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Skin Care

Wednesday, 26 May 2010

New La Roche-Posay Physiological Skin Care

Monday, 17 May 2010

Silymarin/Silybum

Silymarin/Silybum

Silymarin demonstrates anti-carcinogenic and anti-pruritic effects on the skin, but also holds great interest as a potential agent to reduce or ameliorate the liver toxicity caused by certain drugs employed by dermatologists.

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.

Thursday, 27 May 2010

La Roche-Posay Hydraphase UV Eyes SPF 29

La Roche-Posay Hydraphase UV Eyes SPF 29

La Roche-Posay Hydraphase UV Eyes SPF 29 is a moisturizing eye sunscreen providing broad-spectrum photoprotection against UVA and UVB to help prevent photodamage and hyperpigmentation.


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.

Monday, 17 May 2010

EUK-134

Synthetic manganese-porphyrin complexes have been documented to act as scavengers for oxidative species such as peroxynitrite, superoxide, and hydrogen peroxide.

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.

Monday, 17 May 2010

Senna Alata

Thursday, 27 May 2010

La Roche-Posay Rosaliac UV SPF 15 Fortifying Anti-Redness Moisturizer

La Roche-Posay Rosaliac UV SPF 15 Fortifying Anti-Redness Moisturizer

La Roche-Posay Rosaliac UV (SPF 15) is a new moisturizer and sunscreen for the sensitive skin of rosacea patients and others with reactive skin prone to blotchiness.


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.

Thursday, 27 May 2010

La Roche-Posay Effaclar M Daily Mattifying Moisturizer

La Roche-Posay Effaclar M Daily Mattifying Moisturizer

La Roche-Posay Effaclar M is a daily mattifying moisturizer for oily and combination skin which helps resolve visibly open pores and minor breakouts.


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.

Monday, 17 May 2010

Pycnogenol (Maritime Pine Bark Extract)

Thursday, 8 October 2009

Squalane

Squalane is a naturally occurring human-skin sebum that increases skin respiration while preventing water loss.

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.

Monday, 17 May 2010

Caffeine

Caffeine quickly and effectively constricts blood vessels, making it a useful skin care ingredient for:

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.

Monday, 15 June 2009

Beauty Product Consumers like Old Sailors (The Old Sailor, by A. A. Milne)

Beauty Product Consumers like Old Sailors (The Old Sailor, by A. A. Milne)

Beauty product consumers like Old Sailors ... never starting in the right place, never finishing what is begun, producing aging in the name of anti-aging for no good reason at all.


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.

He was shipwrecked, and lived on a island for weeks,
And he wanted a hat, and he wanted some breeks;
And he wanted some nets, or a line and some hooks
For the turtles and things which you read of in books.

And, thinking of this, he remembered a thing
Which he wanted (for water) and that was a spring;
And he thought that to talk to he'd look for, and keep
(If he found it) a goat, or some chickens and sheep.

Then, because of the weather, he wanted a hut
With a door (to come in by) which opened and shut
(With a jerk, which was useful if snakes were about),
And a very strong lock to keep savages out.

He began on the fish-hooks, and when he'd begun
He decided he couldn't because of the sun.
So he knew what he ought to begin with, and that
Was to find, or to make, a large sun-stopping hat.

He was making the hat with some leaves from a tree,
When he thought, "I'm as hot as a body can be,
And I've nothing to take for my terrible thirst;
So I'll look for a spring, and I'll look for it first."

Then he thought as he started, "Oh, dear and oh, dear!
I'll be lonely tomorrow with nobody here!"
So he made in his note-book a couple of notes:
"I must first find some chickens" and "No, I mean goats."

He had just seen a goat (which he knew by the shape)
When he thought, "But I must have a boat for escape.
But a boat means a sail, which means needles and thread;
So I'd better sit down and make needles instead."

He began on a needle, but thought as he worked,
That, if this was an island where savages lurked,
Sitting safe in his hut he'd have nothing to fear,
Whereas now they might suddenly breathe in his ear!

So he thought of his hut ... and he thought of his boat,
And his hat and his breeks, and his chickens and goat,
And the hooks (for his food) and the spring (for his thirst) ...
But he never could think which he ought to do first.

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.

Friday, 20 July 2007

Choice vs. Need - Information Asymmetry In Skin Care

The skin care marketplace is one of artificially inflated choice.

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.

Choice vs. Need - Information Asymmetry In Skin Care

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.

Monday, 3 March 2008

Core Principles of Effective Skin Care and Treatment

Any skin care management and treatment protocol must satisfy a number of criteria if it is to offer the potential for a therapeutic and desirable outcome.

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.

Core Principles of Effective Skin Care and Treatment

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.


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July 2010

SkinMedica Chemical Peels

Nia24 Reference Manual

June 2010

New Anthelios 45 Sunscreens for Face and Body

Replenix Anti-Photoaging Sunscreen SPF 45

VitaMedica HA + A Program

May 2010

New Skinceuticals Sheer Physical UV Defense SPF 50

Alyria Antioxidant Capsules (Vitamin C + E)

IS Clinical Youth Complex

April 2010

RevaleSkin — CoffeeBerry Extract

Retin-A Gel Availability

March 2010

RevaleSkin Day Cream SPF 15

Trehalose

February 2010

Injuv

Polyphenols

Kinerase Pro+ C8 Peptide Intensive Treatment with Kinetin and Zeatin

January 2010

La Roche-Posay Redermic

December 2009

Anti-Aging Sunscreen Reminders

November 2009

Complimentary Shipping

The Sun

Zinc: An Important Antioxidant for Skin

La Roche-Posay Derm AOX

Biomedic Potent-C 10.5 Concentrate

Tocotrienols

Skinceuticals Pigment Regulator

SkinMedica Retinol Complex

October 2009

The Connection Between Oxidative Stress and Aging

Definition of Oxidative Stress

Sources of Free Radical Damage

Ozone

Obagi Professional C Ingredients

Citrix Antioxidant Body Lotion

September 2009

Tricomin

Erythema from Retinoids

Carnosine

Interleukin-6 (IL-6)

Asiaticoside vs. Madecassoside for Collagen Synthesis

New Elta MD UV Clear SPF 46

New DCL Super Sheer Sunscreen SPF 50+

PCA pHaze 16+ C-Strength 20%

Arginine and Serine

Chrysin

August 2009

Glytone Lipo-Lift Serum

Ergothioneine

Ubiquinone (Co-Enzyme Q-10)

Tetrahexyldecyl Ascorbate

Hydrolyzed Hyaluronic Acid

Polymorphous Light Eruption

Saccharomyces Ferment (Filtrate Lysate)

La Roche-Posay Effaclar AI Intensive Acne Spot Treatment

New Skinceuticals Retexturing Activator

New Vivite Defining Lip Plumper

Neova Advanced Essential Lash

July 2009

Ceramide 3

Oxido Reductases

Cellex-C vs. Skinceuticals

D-Tocopheryl Glucoside

Human Fibroblast Conditioned Media

Kinerase Pro+ Therapy Advanced Radiance Facial Peel

June 2009

Pentapeptides Ineffective

ReVivé Peau Magnifique

Madecassoside

Natural/Organic Instinct Products Contain Unlisted + Mislabelled Chemicals

Neutrogena Amber Bar Sculpture

La Roche-Posay, Vienne, France

Obagi Rosaclear

May 2009

Myristyl Nicotinate

Topical Myristyl Nicotinate Creams

Oxofulleram

Benefits of Mexoryl SX

Anthelios 60 Sunscreens

Anthelios SX Daily Moisturizer

RevaleSkin CoffeeBerry Kit

April 2009

Biomedic Facial Shield SPF 20

IS Clinical Peptides

Skin Care for Dry Body Skin

Site Upgrades and Updates

March 2009

Safety of Micronized Zinc Sunscreens

Kinetin

RevaleSkin — CoffeeBerry Extract

Glycation

Biomedic Collagenist Powder

p53 Protein Expression

Photoprotective (UVB) Salen-Manganese Complex (EUK-134)

Clinique Medical Skin Care (Newly Available)

February 2009

The Ultraviolet Garden

Georges Seurat


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