Don't Bet On Beauty In A Bottle Unless It's Botox (or Retin A)

Do we get more out of magazines like More?

I was thinking about the subject after reading this post by Miss Cavendish and reading what image consultant Karen at Of A Certain Age posted an article about her dissatisfaction with More this week.

Her pet peeve is why do these magazine show outfits that we can only afford to knock off instead of showing outfits that we can actually afford.

Don't make me knock off your expensive fashions, just show me ones that I really can afford, please! Oh! And while you're at it, how to wear them in my real life!

With so many articles about beauty products, particularly about those that buy ad space, can we believe anything that is written?

I don't read More, but I do glance at Vogue, Bazaar, W, Elle, Marie Claire, Lucky and In Style every month to see fashion and jewelry trends. But glance is the key word here.

And I totally ignore articles promoting beauty products.

I have always been skeptical of any cream, lotion or gel that claims to make you younger looking. Aging of course is genetic and perhaps the only way to slow down the process is to live a healthy lifestyle an avoid sun damage. No matter how much you spend on products like La Mer you're not going to change your DNA.

I spent my childhood in Southern California, except for one short year in Southeast Asia, and this was back in the days before sunscreen, when a tan was considered healthy. Of course I was out in the sun all the time.

So now I'm on a regime of sunscreen and Retin-A and when the time comes there will be appointments with my own Dr. Dreamy, Dr. David Sayah who has the loveliest way of saying "we can do something about those jowls"...."yeah, oh great, thanks maybe later".

The Center Epiderme at Frederic Fekkai on Rodeo Drive is Dr. Sayah's salon center for non surgical procedures and I'm thinking about investing in laser treatment. I know that it won't change my DNA but I think that it will be a better investment than $150 face cream.

Question: Has anyone tried an IPL Photofacial and if so what were the results?

Around Town - Feeling Frisky At Fekkai

Had dinner tonight with my fellow LA bloggettes, une femme and Kristopher Dukes, aka the Dukes of Hazard, who both happen to be (unlike moi) professional writers. Une femme is going to be writing book reviews for Harpers Collins and the Dukes just got a nice write up, not to mention a totally hot photo, in Angelino Magazine.

Before dinner at Prego we stopped by Dr. David Sayah's event at Frederick Fekkai on Rodeo Drive to sip champagne and check out his Centre Épiderme where I've heard that miracles really can come true with a little laser and a few injections.

Here's Dr. McDreamy's..I mean Dr. Sayah's blog
and the all important CV

Beverly Hills plastic surgeon Dr.
Sayah has a distinguished academic career. He completed a Bachelor of Science
degree in biochemistry at UCLA with numerous honors. Remaining at the UCLA
School of Medicine, he graduated among the top of his class with an honors
thesis in surgery. He was asked to deliver the prestigious "Hippocratic Speech"
at graduation. Dr. Sayah then specialized in General Surgery at the NYU Medical
Center with extensive experience in trauma and critical care. He completed his
Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery training at the UCLA Medical Center, the
premier plastic surgery training program in the US. Endoscopic plastic surgery
became his forte after a fellowship in this highly specialized field.
Dr.
Sayah is a staff member of UCLA, Saint John's, and Cedars Sinai Hospitals. He is
a Diplomat of the American Board of Plastic Surgery.

Around Town - Blowouts and Botox in Beverly Hills

How would you like to meet Dr McDreamy....and no I don't mean that guy from that silly TV show. I mean the real thing...the number one Beverly Hills plastic surgeon, who also just happens to be the most charming and handsome physician in this town.

Dr. David Sayah will be hosting a beauty event at the Fekkai salon on Rodeo Drive to benefit the City of Hope.

As someone who grew up in Southern California in the age before sunscreen and who then went on to spend her young adult years hiking, horseback riding, skiing, and taking her kids to the beach...all without SPF 30....it's probably too late for me to benefit from Dr Sayah's agility with injections. (But...I'm still going...for a much needed martini!)

But it's not too late for you!