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.

Early stages of incremental skin deterioration aren't visible to the naked untrained eye, so typically people will manage to secure copious impairment of their skin's functions (and therefore appearance) without meaningful intervention.

In recent years, the harmfulness of UVA has been more precisely demonstrated at cellular and molecular levels, using methods focused on the identification of biological targets of UVA radiation and the resulting cascade of impairment of cell functions and tissue denaturation.

Comparatively little exposure to UVA under conditions of anything less than near perfect protection sets marked aging en route:

• wrinkling;
• wilting;
• laxity;
• sagging;
• shrivelled/shallow features;
• sallow coloring;
• patchy/mottled (hyper)pigmentation;
• telangiectasia (broken capillaries);
• dryness;
• roughness;
• and more (avoidable) aesthetic delights ...

Ideal protection is not offered by sunscreens alone.

Only certain sunscreens combined with certain antioxidants and retinoids found in formulas which reach the dermis constitute marked prevention of premature photoaging and allow for the best reversal of pre-existing skin aging currently possible.

Prescriptions:

• Sunscreens with a comprehensive shielding effect against UVA, both for facial and body use;
• Primary antioxidants, not wilted plant extracts, once daily;
• Attention to formula details: pH, concentrations and other critical factors;
• Special care around the eyes;
• Avoidance of Strivectin et al. — follow medical advice, not fashionable trends, and to a lesser extent, word of mouth.
• Treatment without interruption over the long term.

Request:

Photoprotection by combination topical antioxidants vitamin C and vitamin E. Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology, Volume 48, Issue 6, Pages 866-874.

A Topical Antioxidant Solution Containing Vitamin C, Vitamin E, and Ferulic Acid Prevents Ultraviolet Radiation-Induced Caspase-3 Induction in Skin.

The need is not restricted to products for sunbathers, whose primary concern is the conspicuous, acute effects of UVB and which do not take care of the hidden part of damage, the Trojan horse of premature ageing of the skin.

The need also applies to skin care products for daily use and exposure where UVA is a major factor whatever the season.

Aging solar exposure levels remain high throughout the year.

Presently the only solution for near perfect defense is to combine once daily use of topical antioxidants C, E and Ferulic Acid or another similar solution-stabilizing antioxidant with a "true" broad spectrum sunscreen such as Skinceuticals Daily Sun Defense SPF 20.

Anthocyanins, Lutein and Zeaxanthin are dietary constituents of the arsenal against premature skin, and general, aging.

Different sunscreens provide different kinds of sun protection and the periocular region requires different care.

Despite extensive education, most people still don't understand, choose to ignore or follow best practice anti-aging skin care recommendations only haphazardly.

This is disappointing, and suggests that the din of ineffective but aggressively marketed cosmetics generally overcomes the truths and concrete improvements dermatology represents while ensuring the perennial rise and fall of more or less identical misinformation.

Physician-endorsed skin care, where it is spurious, is a travesty of the medical profession, likely to degrade confidence and popularly expected standards of care.