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Concerned about the health and beauty of your skin?

For the dermatologist-approved answers you’re looking for, look no further than Skin Care and Repair — the in-depth Online Course from the dermatology exports at Harvard Medical School.

Step-by-step, you’ll gain a better understanding of common skin problems, plus what you can do to protect and care for your skin.

Conveniently organized into 6 informative sessions, this easy-to-follow Harvard course brings you practical, evidence-backed advice to help treat 18 common skin conditions...identify the tell-tale signs of skin cancer and discover the best treatments...protect your skin with the best lotions, potions, and treatments...and discover the most effective cosmetic procedures for younger-looking skin.

You’ll discover:

  • How to do a skin self-exam to spot possible skin cancers — plus the best time to do it.
  • Cosmetic procedures for common problems — brown spots, fine lines and wrinkles, undereye wrinkles and bags, sagging neck skin, and more.
  • Home skin-care treatments that use the same ingredients professionals use.
  • The most desirable ingredient to look for when you shop for skin moisturizer.
  • Exfoliants that are more effective than most scrubs, masks, soaps, toners and abrasive cloths.
  • Improvements in laser technology that can treat conditions that were previously untreatable.
  • The peptide shown to help smooth out skin and decrease wrinkle depth.
  • The naturally-occurring sugar used in moisturizers to plump up the skin and make it look more youthful.
  • Moisturizer no-no’s — skin care products to avoid, especially if you have sensitive skin.
  • And more!
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Skin Care and Repair Course Outline

Session #1: Getting started — what you need to know about your skin
Take an inside look at the marvels of your skin and how it serves as a defensive barrier against foreign invaders...a sensory organ that helps alert you to information about your environment...a means to regulate your body’s temperature...and a manufacturing plant that creates bone-building vitamin D.

Session #2: How to treat 18 common skin conditions
Are you plagued with dry skin, eczema, psoriasis? Or contact dermatitis, cellulitis, hair loss? Or perhaps you’re coping with a skin condition common to people of color? Skin Care and Repair comes to your rescue with practical news about the causes, diagnoses, symptoms, and treatments of 18 common skin problems.

Session #3: Prevent and treat skin cancer
Is it or isn’t it? See how to tell whether a growth or mole is cancerous; with early detection, 90 percent of cases can be cured. Your Harvard Course gives you the inside scoop on squamous cell and basal cell carcinomas as well melanoma, the most serious form of skin cancer. You’ll learn about the causes and risk factors, plus the latest treatment options, as well as exciting news of a melanoma-prevention vaccine now under development.

Session #4: Skin protection — lotions, potions and more
What can you do to keep yourself free of skin problems and conditions? Plenty! First, discover surprising ways to sidestep the causes of skin problems — including common medications. Then, learn about the pros and cons of different moisturizers, lotions, and “cosmeceuticals,” including vitamins, antioxidants, peptides, retinoids and other anti-aging products.

Session #5: Beautifying cosmetic procedures
Looking for cosmetic procedures for smoother, younger-looking skin? Harvard’s Online Course points you in the right direction. Learn all about injectable treatments like Botox and soft-tissue fillers...new solutions to double chin problems...plus skin resurfacing procedures that help reduce wrinkles, improve skin tone and texture, and tighten skin.

Session #6: Key Takeaways
A helpful recap of key points in this Online Course, including a fun quiz to help you see how much you’ve learned!

Best of all, this Course is so easy to use, thanks to all its informative slide shows...enlightening videos...at-a-glance charts and tables...helpful photos and illustrations...and more. Better still, you can participate in Harvard’s interactive Skin Care and Repair course at any time or any place on your computer, tablet, or phone.

YOUR EXCLUSIVE INVITATION to the practical 6-session interactive course from the experts at Harvard Medical School

New from Harvard Medical School: Easy-to-use audiovisual course makes it step-by-step simple to protect and beautify your skin. Access it anytime, anywhere on your phone, tablet or desktop!

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How to Be Your Own Best Beauty Advisor

Look to Skin Care and Repair for surprising news to help you protect and beautify your skin. You’ll discover:

  • Which common medications — including antibiotics, pain relievers diuretics and heart medications — can make you more vulnerable to the sun’s damaging UV rays.
  • Why frequent use of tanning beds can be hazardous to your skin — giving you up to 5 times more UV exposure than you’d get from normal sun exposure in a single year. And find out why bronzing products are better than they used to be.
  • The vitamin A drug that’s one of the best-studied anti-aging compounds, shown to reduce fine lines and wrinkles.
  • The treatment that’s like face lift without surgery used to tighten sagging cheeks, jowls and brows with little or no recovery time.
  • Skin lotion fragrances and preservatives can actually irritate your skin. Discover the most soothing ingredient to look for.

Sign up for Harvard’s Skin Care and Repair Online Course for complete details and more of the best ways to protect and beautify your skin!

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