How do skin care systems work
If there were a single product that would give you beautiful, healthy, youthful skin you would be using it already. In fact, everyone would be using it. It goes without saying that there is no such product. Cosmetic companies make money by constantly churning out new products to keep their cash flow going. Their statistics show that the average female will purchase a competitive product within 90 days even if they are satisfied with their old product. Look at the products on your shelf. It is likely that you bought at least one new product in the past 90 days. We Americans, especially, get bored with same and so we need change. The cosmetic manufacturers use this information to constantly provide new products which are competitive with their own so that when you change products you will still be buying from the same company.
Recently dermatology researchers and clinicians have become aware that only systems of care can provide healthy beautiful skin. The analogy is with the person who wants to build muscles. Before working out at the gym the nutritio9nal building blocks must be provided. One must eat adequate proteins, carbohydrates, and fats and have enough minerals and vitamins to grow muscles. Skin also needs to grow and it cannot get enough nutrition from your stomach. So a system of skin care is the only way we who live in a polluted environment to ever increasing age can maintain healthy and attractive skin.
There are 2 kinds of cosmetceuticals that are available to the public: maintenance and restorative. Most cosmaceuticals are maintenance and consist of good cleansers, moisturizers, and perhaps an antioxidant or two. Repairative systems are difficult to find outside of a dermatologist’s office. The best one I have used is the Obagi Skin Care Line. While it can be bought illegally online with little effort, it is usually not very effective unless used under a physician’s direction. Each person is different and the nuances of adapting the system to each user is an art form.
With a good repairative system, physical treatments like chemical peels, microdermabrasion, photrejuvenation, and so on are much more effective.
Recently dermatology researchers and clinicians have become aware that only systems of care can provide healthy beautiful skin. The analogy is with the person who wants to build muscles. Before working out at the gym the nutritio9nal building blocks must be provided. One must eat adequate proteins, carbohydrates, and fats and have enough minerals and vitamins to grow muscles. Skin also needs to grow and it cannot get enough nutrition from your stomach. So a system of skin care is the only way we who live in a polluted environment to ever increasing age can maintain healthy and attractive skin.
There are 2 kinds of cosmetceuticals that are available to the public: maintenance and restorative. Most cosmaceuticals are maintenance and consist of good cleansers, moisturizers, and perhaps an antioxidant or two. Repairative systems are difficult to find outside of a dermatologist’s office. The best one I have used is the Obagi Skin Care Line. While it can be bought illegally online with little effort, it is usually not very effective unless used under a physician’s direction. Each person is different and the nuances of adapting the system to each user is an art form.
With a good repairative system, physical treatments like chemical peels, microdermabrasion, photrejuvenation, and so on are much more effective.
posted by Edward Lack MD at 10:55 AM
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