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Changes in the skin often coincide with changes in the weather, not to mention the added stress of the school year and the holidays. You may need to modify your routine and possibly see an aesthetician for personalized skin care advice.

WebMD has a great article on this topic: “10 Winter Skin Care Tips” provides advice on how to “banish dry skin and give your winter skin care regimen a boost.”

For a similar article (with a little more personality) blogger Kelly Wickham of Blogher.com offers these three Winter Skin Tips to maintain healthy skin through the harsh winter months.

To get professional skin care advice in Bellevue and Maple Valley, just ask Dr. Stacy! She offers many of the treatments and products recommended in these articles, and more.

Why do we wrinkle and what can be done about it?  There are many reasons, but the general explanation is that physical changes occur in our bodies, which are accelerated by social and environmental factors.

The basics, courtesy of skin care expert Suzan Obagi:

• We gradually lose collagen, causing skin to become thinner and more fragile.
• We gradually lose elastin and glycosaminoglycans, causing a loss of moisture.
• Sun, smoke, and pollutants thicken parts of the skin, causing lesions, cancers freckles and age spots.

What can be done about wrinkles?

• Apply sunscreen (containing zinc or titanium) daily – at least SPF 35
• Use an anti-aging cream that contains tretinoin
• Try to stimulate collagen growth with regular peels or laser treatments.