3 Reasons NOT to Trim Your Cuticles

3 Reasons NOT to Trim Your Cuticles

The Importance of Healthy Cuticles Manicured nails will always be in style, but healthy nails need care.

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Botox Parties Gone WRONG…

Botox Parties Gone WRONG…

Botox is one of the most popular cosmetic treatments worldwide. It reduces wrinkles, smooths fine lines,

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Maintaining Healthy Skin from the Inside Out

Probiotics are widely known for their benefits to intestinal health. However, recent studies have shown that they can also play a significant role in promoting healthy,

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Sugar and Your Skin

Sugar and Your Skin

Sugar and the Aging Process: A Hidden Connection Noticing more wrinkles, fine lines, or sagging skin?

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Stop Treating Your Adult Acne Like a Teenager!

Stop Treating Your Adult Acne Like a Teenager!

Growing up isn’t just about getting a job, getting married, paying bills etc. It’s also about knowing how to take care of yourself....

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What To Do For Under Eye Wrinkles

What To Do For Under Eye Wrinkles

If you want to stay looking younger longer, it’s vital to take special care of the skin around your eyes.The delicate eye area often reveals early signs of aging,

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Guide to Bringing Sexy Back

Guide to Bringing Sexy Back

Acne is tough, especially when it appears on your back. While you can cover face acne,

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How To Get Longer, Fuller Lashes

How To Get Longer, Fuller Lashes

Lashes are the ultimate accessory, effortlessly elevating your natural beauty and making you feel alive and radiant,

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Halloween Makeup 101

Halloween Makeup 101

Halloween is a time for fun, but it’s important to make sure that your makeup doesn’t lead to breakouts or allergic reactions.

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Get Party Perfect for the Holidays!

Get Party Perfect for the Holidays!

It’s holiday party time, and we have the perfect treatments to get you looking party perfect!

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5 Power Foods for Your Skin

5 Power Foods for Your Skin

You are what you eat! Your Skin reflects your overall health. Eliminating packaged and processed foods from your diet and replacing them with nutrient-dense whole foods will prevent and treat…

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Bye Bye Brown Spots!

Bye Bye Brown Spots!

Playing in the sun is fun when you’re young, but as you age you may find that what was once a smattering of endearing summertime freckles has now become radiance…

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Hot Hair Topics

Hot Hair Topics

Healthier Hair Color “ How can I prevent my color-treated hair from breaking and fading?” Hair that breaks easily is either fine or has been overly bleached.

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Don’t Underestimate Your Brows…

Don’t Underestimate Your Brows…

Our Aesthetician can shape and tint your brows to frame your face perfectly just like these celebs!

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Double Dips and Dirty Sticks

Double Dips and Dirty Sticks

Have you ever had a nightmarish waxing and post-waxing experience? A common, very unsanitary, mistake that waxing practitioners may make is double dipping.

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Help us support Children’s National Medical Center!

Help us support Children’s National Medical Center!

You’re invited! Discover Dysport with us on Friday, June 27, 2014! Bring one bestie and you’ll get 15% off your treatment Your bestie gets 20 units of Dysport FREE!

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The Best Kept Secrets About Sun Protection

The Best Kept Secrets About Sun Protection

Sunblock sticks are the best facial sunscreens. Physical barriers provide the best sun protection. Sunblock sticks with titanium dioxide and zinc oxide,

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Ok…So what IS gluten? We can tell you!

Ok…So what IS gluten? We can tell you!

Most people don’t really understand what gluten is, let alone what it can do to your skin.

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Currently Obsessed With: Environ’s C-Quence Retinol Cream

Currently Obsessed With: Environ’s C-Quence Retinol Cream

Bye, bye, dull skin! The C-Quence retinol cream by Environ is a great option for anti-aging…without skin irritation!

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SKIN DETOX: Go Gluten-Free…the Right Way

SKIN DETOX: Go Gluten-Free…the Right Way

In 10 years, you may think about gluten the same way you now think about cigarettes.

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Vitamin D

Vitamin D

Vitamin D is an important factor in the integrity of the skin and some inflammatory diseases can be caused by vitamin D deficiency.

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You have to be a little “high” maintenance… to look “low” maintenance

You have to be a little “high” maintenance… to look “low” maintenance

If you like running out of the house looking perfect with just a little mascara and lip gloss,

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Allergic to exercise… or your FIT BIT?

Allergic to exercise… or your FIT BIT?

The FitBit “Force” is a watch-like device which monitors the wearer’s daily activity levels, calories burned as well as amount and quality of sleep.

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Best. Foundation. Ever.

Best. Foundation. Ever.

Diorskin Airflash Spray Foundation is amazing! Try it today!

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Don’t Worry, Get Botox!

Don’t Worry, Get Botox!

Studies show that Botox can help with depression! Looking good has never felt better! Read the article from the New York Times here!

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Happy, Healthy, Hydrated Hair!

Happy, Healthy, Hydrated Hair!

Read about over & under-washing your hair in my article in Skin and Allergy News HERE!

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Yay J. Crew! Risk-Free Swimwear

Yay J. Crew! Risk-Free Swimwear

Yay J. Crew for designing beautiful swimwear that saves your skin!

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Designer Bracelet Protects Against Sun-damaged Skin

Designer Bracelet Protects Against Sun-damaged Skin

Yes, it is 8 degrees outside right now. However, spring is right around the corner which means the sun is about to make its damaging debut.

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Vitamin D Deficiency in Ethnic Populations

Vitamin D Deficiency in Ethnic Populations

Many clinicians are unaware that ethnic populations in North America do not achieve optimal serum 25-hydroxyvitamin D (abbreviated 25[OH]D) because of the increased pigmentation in their skin,

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Fractional Laser Considered Safe & Effective for Treating Scars

Fractional Laser Considered Safe & Effective for Treating Scars

Fractional laser resurfacing has brought new hope to thousands of patients suffering with debilitating scars. Patients are experiencing dramatic improvement in the appearance of scars with just one treatment.

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Cosmetics are Not Only for Women

Cosmetics are Not Only for Women

Myth: Cosmetic treatments are only for women. Fact: Men get cosmetic treatments all the time. The goal of cosmetic procedures is to make individuals look like refreshed versions of themselves.

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How to: Clean Your Makeup Brushes

How to: Clean Your Makeup Brushes

You should clean your makeup brushes every three months to avoid excess oils, bacteria, and residual bits of makeup from transferring onto your skin.

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Tiny Bumps Under Your Skin?

Tiny Bumps Under Your Skin?

So, you have your new skin care routine down to a science and your skin looks one hundred times better. 

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Whey & Acne: Could your supplements be making your acne worse?

Whey & Acne: Could your supplements be making your acne worse?

Whey is a highly digestible protein that comes from milk. It has gained massive popularity as a dietary supplement,

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Cold Sore Season: Know Your Treatment Options

Cold Sore Season: Know Your Treatment Options

Often referred to as fever blisters, cold sores are small blisters that normally form around the mouth and near the lips.

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Sodium, the sneaky ingredient in foods you wouldn’t expect!

Sodium, the sneaky ingredient in foods you wouldn’t expect!

About 90% of Americans eat or drink too much sodium. According to recent data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC),

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November is National Healthy Skin Month!

November is National Healthy Skin Month!

We know you were in the sun this summer… Don’t feel guilty anymore, call today to schedule your full skin check with Dr.

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#ALExperts – McLean Dermatology Featured on Angie’s List!

#ALExperts – McLean Dermatology Featured on Angie’s List!

One of our blogs was recently featured on Angie’s List. Check it out here! #mcleanderm #askdrlily #alexperts #antiaging

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A Younger Looking Neck and Chest

A Younger Looking Neck and Chest

Looking to tighten up that skin? Don’t just stop at your face! Complete your look by giving the skin on your neck and chest that much-needed attention too.

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Fat Reduction Really Works: Effective Evidence

Fat Reduction Really Works: Effective Evidence

If you aren’t already convinced that CoolSculpting REALLY works to safely and permanently reduce fat, allow us to shed some more light on this amazing treatment.

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The Use of Topical Corticosteroids During Pregnancy

The Use of Topical Corticosteroids During Pregnancy

If you are planning a pregnancy or are currently pregnant, it is important to check the safety of your medications.

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New Rosacea Drug!

New Rosacea Drug!

Have Rosacea? Try this miracle drug that works in 30 minutes or less! Mirvaso – the quick solution to your facial redness!

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Prevent Scarring Before It Starts

Prevent Scarring Before It Starts

Before a dark spot can become your worst enemy, here are 3 stages to preventing acne scars: 1.

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Drink Up Ladies for that H2Glow!

Drink Up Ladies for that H2Glow!

It’s not exactly new information that water is good for you. We’re told to drink at least eight glasses a day for clear skin,

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Tanning Salons are Found to Give False Information

Tanning Salons are Found to Give False Information

California’s landmark 2011 legislation that bans minors from using indoor tanning salons appears to be working to restrict access,

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The NOTICEABLE difference between corrective makeup and camouflage makeup

The NOTICEABLE difference between corrective makeup and camouflage makeup

Acne scars, pigmentation, melasma – if you have these, you struggle to cover them up. But instead of hiding them,

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What’s in your makeup? There’s an app for that!

What’s in your makeup? There’s an app for that!

Are you worried about possible harmful ingredients in your cosmetics? Download this app on your phone!

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10 Great Foods to Help you Get your Protein Intake

10 Great Foods to Help you Get your Protein Intake

Whether you’re a vegetarian , or not there are lots of tasty meat-free sources of protein that also pack additional health benefits.

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Stop Over Washing Your Hair: Work a Dry Shampoo into Your Routine!

Stop Over Washing Your Hair: Work a Dry Shampoo into Your Routine!

If you don’t like the feeling of going more than a day without washing your hair or you’re sick of spending all morning underneath the blow dryer,

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Study finds that women lose soft facial tissue faster than men…

Study finds that women lose soft facial tissue faster than men…

A recent article found that “women experience a sharp loss in facial-tissue volume at the age of 30 to 60 before the rate levels off,...

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