It's the Economy, Gorgeous!
Stocks plummeting. Markets crashing. Jobs cut. You may be thinking thrice about that next 7-inch Louboutin purchase, but your beauty and wellness don’t have to suffer a loss! Here are some of my top ten tips for looking as if you see things through rose-colored glasses! Stay fabulously solvent—naturally, inexpensively, and—for those who must defer the knife for now—non-surgically:
1. Stay hydrated: you’ve heard it before - drink plenty of water. Keeping the body hydrated helps the body to flush out toxins. Also, if you are going to increase your intake of alcohol or caffeine, have at least one glass of water for each glass of wine or cocktail or bottle of beer to stave off some of the ill after-effects of drowning your sorrows!
2. Eat a proper diet: Hippocrates said, “Let food be your medicine… ” Part of achieving good health is from the inside-out. Increase your intake of antioxidants buy eating more fresh fruit daily. Improve your digestive function by consuming more vegetables to increase dietary fiber.
3. Exercise regularly: the benefits of exercise are known to affect the heart, the mind, and the skin. Stay active physically.
4. Exercise your mind: read a good book lately? Keep those brain cells active and attempt to use more of the ones we don’t use by challenging yourself daily. Stay active—mentally.
5. Detox: it is helpful to help your body start fresh from time to time. Avoid radical diets and extreme measures. Consult your physician and/or nutritionist to determine which methods work best for you and your lifestyle.
To make a lasting impression:
6. Minimize those worry lines by stressing less. Decompress and reduce tension with yoga, meditation, or visualization. Not enough? Then relax those tension lines within the muscles with frown line-fighting Botox® injections. Studies have shown that if your muscles contract or frown less, your brain will not process anger or sadness as much.
7. Soften the effects of a dismal market by having fillers injected into your laugh lines and lips. A variety of fillers, such as Radiesse®, Restylane®, and Perlane® are available for almost every budget! The softer the lines, the less hardened you’ll appear!
8. No time to erase the effects of the economy from your face? Try microdermabrasion or a chemical peel for no down-time procedures that will leave your face positively radiant!
9. Want to glow the all-natural way? Vitaglow treatments nourish the skin with multiple vitamins, and help to increase firmness by stimulating the body to produce collagen.
10. Give gratitude daily—for your looks and your life. Try to maintain an optimistic attitude, knowing that your world can change in an instant if you change your perspective. If that sounds too New-Age-y for you, be comforted by the fact that tomorrow is a new day and will be different for all of us!
Dr. Shirley Madhère is a plastic surgeon who practices privately in New York City. She may be reached at 212.941.1571 or by clicking “Connect” on her website, www.thenewaesthete.com.