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Holistic skin care improves outlook

Whole body can benefit from stress relief

Keri Brenner | The Olympian • Published November 26, 2007

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Wenner says she is trained in facial acupuncture but most of her clients see her for other reasons.

“This time of year, most people come in for stress reduction or they can’t sleep with the seasonal thing of lack of sunlight,” says Wenner, whose clinic is at Artesian Wellness in downtown Olympia.

“People have extra family obligations now, and they come in to treat the moods and the darkness,” Wenner adds.

However, skin health can result from paying attention to the rest of one’s body, she says.

“The thing that other people respond to is a healthy glow coming out of your whole body,” Wenner said. “If you do the exercise and healthy lifestyle, you get the stress off your face, and then you do get a radiant glow.”

Ward Merrill, whose business is named Kosmea for the Greek word root “to harmonize,” adds that her facials are about “listening to the rhythms of our bodies instead of working against them.”

OK, I can get on board with that. And, uh, I just might need another one of those to get me through the holidays.

Keri Brenner writes for The Olympian. She is a licensed acupuncturist in Oregon and has a master’s degree in Oriental medicine and acupuncture from the Oregon College of Oriental Medicine in Portland. Brenner is the author of “Sleep Disorders: An Alternative Guide” and a contributing editor to “Alternative Guide to Women’s Health, Vols. I and II.” She can be reached at 360-754-5435 or kbrenner@ theolympian.com.

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Courtesy photos Olympian reporter Keri Brenner gets a facial from Kerri Ward Merrill, a licensed aesthetician at Radiance Herbs & Massage. BELOW: Products from the Dr. Hauschka line of holistic skin-care products.