With the hot weather about to make a resurgence we thought it best you be prepared for a scorcher so keep your eyes peeled, but stop your skin from, by reading out summer skin tips all week.

You’ve finally packed away the last of those bulky winter sweaters and found your favorite T-shirt from last year. As you throw it on and take a look in the mirror, you notice your skin isn’t exactly in tip-top summer shape. Your legs are dry and flaky, your arms have a less-than-glowing tone, and a blemish is beginning to form in an oily spot near your nose. But don’t worry — with the right care, your skin can go from sorry to showstopping just in time for summer.

Before you run to the medicine cabinet and grab the closest bottle of lotion in the hopes of magically rubbing up some healthy skin, it’s important to know what summer means for you and your skin. Sure, summer brings the added benefit of soaking up some extra sunshine, but for your skin this means exposure to UVA and UVB radiation. When the ultraviolet, or UV, index is high, your skin can burn in as little as 10 to 15 minutes [source: Sun Safety Alliance].

Summer’s warm rays also pose another obstacle to good skin care: Whether you’re exercising or just relaxing by the pool, you’re bound to sweat a bit more. For your skin, extra sweat means that dirt, oils and other environmental chemicals are trapped close to the skin and your pores. Finally, those hot days — perfect for enjoying a cool drink with family and friends — turn up the heat on your skin, too. When the skin is warm, blood vessels send extra blood to the skin’s surface to cool it off. Extra blood can turn your face red, making the skin swell and retain water while kicking oil production into high gear.

So, although summertime might try to throw you and your skin a curveball, with a few simple solutions you can hit a skin care home run and have everyone applauding your summertime glow. Check back tomorrow to learn your new daily regimen.

Frown Linesare caused by the bunching of skin from facial muscle contraction. When we frown, the skin between our eyebrows is gathered into a fold which eventually causes a chronic furrow. This gives our face a frustrated, discouraged, angry look which is distracting to others and a bother to ourselves. Dr Bell performs Botox injections, which stop the action of frowning and helps diminish existing frown lines.

Botox is the trade name of Botulinum Toxin Type A, a purified toxin produced by the bacterium Clostridium botulinum. In large amounts, this toxin blocks the nerve impulses to muscles, causing a form of paralysis called botulism.
“I used to uncontrollably frown, and people
always asked me why I seemed so angry…
Now they tell me I seem much more friendly!”

Botox injections are performed in the comfort and privacy of our medical facility by Dr Bell herself. The Botox is injected directly into the specific muscles that cause frown lines. These isolated muscles are temporarily inactivated by the Botox, and can no longer contract. The action of frowning is stopped, and frown lines diminish. The injections produce results which are apparent within a week of treatment.

Genuine Dermaroller™ Therapy™ can significantly improve the appearance of:

Acne scars
Aged and sun damaged skin
Facial and décolleté lines and wrinkles
Stretch marks

Genuine Dermaroller™ Therapy™ provides advanced micro-medical skin-needling, a procedure that stimulates the skin to regenerate and repair itself naturally and safely, creating smoother, brighter, healthier, younger-looking skin.

Heres the lovely Emma having Zeltiq performed on her in our Liverpool clinic. Zeltiq is a pioneering CoolSculpting procedure that attacks problem areas. A team of scientists and physicians developed the CoolSculpting procedure to address these problems. CoolSculpting utilizes a precisely controlled cooling method called Cryolipolysis™ to target, cool, and eliminate fat cells without damage to other tissue.

After a one- to three-hour CoolSculpting procedure, the patient’s body goes to work. Over the next two to four months, the crystallized fat cells break down and are naturally eliminated from the body.

THE number of people having Botox in Liverpool has risen by more than 25% in the last year, according to new figures released by aesthetic practitioner Tracey Bell.

Dr Bell, who has clinics in Liverpool and the Isle of Man, has seen a dramatic increase in the number or clients seeking injectable cosmetic treatments, including dermal fillers and Botox, and predicts their popularity will continue to rise.

“The average age of the clients we are injecting in our Hanover Street clinic has fallen from 45 to around 33.

“Our oldest Botox client is 76 and the youngest we have treated is 21.”

She says Liverpool women are ‘extremely savvy’ when it comes to procedures.

“They are not going to wait until the horse has bolted to do something to safeguard their youthful looks.”

Tracey Bell’s recent survey also found that 80% of people in Liverpool would consider either having plastic surgery or a dental makeover or both.

And of those questioned, only 8% said they were happy with their looks.

Mar 10 2001 by Susan Lee, Liverpool Echo

So much has been written about Botox – a purified protein, a toxin (but don’t worry – it’s dosage in cosmetics is so small) and a revolution in cosmetic, non surgical procedures.

The development advances and practice have allowed Botox to be utilized in all areas.

So where can I have Botox cosmetically?

Forehead

Frown Lines

Crows Feet

Around the lips – NOT in the lips

Neck (lines on the neck)

Jaw Line – to enhance and create definition

Arm Pits – excellent for decrease in perspiration or Hyperdrosis – lasts up to 9

months and is a complete life changing event.

Gummy Smile

What side effects can I get ?

Quite honestly, minimal – as long as each face is diagnosed, the practitioner experienced and the patient knows what they want:

So what can happen?

Bruising – always possible and always avoidable

Drooping – yes, eyebrows can drop if muscles are not assessed – but again minimal

Uneven eye brows – sometimes this happens and is easily corrected – as with all Botox treatments

I don’t want to look plastic with Botox

A comment that I hear every hour, rest assured Botox can produce any result that you want.  It’s dependant on your wishes, I like movement, I can move my eyebrows, smile and my forehead…………..

Why?  Cos I want to!  I’m 40 years old, happy and I love Botox.  And, for those that like no movement –  Yes!  we can do that too!!!

How long will it last and is it painful?

Well pain is perception, but I assume you will hardly feel a thing.

How long does it last?  Well three months plus and that’s it …movement begins to return about six weeks after injections, but very gradually.

I always recommend that you have it injected every three months as the whole aim is to let the muscles relax – and then back.

Remember, just like going to a gym, start to exercise and they’ll build up bulk – a little Botox and they produce a nice rejuvenation

Combination Treatments:

Yes, Botox is used with Restylane facial fillers, lip fillers and volumisers.

Synergistic results are fantastic, remember good facial rejuvenation is all about diagnosis.

And how is it done………..

The simplest thing I could do here is video it and show you exactly how I do it…………….

It’s open, honest and a real patient journey.  Enjoy it and please feel free to ask me any questions.

tracey@traceybell.co.uk

Top Tips on Botox

1. Don’t be afraid to ask questions with your practitioner

2. Ensure that your practice can show you some before and after pictures and then you’re happy

3. Yes – believe in recommendation – ask friends

4. Be happy, have trust and only do it once you are happy to – It’s proven that it takes 15 months from the initial thought to the actual injections – hard fact!