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If you can’t afford a camera magician to clear up your acne, rest assured that using five steps below can magically transform your fantasies of clear skin into a reality.

Step One: Reduce excess oil secretion:

Vitamin A helps reduce secretion of oil by oil glands. Foods that supply body with Vitamin A and beta-carotene (which is converted to vitamin A by body) include: Liver, oily fish, whole eggs, carrots, sweet potatoes, and broccoli.

Step Two: Encourage extreme shedding of skin:

Using a peel is easiest method to promote shedding of skin. Exfoliation releases build-up of dead skin cells, oils and bacteria trapped in pores, which could lead to formation of blemishes.

Extreme peels Peels come in varying degrees, from mild to harsh. The trichloroacetic acid (TCA) peel is an extreme peel that can cost from $100 to $1000 depending on degree of treatment. It is only performed in a doctor’s office. The TCA is not a save all however. The peel can make skin sensitive to sun cause hyper-pigmentation.

There’s help on way for doctors in form of new web sites have been launched with purpose of providing physician-to-physician mentoring in specific medical fields.

Medical spas have exploded over last few years, fueled by technology companies eager to keep their head above water in increasingly competitive environment, and burgeoning work load of physicians who see medical spas as an easy sell to their existing patient base. Adding a lucrative medical spa to their existing practice seems like a no-brainer for doctors from plastic surgeons and dermatologists, to dentists and family practice doctors.

Unfortunately, many of these doctors have been sold on an illusion. Laser and IPL companies routinely downplay level of competition and level of business acumen needed to compete in this field and already overworked physicians end up with another headache and a pile of invoices.

But some help might be on way for theses doctors in form of web sites that offer information and mentoring from other physicians and business savvy medical spa owners.

The frontrunner of these sites is Medical Spas Online (www.medspa.squarespace.com) a blog site for physicians interested or involved in non-surgical cosmetic and anti-aging medicine. Started by Jeff Barson, Managing Partner of Surface Medical Spas and Editor in Chief, Medical Spas Online embraced a concept radically different from other publishers who see Web simply as a way to put up their business site.

In contrast, Medical Spas Online, from start, was designed to be a micro-site that had a single focus: a place where visitors could quickly find useful content that focuses exclusively on non-surgical cosmetic and anti-aging medicine and business platforms used to deliver these services. The content is provided from physicians and businesses already in market who know what they’re doing and what’s important and relevant to their field.