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So don’t miss out on our Patient Appreciation Week Sale. All Dr. Elaine’s skin care is 20-30% off, and of course, our everyday free USPS Priority Mail shipping. The sale ends Sunday July 17th at midnight CST.

If you have never tried our fabulous skin care, now is the time. And if you are already a fan, thank you.

Dr Elaines’s Advanced Skin Treatment is a dermatologist (and guess who that might be?) developed clinical skin care line that combines anti-aging cosmeceuticals with proven natural botanicals. Cosmeceuticals are cosmetics that have effects on the skin. The main groups are the peptides, antioxidants, growth factors, and vitamins. They improve fine lines, roughness, blotchy pigment, loss of elasticity, dullness, acne, and stimulate collagen production. Our botanicals are plant derived compounds that are used for their antioxidant, anti-inflammatory, exfoliant, moisture balancing, and collagen stimulating properties.

We offer specialized skin care products for acne, anti-aging, skin pigment lightening, sensitive skin, rosacea and hair and body. Clinical skin care is both a preventative anti-aging strategy and a repair strategy for skin that needs help. It is your everyday health program for your skin, and the foundation of an anti-aging program. Your skin is smoother with a healthy glow, reduction in appearance of lines, wrinkles, acne blemishes and brown discoloration.

If you have never been to our web site SkinTreatment.com here is where you can find what you need: Patient Appreciation Sale Dr Elaine’s Skin Care on Sale 20-30% Off including all skin care on sale through Sunday July 17th, midnight CST. If you know what you need, or are shopping for skin care after our Patient Appreciation Week Sale, these sections are always available, which show our current special offers: All Acne Skin Care on Sale– all of the special offers for our acne skin care, including sets at a discount All Anti-Aging Skin Care on Sale–all of the special offers for our anti-aging, and lightening skin care including sets at a discount All Skin Care Sets on Sale–all discounts on skin care sets or kits All Skin Care on Sale–everything–all skin care that is on sale

If you already use Dr. Elaine’s skin care, take advantage of this great sale to stock up. If you are considering trying it, this is a great opportunity.

Your skin can’t take a joke–so don’t tell it one

Hair and nails forgive and forget. But skin is something else again. It doesn’t forgive and it doesn’t forget. So, I do take care of my skin, and pretty well too. And I have for a long time. That is because skin holds a grudge. If you don’t take care of it , it goes bad on you, and at least some of the damage is irreversible. You can fry your hair, color it blue, lose it from going off birth control pills or after pregnancy and it recovers. Hair just says “whatever, and it grows out just fine. And the kind of hair problems that are really frustrating are not from anything that you do, they just happen, like alopecia areata, and the scarring hair loss diseases.  You can have chipped and damaged nails from working in the garden, you can abuse your nails from wearing acrylics and, within reason, they can recover. Unless you damage the matrix or the nail bed, then you gotta pay. But your skin remembers every unkind thing you ever said about it, did to it, or didn’t do to it (like protect it from sun damage). It really can’t take a joke.

So here is what I do. And I do it every day and every night, without fail. And yes, I use my own line of skin care products, Dr Elaine’s Advanced Skin Treatment, almost exclusively. After all, I developed them, and they are full of both high quality botanicals, marine actives, other natural actives with specific purpose, and various cosmeceuticals including alpha and beta hydroxy-acids, peptides, antioxidants, and vitamins. Since I developed them exactly the way I wanted them, this should  be no surprise to anyone.

My morning routine–First I get up, reluctantly, then:

1. Three days a week I use Dr Elaine’s Antioxidant Enzyme Peel (1 oz 38.99). You have to use it when your skin is completely dry. So I do it the very first thing, I don’t wash my hands or face, and I apply it in a very thin layer. Key word is “very thin” and then I let it sit 30 seconds with my hands in the air, without rinsing them, until the peel liquefies. Next I rub in a circular motion and exfoliate the dead skin. Then I rinse with clear water. I love this product because the papaya, grape seed, and willow extracts in it gently exfoliate without granular particles with the end result that my face reflects light well and glows, but it still allows me to use the retinoid Refissa without the increased irritation of a granular exfoliant.
2. Since I have normal-dry skin, I wash with our Facial Cleansing Lotion (6.7 oz $26.99), using my fingers only, never a washcloth. I love this cleanser–it has glycolic acid to exfoliate, it cleanses well, removes make up and the combined group of natural botanical oils leaves my skin soft and smooth rather than uncomfortably tight.
3. Then I follow with our Gentle Toner (6.7 oz $26.99) applied with a 100% cotton ball. Since I have a tendency to get eczema, and use a fairly potent retinoid every night, I need to reduce the tiny microscopic abrasions that I would get from a synthetic “cotton” pad. I don’t need a drying type of toner, so I use this one that is not drying.
4. Then Dr Elaine’s Correcting Serum (1 oz  $59.99) 2-3 pumps for my entire face and neck. The two things that I feel should be used every day as a basic program, other than sunscreen, is either an alpha hydroxy acid or fruit acid, and a retinoid. Our Correcting Serum has both 8% glycolic acid and a multiple fruit acid complex to exfoliate and promote collagen production, and hyaluronic acid to plump wrinkles and balance moisture.
5. Next I apply Dr Elaine’s Line Diminisher (1 oz $89.99). The peptides Acetyl Hexapeptide-3 and Palmitoyl-Pentapeptide 3 combined with hyaluronic acid help minimize fine lines, and antioxidant green tea calms irritation.
6. Then our Facial Moisturizing Cream ($41.99) in the winter or when I am extra dry or my skin is irritated, or our Hydrating Cream ($39.99) if it is summer or less dry weather. Moisturizers like the Facial Moisturizing Cream that are fragrance free are best if your skin has a tendency to irritation and you are using retinoids like Refissa.
7. Then I apply our Total Eye Renewal (0.5 oz $65.99) to my entire face. Yes, I know it says eyes, and I do use it on eyes,  but also on my face,  because the 3 peptides are very good, it has active Vitamin C, bunches of active botanical antioxidants and I really like the silky smooth effect from the shea butter and silicone base.
8. Then I apply DCL Super Sheer Sunscreen SPF 50 (2.5 oz $24.99) to  my face, neck, chest, forearms and backs of my hands every single day, year round, without fail. I really like this sunscreen because it covers a really broad spectrum of UV, and it is so light weight you don’t even know you have it on.

At  night, no matter how tired I am:

1. Dr Elaine’s Facial Cleansing Lotion
2. Refissa (by prescription $145) to face, neck, upper chest. I apply Refissa to back of hands and forearms every other or every third night.
3. Dr Elaine’s Total Eye Renewal ($65.99) around my eyes after Refissa.
4. Brush on Latisse to the base of the eyelashes (by Allergan–prescription $120 a 3 ml bottle) to grow eyelashes and make them darker–but I only apply it every other night or the lashes get too long and thick. That also cuts the cost, as a bottle will then go 2-3 months.
5. Dr Elaine’s Lip Therapy ($5.99) right before bed so my lips don’t get too dried out.

For Body:

1. Dr Elaine’s Calming Body Wash (12 oz $15.99) in shower which helps my dry skin.
2. Dr Elaine’s Smoothing Body Moisturizer (12 oz $37.99) every night. I am atopic, so my skin is sensitive and rashes easily. That means if I don’t apply moisturizer to my entire body I will itch all night and since I don’t want to do that I just go ahead and use body moisturizer every night. I love the scent, and also the powdery smooth feeling.
3. Then I put our Perfecting Hand and Body Moisturizer (12 oz $36.99) on my feet and heels right before bed. The glycolic acid and fruit oils, soften and repair thickened skin and cracks, and the Evening Primrose oil reduces irritation.
4. If I have been lazy and my heels are really bad I will use Ureacin-20 (4 oz $26.99)on them for a couple of nights. It works really well for thickened calloused heels, but leaves a thin white film on them, so I don’t do it in the daytime.
5. For a little color, in the summer or if I am going on vacation I will use Jergen’s Sunless Tanner ($7.99) for medium to tan skin (just means it has more DHA in it and I get color quicker) or Clarins Self Tanning Instant Gel (4.4 oz)

And that’s how I do my own skin care. I take care of my skin, and I don’t tell it any jokes.

Next: how I do cosmetics

Don’t miss out on our Spring Fling Sale.  All Dr Elaine’s Skin Care is 20-30% Off and, of course, our Every Day Free USPS Priority Mail Shipping.

The sale ends Sunday, April 24th at midnight CST.

If you have never tried our fabulous skin care, do it now.  And if you are already a fan, stock up.

Dr Elaines’s Advanced Skin Treatment is a dermatologist developed clinical skin care line that combines effective cosmeceuticals with proven natural botanicals.  Cosmeceuticals are compounds that have effects on the skin. The main groups are the peptides, antioxidants, growth factors, alpha and beta hydroxy acids and vitamins. They improve fine lines, roughness, blotchy pigment, loss of elasticity, dullness, acne, and stimulate collagen production. Our botanicals are plant derived compounds that are used for their antioxidant, anti-inflammatory, exfoliant, moisture balancing, and collagen stimulating properties.

Our Ageless Effects Clinical Anti-Aging Skin Care is both a preventative anti-aging strategy and a repair strategy for skin that needs help. It is your everyday anti-aging health program for your skin, and the foundation of an anti-aging program.  Your skin is smoother with a healthy glow, reduction in appearance of lines, wrinkles, and brown discoloration.

Acne is a common problem, that affects people of all ages. Dr Elaine’s Advanced Skin Treatment Perfect Effects Acne Skin Care prevents and treats acne blemishes, pimples, blackheads, and reduces irritation, and red and brown discoloration that occurs after the pimple has healed. It also reduces the dryness that occurs with some acne medications and can be used effectively with prescription acne medications.

For Rosacea and sensitive skin try our hypoallergenic, fragrance free Gentle Effects skin care, to reduce redness, dryness and irritation.

Dr Elaine’s Silken Effects for hair and body care line, with both treatment and maintenance products help reduce dry, scaling or irritated skin and give you beautiful hair.

And finally, try Dr Elaine’s Cosmetics for antioxidant mineral powders and mineral glows, for a healthy looking, natural complexion.

If you have never been to our web site SkinTreatment.com here is where you can find what you need:

Spring Fling All Dr Elaine’s Skin Care on Sale 20-30% Off through Sunday April 24, midnight CST

If you know what you need, or are shopping for skin care after our Spring Fling Sale, these sections are always available, which show our skin care and current special offers:

All Acne Skin Care on Sale

All Anti-Aging Skin Care on Sale

All Skin Care Sets on Sale

All Skin Care on Sale

All Anti-Aging Skin Care

All Acne Skin Care

All Rosacea and Sensitive Skin Care

All Hair and Body Care

All Cosmetics

And if you want to see All Dr Elaine’s Advanced Skin Treatment Skin Care

If you already use Dr Elaine’s skin care, take advantage of this great sale to stock up. If you are considering trying it,  this is a great opportunity.

Choose skin care like a skin doctor:

Full disclosure: I am the founder of Dr Elaine’s Advanced Skin Treatment clinical skin care line, which I formulated and developed based on my assessment of the merits of various botanical extracts and cosmeceutical advances for an optimal anti-aging, acne, sensitive skin and body skin treatment program. Dr Elaine’s skin care is sold in my cosmetic dermatology practice and online at our web site, SkinTreatment.com. Of course, I am biased toward our skin care products, and use many of them daily, especially since I developed them exactly the way I wanted.

When I talk to patients about skin care, cosmetics and hair care, they often ask “what do you use?” and “why do you use what you use?” Because I am a female cosmetic dermatologist, I am expected to have a rigorously scientific analysis of the merits of each product I use. And to a large extent I do. However, there are additional factors that I use to determine which skin care, cosmetic, nail care, hair care, beauty equipment I purchase and use.

My choices are dictated by the following factors:

• Scientific evidence favoring effectiveness in prevention of skin aging, acne, and skin cancer. Since I know preventing skin aging is easier than reversing it, I am willing to use products that may only have benefits down the road. Luckily for me, I have used a sunscreen and retinoid (first Retin-A, then Renova and now Refissa) daily for the past 27 years.

• Scientific evidence favoring effectiveness in treatment of skin aging, acne and sensitive skin. I’m not impressed by the marketing “story”–you know, “this amazingly potent antioxidant, previously unknown to the world, from the fruit of the Friscascucia plant, found only in a remote region of the Himalayas, harvested lovingly by hand by barefoot, chanting Tibetan monks, who even at 90 have beautiful, radiant, unlined skin because they apply Friscascucia fruit daily was discovered by celebrity dermatologist Dr. Special when he met the monks during the pilgrimage to Tibet that was part of his voyage of personal discovery.  And now, brought to you!”

• I want to know the actual science, even if it’s boring. It’s unfortunate that often the “story” is used and accepted as a substitute for the science. There are a lot of ingredients that have a long history of safety and effectiveness. On the other hand, some of the new discoveries, optimization of existing compounds and new uses for older therapies are exciting and backed by science. It’s just that the “story” shouldn’t trump the science.  And by science, I mean controlled, double-blind scientific studies of real effects on real live skin. As any scientist will tell you, an experiment can be designed to give any result you want. So I want the real science, not the marketing story science.

• Ease of purchase. I hate to shop. Thank God for the internet. And Walgreen’s.

• Cost/benefit ratio. I don’t mind paying more, if there is an actual benefit gained. I tend to avoid skin care products at both ends of pricing, the very cheap and the very expensive. Since we produce Dr Elaine’s clinical skin care line, I know how much it costs to include appropriate, quality ingredients in concentrations large enough to have a skin benefit, not just to include them in low concentration for their marketing value. And skin care at the very high end often uses that high price point as a selling point–”if people pay so much for this it must be worth it” without any real increase in value. However in make-up and cosmetics that is not necessarily true. For certain cosmetics, such as mascara, the inexpensive drugstore version is just as good as one that costs 10 times more.

• Sensory effects such as scent, color, texture, stickiness, etc. If I am going to pay for it and use it, I want to enjoy it.

• Persistence of result. If I take the time to put it on, I want it to stay on. I don’t want to put on lipstick more than once, twice at most, a day. I don’t want my nail polish chipping by the next morning. If I cover a pimple, it better stay covered.

I compute the above factors in a complicated mathematical formula, which remains in an undisclosed location in my brain, to determine which skin care, cosmetics, nail care, hair care, and  beauty equipment that I purchase and use on a daily basis.

Next:  My top skin, hair, nail care and cosmetic choices.

Don’t miss out on our Holiday Sale.  All Dr Elaine’s skin care is 20-30% off,  and of course,  our everyday free USPS Priority Mail shipping.  The sale ends Sunday, November 21 at midnight CST.

If you have never tried our fabulous skin care, now is the time.  And if you are already a fan, thank you.

Dr Elaines’s Advanced Skin Treatment is a dermatologist (guess who?) developed clinical skin care line that combines anti-aging cosmeceuticals with proven natural botanicals.  Cosmeceuticals are cosmetics that have effects on the skin. The main groups are the peptides, antioxidants, growth factors, and vitamins. They improve fine lines, roughness, blotchy pigment, loss of elasticity, dullness, acne, and stimulate collagen production. Our botanicals are plant derived compounds that are used for their antioxidant, anti-inflammatory, exfoliant, moisture balancing, and collagen stimulating properties.

We offer specialized skin care products for acne, anti-aging, skin pigment lightening, sensitive skin, rosacea and hair and body.

Clinical skin care is both a preventative anti-aging strategy and a repair strategy for skin that needs help. It is your everyday health program for your skin, and the foundation of an anti-aging program.  Your skin is smoother with a healthy glow, reduction in appearance of lines, wrinkles, acne blemishes and brown discoloration.

If you have never been to our web site SkinTreatment.com here is where you can find what you need:
Holiday Sale Dr Elaine’s Skin Care on Sale 20-30% Off including all skin care on sale through Sunday November 21, midnight CST

If you know what you need, or are shopping for skin care after our Holiday Sale, these sections are always available, which show our current special offers:
All Acne Skin Care on Sale– all of the special offers for our acne skin care, including sets at a discount
All Anti-Aging Skin Care on Sale–all of the special offers for our anti-aging, and lightening skin care including sets at a discount
All Skin Care Sets on Sale–all discounts on skin care sets or kits
All Skin Care on Sale–everything–all skin care that is on sale

If you already use Dr Elaine’s skin care, take advantage of this great sale to stock up. If you are considering trying it,  this is a great opportunity.

As a part of this blog I will be posting some permanent pages about common cosmetic dermatology problems, aesthetic procedures, skin care and other topics. They will be based on what we commonly see, and common patient questions in our cosmetic dermatology clinic.  You can find them on the right navigation under 411.

Check out the first one–Acne Treatment Tips

Let me know if there is particular topic you would like to hear about.

Elaine Cook MD

Welcome to the SkinTreatment.com blog, opinions and observations of board certified cosmetic dermatologist and creator of  Dr Elaine’s Advanced Skin Treatment skin care line, Elaine Cook M.D.  I’ve been specializing in Dermatology for 27 years, the last 15 of which have been devoted to the practice of cosmetic dermatology, the development of my own skin care  line, and running SkinTreatment.com. This blog represents the summation of the knowledge and experience I have gathered over the years seeing countless patients and developing multiple prototypes for our skin care products. Some of the medical stories happen over and over again, some are more unusual. Some are purely cosmetic. Some are symptoms of underlying medical disease. All are important. All affect peoples lives.

I plan on discussing a variety of topics. Among them: the so-called “cosmetic” skin problems–acne, melasma, rosacea, aging skin, wrinkles, spider veins, cellulite, stretch marks, hair loss, age spots, sun spots, discoloration and more. I will also discuss the cosmetic procedures used to remedy these problems: Botox, Juvederm, Restylane, Sculptra, Laser, Fraxel  Laser, Intense Pulse Light Photorejuvenation (IPL), Thermage, Therma-Frax (also called Fraxage), Sclerotherapy, Chemical
Peels and the various other light-based treatments such as LED and blue light. Finally, I will be using my understanding of the skin in health and disease and my experience developing my own skin care line as a basis to discuss anything and everything about skin care products.

Basically, I will be discussing whatever I want on any given day.