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We are in the full swing of holiday season and everyone wants to know just what are the best skin care products. Dr. Amanda Lloyd suggests that you treat yourself to her favorite skin care products this year for a little holiday freshening up! Who needs to know you’re stressed about the holidays! No one! That is what a good skin care regimen can do for you. Vitamin B! Botox is Dr. Amanda Lloyds absolute favorite product. It is safe, effective and works every time. If you are looking to refresh your look naturally, this is the ticket for you. … Continue reading “Dr. Amanda Lloyd’s Favorite Skin Care Products”

Everyone has a different routine before going to bed, but hopefully, everyone has these three steps for glowing skin included in their routine. Wash your face. Sleeping in the environmental toxins and damage that your skin has accumulated over the day doesn’t help your skin in any way. For glowing skin it is essential to wash off all that contamination. Washing is easy now, you can use a gentile cleanser and water or just use those lovely wipes that don’t require any water. No matter what modality to wash your face you choose please ensure it is not drying out … Continue reading “Three Steps for Glowing Skin”

Now is the time to give yourself a gift and treat your skin for the Holidays. You likely had a wonderful Thanksgiving full of cooking and preparing and you deserve to reward your skin before the next round of Holidays and Events arrive. You will be giving your family and friends a beautiful holiday celebration so you might as well give yourself a gift and treat your skin for the holidays! There are three easy treats you can give your skin to help wipe away the stressed look and refresh your skin’s healthy glow for the Holidays. Everyone needs a … Continue reading “Treat your Skin for the Holidays”

You have committed to clearing your skin, have stopped picking and wash your face every night before bed. The third simple step is to, not waste time or money on ineffective acne treatments. Especially, ones that will make your skin worse. For example, using a toner pulls away all the good natural oils that keep your oil glands happy and sends them into overdrive. Therefore, you are oilier and more acne prone—not the desired result! Do not put things like coconut oil or other “natural” products on your face. Coconut oil has been shown to be acne and allergy forming, … Continue reading “Don’t waste time or money on ineffective acne treatments”

The last blog post was the first most important thing to help your acne, stop picking. The second most important thing you can do to prevent new acne from coming is to wash your face before you go to bed. Sleeping in your make up or even just sleeping in the sweat and grime from a day at school or work provides all kinds of yummy food for the acne forming bacteria, P. Acnes that lives on your skin. If you have no time for acne, then you must find two seconds to wash your face before you go to … Continue reading “Wash your face daily – an easy way to rid acne”

As summer winds down and you’re starting to get ready for the new school year, the last thing you want to see on your face is an acne flare-up. Stress, hormones, and other factors can all contribute to a breakout at the worst times, but that doesn’t mean you have to live with it! At Skin & Vein Institute in Encinitas, California, Dr. Amanda Lloyd offers tips for getting rid of acne with a few simple steps. Key steps for clearing your skin Avoid picking at your skin: This is perhaps the simplest but most important tip. When you have … Continue reading “Back to school: tips for getting rid of acne and clearing your complexion”

Botox is a common household name at this point, and for a good reason. It is one of the most frequently used, minimally invasive cosmetic procedures performed in the US and has helped rejuvenate the appearance of millions of people worldwide. However, some patients are hesitant to undergo Botox treatment because of some common myths surrounding the treatment. Dr. Amanda Lloyd, board-certified dermatologist in Encinitas, California, debunks these myths and provides the real story on this effective anti-wrinkle treatment. Myth #1: Botox is only for old women Not long ago, the only effective anti-wrinkle treatments available were surgical procedures that … Continue reading “Debunking myths about Botox for fine lines and wrinkles”

Skin cancer doesn’t always follow “the rules.” This makes it even more important to keep up on your annual full-body skin checks at our office, and to examine your skin regularly at home. Use a mirror to check hard-to-reach areas, or enlist your partner’s eye so you don’t miss anything. Taking photos every few months on your phone of any areas of concern to monitor for changes is a great way to see if spots are evolving. You may be familiar with the “ABCDEs” of melanoma: Asymmetry, borders that are ill-defined, spots of more than one or that are very … Continue reading “These Symptoms of Skin Cancer may Surprise You”

Benjamin Franklin is often quoted as saying, “An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.” As your cosmetic dermatology partner, we have many ways to reverse the effects of unhealthy lifestyles, and unprotected sun exposure—though some of them are not fun. A better way is to prevent wrinkling and spotting before it happens! Appropriate beauty rest is a way to meet this goal! Amid this hectic season of weddings and travel, know beauty rest is a real thing. It’s generally recommended adults aged 26 to 64 years get seven to nine hours of sleep. Quality sleep and how … Continue reading “Beauty Rest is not Just for Sleeping Beauty”

There’s nothing quite like the sunny summer days in southern California, but it’s important to be sun smart to avoid painful sunburns, premature aging, and skin cancer. At the Skin & Vein Institute in Encinitas, California, Dr. Amanda Lloyd cares about your skin health and offers these five tips for protecting your skin while you’re having fun in the summer sun. Sunscreen, sunscreen, sunscreen Sunscreen is an essential tool for blocking the sun’s harmful rays when it comes to protecting your skin. It is important to use a high-quality sunscreen with broad UVA and UVB coverage and a minimum SPF … Continue reading “Five ways to protect your skin during the summer”