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Skin Support for the Summer

80k cases of skin cancer are diagnosed yearly in Canada. If you were born after the 90s you’re 3x more likely to get it (1 in 6). What’s a Gen Z, and everyone else, to do?

Is that juuust eczema?

I can say from personal experience, eczema is a superficial condition but it cuts deep. Physically, it can be torture. Emotionally, no different.

When eczema is acute it’s relatively easy to deal with. Slather some lotion and you’re good to go. When it’s chronic we can go down the rabbit hole of contact allergies, food sensitivities and stress. What a lot of people don’t know is that even chronic eczema can sometimes be easy to deal with.

Feeling Skwinter? – Winter Skin Care

Have your skin and hair lost their luster this winter? In the aftermath of the cold snap, endless rainstorms and the stress pandemic, maintaining healthy skin and hair in these gloomy times might just mean tweaking your usual routine. Fortunately at Mint, we know how to assist. Take a peek below by clicking below for our best-loved skin and hair helpers including a doctor approved at home skin treatment!

When You’re The Source Of Your Own Medicine: The Facial That Everyone Is Talking About

LIQUID GOLD FOR YOUR SKIN & HAIR

PRP, also known platelet-rich plasma therapy, the vampire facial, the blood facial or prp hair restoration is a treatment that uses your own blood to recharge your skin and hair. Your blood is drawn by standard blood draw, then put into a centrifuge where it is spun to separate the red blood cells from the plasma. The plasma, rich in growth factors that stimulate natural tissue healing, is then applied after a microneedling session or injected across the scalp at the level of the hair follicles. Historically, PRP has been used in orthopedic medicine, dentistry and reconstructive surgery to help speed up wound healing and recovery. Now, it’s one of the most popular treatments in aesthetic medicine to help damaged, aging skin grow new collagen and elastin for beautiful, youthful skin texture. PRP is one of the most sought after treatment options for hair loss and alopecia as it increases hair count, hair thickness, and the growth phase of the hair cycle.

Platelet Rich Plasma PRP for Hair Loss

For many people, hair loss is a profoundly upsetting experience. Losing your hair causes a significant, and likely unwelcome change in your appearance, it alters your sense of identity and for some, can destroy their self-esteem.

5 Things You Should Do Before Every IV Nutrient Drip

Hydrate. Why should you hydrate if you’re coming in for an IV, isn’t it supposed to rehydrate you? Absolutely, but the more dehydrated you are, the smaller your veins are. They tend to hide on us when we’re low on fluids! So give yourself and your doctor a helping hand by drinking a few glasses of water before your appointment.

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Move Over Anti-aging! Skin Care Steps for Healthy Skin Aging

Medical facials are very popular aesthetic treatments. They’re typically less invasive than laser, fractional resurfacing treatments and surgery, and offer minimal downtime. The lower price tag and effectiveness of these procedures has made them hugely popular, but how do you choose which one to go for? Many of these facials sounds similar; even their names are almost identical, which can make selection quite confusing for clients.
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Microneedling vs Microdermabrasion: What’s the Difference?

Factors to Consider with Sunscreen Use

MORE THAN 90% OF SKIN CANCER IS CAUSED BY SUN EXPOSURE.

1 in 6 Canadians will be diagnosed with it. Avoiding direct exposure to sunlight is the most effective way of preventing skin cancer, but many times of course, this isn’t practical. Sunscreen is the most important product available to help block ultraviolet light for those times when we will be the sun.

Natural or Clean Botox Injections? Don’t Get Fooled By Advertising

I’ve had a number of patients ask me recently about natural injections for wrinkles, they’ve heard of clinics offering a product that is supposed to be a more natural form of, or the ‘purist’ form of botox- aka cleaner or safer than regular botox. Given the way these clinics are advertising “we use only the purist form of neuromodulators”, it is easy to see how patients would assume this means it’s a better product for you, assume they would be getting a healthier version of the treatment, and in turn, want to get their injections done at that clinic. Don’t succumb to misleading advertising! Yes there are differences between the various products available for wrinkle-relaxing, but these differences do not equate to one being healthier or more natural than the others. So this months blog is all about dispelling natural botox myths, breaking down basics of botox, the differences between the products on the market and what these differences really mean for the consumer.

BOTOX IS JUST A BRAND

Everyone refers to it as getting ‘botox’, but it’s time to correct your lingo, there are actually 4 types of wrinkle-relaxing preparations commercially available for dermatological application in Canada, and Botox is just one of them: OnabotulinumtoxinA marketed as BOTOX/BOTOX Cosmetic, abobotulinumtoxinA as Dysport, incobotulinumtoxinA as Xeomin, prabotulinumtoxinA as Jeuveau. Collectively, these drugs are known as neuromodulators. Botox was the first on the market, so much like Kleenex is to tissue, Botox is often inappropriately used to describe all botunlinum toxin A (BoNTA) therapy. So now that you’re in the know, I’ll be using the correct terms for anti-wrinkle injections – neuromodulators or BoNTA.
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