December is here!!
Even though the month is fraught with busy busy schedules, we took a page out of "happy life manual" and took TIME to relax and enjoy each other. We just might have started a new SKin Phi Christmas tradition of lunch @the_sterling_almonte , and strolling the antique and gift shops of main street. It was a lovely way to kick off the season of lights, laughter and celebrating the holiday month.
We wish our SKin Phi tribe the same joy in taking some moments for yourself and your beloveds, find things to delight in and laugh about, and in preparing for the holidays, to be mindful of what is truly important....Skincare! Haha, just kidding.
We all know what the important things are, they spark JOY. And they usually come with no price tag, although they are priceless.
Gift Ideas that Work
Now, for things that can be physically giftwrapped, here are some ideas you can put in your stocking, or on your wishlist. A giftcard, physical or digital, can be the most rewarding thing this time of year. No stressful shopping malls, always perfect size and never re-gifted!
SKin Phi giftcards in any denomination. With every $200 spend you get $25 credit for service, this also applies to skincare purchases in December.
Hale Derma is the Stocking Stuffer of the Year
Do you have acne, eczema, seborrheic dermatitis, dry winter skin irritation, topical allergies, or just want a clean toner to spritz on your skin after washing? Hale Derma is the stocking stuffer of the year. Little, easy to pack for travel, great value, and packs a punch in "it works!" Hale Derma is hypochlorous solution, it is your body's natural "sanitizer", but maintains the proper pH so it actually helps to rebalance the skin microbiome and strengthens the barrier to optimal function.
Beautiful Skin is the Best Accessory!
Want a hack to looking brighter, makeup and filter free? Try a Moxi laser treatment. There are so many simple and effective skin solutions here, but the magical Moxi laser is the fastest way to go from sun-damage, pigmented or uneven skin-tone to... perfectly glowing. Not only is it remarkably do-able downtime (about 5 days of sandpapery speckled dots on the skin, so you just look a bit tanned underneath your makeup or tinted sunscreen), it has dramatic improvement of brown spots and dull skin complexion even with a single treatment. It's been over two years of transforming skin with the Moxi but we are STILL confounded with the magic of reversing unwanted pigment, airbrushing enlarged pores and did you know... it can also reduce and clear pre-cancerous lesions (actinic keratoses)!
These are our ACTUAL results, and many of them are after a SINGLE treatment only. Naturally, repeat or maintenance sessions produce even more improvement, but for a laser procedure that is so simple and safe, there is nothing quite like Moxi magic.
Skincare promotion continues
In addition to the spend $200 get $25 services credit, there is a December special for a gift with purchase! If you get $500 or more of skincare, receive an Alastin Neck cream ($172 value), while quantities last.
Ask us about our specially curated selection of Skinceuticals power serums. Make your topical vitamins work for you!
Did you know that you need to protect yourself from UV radiation everyday? Not just in summer or on vacation, and not just if you are outdoors for prolonged period of time. UVA radiation even comes through window glass and is reflected off just about any surface: snow, water, asphalt, etc etc. You get the point. An effective and elegant sunscreen should be adopted as a DAILY MORNING HABIT, this is how you protect your investment and prevent premature skin ageing and malignancies.
Check out our invisible zinc options, there is a weight and texture for everyone in the family.
It's all about the Light ✨
The dreaded "filler face" has become a meme, a joke, generally a deterrent for many people these days, from having a filler treatment. Here at SKin Phi, we do things that make you appear "prettier", "well rested", not "what did you do?!🫨"
Did you know, when it's done skillfully and with this artistic approach it doesn't look like you have had filler done? We are proud of the fact that most of our patients appear well-preserved and brightly lit for their age but you probably wouldn't know that they have Botox or Filler injections regularly. By regular, I mean filler done about every 1-3 years. There is no hard rule that this is a procedure you need repeated on an annual basis. Some areas on some people lasts more than 3-4 years, like temple or deep mid-face support.
My approach to using best in class products like Juvederm (and a little Restylane, Radiesse, and Sculptra) is to manipulate how light hits your face.
This example is of 45 U Botox and only 2 syringes of Juvederm Voluma. This initial filler correction lasted about 2-3 years, and we did maintenance and touch-ups every few years or so. This is how we age gracefully, but always maintain our natural look. When we were about 8-10 years our younger selves, it's not necessarily an absence of wrinkles that made us look better, it was that the contours and features,especially the midface, had the right angle for light to bounce off and make us look "happy, healthy, and well rested."
How do we know this to be true? Just take a look at your passport photo face versus any selfie that shows you smiling. The fact that light can bounce off the mid face cheek when you smile and brighten the undereye area (due to a slightly convex angle), makes you look like the best version of yourself. The healthy, happy, relaxed or well-rested version of yourself. It's actually a trick of the make-up artist, they know how to use highlight tools to force this light-reflex in just the right spots of the face to brighten, lift or enhance. The trick is, to do this with transition and blending, so you don't see the magic, you just see something beautiful.
This is the ART in filler artistry. It's the eye to know how to use tools on each individual canvas, and somehow make all the transitions so natural looking so the result looks effortless (or "natural"). What I call the "L-Lift" is a way to support your own ligaments of the mid face by providing just the right amount of volume underneath the crucial spots of these retaining ligaments. Restoring optimal angles of contour by these little adjustments around your natural ligaments is how we keep you looking like yourself! Never too changed, or morphed into something that looks out of proportion.
By the time we get to middle age, we are all just looking for time savers, and ways to look how we feel with minimal makeup on for the daily routine. Makeup is fun, and is needed for special outings, but the freedom of being able to go out with just sunscreen your face and feel pretty good about yourself is golden!
This month, you can still take part in the bonus gifts:
SKin Phi promotion: get 3 syringes and receive a complimentary session of PDCD (fat-dissolve) injections for focal fat pad sculpting (such as bra fat, muffin top, etc). Gift valued at $550
Allergan's Brilliant Distinctions extra rewards: applicable until Dec 15. Receive extra reward points, up to $200 cashback rewards Juvederm. Check the details of this bonus program
We will be enjoying a holiday break Dec 21-Jan 3. The office will re-open on Monday Jan 6, for all urgent matters or appointment inquiries you can email us at
There are still some appointment spots here and there before the holidays with @dermnurseLara and @nursesunnykim, and if you need a special glow-up with Lisa for a holiday party or get-together book yourself a BelaMD (6-step medical facial that makes you look instantly bright and feel as light as a feather)
Please have a Merry Christmas, Happy Hannukah, and enjoy celebrating the season of Bright Lights with all your beloveds. We look forward to more good things to come in the New Year with you! Thank you from our hearts for your support and allowing us to be part of your care.
Love, Lisa, Kelly, Lalaine, Lara and Sunny
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