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Why should you always check your labels?
Ask Dr. Anna:Why should you always check your labels? Have you ever looked at your personal care products to analyze the ingredient labels (INCI)? One of the reasons I became interested in skincare was in the operating room. During an anesthetic for a long...
Is Botox covered by insurance?
Ask Dr. Anna: Is Botox covered by insurance? Yes, therapeutic Botox is covered by insurance but under very specific circumstances. In 2001, Health Canada approved the coverage of Botox for patients experiencing chronic migraines, strictly limited to those...
What is pH and why is it so important?
Ask Dr. Anna: What is pH and why is it so important? Here’s your new summer mantra: beauty is in the balance (the pH balance, that is). Imagine water in a pool. It has a delicate pH level. If it’s off, it will burn your eyes and even cause the metal to...
What shampoo should I use?
Ask Dr. Anna: What shampoo should I use? Do you remember those ads from the 80’s and every year since, where a woman is shampooing her hair in the shower, massaging her scalp in total ecstasy?Well, that’s what I call ‘Hollywood science’. We’ve been taught...
Which cosmetic products are safe?
Ask Dr. Anna: Which cosmetic products are safe? Go to your vanity and pull out a drawer. See that expensive sunscreen, shiny body butter, and pretty department store lipgloss? Throw them out. Yep, all of them. Why? They are probably toxic. Now, take out...
