Gone are the days of having one general physician be your sole, go-to healer and cure-all for every ailment. We are a much savvier generation who thinks more about prevention, drawing from both Eastern and Western wisdom. And you know that taking care of your health and beauty involves getting regular beauty treatments, seeing your doctors for annual or biannual checkups and maintaining good habits -- all which contribute to your overall well-being. But did you know that some of these things might actually save your life?
We sat down (well, not literally) with the following experts from a broad spectrum of fields: Lena Bratschi, a CIDESCO (an international beauty therapy association) trained esthetician and founder of Carasoin Spa in Beverly Hills, Calif.; Dr. Jeff Golub-Evans, a cosmetic dentist; Dr. Craig Austin, a New York City Dermatologist and creator of Cane + Austin Products; Ashley Borden, a fitness and lifestyle consultant (with a hefty celebrity clientele, BTW); and Shelena Robinson, nail professional and educational ambassador for CND (creative nail design). They explain the benefits of certain health and beauty treatments, appointments and habits, how often you should do them for optimal wellness and what might happen to your health if you don't do them. So, if you're pretty diligent about taking good care of your health, you'll find out how this care is benefitting you. Or, if you're not so good about making yourself a priority, you might get a little lesson in prevention and early detection and what you should be doing now to make sure you're around to see your children's children.
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Ideally I would love to do all these when required to, but I foresee that becoming very expensive. Except for working out and eating healthy I can't afford to do everything at all the times necessary. Ah!
I believe that for the busy person who really does not take care of their skin this is a very good article. We know that they will not heed to all the suggestions, but, if they take one or 2 points away it will be to their benefit. Face it, if they are busy, they are probably not going to read the entire article anyway!!
Wow! Good luck convincing my husband to let me get a massage once a week! I would love to, but I usually only get one every several years. I work a very stressful job, so perhaps it may be worth looking into!
My husband had to help his mom with physical therapy years ago and learned how to massage (I know I'm very lucky) so I get one at least twice a month. I do need to see a dermatologist though. I have never been to one and I am 37 so I think I'll get right on it!
Totally true, I just start to have massages this year and I must say that it really helps me a lot to fight stress and to remove those stubborn stress nodes.
whoa why is the lady on the 11th slide only like 50 pounds?! xD hahaha!!! but yeah i agree with most except the manicure thing. Arent they always telling us how dangerous it is to go to nail salons? Ive got a tip, look at your own nails and look for changes. Who is more likely to remember the shape of your nail? Yeah that would be u.
I take care of my nails myself, do my facials at home since I have a microdermabrasion machine, instead of getting a massage I sit in a jacuzzi for an hour and to stay strong and healthy I swim, drink organic green tea, cook organic meals and count the calories I take every day. If you are stressed out and it's showing on your skin, try drinking mint tea as it calms you down without any side effects...
I can definitely see how massages can improve health, however they're far too pricey for me.. They should be advertised and priced as a health service rather than a luxury treatment
Weekly massages should be on our list for our health insurance. Maybe with the massages we would be less likely to be on depression meds or anti-anxiety meds.
O-M-G! a 'BONAFIDE' health reason to get regular massages & monthly facils?!?!? Be still my beating heart.... now if I could just convince the Hubby that we need to add these to our monthly budget.... ;-))
This was so informative. I had no idea that these pampering treatments had so many health benefits. Maybe insurance companies should pay attention to this. They look at these procedures as cosmetic. But maybe if we all had access to these as part of a wellness package, we would all be sick a lot less.
This article was amazing and totally unexpected. I have never looked at beauty this way. It totally got me in gear to make some needed appts for pampering... for my health!