BeautyScoop’s Guest Interview with Wendy Lewis, Cosmetic Surgery, Beauty and Skincare Guru

1. Can any one spa treatment really impact one’s appearance?
Every spa treatment, done well, can positively impact appearance.  The relaxation factor and therapeutic value of spa therapies help devotees look happier, younger and refreshed.  The WOW effects of certain  microdermabrasion treatments can make the skin look brighter, softer, smoother and more radiant.

2.  Is there any age before or after which you think injections are no longer a beauty enhancing option?
There is really no definitive age limit for injectables.  Women in their 20s start with Botox and Dysport because they are truly preventative plus corrective treatments in that by softening muscle activity, the onset of wrinkles and lines can be delayed!  Fillers are more corrective than preventative, except perhaps for some that purport to stimulate new collagen growth.  More than age as a determining factor, it is about the overall health and quality of your skin, and the degree of sagging or creases.  However, it stand to reason that as a general rule, one syringe of filler won’t get a woman in her 60s the same degree of benefit or possibly last as long as a woman in her 30s.  At that point, regardless of age, facial surgical options are to be considered. But, with age, sagging and wrinkled skin also becomes less hydrated, so combination therapies are likely to provide the best results.

3.  How do you help guide someone to determine if plastic surgery is an option?
Most women want start small with cosmeceutical creams, and move from needles to lasers and then surgery. Good and natural-looking results can be delivered with non-surgical, minimally invasive procedures.  Some people don’t want to have surgery, ever!  Others feel that surgery’s one time cost and recovery outweighs the time and recurrent expenses associated with non-surgical options.  Overall, if and when non-surgical options are unable to provide the desired results, surgery options can be considered.

4.  What role do you believe ingestible beauty products and nutritional supplements like BeautyScoop play in overall nail health and beauty?
I see age reversal and maintenance as a compendium of therapies – starting with what you put into your body.  Most of us are busy living our hyperconnected, 24/7 lives and may not get all the nutrients we need every day.  Stress and the environmental assaults we face daily take their toll on our faces and bodies.  Therefore, supplements play a big role in taking care of your skin, hair and nails, and overall health and well-being.  I believe that nutritional supplements have moved from something that just sounds like a good idea, to an absolute necessity.

 

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SHE’S GOT THE SCOOP ON BEAUTY
Dr. Michelle Yagoda has a lot on her plate, quite literally. The plastic surgeon-come-edible beauty entrepreneur has developed  a powder-based formula that claims to deliver a quickly absorbed dose of some of the basic nutrients your body needs to improve the texture of skin, hair and nails.   While I’m more of a topical gal, I have been known to enjoy a protein shake…There does seem to be a lot of buzz around the product.  

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How did you make the leap from plastic surgery to edible beauty?

As a plastic surgeon, I have always noticed that true beauty consists of much more than a perfect nose or a fabulous jaw/neckline.  If someone’s skin isn’t glowing and her hair isn’t shiny, she simply does not look beautiful.  My partner, Dr. Eugene Gans, Ph.D., and I noticed that even people with healthy diets had skin, hair and nail problems.  We theorized that these people did not have a dietary insufficiency, but rather inadequate absorption of the essential peptides and lipids that are the key building blocks for keratin structures and supporting components of hair, skin and nails.  We set out in search of a way to improve the formation of skin, hair and nails from the core,  understanding that topical products are only minimally absorbed (at best).  While topical products might only cover up problems, an ingestible product can correct the underlying problem from within. We developed the patent-pending BeautyScoop formula and confirmed our beauty from the inside theory.

Which ingredients in the formula are most essential to our health and beauty, and why?

BeautyScoop contains peptides and lipids, the usable forms of proteins and biologically important oils, in an immediately absorbable powder form.  Peptides and lipids are the key building blocks for keratin structures and supporting components of hair, skin and nails.  These same peptides and lipids are often inadequately absorbed even from healthy diets.  For example, when you eat grilled salmon, it takes your body 4-6 hours to digest what you have eaten into an absorbable form.  As it does so, peptides and lipids become available bit-by-bit. The body rations out what it receives. But with BeautyScoop, peptides and lipids are immediately available in sufficient quantity so that the body can go into synthesis mode without rationing. In clinical studies, 86% of users reported healthy, new and beautiful skin, hair and nails within three weeks!

How would you approach a skeptic like myself who may be too timid to ingest her beauty treatments?

Once someone understands how and why BeautyScoop works, they are eager to try it.  When they learn that doctor-developed and clinically proven BeautyScoop is all natural and vegetable-based and made in the USA in an USDA organic certified factory without any artificial flavors, colors, sweeteners or preservatives, there is generally no convincing needed!

What beauty brands do you love?

For skincare almost all of my topical favorites are medical or pharmaceutically-based.  They tend to be scientifically evaluated and more effective than department store brands and a fraction of the price!  Some of my favorites:  Skinceuticals for sun protection and anti-oxidants, Glyderm for anti-aging, and Precision Skincare for specialty areas like eyes, neck and decollete.

Are you a mom ?

Yes!!

What’s your favourite bag?

The classics are by Loro Piana and Bottega Veneta and for special occasions, the new stingray skin bag by Giorgio Armani is to die for!!!

 

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