Did your beach weekend leave your skin barbecued???

After a relaxing long weekend on the beach, it is always hard to come home and get back to work.  Concentrating at your desk is even harder when you have skin that is irritated and sensitive from too much time out in the sun! Nothing is more uncomfortable or unsightly than irritated skin, even people who continuously reapply their sunscreen can come home a little more crisp than they anticipated. Oftentimes, over the counter skin creams  don't seem to do much and can, in many cases, cause more irritation. Many of the so-called "skin soothers" on the market today are made with harsh, drying chemicals which defeat the purpose of trying to truly soothe your skin.


But here at Replenish we are introducing two new treatments for the summer that specifically target sensitive and irritated skin.  Our Vitamin C Calming Treatment will brighten and gently exfoliate sensitive skin and our Cooling and Calming Treatment is perfect for hydrating and healing sun-burned skin.


The best way to protect is to make sure your sunscreen has broad spectrum coverage that shields your skin from both UVA and UVB rays.  But if you do end up getting a little crispy this summer, stop on in for one of our soothing summer treatments to pamper your skin!

Teacher Appreciation Week!!!

The faces blur. The names, a lot of them anyway, are lost forever in a haze of science projects, book reports, and math problems.

But some will remain forever embedded in my mind, important fixtures in my life, for the lessons they imparted that often had little to do with the subject matter they taught.

Like Miss Kugler, my fourth grade teacher, who taught me to be compassionate to everyone and that a smile and a kind word go a long way .

Or Dave Lichter, the science teacher with a pet snake who ate a live mouse in front of the class every other Friday.

Or Barbara Reilly, my high school English teacher, who comes to mind whenever I use the phrase "my friend and me" - the grammatically correct term is "my friend and I".  Thank you Mrs. Reilly - oh, and I still love those clogs that you never gave me a demerit for junior year.  The dress-code rebel in me relished the frequent commentary on them.  And the little catholic school girl in me prayed everyday that you would keep that demerit pad in your desk so that I would never have to face my mom with the write-up and the shoes.

This is Teacher Appreciation Week, where teachers are supposed to get their due.  Now, let's face it, like any field not all teachers are due accolades. (I could go on about my acting prof in college who told us about a "great way to make money" freshman year at the gentleman's club down the street, but I think I’ll save you all from that story.) But there are game changers, life changers, who deserve whatever recognition they get.

What teacher or teachers from your life do you appreciate most, and why?

Eyelid Surgery...Is it right for me?

Eyelid Surgery, also known as Blepharoplasty, improves the appearance of the upper eyelids, lower eyelids, or both. It gives a rejuvenated appearance to the surrounding area of your eyes, making you look rested and alert.

Treatable Conditions:

Eyelid surgery can remove excess fatty deposits that appear as puffiness in the upper and lower eyes. Bags and shadowing under the eyes can also be corrected. Lower eyelid blepharoplasty can remove excess skin and fine wrinkles of the lower eyelids.

Is it Right for Me?

A blepharoplasty procedure is usually performed on adult men and women who have healthy facial tissue and realistic goals for improvement of the upper or lower eyelids. You should always undergo cosmetic surgery for yourself, not to fulfill someone else's desires or fit into a commercialized image. If you would like to look and feel better about yourself then a blepharoplasty might be right for you!
The decision to undergo elective surgery is important. We are here to support you and your decision for aesthetic care and surgery. Please call our office today to schedule your personal consultation with David V Martini M.D. We look forward to seeing you soon!


It's a marshmallow world in the winter!

So Punxsutawney Phil had his day in the sun!  His shadow scared him away and now we all have 6 more weeks of cold and snow (figers crossed that we can avoid the latter) to look forward to.  But here at Replenish we are thinking ahead to those warm summer days laying in the beach in our bathing suits!  We have some great specials for you to take advantage of that will make you beach-ready in no time!

We'll take a cup o' kindness yet, for auld lang syne

I though this interesting rendition of the classic "Auld Lang Syne" would put everyone in the mood for this New Year's post!

Money, money, money! Always sunny! In a rich man's world!

So, for those of you that don't know, a $125 million winning Powerball ticket was sold on Christmas Eve at Wesley's Liquor store in Fair Hill, MD.  Who knows, maybe it was one of our wonderful patients at Replenish!!


  The lucky winner has yet to come forward but here is the story from the Cecil Whig:

Powerball winner yet to come forward

By Jacob Owens

jowens@cecilwhig.com

Jeff Wesley has spent much of the past two days answering the same question to people coming into his restaurant, bar and liquor store.  "No, I don't know who the winner is," he says.

If I had a day that I could give you, I'd give to you a day just like today...

So if you haven't noticed by now, all of my blog titles of late are lyrics or names of songs.  Maybe I will start a contest to see who can guess the song.  As of now the list is:

Sunshine on my Shoulders                    by John Denver
The Thanksgiving Song                         by Adam Sandler
Raindrops Keep Falling on my Head     by Burt Bacharach
Monday, Monday                                 by The Mamas and the Papas

At some point I'm sure I'll run out of ideas, but as of now I'm still going strong!