For centuries, Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) has seen beauty not just as something visual, but as a reflection of your overall health, emotional balance, and inner vitality. Where many modern treatments target aging as a skin-deep issue—through injections, lasers or topical products—TCM views aging as a gradual change in the body’s energy systems, its vital essence (called jing), and in the shen, the spirit or…
It’s All About the Face… or Not Clear, radiant skin is often thought of as the result of surface-level care—cleansers, serums, and moisturizers. But increasingly, science is pointing to a deeper influence: the digestive system. A growing body of research highlights the profound relationship between gut health and skin appearance, often called the gut-skin axis. This connection is not merely theoretical. From inflammatory skin conditions…
Aesthetic Health Initiative 2025 Trends Aesthetic health is for everyone, regardless of culture, and our top five trends for 2025 depict a beautiful and accessible future.  TREND 1: The Basic Science of Neuro-Aesthetics Is Evolving to Ask Questions Beyond Beauty   The reward system is deeply involved in aesthetic appreciation. The ventral striatum, including the nucleus accumbens, shows increased activity for pleasing and preferred objects. This…
Beauty2Wellness: Mitigating Barriers and Building Bridges Research Abstract Beauty animates much of our lives: we make aesthetic decisions constantly, based on how we want to appear, who we wish to spend time with, etc. But while we know something about the biology and psychological effects of facial beauty, we know virtually nothing about beauty’s relationship to wellness. This two-part research project will be the first to…
