Kansas City is warming up, and our staff and patients are raving about the weather! With more time spent in the sun, let’s talk about sunscreen. We appreciate the concern for sunscreen this season, but sunscreen should actually be worn ALL YEAR LONG! We’ve found that there is a lot of misperception about SPF, so we wanted to break down a few key takeaways. 1.…
We are big on self-care at Healthylooks Medspa. We define self-care as the act of improving your health and wellbeing. When we neglect ourselves and feel wound up, we might think a bubble bath and a glass of wine is the cure… but we require much more than that! Self-care is less glamorous than one may think. It might look like organizing your kitchen and…
After many inquiries, we decided to create a list of the questions our staff is most frequently asked about our CoolSculpting treatment. Call us at 816-795-5262 to schedule a FREE CoolSculpting consultation for more in-depth information! What is CoolSculpting? CoolSculpting is a nonsurgical answer to stubborn fat. It uses controlled cooling to freeze and eliminate fat cells. Is CoolSculpting a fat removal surgery? No, there…
Today we welcome a new year, a new decade, and possibly a new year’s resolution. Most of us hope to be happier and healthier in 2020 with healthier eating habits, increased exercise and more positive thinking. While it sounds simple, it’s easier said than done. We encourage healthier habits, but we also realize that meeting a target weight is HARD and takes a lot of…
This year is flying by, and the time has come for holiday parties. Whether you’re celebrating with coworkers, friends, or family, the holidays are the time to feel a little fancier than usual. There’s nothing better than walking into a party feeling and looking your best. Everyone notices it, and confidence simply adds cheer to your holiday spirit. So what steps can you take this…
The Healthylooks staff, led by Jerome Lamb, MD, is opening the new Healthylooks Medspa location in Summit Fair, where our mission is to utilize cutting-edge technology in order to provide comfortable and effective state-of-the-art aesthetic treatments to our patients. Dr. Lamb is a board certified American Plastic Surgeon and a past President of the American Society of Aesthetic Surgery. He is also a leading expert…
You wake up, ready for the new day, and staring at you in the mirror is a brand new pimple. It’ll be fine to just go ahead and pop it, right? Not so much. How Do Pimples Form? We know how tempting it is to want to fast-track the healing of pimples by popping them, but it just doesn’t work that way. Now, we know…
Rome wasn’t built in a day. We’ve heard it over and over in this generation of instant gratification. When we want something, we want it immediately. (Hello Amazon same-day-shipping!) And when we want to improve our skin, we want it to look better NOW. In the aesthetics industry, we must be up-front with our patients and make sure to manage their expectations. One facial isn’t…
HydraFacial MD- The modern take on the facial We all know by now that if you’re not cleansing your face each day (especially before bed) the makeup, dirt, and oil take a toll on your skin’s health. That means your skin care products and any other measures you take on the journey toward flawless skin will just fall flat. With that said though, in our…
When you think of wrinkles, you think of Botox, right? Botox has become a household name since being approved by the FDA in 2002 for wrinkle-reduction. It is derived from a poisonous bacteria called Botulinum toxin and is most commonly injected in the forehead, between the eyebrows, and around the crows-feet. Botox works by blocking signals between the nerves and muscles, causing the muscles to…
