4 Tips For Doing Your Makeup In The Summer Heat

In the peak summer months, temperatures rise to triple digits and it can be downright impossible to look put together in the sweltering heat. With the sun beating down all day long, your skin suffers from UV exposure, dryness, and redness, not to mention enough sweat to melt your makeup off.

The key to beating the summer heat and having healthy, glowing summer skin is having a good base for your makeup.

Dr. Devgan's best selling Platinum Lip Plump.

Dr. Devgan's popular Platinum Hyaluronic Serum.

1. Exfoliate: The blistering summer heat can leave your skin dry and flaky. Cure your skin of dullness by gently removing the top layer of dry skin skin cells. Use Platinum Microdermabrasion to exfoliate and leave your skin looking dewy and bright. 
2. Minimal Makeup: Avoid layering on thick products to prevent clogging your pores and your face looking oily, sweaty, and smudged. A good substitute for foundation is tinted sunscreen. Platinum SPF 45 Daily Tinted BB Cream gives you sun protection while streamlining your morning beauty routine. This product is perfect for the heat. With its non-greasy formula and sheer tint it provides just the right amount of coverage and evens out your complexion without overwhelming your pores.
3. Hydrate: The summer heat can be dehydrating in more ways than one. Drink lots of water and don’t forget to keep your skin and lips quenched as well. Use products that maximize water absorption and retention to combat dry, flaky skin. A few drops of Platinum Hyaluronic Serum nourish the skin and render it moisturized and smooth. The key ingredient, hyaluronic acid, can hold 1,000 times its weight in water and when applied restores elasticity and moisture to skin. For chapped lips, try Platinum Lip Plump which also utilizes hyaluronic acid to plump and hydrate lips in addition to enhancing their natural color and increasing their fullness.
4. SPF: Even if you forego makeup in this heat, sunscreen is still essential. Platinum Sun Shield contains Titanium Dioxide and Zinc Oxide which act as physical barriers to sun light, protecting skin from UV rays and preventing future wrinkles and skin damage. Its lightweight, water resistant formula makes it ideal for hot, sunny days.

A daily essential: Platinum SPF 45

Perfect for summer: Platinum Sun Shield

Dr. Devgan Scientific Beauty Featured in Men's Journal

Model Karen McDougal's products picks were featured in Men's Journal, and include Platinum Hyaluronic Serum, Dr. Devgan's best-selling hyaluronic serum.

In clinical studies, Platinum Hyaluronic Serum has been shown to improve skin quality in as little as two weeks of regular use.  It is also fortified with glycosaminoglycans, which preserve and protect the structure of the extracellular matrix from physical forces like pollution, UV rays and aging, leading to an improvement in the skin’s barrier function. 

More information on the product can be found here.

Dr. Devgan Featured in Elle

Dr.Devgan featured in the June 2018 issue of Elle. 

Dr. Devgan's signature  signature Gold Microinfusion Facial was featured in the July 2018 edition of Elle.   The procedure, which involves the application of platelet rich plasma and Botox, will improve your skin quality for for approximately six months, and will make it super-hydrated, according to Dr. Devgan.

Dr. Devgan Scientific Beauty x VOGUE

Dr. Lara Devgan is pleased to announce that Dr. Devgan Scientific Beauty will be featured in the  Vogue Magazine’s September issue!

This week, the Scientific Beauty team headed to a spectacular rooftop overlooking Manhattan with four beautiful and talented models to shoot for the full-page feature.  Street-style and fashion photographer  Eljay Aguillo (@whyilovenewyorkcity) and Scientific Beauty's Rachel Rosenthal were on hand directing models and styling the shots. 

The shoot aimed to capture the effect of Platinum Lip Plump and Platinum Long Lash. Shooting under the afternoon sunlight allowed for both natural and stylized shots of the models, with a focus on their lengthy lashes and plumped lips.  Eljay effortlessly produced unique and editorial images that captured the effect of Platinum Lip Plump, and Platinum Long Lash .

We look forward to seeing Scientific Beauty in the pages of Vogue come September!

See below for behind the scenes of the shoot: 

Dr. Devgan discusses options for treating male-patterned baldness

Androgenetic Alopecia (AGA) or Male Patterned Baldness (MPB) affects nearly 80% of men at some point in their lifetime. 

There are several methods of staving off baldness and/or treating it, each with varying degrees of efficacy. 

Since AGA has a strong genetic predisposition and is hormonally influenced, sound health is the first defense in preventing or stalling MPB. Eating a balanced diet, supplementing with vitamins such as biotin and folate, and leading a healthy lifestyle should be the first step.

The second step is be to implement the use of a topical agent such as minoxidil. This can help convert some hair follicles which were thinning into thicker strands which reduces the appearance of balding. Minoxidil is less effective if the area of baldness is large or if there has been persistent baldness for more than 5 years. So, this step should be started as early as possible for maximum efficacy. 

Third step is the addition of an oral prescription such as finasteride. FDA approved for treating hair loss, finasteride helps reduce DHT levels in the scalp and general systemic circulation, which can lead to regrowth of follicles that have begun to thin (or miniaturize) or even help stimulate latent follicles to regenerate. 
 

Platelet Rich Plasma (PRP) Injections have arisen as an effective fourth step in treating AGA. PRP is derived from the patient’s own blood. Using autologous platelet rich plasma can enhance the body’s own capacity to repair and regenerate. Platelets contain over 800 proteins which target a slew of cells including stem cells, epithelial cells, and endothelial cells. More importantly, they have high concentrations of growth factors. One of these stimulates epidermal growth factor, the key to hair regrowth and preservation. PRP has been shown to increase diameter of individual hairs and terminal hair density. 

The final step available for treating AGA and MPB is hair transplantation. Using various techniques, a patient’s own healthy hair can be extracted and reinserted into an area where hair loss has occurred. This procedure can be expensive and there are certain risks including scarring and graft failure.