 Beauty
from within
The Helen Sher system (see looking good in laterlife 14) is now
offering a new extension to its range of skin products. This
one is in the form of capsules, the Skin Support
Formula. It contains a full range of vitamins
and minerals, herbs and probiotics that make up a nutritional supplement for all skin
types. The inclusion of probiotics and herbs, unusual for a vitamin supplement, is to aid
digestion as well as provide nutrition for the skin.
Skin Support
Formula can be ordered through the Helen Sher website:
www.sher.co.uk/skincare or email: skincare@sher.co.uk
or telephone 020
7499 4022. Price for 30 capsules is £10.90 and for
90 capsules £27.90
Helen Sher, at 67
living proof that her system has real mileage, has consulting rooms in London’s Bond
Street and also offers a mail order service. Her creams, lotions, cleansers, moisturizers and make
up products are designed for sensitive and older skins, people with acne or other
problems.
What
to do about thread veins
 Thread veins on the legs are tiny red, blue or purplish blood
vessels which are visible to the naked eye. They vary in diameter from very tiny red marks
with a diameter of ½mm or less, to larger blue or purple veins with a diameter of up to
3mm. If left untreated the vessels become larger, though usually over a long period of
time.
Studies have shown that thread veins affect one in five
women in their twenties, with an increased incidence rate of one in two women by the time
they reach their fifties. Leg thread veins can be
hereditary, or the result of pregnancy or a lifestyle which has demanded prolonged
standing.
The colour of thread
veins is dependent on the amount of oxygen being carried by the red cells within a vessel.
The smallest red vessels will carry high levels of oxygen; the larger vessels appear blue
or purple because they carry less.
Treatment is usually simple, often involving laser
therapy, and safe in the hands of a qualified doctor.
At Lasercare Clinics, consultation with a doctor is £60.
Consultation and
minor treatment on the day (15 minute treatment) is £235
Further minor
treatment is £195
If you’d
like to know more about Lasercare Clinics and the treatments they provide, look up their website:
www.lasercare-clinics.co.uk
Lasercare Clinics
work with NHS Trust Hospitals and also treat privately. Clinics in major cities throughout
the UK.
Thank
you Jamie Lee Curtis
 When Jamie
Lee Curtis posed in a big black sports bra and big black knickers to show that she’s
no longer the possessor of a taut, skinny, youthful figure, we at laterlife were appalled. Not at Jamie, but at women journalists reproaching her
for exposing her normalities. For once we’re seeing a real woman, with loads of
energy and a great sense of humour. All too much
for some ladies of the media, it seems.
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Anyone who has looked after her (or his) appearance over the years has the
edge in later life compared to ravers who burned all their candles at both ends. But skin,
hair, eyes, lips, silhouette still show the years after fifty. Extra skin dryness, puffy
eye areas, sagging around the chin, wrinkles – they all can benefit from special
treatments. 
