Botox, other treatments gaining popularity among younger women

By Barbara Bradley

August 15, 2010

Meghan Washburn, 27, didn't mind the faint lines between her brows. But the bride-to-be didn't want to walk the aisle with a veil of wrinkles at her eyes.

So to prepare for her September wedding, she tried Botox. Injections between her brows not only softened the lines starting to form there, she said, but also smoothed her budding crow's-feet.

Like a lot of young women, Washburn, who lives in East Memphis and works in

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Love The Skin Your In 2010

VIP Magazine

By: Mona Sappenfield 

Love the Skin you are in for 2010! Anti-aging options that will keep your skin glowing like a Pearl.

There is a growing demand among the true “grit” (girls raised in the South), for a more aggressive treatment to address wrinkles and uneven skin texture caused by too many days in the sun, pregnancy mask and post-acne while also wanting to minimize the recovery time. Our experience from other ablative technologies and messy

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Living With and Controlling Rosacea

- Mona Sappenfield, Owner of Mona Spa and Laser Center Memphis. CIDESCO Dipomate, Licensed and NCEA Certified Aesthetician.

Winter dryness, outdoor sports in cold weather, hot saunas, alcohol, red wine, spicy holiday foods, desserts rich in refined sugar (cookies!) can lead to a not so jolly case of Rosacea.

Rosacea, (pronounced "roh-ZAY-sha") is a chronic cutaneous disorder that is potentially life-disruptive for an estimated 14 million Americans. Rosacea can vary from

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