A New Face: WomensMag.com Exclusive Blog

Cathie Beck gets a "do-over" -- one of those rare times in life when you push the "delete" button -- and get to start anew. "In January 2009, I decided I was old, fat, haggard -- and tired of it. I decided to lose 15 pounds and get a complete cosmetic-surgery and aesthetic make-over."

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IPL Magic

Intermitten Pulse Light is a magical thing. It’s one of the most non-invasive — yet truly dramatic — avenues for “breaking up” those little veiny spidery things we get on our skin — like on our face and/or chest — and it lasts a long, long time. Beryl Reker, my new guardian angel, is also [...]

What I Don’t Know About Skin

What I don’t know about getting — and keeping — healthy (and therefore beautiful) skin — could be put in an expanded, 25-volume set of Encyclopedia Brytannica, apparently. Not that anyone knows what that is. If you’ve read previous A New Face blog posts, you know that I tripped upon a Paramedical Aesthetician named Beryl [...]

Beryl, Great Skin, My Treatment(s)

One of the steps — in the several-steps-process — that I’ve taken over the course of this “2009 Summer of a New Face” — involves chemical peels. I’d never had a chemical peel until this summer — and, after 2 “mild” and 2 “medium” chemical peels, I’ve got to admit — I love the skin [...]

All Sun Blocks Are Created Equal: NOT

If you read the previous post, you’ll know about Beryl. If you know Beryl, you also know that you very much want her skin. In this blog, we’re going to visit and revisit Beryl a bit. Why? Because she’s got the very best skin I’ve ever seen on a woman “over 40.” What the hell. [...]

Meet Beryl: You’ll Want Her Skin

This blog is all about physically — I’m not kidding — turning the clock back 15 years. This story will culminate in a feature of me getting a bunch (4 – 6) cosmetic procedures done over the summer, including a face lift and surgical removal of “eye bags” – But first came Beryl. Beryl is [...]

A “New Face”

Cathie Beck gets a “do-over” — one of those rare times in life when you push the “delete” button — and get to start anew. In January 2009, I decided I was old, fat, haggard — and tired of it. I decided to lose 15 pounds and get a complete cosmetic-surgery and aesthetic make-over.