Skincare Advice & Articles by Dr Bollmann
How To Fix Thin Skin
Thin Skin Karen McDougal, Bare Skin Care Model Dr Bollmann, Anti-Aging and Skin Care Specialist Have you noticed your skin getting thin, dry and bruising easily? As we age, the skin becomes papery thin, and suffers from a decrease in oil gland activity (which also may cause skin to...
Remove Age Spots
Dr Bollmann, Skin Care Specialist Age Spots Hyperpigmentation in the skin of the face can occur from sun damage, pregnancy, and birth control pills. These brown spots can often detract from one's beauty, because we see beauty as symmetry. To remove these spots with skin care products, an aggressive approach...
Staying Active Prevents Memory Problems
Dr Bollmann, Skin care and anti-aging specialist Researchers from the Mayo Clinic (Minnesota, USA) studied 197 men and women, ages 70 to 89 years, with mild cognitive impairment, or diagnosed memory loss, and 1,124 people that age with no memory problems. Both groups were surveyed as to their daily activities...
Strength Training Eases the Effects of Aging
Dr Bollmann, Skin Care Specialist, Anti-Aging Expert It is estimated 70% of women age 70 cannot lift a gallon of milk. As we age, it becomes increasingly important to maintain powerful upper and lower body muscles, as doing so may help to prevent the incidence of age-related falls. Researchers from...
Slim Down to Live Longer
Dr Bollmann, Skin Care Specialist, Anti-Aging Body Mass Index (BMI) is the ratio between height and weight. The number indicates whether a person is underweight, overweight, or within a normal weight range. Individuals with a BMI of 25.0 or greater are considered overweight and those with a BMI of...
Stress Causes Weight Gain
Banish Stress Dr Bollmann, Skin Care Specialist, Anti-Aging For people with a higher body mass index (BMI), a study finds that psychological stress leads to weight gain. Researchers from Harvard Medical School (Massachusetts USA) conducted a study of 1,355 men and women, ages 25 to 74 years, following them from...
Exercise In Older Women Boosts Quality Of Life
Activity Boosts Quality Dr Bollmann, Skin Care Specialist, Anti-Aging It is an interesting fact that 70 % of women age 70 or older cannot lift a gallon of milk. Among older women, modest amounts of exercise can improve quality of life (QOL). Researchers from the Pennington Biomedical Research Center (Louisiana,...
Why Does Cancer Increase with Age?
Dr Bollmann, Anti-Aging and Skin Care Specialist The accumulation of age-associated changes in a biochemical process that helps control genes may be responsible for some of the increased risk of cancer seen in older people. Scientists have known for years that age is a leading risk factor for the development...
Vitamins Help You Live Longer
Telomeres are the endcaps on chromosomes, and telomeric shortening is thought to govern the number of times a cell can divide. Telomere shortening is thought to be one of the main causes of aging and disease. Telomeres are also thought to be highly susceptible to damage by free radicals. Researchers...
Staying Connected Prevents Aging
Staying Connected Prevents Aging Dr Bollmann, Anti-Aging and Skin Care Specialist One of the consistent things mentioned by centagenarians (people who live to be 100) is having friends, family, and an active life style. Researchers from the University of Chicago (Illinois, USA) report that social isolation may be detrimental to...
Simple Ways To Prevent Stroke
Dr Bollman, Anti-Aging and Skin Care Specialist As the population is aging and living longer, the risks of stroke increases. And while most of you are perpetually young, I have known some of you a long time. The older we get, the more diseases like stroke enter into our risk...
Improve Quality Of Life
Among older women, modest amounts of exercise can improve quality of life (QOL). Researchers from the Pennington Biomedical Research Center (Louisiana, USA) completed a six-month study involving 430 sedentary postmenopausal women (BMI of 25.0-43.0, with elevated systolic blood pressure). Each subject was assigned to participate in 1 of 3 exercise...