by admin | Aug 7, 2014 | Skincare Spotlight
When it comes to your skin care routine this summer, make every minute count.
Try these beauty tips and treatments based on how many minutes you have to spend.
1 minute treatments:
- Apply sunscreen combined with antioxidants before you leave the house for the day. Super Serum Advance+ and Pro Heal Advance+ serums insure that you are ready for the sun and heat with the double defense of sunscreen and an antioxidant.
- Pamper your eyes. Instantly plump the skin under your eyes, while firming and hydrating, with iS Clinical’s Youth Eye Complex or Revision’s DEJ eye cream. Apply it to the lines around your lips as well for minimizing fine lines.
- Flirty Lashes. Apply 1 drop of Latisse to your eyelashes before you go to sleep. Be amazed as they become longer, thicker beautiful lashes.
15 minute treatments:
- Botox or Dysport – “Liquid Gold”. It’s our favorite tip for softening wrinkles between and around the eyes and on the forehead!
30 minute treatments:
- Polish and rejuvenate skin with microdermabrasion.
- Peel away dead skin, minimize fine lines and brighten your skin with our Skin Rejuvenation Facial Peel – wonderful to do right before an event for glowing skin!
- Decrease pore size, sun spots and redness with a foto-facial IPL treatment. Refresh your hands, neck and chest – don’t ignore these areas, they are also prone to aging and wrinkles and are often neglected.
- Eliminate the need for shaving and tweezing with hair removal.
- Kissable lips and laugh line eraser. Add volume with a dermal filler such as Juvederm or Restylanefor instant results.
60 minute treatments:
- Reduce fat and tighten skin with Lipodissolve. So perfect for those trouble areas such as love handles a.k.a “muffin top” and saddle bags that are hard to sculpt with exercise and diet.
- Balance your hormones. Lack of estrogen results in less collagen and elastin, aging and drying skin.
Enjoy every minute of summer fun! If you have questions, feel free to email me at lisa@idinhealth.com.
~ Lisa, Medical Esthetician @ Innovative Directions in Health
by admin | Jul 25, 2014 | Skincare Spotlight
Is this wrinkle relaxer is right for you??
See Dysport injected at our LIVE Demonstration.
Why a live demonstration? We know some people get a little nervous around needles. Dysport injections use a very tiny needle that are quick and painless. See for yourself!
If you are curious about Dysport (similar to BOTOX Cosmetic) and wondering if it will work for your wrinkles, sign up! Our goal to match the appearance on the outside with the emotions our patients are feeling on the inside.
What is Dysport?
Dysport is a medication that helps muscles that have over time become overactive, relax to create more of a balance with the rest of the muscles of the face. When the muscles become too strong, they injure the skin by not reacting but overreacting and thus creasing the skin. Dysport relaxes those muscles back to a more natural state, creating a better balance with the surrounding muscles. Dysport is FDA approved and is safe. These popular injectables can also be used to lift and arch the brows, eliminate frown lines, forehead lines and crow’s feet. Learn more here.
What’s our Staff’s Favorite Dysport Benefits???
- You won’t get asked, “Are you mad??” when you are not mad. – Sarah, Nurse
- It is an express lunch-time procedure with little to no downtime. – Jill, Nurse
- People who are afraid of needles or the procedure say, “Wow, that is it?!?!” – Lisa, Esthetician
Hope to see you and your friends!
~ Innovative Directions in Health Staff
by admin | Jul 17, 2014 | Skincare Spotlight
We had a fabu-LASH idea…
See what you would look like with fabulous lashes! Upload a picture using the iLash Studio app and share it with us!
It’s so simple; download the free iLash app, take a picture of yourself, upload the lash visualizer to Facebook and tag Innovative Directions in Health! You’ll be on your way to long, luscious lashes!
Want to learn more about Latisse? Stop in for a 1-on-1 Demo!
- Find out how fast and long your lashes could grow
- Get tips from the pros on how to apply
- AND receive a fabu-LASH discount on Latisse
Brilliant Distinctions members get points for Latisse purchases. That means a $10 to $15 coupon towards your next purchase! Not a member? No worries, we’ll register you for the free program!
by admin | Jul 3, 2014 | Skincare Spotlight
A Powerful Reparative Formula *Protective * Soothing * Nourishing *
SHEALD is designed to address the special needs of compromised skin. Calms and encourages skin recovery while hydrating skin. Antimicrobial and fragrance free.
Proven to restore healthy skin 54% Faster!
Ideal for using on irritated and compromised skin. This product is so amazing to use when doing extreme sports where you may be exposed to: Sunburn, Windburn, Extreme Cold (So perfect for our MN winters!) or to use after Medical Procedures, Cuts/Scrapes or any kind of Wounds/Irritation.
Read a Dr. DeHaven’s Review of SHEALD HERE
Benefits All Skin Types:
- Reduces irritation and discomfort with antimicrobial barrier
- Increases collagen
- Softens & hydrates dry, sensitive skin
- Anti-oxidant rich formula minimizes scars
- Faster healing for all types of wounds
- Brilliant for rosacea and dermatitis
How to use:
Apply a small amount or more per treatment area twice daily. Can apply directly to open wound.
Ingredient Highlights: (Paraben Free)
- Contains bio-identical lipids to augment the natural skin barrier until it can re-generate.
- Hyaluronic Acid (10%): Botanically derived, it attracts and binds up to 1800 times its molecular weight in water.
- Glycerin (8%): Necessary for proper barrier function and protection during the healing process.
- Oat Kernel Extract (3%) Biomodulator of inflammatory process, it soothes and calms irritation and skin redness.
- Kava Kava (2%) Controls pain due to local anaesthetic effects.
Click HERE for the Sunday Time’s Review of SHEALD
SHEALD is now available in our clinic! There are so many uses, everyone should have one on stand-by. Stop by and sample this amazing product! Contact Info.
by admin | Jul 3, 2014 | Skincare Spotlight
Exercise not only helps to improve your body, health and mood; it also helps to benefit your skin.
Regular exercise can help your complexion. If you get in a regular workout in, you are likely to increase blood flow and circulation. This helps promote increased delivery of oxygen and nutrients to skin cells and keep them vital and increasing collagen production (keeping wrinkles at bay). In addition to providing oxygen, blood flow also helps carry away free radicals from working cells. Exercise also helps ease stress which can help improve acne and conditions such as eczema.
Choose a physical activity that you enjoy and have fun! Paddle boarding is one of my favorite ways to get a great core workout. Paddle boarding is a killer workout, particularly for the core muscles; it’s easy on the joints; and it improves balance. One hour of paddle-boarding, canoeing or rowing at a moderate pace burns about 475 calories per hour (calculated for a 150lb woman).
For more info on where to go to Paddle Board or other outdoor activities, check out Wheel Fun Rentals.
Enjoy the outdoors this summer but don’t forget to protect your skin with SPF! If you need a recommendation, email me at nurse@idinhealth.com.
– Lindsey, RN
by admin | Jun 26, 2014 | Skincare Spotlight
Pro-Heal is excellent for reducing redness and inflammation, rosacea, acne and insect bites. Anyone hoping to find a healing treatment for irritating skin conditions could benefit from Pro-Heal!
Benefits Sensitive Skin Types:
- Exceptional healing formula!
- Excellent for treating Rosacea and acne (including cystic acne)
- Reduces inflammation
- High level of anti-oxidant protection
- Provides UV photo-protection
- Offers soothing relief from itching
- Helps to control hyperpigmentation
- Reduces fine lines and wrinkles
How to use: Apply 3 to 5 drops to clean skin, smoothing over face and neck or other inflamed areas.
Ingredient Highlights: (Paraben Free)
- 15% Vitamin C (L-Ascorbic Acid) timed release to lighten, brighten, tone, and tighten the skin without irritation.
- Olive Leaf Extract soothes and calms skin irritations while fighting off free radicals.
- Vitamin E helps to heal and repair damaged tissue.
- Retinol (Vitamin A) improves collagen synthesis and promotes wound-healing.
- Kojic Acid and Arbuuin inhibits melanin and controls hyperpigmentation.
- Zinc Sulfate enhances wound-healing, improves immune function and helps decrease cancer risk.
Pro-Heal Advance+ is now available in our clinic!
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