Last month, I completed a series of four Coolpeel™ and two Vivace™ facial treatments at a local med spa. I experienced good results so far and collagen production will continue over the next three-months to a year.
My Decades Long Sauna Compulsion by Deborah Tosline
Starting in the late 1970’s, I educated myself on exercise, nutrition and healthy living. I developed a lifestyle routine based on how I felt a couple of hours after I ate, drank or experienced something. If I felt good, I repeated the experience. Over time, I noticed that my lifestyle choices were beneficial to my well-being. Experiencing good results on multiple levels, in a variety of ways, validated that I could trust my gut instinct to guide my nature-based life path. The first time that I used a sauna, I felt good and knew that sauna bathing would be a new routine.
My DIY Skin and Facial Care Path by Deborah Tosline
My foray into advanced DIY facial care evolved slowly. I had little spare time and money and I integrated new DIY practices into my routine when I was able. Today, I am addicted to my own facial care products. Yes, I love them all, the DIY toners, creams, lotions, deodorants. Love, love, love. I don’t know, on some level it feels like I nurture myself deeply with these beautiful DIY nature-based skin care products and practices.
Reduce Skin Inflammation and Irritation and Optimize Wound Healing and Collagen Production with Zinc Oxide by Deborah Tosline
If you’ve read a few of my articles, you may have gathered that I use advanced Do-It-Yourself (DIY) skin care practices on an almost daily basis. That means that I practice basic skin care; apply advanced serums, creams, and solutions; and, use skin care tools consistently on my skin. I prefer to use natural healing methods to support healthy skin and I recently discovered my new go-to skin healing cream, zinc oxide ointment.
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When Advanced Skin Care Treatments Don’t Work - Develop an Extremely Healthy Lifestyle by Deborah Tosline
I’ve read Internet reviews and skin care forum comments about people who do not receive expected results from Do-It-Yourself (DIY) or professional advanced skin care treatments. In this article, I share my opinion about why you may not see skin improvements following advanced skin care treatments.
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Review: Yofuly Diamond Microdermabrasion Professional Dermabrasion Machine for Home Use by Deborah Tosline
When I learned that microdermabrasion may help reduce the appearance of scars and that suction was beneficial for atrophic scars, I immediately purchased the Yofuly Diamond Microdermabrasion Machine.
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How I Treated my 2-inch Forehead Laceration and Atrophic Scar by Deborah Tosline
This month I write the story of an injury that I incurred and the Do-It-Yourself (DIY) practices I followed to treat and heal a 2-inch forehead laceration. I describe the wound healing methods that I used for six-weeks and subsequent treatments to manage the scar. It may take 3 months to a year for scars to complete healing.
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My Atrophic Scar Turned Me into a DIY Facial Cupping Massage Convert by Deborah Tosline
Cupping therapy is an ancient practice that has been used for thousands of years in China, Egypt and Middle Eastern cultures. Based on my personal experience, a Do-It-Yourself (DIY) facial cupping massage is an easy, inexpensive treatment that may be used to increase circulation, loosen stiff facial fascia and muscles, promote facial lymphatic drainage, reduce inflammation and treat scars.
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Subcision to Treat Scars and Wrinkles by Deborah Tosline
I recently acquired a 2-inch scar that runs down the middle of my forehead and as a result, learned new (to me) information on skin care as I researched “laceration healing progression” and “atrophic scar management”. Atrophic scars are those scars that form a depression in the skin surface and may result from acne or trauma.
Subcision is a simple medical procedure that uses a sharp needle to release connective tissue beneath a scar.
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Two-Years Later: Natural Methods to Smooth Forehead Muscles for Results that Look and Feel Amazing by Deborah Tosline
I hope that you are doing well under these increasingly uncertain times. Please try to stay safe against the many obstacles that abound. There is something to maintaining normalcy in chaos, so let’s take a frivolous trip into Do-It-Yourself (DIY) skin care. Here is a two year update on my DIY forehead remodeling experiment.
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Aloe Vera for Effective, Economical, Collagen Boosting Skin Care by Deborah Tosline
What could be easier, less expensive and environmentally sustainable than picking an Aloe vera leaf, opening it and slathering it on your face as a makeup remover, toner, active ingredient, collagen promoting, ailment reducing gel.
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One-Year Later: Natural Methods to Smooth Forehead Muscles for Results that Look and Feel Amazing by Deborah Tosline
In May 2018, I wrote about my practices to release tension in my forehead fascia and muscles to naturally maintain a smooth forehead. Read the 2018 article here. This article provides an update and describes the methods that I currently use for forehead skin and muscle rejuvenation.
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Beautiful Skin begins with Vitamin A Almost Every Night and Vitamin C Every Morning by Deborah Tosline
Whether you are a skin care enthusiast or minimalist you may achieve dramatic results following a simple skin care regime of applying vitamin A almost every night and vitamin C every morning to face and neck skin.
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Dermarolling to Rejuvenate Lips by Deborah Tosline
For decades, I obeyed the recommendations of skin care specialists and avoided using strong Do-It-Yourself (DIY) products and devices on eye, neck and lip skin.
Over time, I noticed that my eye and neck skin were not improving or even maintaining good health when compared to the skin exposed to DIY advanced skin care methods. When I noticed this difference, I made a choice to treat my eye and neck skin the same as my facial skin and began applying strong DIY active ingredients and dermarolling treatments to the eye and neck skin. As a result, my eye and neck skin is slowly rejuvenating.
Despite my revelation to treat eye and neck skin the same as facial skin I continued to neglect my lips.
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New Year – New You, DIY Your 2019 Desires with Holistic Health and Skincare by Deborah Tosline
Hello! Here we are at the end of 2018 with the fresh New Year only minutes away! Once again, I summarize some of my favorite routines, tools and techniques for healthy skin because they continue to be effective! Its time to ditch some “products” and treatments, save some hard earned bank, reduce waste, promote personal health and reduce synthetic chemical exposure by avoiding processed foods and material goods that are easily replaced with whole natural products straight from the Earth. No doubt, some pre-made stuff is worth buying but rampant consumerism is a burden and appears to be hazardous to the planet and us all.
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Remodel Facial Fascia and Muscle Indentations beneath Deep Wrinkles with a Gua Sha Tool and Support Lymphatic Flow by Deborah Tosline
I began using the Gua Sha tool to release tight facial fascia and muscles. While scraping the Gua Sha over deep wrinkles, I felt indentations in the deep tissue beneath the wrinkles. This affirmed my belief that facial fascia and muscles must be smoothed and strengthened or it will be difficult to smooth the overlying skin.
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Are You Hoarding Personal Metabolic Waste? Essential Physical Detox – Begin Immediately by Deborah Tosline
Do you value yourself, your range of movement, your silky skin and amazing brain? If so, it’s time to adopt physical detoxification into your routine to promote basic health so that you may function at your top level. Just like the garbage, your home, your car, and your outsides - your insides need to be serviced and maintained on a consistent basis.
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Podcast: Body Function: Choose to Lose, Maintain, or Gain Health = Beauty
Did you have a chance to read my article on maintaining body function - presented as a life philosophy? I discussed the critical elements of the article with Eric Michaels on the podcast: Body Function: Choose to Lose, Maintain, or Gain Health = Beauty posted on eHealth Radio.
Review: Derminator 2® Microneedle Device from Vaughter Wellness by Deborah Tosline
The Derminator 2® is a mechanized microneedling device designed and produced by Sarah Vaughter of Vaughter Wellness for Percutaneous Collagen Induction (PCI) treatments, also known as microneedling or dermaneedling. Sarah Vaughter founded OwnDoc which means: "Be your own doctor" following Hippocrates' advice. Sarah is a dermaneedling expert and an investigative blogger regarding health matters.
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On-Off On-Off, Everything On, Back Off – It’s Complicated. Hormones by Deborah Tosline
All body communications are via an electrical system (nerves) or are chemical via the endocrine system (hormones). Hormones send global and specific instructions to start and stop body functions.
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