Karam MD Journal

Skincare practices are everything when it comes to maintaining or achieving radiant, youthful skin. What you eat and drink, and everything that goes into your body is going to affect the skin, just as it would the other organs. If you want to have beautiful, luminous skin, you have to be careful about what goes into your body and what you put on your skin itself. Let’s get into the important good and bad skincare habits. Bad skincare habit #1: Drinking alcohol and smoking Avoid toxins like fast food and processed food that negatively affect your skin. The most significant toxins to avoid are alcohol and smoking. Alcohol dehydrates the skin and has a negative impact on the skin. If...

When it comes to our skin, we can be proactive about the aging process. By taking the right steps to prevent the signs of age in the first place, the skin can remain more youthful and supple for years. Here are some key tips on how the skin’s aging process can be significantly slowed and prevented.   Wear sunscreen It’s well known that exposure to the sun during our lives has its consequences as we get older. On the other hand, a significant lack of sun exposure pauses and slows down the aging process of the skin. The bottom line is: the sun is the greatest accelerator to aging. A patient who is not in the sun much, maybe because...

Close your eyes and picture how old you really feel. If you’re struggling with the signs of age, from a changing facial shape to aging skin, you probably feel much younger than you look. What gives a person the youthful look we all wish we still had? Young-looking, supple skin without wrinkles and a full facial shape with volume, a tight jawline, and firm, lifted features. This youthful facial shape is often described as a heart or an upside-down triangle. In essence, aging is seen when the face begins to lengthen due to a loss of volume that causes the face to look deflated and hollow looking, and the features begin to sag downward. Additionally, the skin starts to lose...

If you want to take great care of your skin and slow down the aging process, there are simple skincare secrets for proper sunscreen protection that can help stop the clock and revitalize the condition of your skin. These five key sunscreen skincare secrets will take your skin to the next level. 1. Protect your skin from the sun with the right type of sunscreen. While the fact that sun exposure ages and damages your skin is not a secret, the amount of damage the sun can cause may surprise some. Sun exposure both accelerates and causes age-related changes to the skin. The sun is responsible for anywhere from 50%-70% of the changes we see in the skin. Skin damage...

Learn the causes of aging skin, ways you can naturally prevent skin aging and wrinkles, and natural anti-aging tips.