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Everything you need to kn ... by Kevin .. Posted in: Blog Posts in Skin & Beauty Everything you need to know about sunscreen safety and vitamin D deficiencies is in this article from Happi Magazine http://tinyurl.com/48tgxdq Highlights - Sunscree ... Read on »
Scientific Proof by Kevin .. Posted in: Blog Posts in Skin & Beauty Some time ago, the Environmental Working Group (EWG)set off a panic by citing an unpublished FDA study that showed retinyl palmitate in sunscreens caused skin cancer.   ... Read on »
Au Naturale! by Kevin .. Posted in: Blog Posts in Skin & Beauty First, sorry for the lack of posts lately, but I have been in the lab trying to work out the kinks in our new acne formula. But I felt compelled to share somethin ... Read on »
An iPhone App To Avoid by Kevin .. Posted in: Blog Posts in Skin & Beauty  There is a new iPhone app available in the European Union that is getting a lot of buzz which you should avoid. It's called Cosmetifique and it has been developed by a ... Read on »
Top 10 Cosmetic News Stories for 2009 by Kevin .. Posted in: Blog Posts in Skin & Beauty A fellow cosmetic chemist, Doug Schoon,  has posted his top 10 list of this past year's cosmetic news stories. I could not agree more with his assessment which is well do ... Read on »
Buyer Beware (or Fraud Alert) by Kevin .. Posted in: Blog Posts in Skin & Beauty About a year ago I started seeing ads for unbelievable skin care products that promised to make you look younger over night. If memory serves me correctly, that product ... Read on »
The Most Disturbing Thing I Have Seen On the Internet (re: beauty) by Kevin .. Posted in: Blog Posts in Skin & Beauty For the past week I have been debating whether or not I should comment on the following  video I found, but I think it is better to  be informed than to bury your head in ... Read on »
New Drug MAY Extend the Lives Of Melanoma Patients by Kevin .. Posted in: Blog Posts in Skin & Beauty Roche has conducted a Phase II clinical trial that shows the lives of melanoma patients can be extended several months on their new drug Avastin. http://www.reuters.com ... Read on »
How To Find A Skin Care Pro by Kevin .. Posted in: Blog Posts in Skin & Beauty As products become more sophisticated and effective...it's becoming more difficult to sift through the pseudo-science and misinformation to find out what works for you. ... Read on »
The Beauty Business...It's Ugly by Kevin .. Posted in: Blog Posts in Skin & Beauty When I first started in this business 9 years ago, a very prominent Madison Avenue PR maven told me, "the beauty business..it's ugly". After about a decade in this prof ... Read on »
Yeah, we twitter by Kevin .. Posted in: Blog Posts in Skin & Beauty Like all the other cool kids, we are on twitter now...catch us at  http://twitter.com/advskintech Read on »
A New Acne Medication by Kevin .. Posted in: Blog Posts in Skin & Beauty Thanks to the folks a Galderma , they have now released a new acne treatment called Epiduo . What makes this gel  unique is that it has combined .1%  adapalene (the gen ... Read on »
Facials: The Debate by Kevin .. Posted in: Blog Posts in Skin & Beauty Facials are promoted as a  simple massaging of the skin to miracle "at the touch of a hand". But, at any level are they worth the $40 to $200 a session? Here's what the ... Read on »
Lasers for Acne by Kevin .. Posted in: Blog Posts in Skin & Beauty As much as the laser community wants us to believe that lasers treat acne. The fact is the cost does not justify the result....However, that may change in the future. htt ... Read on »
Acne: Now Classified as a Chronic Disease by Kevin .. Posted in: Blog Posts in Skin & Beauty According to The Acne Global Alliance, acne is not classified as a chronic disease that needs appropriate diagnosis and long term strategies to effectively treat. The All ... Read on »
Cell Receptors are the Key To Understanding Retinoids by Kevin .. Posted in: Blog Posts in Skin & Beauty At the American Academy of Dermatology Annual Meeting in San Francisco, Dr. Sewon Kang presented some of his prolific research on retinoids. The thing that I liked the most ... Read on »
Another Good Reason Not To Use A Tanning Bed by Kevin .. Posted in: Blog Posts in Skin & Beauty Yikes! http://www.newsobserver.com/front/story/1436088.html:) Read on »
Green Cream Gets a "favorite" Plug by Kevin .. Posted in: Blog Posts in Skin & Beauty One of our favorite bloggers/beauty writers, Nadine Haobsh http://www.jolienadine.com, has just plugged Green Cream as one of her favorite products in a St. Paul Newspaper ... Read on »
Skin-Lightening 101 by Kevin .. Posted in: Blog Posts in Skin & Beauty One of my favorite researchers, Dr. Zoe Draelos,  has published an article on Skin Lightening products in Skin Inc. magazine (A magazine for skin care professionals). T ... Read on »
FDA Warning: Topical Anesthetic by Kevin .. Posted in: Blog Posts in Skin & Beauty After two young females died after applying topical lidocaine in preparation of a laser hair removal have died of a heart attacks recently. The FDA recommends: use a ... Read on »