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My Top 9 Skin Care Ingredients

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I've learned a lot about skin care recently, and I just wanted to share my favorite skin care ingredients and why I love them. Why do I love these? Well, after talking with dermatologists, aestheticians, and other skin care and anti-aging experts, I've learned a lot about these ingredients and what makes them so great. Here they are, in no particular order: My Favorite Skin Care Ingredients AHA - Alpha Hydroxy Acids: Found in cleansers and moisturizers, acts as a chemical exfoliant (all the exfoliation without the scrubbers that can scratch the skin) Vitamin C: It's an antioxidant, which is healthy for skin, but more importantly, it helps even out hyperpigmentation caused by sun damage, melasma, etc...  Hyaluronic Acid: Found in dermal fillers, HA (hyaluronic acid) is also used topically as a moisturizing and anti-aging serum.  Retinols: Tried and true, retinols and retinoids (they are different, actually) are a form of Vitamin A that exfoliates and reduces

I want to try CoolSculpting

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I have a belly, and I hate it with a fiery passion! But do I want to get liposuction surgery? Heck no! That's why when I have lost weight, I'm planning on getting CoolSculpting. I'd first heard of CoolSculpting in late 2012, when I found out that you can freeze fat and the fat cells will burst and die off before leaving the body through the lymphatic system. Sounds high tech! I love it! Before that, there were already a lot of devices that piqued my interest - some melted fat, others used ultrasound. CoolSculpting sounds like a nice treatment, though. It won't freeze the skin and other tissue - just the fat - without using injections or scalpels. Alternatively, fat melting treatments, I've heard, can burn the skin. No thanks! I'm thinking of trying this during the summer, when a cold treatment would be more welcomed. According to the Laser and Skin Surgery Center of Indiana, CoolSculpting also requires no anesthesia. So no numbing, even locally, is requ

Five Foods to Fight Bad Breath - Today

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If you have bad breath, it could be linked to an underlying dental or health condition. However, there are ways to combat bad breath by changing up your diet. Today.com lists these five foods to combat bad breath: apples, which are also high in quercetin, a natural antihistamine cinnamon, which is also said to help manage blood sugar cucumber, also high in electrolytes, so add some to your drinking water grapefruit, a popular breakfast beverage loaded with Vitamin C Greek yogurt, also high in protein and healthy probiotics Find out why these foods work to combat bad breath:  http://on.today.com/2r6UMrz