The eyes may be the windows to the soul, but your lips let people know how you really feel. A smile and a laugh invite warm conversation, whereas a sharp frown lets people know it’s not a good time to chat. Your lips do a lot of work, so make sure you’re taking care of them! Here are three rules to follow when it comes to maintaining good lip health. PUCKER UP, BUTTERCUP 3 TIPS FOR HEALTHY LIPS Lip balm is a must, and not just for soothing chapped lips. Ensuring your lips stay moisturized will keep them healthy and prevent chapped, split lips. But before you apply the lip balm that’s been collecting dust on your dresser, check the ingredients. A good balm will have a base of beeswax, paraffin, and/or petroleum jelly. These lock in moisture and don’t evaporate as quickly. When shopping for lip balm, avoid harmful ingredients. Salicylic acid, menthol, camphor, and silicone can dry out your lips, and while it’s fun when your lips taste like cherry, stay away from flavored balms. These can actually lead to chapped lips. 1. MIND YOUR OWN BEESWAX.
2. MAKE TIME TO EXFOLIATE.
You know how your shower loofah sloughs away dead skin cells, keeping your skin soft and healthy? Your lips are also covered in dead skin cells that need to be gently removed. Don’t worry, you don’t have to buy a tiny loofah. Instead, whip up a DIY scrub to exfoliate your lips. Just mix 1 part honey with 2 parts sugar. Once a week, massage the scrub gently into your lips, let sit for 10 minutes, then remove with a gentle face wash. Regular exfoliation keeps your lips soft and smooth.
3. DON’T FORGET YOUR SUNSCREEN.
Research from George Washington University Hospital in Washington, D.C., found that the No. 1 area people forget to apply sunscreen is the lips. We tend to forget that our lips are part of our skin, which is troubling because skin cancer around the lips can be very dangerous. If you’re going outside, be sure to protect your lips with lip balm containing SPF protection of 30 or higher.
WHAT YOU SHOULD KNOW ABOUT GETTING A BREAST LIFT IN 2020
It’s April, which means summer — and bikini season — is just around the corner. If you have been considering a breast lift, April is the perfect month to come in and have a consultation with Dr. Burgdorf about how you can get from where you are to where you want to be. The skin of the breast is fragile, and like the skin of the inner arm and thigh, it tends to sag with time. At Music City Plastic Surgery, we often use the phrase overstretched rubber band . Like an overstretched rubber band, you can try to tighten the skin up or stretch it out, but really, the best thing you can do is remove the excess tissue. What is tricky about that is when we do a breast lift, even if we remove the most-stretched tissue, we still have to use some tissue that is a little stretchy to achieve the best results over the long term. This can result in a healing process that can take as long as four months for the breasts to ease into their lifted position as naturally as possible.
This healing process can be frustrating for our patients. They feel great physically, and it’s easy for them to get impatient. During this process, it’s really our job to cheerlead for them and remind them that full results take time to achieve. Recently, there have been a lot of advances in how we do breast lifts. Today, we can use a material called GalaFlex, a dissolvable mesh that can be used as a kind of internal bra to lift the breasts. Once it dissolves, GalaFlex breaks down into carbon dioxide and water, and your body replaces it with collagen. GalaFlex is great at supporting heavier implants, too, and can make the skin of the breast up to 5–10 times stronger. Don’t let another season of your life pass you by without taking action to get the body you want. Visit MusicCityPlasticSurgery.com to learn how Dr. Burgdorf can help you build your beautiful today.
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