Nearly half of the sunscreens tested earned either a “recommended” rating or a “Best Buy” rating. Consumer Reports wanted to know how well they each protected against the UVA/UVB rays and how they performed in water.

Three sunscreens earned Consumer Reports’ “Best Buy” rating including Up & Up Sport SPF 30; No-Ad with Aloe and Vitamin E SPF 45; and Equate Baby SPF 50. Six other sunscreens earned the “recommended” rating and none of the 22 received a poor rating—good news for health-conscious consumers.

While your cosmetic surgeon would no doubt encourage you to apply an SPF regularly when you are out in the sun, Dr. Edds does recognize that many patients come to him with existing sun damage. This can rear its head in the form of age spots, wrinkles, and uneven pigmentation. Though you can protect your skin moving forward, Owensboro cosmetic surgeon Dr. Edds also offers options to repair previous damage.

Laser skin resurfacing in Owensboro is a non-surgical treatment that targets these superficial skin issues deep within your skin and diminishes them. If you exhibit more severe sun damage, you may require multiple sessions.

Obagi’s Blue Peel penetrates your skin, removing damaged outer layers to reveal healthy, refreshed skin below and is completed as a one-time in-office treatment.

Microdermabrasion in Owensboro is also completed as an in-office treatment and may be done in multiple sessions. This mildly abrading treatment is ideal for treating more minor skin issues.

To learn more about treating sun damage with non-surgical options, we encourage you to join the mailing list of Owensboro cosmetic surgeon Dr. Edds.

Ask your aesthetician, cosmetic surgeon or other skin care professional about Obagi® Blue Peel. Once your treatment plan is established, the in-office procedure is quick and straightforward. Because your skin care professional applies the peel for you, you can relax knowing that the product will be used correctly in order to produce the best results.

In addition to photo-aging, Obagi® Blue Peel treats uneveness in texture and tone, and helps to achieve a fresher, more vibrant appearance.  Please contact your aesthetician or skin care professional today, or visit the Obagi website to find out more information.

The complaint alleges that Obagi Medical interfered with the distribution of the new ZO line of anti-aging products when it contacted an e-commerce distributor and informed them of a non-compete agreement.

Obagi Medical denies the allegations and says it will vigorously defend the suit.

As the demand for anti-aging skin care products has increased over the last decade, so has the competition within that market. Between 2006 and 2008, U.S. sales alone rose 13% to 1.6 billion dollars, and the trend shows no sign of weakening as baby-boomers take advantage of advances in skin care science to address the effects of aging on their appearance.

As a person gets older, the process of skin-cell-rejuvenation is slowed. Topical aesthetic and therapeutic skin health systems designed by Obagi Medical are specifically designed to address all of these effects, and their growing popularity should only lead to more competition in the marketplace.

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