Looking to save money on facials and other spa treatments?

A day at the spa is a fun way to pamper your body and make your skin glow, but it can be an expensive proposition. The good news is you can create some of the same effects by just opening your cupboards or reaching into your vegetable crisper.

Homemade beauty remedies are nothing new and a lot of the same things that are good for the inside of your body are also great for your skin.

Of course, that also means that any food that you're not supposed to eat shouldn't be used on your skin either, because it will absorb into your body and could cause an allergic reaction. Even if you don't think you have any allergies, it's always best to test any new product (even homemade ones) on a small area of skin and wait 24 hours to see if you have any redness or irritation.

Donna Wood Eaton, owner of Cedar Spring Herb Farm in Harwich since 1982, has a Chartered Herbalist degree from Dominion Herbal College in Vancouver, British Columbia. She makes a full line of facial and body care products that are registered with the Safe Cosmetics Compact (www.safecosmetics.org) in which company owners pledge to avoid harmful substances and to fully identify everything in their beauty products. She teaches classes in gardening, herbalism and how to make your own natural products.

We asked her advice for the best food or garden ingredients to use to create skin-care products. Honey was at the top of her list.

Source: http://www.southcoasttoday.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20090729/LIFE/907290303/-1/NEWSMAP

Looking to save money on facials and other spa treatments?

A day at the spa is a fun way to pamper your body and make your skin glow, but it can be an expensive proposition. The good news is you can create some of the same effects by just opening your cupboards or reaching into your vegetable crisper.

Homemade beauty remedies are nothing new and a lot of the same things that are good for the inside of your body are also great for your skin.

Of course, that also means that any food that you're not supposed to eat shouldn't be used on your skin either, because it will absorb into your body and could cause an allergic reaction. Even if you don't think you have any allergies, it's always best to test any new product (even homemade ones) on a small area of skin and wait 24 hours to see if you have any redness or irritation.

Donna Wood Eaton, owner of Cedar Spring Herb Farm in Harwich since 1982, has a Chartered Herbalist degree from Dominion Herbal College in Vancouver, British Columbia. She makes a full line of facial and body care products that are registered with the Safe Cosmetics Compact (www.safecosmetics.org) in which company owners pledge to avoid harmful substances and to fully identify everything in their beauty products. She teaches classes in gardening, herbalism and how to make your own natural products.

We asked her advice for the best food or garden ingredients to use to create skin-care products. Honey was at the top of her list.

Source: http://www.southcoasttoday.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20090729/LIFE/907290303/-1/NEWSMAP

Cellulite Surgery

Surgery to get rid of cellulite should be considered only as a last resort. Surgery is also the most expensive treatment available for cellulite reduction. There are three types of surgery done for cellulite problems.

Liposuction

Liposuction is the most commonly performed surgical procedure for cellulite reduction and body contouring. This procedure involves removal of fat from under the skin. However, it does not remove the underlying layers of fat responsible for cellulite. If liposuction is performed at the lower layers or subcutaneous fat layer, secondary effects such as profuse bleeding, swelling and scarring may occur. Liposuction is good for slimming down hips, thighs and buttocks. Liposuction is often done in combination with a non surgical procedure called Endermology.

Lower Body Lift

This is a complicated procedure recommended for someone with extensive cellulite, accompanied by fat pads on the hips and loose skin. This procedure involves lifting the skin of the whole lower body like a facelift in that region.

Mesotherapy or Micro surgery

Mesotherapy is a treatment that stimulates mesoderm or middle layer of the skin. This in turn relieves a wide variety of symptoms and ailments including cellulite. The connective tissue of the body or collagen that makes up the bone, ligaments, tendons, and muscle is derived from the mesoderm. The mesoderm also involves the fat tissue and connective tissues around organs. In this treatment, an analysis is first made to determine the cause of cellulite. Then a combination of conventional and homeopathic medicines is injected just under the skin.

Source: http://iamsickofbeingfat.com/2009/03/17/cellulite-surgery/