Our Elta MD sunscreens are recommended by EWG

In an earlier post, I talked about the Elta MD Sport 50 sunscreen. It provides a high level of protection but more importantly, Catherine used it and found that it didn’t run into her eyes.

Now the Environmental Working Group has released a study comparing 952 name-brand sunscreens widely available in the US. Each product was assessed for safety and effectiveness. Only 15% made it to the recommended list.

I am happy to report that all of the sunscreens available for purchase at Advanced Rejuvenation Medical Spa are on the recommended list. The only exception is our excellent Vivier line, which wasn’t tested since it is a Canadian brand and not widely available in the US.

We carry several Elta MD sunscreens so if you have dry or oily skin or if you need protection in sweaty situations, we have a sunscreen that will suit you.

In addition to the Elta products, we carry Ti-Silc Sheer SPF 45, which is also on EWG’s Recommended list. This is a lightly tinted sunscreen with a pearly finish that gives the skin a beautiful glow. A little Ti-Silc and a little mascara and lipgloss are all you need for that healthy, natural look in the summer.

The EWG report highlighted some problems with sunscreens such as rapid breakdown when exposed to sun. It defeats the purpose of a sunscreen, if the product degrades with 30 minutes of sun exposure, doesn’t it?

You can check out your own brand of sunscreen on the EWG website to see how it rates.

The changes in Catherine’s face

These images were taken on our medical camera system, the left image before we did any treatments on Catherine, and the right 2 days ago.

Do you see how the redness has really come out of her skin? The Vivier Redness Relief skincare products and the IPL treatments did that.

You can also see how her brown sun spots are fewer, smaller and lighter. The IPLs did that too. Catherine would need a few more IPLs to erase the brown spots completely.

Catherine’s skin looks smoother and more dewy. This is also called radiance. Radiance comes from the skincare products and the Pixel laser treatments.

Catherine’s face has slimmed down with her 15 pound weight loss but her cheeks haven’t flattened out. That’s because I injected some Teosyal dermal filler along her cheekbones to lift and volumize her cheeks. Putting filler in the cheeks helps to reduce the lines that bracket the mouth (nasolabial folds and marionette lines) and lifts jowls.

The frown lines on Catherine’s forehead were smoothed out with BOTOX® Cosmetic. She also got a bit of a brow lift with the botox but you can’t see it in this picture.

Catherine’s lips are plumped up just enough to smooth out the vertical lines using Teosyal KISS, a product I really like.

Another important point about Catherine’s face is that she continued her running during the makeover period and competed in a couple of races without getting tanned. Catherine was really diligent about applying her sunscreen.

Isn’t it exciting to see what a transformation can occur in just a 1-month period?

An excellent sunscreen for runners

One of the products that we gave Catherine was the UV Sport SPF 50 Sunscreen from Elta MD.

There’s nothing worse than trying to work out, and as soon as you work up a sweat, your sunscreen is making your eyes burn. Elta MD’s Sport sunscreen is highly water-resistant, specifically to prevent this problem.

We put it to the test on Catherine and she reports “I was sweating and the Sport sunscreen didn’t bother my eyes.”

Elta MD’s sunscreens are ideal because they are unscented and combine the best physical and chemical sunscreen ingredients to give broad spectrum protection against UVA and UVB rays.

The physical ingredient, zinc oxide, is micronized or finely ground so you don’t have a white residue on your skin.

This summer, you don’t have to choose between being active outdoors with no protection or with burning eyes from a regular sunscreen. Choose Elta MD UV Sport SPF 50.