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Posts Tagged ‘Nu Skin’

Hey… I saw in my search engine terms that someone came to my blog looking for the answer to whether they can use Galvanic after injections of Juvederm, an injectable facial filler. Whether it is the home version made by Nu Skin or being done with professional equipment in spa, NO! It can move the filler and change the appearance of your facial contours. Not good. Wait 2 weeks after ANY injectable filler.

I thought that was a really good question and I hadn’t addressed that in any posts that I recall….

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I know what you are thinking, acne and wrinkles, so not fair. And you are absolutely right. It isn’t. I know about that first hand. See it happened to me. I never had a break out problem as a teen and sailed right through my 20′s and 30′s with clear skin.

Then came my 40′s.  A few wrinkles, nothing to shout about. Then a very stressful move across the country. Suddenly I was dealing with Adult Onset Cystic Acne. Ewww.  And being an esthetician, need I tell you I was absolutely mortified?

So off I went to the dermatologist. We tried every topical prescription available. We tried nearly every oral medication indicated for acne. And nothing worked.

My acne was not horrible. I have seen much worse cases. But it was certainly enough to make me miserable. There was one remedy we had not tried because I really didn’t want to go there. I had heard the horror stories of Accutane.

I bit the bullet and took it. Turned out that it was too strong for my system so I took a half dose for a longer period of time. My skin became so dry and so sensitive it was nearly unbearable. And not just on my face, everywhere. Read the rest of this entry »