Skin Care

Facial Skin Condition Treatments

Adult Acne
Broken Capillaries
Dark Circles
Deep Wrinkles
Dry Skin
Fine Lines
Hyperpigmentation
Open Pores
Puffy Eyes
Rosacea
Sagging Skin

Body Skin Condition Treatments

Aging Hands
Breast Firming
Cellulite
Hands
Keratosis Pilaris
Lips
Scalp Acne
Stretch Marks

Skin Care Ingredients

Clinical Procedures and Topics

Four Fundamentals
Absurd Skin Care
Aging Skin
Antioxidants
Botox
Enzyme Exfoliation
Free Radical Damage
French Skin Care
Glycolic Acid
Idebenone
Irrational Fears
Klein Becker
Oxidative Stress
Paula Begoun
Perricone
Restylane
Skin Structure
Stem Cells
Healthy Skin Barrier Function
Smoking
Sun Protection
Topical Vitamin C/Firming
Choices and Needs
Strivectin
Additional clinical skincare topics.

Silymarin may be consumed as a vegetable, and as a systemic agent used in a concentrated manner has the virtue of having almost no side effects.

Silymarin has been seen to improve rosacea.

Review the Silymarin Monograph.

Suitable for sensitive skin and sensitive eyes, La Roche-Posay Hydraphase UV Eyes contains La Roche-Posay Eau Thermale (Thermal Spring Water) as moisturizers and no active ingredients with the exception of sunscreen.

La Roche-Posay Hydraphase UV Eyes helps prevent hyperpigmentation and aging around the eyes.

Use in conjunction with sunglasses and/or UV-protective contact lenses.

Please note: La Roche-Posay is available for online order by customers in the United States only. This product ships from the United States. Australian patients can re-order select La Roche-Posay products for delivery within Australia in accordance with their prescription by logging in.

EUK 134 is a salen-manganese complex that has been modified to increase its catalase activity while retaining SOD activity.

EUK 134 consumes hydrogen peroxide with an initial reaction rate of 234 µM/min in vitro.1

EUK 134 is protective in a rat stroke model, employing middle cerebral artery ligation.

At 2.5 mg/kg, rats treated with EUK 134 showed reduced infarct volume by more than 80%.

EUK 134 at 10 mg/kg also significantly attenuates brain damage in rats following systemic administration of kainic acid.

Formulated with La Roche-Posay Thermal Spring Water and anti-inflammatory, antioxidant and photoprotective niacinamide, caffeine and the Vitamin C derivative ascorbyl glucoside.

Please note: La Roche-Posay is available for online order by customers in the United States only. This product ships from the United States. Australian patients can re-order select La Roche-Posay products for delivery within Australia in accordance with their prescription by logging in.

La Roche-Posay Effaclar M contains dimethicone and silica to help reduce excess oil and shine and two forms of salicylic acid (regular salicylic acid and proprietary capryloyl salicylic acid) together with zinc pca to help decongest visibly open pores, refine surface skin texture and reduce the likelihood of minor skin breakouts.

The zinc (an important antioxidant for skin) and two additional antioxidants (the Vitamin C derivative ascorbyl glucoside and tocopherol) help reduce skin inflammation to help prevent post-inflammatory hyperpigmentation which may follow acne breakouts, may help treat pre-existing hyperpigmentation and may provide supplementary photoprotection.

For further information, see the overview of L:a Roche-Posay Effaclar.

During the day apply sunscreen over the top.

Please note: La Roche-Posay is available for online order by customers in the United States only. This product ships from the United States. Australian patients can re-order select La Roche-Posay products for delivery within Australia in accordance with their prescription by logging in.

Squalane is a high-grade emollient derived from olive oil with excellent mechanical moisturizing properties.

Squalane hydrates and protects the skin from external aggressors.

7% squalane is available in La Roche-Posay Toleriane Soothing Protective Skincare Cream.

Neova Squalane contains 100% pure plant-derived squalane.

• flushing and blushing associated with rosacea;
• individuals prone to broken capillaries;
• individuals prone to facial redness distinct from rosacea;
• puffy eyes and dark circles;
• visible (or broken) capillaries under the eyes;
• cellulite.

Early research indicates that topical and oral caffeine may be photoprotective and anti-carcinogenic, although systemically it is also dehydrating and exacerbates facial flushing of rosacea and perimenopause.

Relatively low topical concentrations are not therapeutic.

There was once an old sailor my grandfather knew
Who had so many things which he wanted to do
That, whenever he thought it was time to begin,
He couldn't because of the state he was in.

And so in the end he did nothing at all,
But basked on the shingle wrapped up in a shawl.
And I think it was dreadful the way he behaved -
He did nothing but bask until he was saved!

6/10/08 — Skin Care Failure: Do Everything At Once / Never Complete A Single Treatment.

Despite the huge number of products on the market, for most people the potential for effective skin therapy is as limited as ever.

Consumers need to choose products carefully, or not at all, if they want to avoid being duped.

If you're interested in seeing measurable improvements in your skin and "anti-aging" that goes beyond the words on a jar, its worth taking some time to understand some of the reasons why so many products and brands can exist in the face of such poor results and such high prices:

• Large skin care companies, particularly those tied to luxury brands, have more influence over the marketplace than consumers or dermatologists. How do you know the latest cream at the department store/beauty salon is currently the most effective at achieving a particular outcome?
  
  The bottom line: you don't. There's too many products, too much double-talk, and too much pressure to purchase.
  
  
• Countless old, overpriced or otherwise inferior products remain on the market because they're already ubiquitous. Interest in these products is primarily driven by mass media advertisement. They've never been trialled in medical journals or integrated in professional dermatological practice for good reasons, nor will they ever be.
  
  The bottom line: most people never get to experience skin treatment with measurable effects. They're left in the dark.
  

The solution, not surprisingly, is to arm yourself with knowledge and to go the route of accountable channels.

Above all else, avoid any retailer that sells anything and everything they can get their hands on, particularly if they're selling products with very different "brand philosophies."

Pleasantly, there's an upside to the cosmetics manufacturer/cosmetics buyer power imbalance: cost.

Superior products are generally cheaper due to their comparatively miniscule marketing costs.

The downside: a lot of people have already been defrauded by dishonest manufacturers and retailers.

Once bitten, twice shy, they're either unlikely to risk any further experimentation, or continue to willfully waste their skin's future by indulging in gimmicks like oxygen skin care, Paula Begoun, face bras and chirality.

Melbourne Dermatology aims to assist people in avoiding the dreck of skin care.

Putting it another way, regimens of skin care which do not pass these basic standards offer only limited and temporary, cosmetic changes in skin's appearance, and over time encourage and secure the overall permanent deterioration commonly referred to as premature skin aging.

Managed proactively and with a preference for sound formulas grounded in reality, the skin need not age considerably beyond the age of 25.

Effective Skin Care Criteria

Any skin care management and treatment protocol must provide:

1. A means of regularly and non-abrasively removing the useless dead skin cells and wastes which are at the root of many everyday skin complaints. Get rid of compacted dead cells the right way and watch your skin start to thrive. Just as regularly mowing a lawn helps prevent irregular grass growth (coarse texture, wrinkles), colour (hyperpigmentation, freckles, age spots), uneven wetting (dry skin, oily skin) and weeds (open pores, blackheads, acne), appropriate, effective exfoliation and cleansing are the opening tenets of all meaningful skin maintenance, treatment or rejuvenation protocols.
   
   
2. A means of enhancing the skin's declined functions, if any. By the time most people seek treatment, they will require skin firming, immunity re-building or otherwise stimulating topicals to help revert their skin to more youthful behaviour. Women now also have the option of topical skin care which replaces declining levels of female hormones.
   
   
3. A means of protecting the skin's functions which are presently trouble-free, and protecting the progress and health of those which are being rebuilt. This refers in the first instance to antioxidant and true broad spectrum sunscreen usage at all times of the year during the day, but also to the avoidance of skin care products not derived from an understanding of cellular functioning. The body seeks to eliminate non-native ingredients because they are at odds with its chemisty and this process is associated with aging and allergic reactions, be they outwardly visible or not.
   
   
4. Twice daily maintenance. Just like brushing teeth only once a day still leads to cavities, skin care and treatment protocols which are haphazardly followed produce extremely limited results. In fact, some anti-aging and skin resurfacing programs will produce adverse results if not followed correctly.

All four elements must be used in concert.