Why do some people look so OLD?

A person may look a decade or two older than his or her age due to an inadequate program to inhibit the chief causes of skin damage. All the following factors can damage skin & cause premature skin aging:
1. Stress : both short term & chronic , can cause skin cells to appear tired.
2. Insomnia : can promote premature aging of skin.

3. In sufficient hydration: can promote fine lines, weaken skin cells- resulting in flaking skin.
4.Excess sun exposure:  can result in photo-aging of skin , skin cancer and increase pigmentation!

5. Inflammation: can cause puffiness, blemishes & pigmented lesions.
6. Low consumption of essential fatty acids e.g. fish oil can cause dryness of skin.

7. Low consumption of antioxidant foods can result in oxidative, free-radical skin damage & premature aging.
8. Too much processed food can promote skin cell damage.

9. Toxins and environmental pollutants may prematurely age skin.
10. Finally ....Biological Aging: is assoicated with a slowing down in collagen renewal, causing damaged & wrinkled skin.

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Super Alkaline Foods

Here is a list of Alkaline foods to combat aging of any kind:
-Vegetables with dark leaves...star preformer !!!
-lemons & limes (fresh ones),
- garlic, -onions
-fruits
- unsalted seeds
-olive oil
-whole grains

This is a reminder for myself to incorporate as much of these into my diet as possible!
We can continue eating acid producing food like (animal protein, coffee, colas, sugar, processed carbs) if we take care to balanced it with more of the alkaline foods

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What can Botox & Fillers do for a 20 something in Singapore?

It's obvious what it can do for older people.
It makes them appear years younger by 'taking care' of all the wrinkles & sunken places!
But how about people like me?
People in our 20s.
Do we need Botox or Fillers and what can it do for us?
 I was told sublte changes can have a large overall effect on the face.

1. It can change the way we look,  Fillers can be used to sharpen the appearance of a

relatively flat and broad nose. 
2. Fillers can also be used to  create fuller lips.
3. Shape facial contours such as cheek and chin areas to make us more attractive.
4. Lines around & below our eyes can be corrected as well.

5. Botox can be used to slim down the face.
6. Can also be used to lift eye brow so that our eyes can look bigger & the whole face becomes more alive!

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How botox & fillers work?

Botox
Botox works by blocking nerve impulses to the injected muscles, hence reducing muscle contractions that cause wrinkles.
This lunch time procedure is usually completed in 10 to 20 mins. There is no down time.  Effect could last for about 6 months. For some there could be some bruising which could be conceal by make-up & it'll clear up within a few days.
In short:
- helps to smooth out lines by preventing the muscles from contracting into a wrinkle.
-It is often used to improve crow's feet, forehead wrinkles & frown lines.
-It also can be used for facial slimming or contouring, by injecting botox  to relaxing the  jaw muscles thus reducing it's size. This would result in a more attractive slimmer facial shape. (square jaw reduction).

Fillers
Are made from a natural hyaluronic acid gel that closesly resembles the body's own, they are safe & highly effective treatment. The procedure is fast and a single treatment can last up to a year.
In short:
-Fillers help restore facial volume to the cheeks by plumping the weakened areas in our faces where lines & folds develop.
-They can also be used to enhance facial features such as chin & nose
-and create  fuller lips

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How are wrinkles form?

Why it happens?

Fine lines & textural changes are cased by aging & damage by the sun damage.
Years of sun exposure damages the elastic fibers below the skin surface. These fibers break down & lose strength as a person ages, and the skin could not hold its shape as before.

What happens when we aged?

Fine lines, deeper wrinkles & sunken cheeks are some of the effects of aging caused by loss of collagen-the skin sags & areas of volume loss become apparent.

Our normal everyday repetitive  facial expressions form creases under the skin that eventually becomes laugh lines, worry lines & other wrinkles.

Older people has dryer skin & this could emphasis the appearance of wrinkles.

Friend did nose filler, eye filler & cheek filler !!

I went with her last month to Parsons Medical Singapore @ Yishun.

Place was packed, I dont understand, it's quite way out. 
Finally her turn came, we went in.
Hmmm.... Dr Keith Ong is younger than I thought !
Heard alot of good things about him though.
He explained, we listen & "friend" can't wait..... frankly she was totally ready to do anything just to enhance her looks.
The doc didnt have to say much really...lol..... vain-pot!!...lol.....

Doc jab abit here & there & I see her transforming infront of my eyes! Interesting !!!!  
When he came to the nose, it's my turn to be amazed! 
I cant believe a small enhancement done to the nose could changed a person's look so much!
My Friend with a sharper & slightly higher new nose looks really pretty!!!!
The face somehow looked smaller & cuter!
Oh Boy... love the nose!!!!

I am VERY tempted now....lol....


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