,C,D… from enhanceskin Nelson

At enhanceskin in Nelson, we believe that ageing is part of life, and as you grow older, you should expect your face and bone structure to change. We can’t, and don’t, aim to turn back the clock on ageing entirely, but we can help you regain fuller and balanced features, achieving a natural look that’s similar to how you looked a few years back. In this week’s blog we’re exploring four ways to rejuvenate your skin, with the A,B,C,D of anti-ageing…

Anti-Ageing Nelson

A is for Vitamin A – Another name for Vitamin A is Retinol, this essential antioxidant ingredient can connect to almost any skin cell and tell it to behave like a healthy, younger skin cell… Not magic, just science! We recommend Aspect Dr Exfol A Plus Serum it assists in cellular turnover, refines pores, regulates oil production, enhances skin texture, helping to improve the appearance of fine lines, ageing and sun-damaged skin.

B is for Botox – Botox (Botulinum toxin) softens the fine lines or wrinkles caused by facial expressions, stress and sun. Botox is a natural, purified protein that relaxes the facial muscles that cause problem wrinkles, creating a smooth, rejuvenated and more youthful appearance.

C is for Vitamin C – This vitamin plays a major role in maintaining healthy, resilient skin. Young skin is full of vitamin C, but ageing skin loses this nutrient over time. It’s never too early to give your skin a boost; we recommend Aspect Dr Active C Serum to improve your skin tone, texture and firmness.

D is for Dermal Fillers – As you grow older, your face and bone structure change, losing volume, often leaving hollows and sagging and leading to deep grooves running from the nose to the mouth known as nasolabial folds, and also running down from the corners of your mouth called Marionette lines. To help restore your youthful look, come and talk to us about Dermal Fillers, these help ‘revolumise’ facial features by returning natural elements to the face that have been lost in the ageing process. The Liquid Facelift sometimes called the Natural Lift will give immediate results, that will guarantee a WOW moment when you look in the mirror after your thirty-minute treatment!

Call in to the Buxton Square clinic in Nelson to discover our advanced range of anti-ageing skincare products, or contact us to book your FREE cosmedical consultation and find out how we can help with anti-ageing.

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Prevent Wrinkles – Habits to make and break…

Aging is part of life, and as we get older, our skin loses its elasticity resulting in wrinkles and fine lines. Like many things in life, when it comes to these signs of aging, prevention can come before cure… If you want to prevent wrinkles here are a few everyday habits that you should make and break!

 

Prevent Wrinkles

3 Habits to MAKE to help prevent wrinkles.

  • Wear sunscreen (every day!) – If you don’t like the feeling of sunscreen on your face, call in to try some PCA Skin Weightless Protection. It’s light, doesn’t feel cloggy, you can wear it under makeup and it will revolutionise the way you feel about facial sunscreen.
  • Sleep more – You really do need your beauty sleep! At night, energy and cellular functions focus on repair and recovery, thus preventing wrinkles.
  • Stress less – The stress hormone, cortisol, elevates your blood sugar; this causes glycation which damages collagen and elastin, the proteins that smooth and plump your skin.

3 Habits to BREAK to help prevent wrinkles.

  • Stop smoking – You don’t need us to tell you that there is nothing good about smoking. Every time you smoke a cigarette you are breathing in carcinogens and toxins that damage your organs, the largest organ being your skin! The repetitive motion of puckering your lips will cause wrinkles around your mouth, we think the only time you should be puckering up is for a kiss!
  • Quit sugar – If there is an excess of sugar in your body, protein molecules can cross link with sugar molecules, creating new sugar proteins. These are called Advanced Glycation End Products (AGES). As your body doesn’t recognise these AGES, they can lead to inflammation in the skin. The proteins in your skin that are most prone to glycation are the same ones that make a youthful complexion so plump and springy, collagen and elastin. Once the AGES have formed, they gravitate toward this dermal collagen and elastin, and the more AGES produced, the more collagen is compromised. The effects at cellular level of your skin’s structure may result in wrinkling, loss of elasticity, stiffness and accelerated ageing.
  • Sip don’t suck – Ditch the straw and water bottle, and pour your water into a glass instead. Repeatedly pursing your lips to drink through a straw or from a water bottle, will cause wrinkling around your mouth, these lines become more pronounced as you age and your skin weakens.

If you feel that your bad habits may have caught up with you, we can help!

Botox, a natural, purified protein, can be used to soften fine lines or wrinkles caused by facial expressions, stress and sun exposure, creating a smooth, rejuvenated and more youthful appearance. Dermal fillers can be used to fill the fine lines around the mouth, and are also effective in treating frown lines, forehead lines, smile lines, and crows feet.

Call to book your FREE, no obligation cosmedical consultation to find out how we can help.

We also stock an advanced range of skin care products, these prescription strength products can help with aging skin. Products containing Vitamin C, such as Aspect Dr Active C Serum, can improve your skin tone, texture and firmness. And products containing Vitamin A, like Aspect Dr Exfol A Plus Serum, assist with cellular turnover, helping to improve the appearance of fine lines, aging and sun-damaged skin.

 

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Seasonal stress? Don’t let it affect your skin…

Christmas is almost upon us and it’s the time of year that we can fall victim to stress as we try to get everything done by the 24th December! This can have negative effects on your appearance.

If your skin is suffering from stress this can manifest itself in a number of ways. You may notice…

  • Dryness
  • Redness
  • Acne or break outs;
  • In the mid to longer term stress can also lead to fine lines and wrinkles. The stress hormone, cortisol, elevates your blood sugar; this causes glycation which damages collagen and elastin. These are the proteins that smooth and plump your skin, so you need to keep these fellas happy!

We have three ways to help prevent your skin showing signs of stress.

  • Use a product containing Vitamin C. This vitamin plays an important role in maintaining healthy, resilient, stress free skin. We recommend Aspect Dr Active C Serum because it is hydrating, calming, brightening and full of antioxidants. Key ingredients will improve your skin tone, texture and firmness.
  • Add a superfood to your diet…
    Dark Green Leafy Vegetables
    Dark leafy greens like spinach and kale are rich in folate, which helps your body produce mood-regulating neurotransmitters, including serotonin and dopamine.
    Tip: Be sure to add spinach, kale and other dark leafy greens to your morning smoothies to not only increase alkalinity in the body, but increase your folate intake.
    Fermented Foods include beneficial bacteria that have a direct effect on your brain chemistry, transmitting mood and behaviour-regulating signals to your brain. Fermented foods are loaded with good probiotics and good bacteria. They say that all health begins in the gut, so keep your skin glowing and stress free by nourishing your gut flora with fermented foods.
    Tip: Sauerkraut, kombucha, kefir (fermented milk drink), yoghurt and miso are all great examples of fermented foods that are full of friendly probiotic bacteria. Add these to your diet to keep your skin vibrant and stress free.
    Blueberries and other dark berries contain Anthocyanins. These antioxidants aid your brain in the production of dopamine, a chemical that is critical to your mood and stress levels in the body.
    Tip: Add blueberries to your smoothies to not only increase your antioxidant intake (which is beneficial to your skin) but also to aid your brain in creating the chemicals that keep your mood great and your skin stress free.    stress-skin
  • Give yourself a Christmas gift! The Liquid Facelift will give immediate results, you’ll have a WOW moment, as you quite literally turn the clock back in as little as thirty minutes… Goodbye stressed skin! Call us to book your FREE cosmedical consultation with Lacey, our Registered Nurse.

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Wrinkles… Different types of treatment.

Did you know that there are different types of wrinkles? This means that you need different types of treatment. That’s where we come in at enhanceskin.

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So let’s get down to the nitty gritty.

Dynamic wrinkles

These form when using your muscles to make facial expressions. If you’re smiling or frowning your muscles contract and this causes your skin to wrinkle. This isn’t a problem for younger people who have lots of collagen and elastin in their skin, because they bounce right back!  But as you get older, your skin loses its elasticity and the dynamic wrinkles don’t disappear as readily. They remain in the skin and eventually form static wrinkles.

The best treatment for dynamic wrinkles is Botox®. This treatment softens the fine lines caused by facial expressions, creating a smooth, rejuvenated and more youthful appearance.

Static wrinkles

Static wrinkles are the folds and lines that are permanently present, even when you’re not forming facial expressions. As the years pass, your skin loses the natural substances that provide it with structure and volume. The bones of the face shrink, as well as fat and soft tissue being lost from under the skin. This leaves hollows under the eyes, at the temples and at the corners of the mouth, pleating across the cheeks, and grooves running from the nose to the mouth. The ‘apple’ of the cheek may also sink.

These static lines, including lip lines, frown lines, forehead lines, smile lines, and crows feet can be all treated with Dermal Fillers alone; or for more stubborn wrinkles by using fillers in conjunction with Botox®. This treatment will create an even and smooth complexion.

Remember, that when it comes to lines, prevention is very much key, and we have an an advanced range of skin care products that support aging skin. As we head into Nelson’s summer it’s also a good time to remind you of the importance of wearing sun protection every day, we hope you haven’t slipped up in winter!

Call us to arrange your free cosmedical consult to find out how we can rejuvenate your skin and help you wave bye bye wrinkles!

 

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Sugar and your skin…

This week our in house health & wellness enthusiast, and receptionist, Taryn, has written a blog about glycation… Read on to discover the effects of sugar on your skin…

sugar

If there is an excess of sugar in your body, protein molecules can cross link with sugar molecules, creating new sugar proteins. These are called Advanced Glycation End Products (AGES). As your body doesn’t recognise these AGES, they can lead to inflammation in the skin.

The proteins in your skin that are most prone to glycation are the same ones that make a youthful complexion so plump and springy, collagen and elastin. Once the AGES have formed, they gravitate toward this dermal collagen and elastin, and the more AGES produced, the more collagen is compromised.

The effects at cellular level of your skin’s structure may result in wrinkling, loss of elasticity, stiffness and accelerated ageing.

But, it’s not too late! To fight back you can…

  • Be aware of and minimise your sugar consumption.
  • Build new collagen with products that contain a retinoid.

retinolPCA Skin Retinol Innovation products available at the clinic that contain retinoid and can help you achieve the latter, are:

  • Intensive Brightening Treatment (0.5% Pure Retinol)
  • Intensive Age Refining Treatment (0.5% Pure Retinol)
  • Intensive Clarity Treatment (0.5% Pure Retinol)

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Nourishing your skin from the inside out…

The skin is the largest organ in the body, and one of its main responsibilities is to excrete certain types of waste materials from our system. These waste materials are generally environmental or lifestyle toxins, and are released from the body via the surface of the skin. Ultimately, what we nourish our cells with (what we eat) and the amount of that we absorb, becomes the skin we’re in.

One of the best ways to achieve glowing vibrant skin, is with an intelligent skincare  regime combined with nourishment through wholesome, nutritious food, loaded  with beneficial nutrients and antioxidants. This will help keep your skin looking and  feeling radiant.

TarynOur in house health & wellness enthusiast and receptionist, Taryn, has created this delicious and nutritious smoothie recipe that’s bound to make you feel amazing, as well as nourish your skin from the inside out. We hope you enjoy it!

smoothieGLOWING SKIN SMOOTHIE

  • 1 medium banana (peeled, chopped into chunks and frozen*)
  • 1/2 lemon (peeled and seeds removed)
  • 1/2 cup frozen pineapple chunks (high in vitamin C, key in production of collagen)
  • 1 cup coconut water (hydrates the skin)
  • 1 cup baby spinach, preferably organic (alkalizing and rich in beta carotene which converts to vitamin A)
  • 1/2 avocado (rich in omega 9 fatty acids)
  • 1 scoop plant protein powder, plain or vanilla (protein  is a building block for healthy skin)
  • 1/4 – 1/2  tsp matcha powder (powdered green tea leaves  that deliver ten times more antioxidants)

Put all ingredients into a blender and blend until smooth. You may add more coconut water if you prefer a ‘thinner’ textured smoothie, or less if you prefer a thicker one. Serve cold and enjoy the amazing benefits of this nutrient dense smoothie.

*Freezing your banana creates a creamy texture that is absolutely divine, but it’s perfectly fine to use a ripe unfrozen one too.

Discover more of Taryn’s recipes, tips and wisdom at wellnesswithtaryn.com.

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Skincare advice you might give your younger self…

If you could turn back the clock would you have any advice to give your younger self about skincare?

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We posed this question to some of our nearest and dearest and here are a few of the answers that came back to us.

  • I’d use sunscreen every day!
    Anybody who knows Doctor David will know that this is his mantra… Protection is always the first step in aging gracefully… Sadly, our younger selves didn’t always appreciate the importance of prevention. If you didn’t reach for the sunscreen on a daily basis in your youth and your skin is now showing the tell-tale signs of aging, don’t despair – we can still help. Talk to us about IPL – Intense Pulse Light – Skin Rejuvenation and Fractora – Fractional Resurfacing, both of these highly effective treatment options can help you turn back the clock on historic sun damage. It’s also never too late to get into the habit of applying sunscreen every day, if this isn’t part of your routine, start now!
  • I wouldn’t forget my neck, décolletage, and hands…
    When we’re younger our skincare routine is often focussed on the face alone; however the neck, décolletage, and hands are areas that can show early signs of aging. Again we have treatment options that can help to restore your skin around these areas, come and talk to us. Remember that if you book your FREE, no obligation, cosmedical consultation with Lacey during June, you’ll receive a complimentary Aspect Dr skincare kit*(Value $130) when you commence your treatment plan.
    *While stocks last.
  • I’d use serums more than moisturisers.
    Moisturisers should be used as an enhancement to serums. Moisturisers, alone do not add moisture to your skin. At best, a moisturiser used on its own will make your skin soft. For healthy, glowing, hydrated skin, you can’t afford to skip the serum.
    Serums are secret weapons against the ravages of time. Vitamin C plays an important role in maintaining healthy, resilient skin. Young skin is full of vitamin C, but aging skin loses this nutrient over time. It’s never to early to give your skin a boost, we recommend Aspect Dr Active C Serum to improve your skin tone, texture and firmness. Vitamin A (sometimes known as Retinol) is a key ingredient that can connect to almost any skin cell and tell it to behave like a healthy, younger skin cell… Not magic… Just science! We recommend Aspect Dr Exfol A Plus Serum. It assists in cellular turnover, refines pores, regulates oil production, enhances skin texture, helping to improve the appearance of fine lines, aging and sun-damaged skin. Call in and talk to us about our advanced range of skincare products from Aspect Dr and PCA Skin – which has a combined Vitamin A and C product, PCA A & C Synergy Serum, that David, Rob and Lacey are all great fans of; unlike many commercial products these companies invest in science rather than packaging, so they really do what they say they do on the packet.

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