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...
Live Better With Vitamins
Supercharge Your Cells Dr Bollmann, Skin Care Specialist, Anti-Aging Telomeres are the endcaps on chromosomes, and telomeric shortening is thought to govern the number of times a cell can divide. Telomeres are also thought to be highly susceptible to damage by free radicals. Researchers from the US National Institute of...
Improve Quality Of Life
Activity Boosts Quality Dr Bollmann, Skin Care Specialist, Anti-Aging 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...
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...
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...
Multivitamins - To Take Or Not To Take
Dr Bollmann, Skin Care Specialist, Anti-Aging It would be an understatement to say that there is a lot of confusion out there about multivitamins. This is surprising given the high prevalence of use of multivitamins. In the United States among women overall, more than one third use multivitamins; and among...
Halt High Blood Pressure
Dr Bollmann, Skin Care Specialist, Anti-Aging Vanderbilt University School of Medicine (Tennessee, USA) researchers report that an increased intake in minerals such as potassium, magnesium and calcium by dietary means may reduce the risk of high blood pressure and decrease blood pressure in people with hypertension. A high intake 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,...
Eating And Brain Function
Dr Bollmann, Skin Care Specialist, Anti-Aging Expert Columbia University (New York, USA) researchers studied 2,136 healthy elderly New Yorkers, assessing their dietary habits and onset of cognitive decline during a four-year study period. The researchers found that a diet rich in foods providing omega-3s, omega-6s, folate, and vitamin E, but...
Stay Connected For Better Health
Dr Bollmann, Skin Care and Anti-Aging Specialist Researchers from the University of Chicago (Illinois, USA) report that social isolation may be detrimental to both mental and physical health. The team analyzed data from the National Social Life, Health, and Aging Project, a nationwide US study involving 3,000 men and women,...