What causes dark spots? How can you prevent dark spots in your golden years? What is melasma? What are the symptoms of melasma? And more!

You already know the role sunscreen plays in your daily skincare routine. Sunscreen helps protect you from overexposure to the sun's damaging rays which can contribute to fine lines and wrinkles, signs of premature aging, dark spots and skin cancer. But first thing first, are you slathering up with a physical or chemical sunscreen? Does it even matter which one you use? Well, it might.

Do you ever wonder if there's any difference between professional versus over-the-counter strength skincare products? Well, that's exactly what we're covering today!

Our skin undergoes a natural turnover cycle every 30 or so days. What happens is the upper layer of your skin called the epidermis, sheds revealing new skin, however, this process slows down as we age, so we need help topically. Exfoliation is the process of removing dead skin cells with a substance or a tool known as an exfoliator. Exfoliators come in many forms from chemical exfoliants to mechanical to enzymes and other tools. We're going to cover some of these methods today.

With the age of social media and the Internet, we oftentimes are under the impression that healthy skin must be perfect skin, which is quite the opposite of the truth. What are the signs of unhealthy skin?

Welcome to my blog. I'm Maedeh, founder of Urban Skin Care Clinic, wife, mother, and a former acne-sufferer turned clinical aesthetician. Let me share with you how I became who I am today.