Looking Good in Later Life 15
                                               2002

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. 

Previous editions of Looking Good in laterlife 

Edition 1 (including a visit to Estee Lauder)

Edition 2 (including a visit to Clarins)

Edition 3 (including a visit to Medestea Internazionale

Edition 4 (including a visit to Martha Hill Skincare)

Edition 5 (including a visit to Harrods)

Edition 6 (Including a visit to Belgravia Centre)

Edition 7 (Including a visit to Vichy Laboratoire)

Edition 8 (Including a visit to Avene Spa)

Edition 9 (Including fashion tips)

Edition 10 eyebrows, eyelashes, sun and skin

Edition 11 (Including a visit to Lasercare Clinics)

Edition 12 - Lasercare Clinics offer their expertise on common skin conditions

Edition 13 - Ageing skin in the new millennium

Edition 14 - A visit to Helen Sher

laterlife.com occasionally visits one of the great cosmetic houses, up-and-coming beauty collections or other organisations of interest to the more mature visitor.

Edition 1 Estee Lauder

Edition 2 Clarins

Edition 3 Medestea Internazionale

Edition 4 Martha Hill Skincare

Edition 5 Harrods
Edition 6 The Belgravia Centre

Edition 7 Vichy Laboratoire

Edition 8 Avene Spa  

Edition 11 Lasercare Clinics

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It includes both one off articles and also regular columns of a more specialist nature such as healthwise  and talkback

Also don't forget to take a look at our regular IT question and answer section called YoucandoIT by IT trainer and author Jackie Sherman.

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