Clinical studies testing the effects of snail secretions can now explain and support the value of treatments that sound rather gross. Tempting as it may be to harvest one of those garden snails and apply it to your face, the snail Cryptomphalus aspersa (SCA), specifically, is the species of snail that offers rejuvenating properties to improve deep lines, scars and photoaging in the skin. Use of snail secretions can be dated back to Ancient Greece, when Hippocrates reported u

Time's up for the professional solicitation of expensive moisturizers and serums. The beauty product wars will have to be battled out in traditional marketing fields by the companies that make them. Today, medical institutions are eliminating acceptance of gifts from pharmaceutical companies, ranging from luncheons and free samples to notepads and pens. Marketing with gifts can subliminally sway professional opinion, advice and intervention. Carrying inventory of a product l

It’s interesting to consider perspectives of beauty and treatments used over the past 100+ years. We’ve collected a few items of days gone by that are in our display cabinet in the office. Some of the interesting things found on this short journey in time, include the Bisque Beauties (c. 1920) and Creme Vitonia (c. 1960). Bisque Bathing Beauty figurines of the 1920’s reflected emerging styles casting off the modesty of the Victorian Era. The minute dolls were often cast in su