JoAnn M. Romeo Aesthetics

In this article: What are lash extensions? Before you book your lash extension appointment. Potential Risks Understanding the process Pros and Cons of Lash Extensions Final Assessment Eyelash extensions can be a beautiful way to enhance your natural lashes, and who doesn't want longer, thicker, eye-defining lashes? There are great mascaras out there and other products that can give you the results, but may carry side effects. Semi-Permanent Lash Extensions are another option. What are Lash Extensions? Lash extensions are individually applied synthetic fibers attached to the base of each eyelash with surgical glue. Each fake lash is applied one by one to your own eyelashes. If you are careful in your daily handling of the eye area and have touch-ups every 4 to 6 weeks, your lash extensions can last a long time. Depending on your natural eyelash grown cycle depends on how often you will need to "fill" or "maintain" your extensions, as well as how ...

Your skin is the most accurate indicator of what is happening inside of you. If you are taking good care of yourself both physically and emotionally, you will have great healthy looking skin. What you do today, matters, both internally and externally, but more importantly. You can look great at any age, when you take care of your health, as well as have a good skincare routine. Not only having a healthy lifestyle and a good skincare routine helps in you in great looking skin, but so does genetics. Therefore you can thank either thank your mom or dad of good or bad skin, as well as sensitivities and allergies to products, and hormonal changes and your metabolic process can be thanked by genetics, and contribute to your skins health and aging. You can have the healthiest of lifestyle, the best skincare routine, and the best genetics, but if you are not protecting your skin from the elements of environment, you can also cause your skin to show signs of aging. When can you s...

Again, continuing on with acne, but we are now also getting into anti-aging concerns too. These next treatments will help both acne scars and anti-aging pigmentations, due to scaring and sunspots, but can help with fine lines and wrinkles too. We will first start with finishing up our discussion with acne treatment in the treatment room, then we will move onto anti-aging. There is no single solution that applies to any individual or to every acne scar, it depends on the location, depth, size, and number of scars to be treated. It also depends on your expectations and the amount of money and effort you plan to devote to the treatment of your acne scars, and that will factor into the results that you are looking to achieve. Individually designing a program aimed towards your unique scaring situation will help maximize improvement. Dermabrasion is the process of deep exfoliation from either a diamond head or iodized crystals, which can be both done manually and by a machine. T...

Per last week’s blog, here are some treatment options for in the treatment room that can help with your acne. But again, the best treatment is not an instant result, the at home routine must be also followed as well. Blackheads are a mild form of acne and are a result of poor skin care. Blackheads are formed when oil and dead skin cells are trapped, then exposed to the air. If you clean up your pores daily, you can get rid of the blackheads. Washing your face with harsh cleansers also tends to make your skin produce more oil and in turn blackheads appear faster. If you have blackhead, I would recommend coming in for a consultation or skin analysis, so that we can prescribe a skincare regimen to get rid of and prevent future breakouts and blackheads to form. As per my previous blog, there are different types of acne, therefore, there are different types of treatments. Receive the right products and the right treatment, your acne will get better. Receive the wrong products and ...