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CONFIDENCE RESTORED; BEAUTY REDEFINED

Dr. Dino Mendez enhances patients’ natural beauty with expert surgical precision, helping them look and feel their best. When it comes to meticulous surgical expertise, coupled with compassionte, personalized care, Dr. Dino Mendez is the trusted name in the Western Suburbs for restoring confidence. A double-board-certified plastic surgeon with nearly a decade of experience, he

BEST IN HOME CARE

For 20 years, Home Helpers® Home Care of Hinsdale has made it possible for people to recover from injury or age in place gracefully. Brian Davis was attending a funeral in Milwaukee for the mother of his friend, Brad, about seven years ago when a very special woman in the audience was singled out in

WELLNESS: QUIT HAPPENS. IS IT GIVING UP OR GROWING UP?

How to understand if your child’s desire to quit a sport is taking the easy way out—or the ultimate power move. Each month, peak performance sports psychologist (and fellow parent) Dr. Elizabeth Lombardo tackles your toughest questions head-on. Dear Dr. E.—After years of playing soccer, my son suddenly wants to quit. He has played ever

GROWTH MODE

The Mather family is new to Lake Forest, but already well acquainted with its charms and limitless potential. IT SEEMS FITTING THAT I met Gardner and Jessi Mather on the eve of the ﬁrst day of spring. Their story is rooted in new beginnings—a young family starting their latest chapter in Lake Forest, in their

IT’S A VIBE

Lake Forest’s Lillie Alexander Boutique creates a personal connection with its customers that keep them coming back. WHEN LAUREN PETERS BRINGS a new employee on to the Lillie Alexander team, she hands them a copy of the “Vibe Guide” that she wrote for the boutique when she took it over last fall. “It’s all about

NOTHING BITTY ABOUT THIS BALM

Frustrated with the lack of clean and simple beauty products available on the market, Maggie Schmieder took ingredients into her own hands and made Bitty Balm. “I’M NOT A PROBLEM SOLVER,” Maggie Schmieder says. “I’m a solution ﬁnder.” Never was a truer statement said by Schmieder of herself—a Jane of All Trades, full-time special education

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