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Advanced Skincare - prevention,
protection and correction
To maintain and improve skin health, an effective skincare
regime must contain three fundamental elements -- prevention,
protection, and correction. SkinCeutical's product philosophy
and educational programs are built around these principles.
Their line of advanced skincare products is designed
to prevent future damage, protect healthy skin, and
correct previous damage. At SkinCeuticals, achieving
results means more than restoring youthful, radiant
skin -- it means preventing serious skin conditions,
like skin cancer.
Their formulations are based on optimal concentrations
of active ingredients elegantly crafted into functional
products -- designed, formulated, and tested for effectiveness.
They use pure, pharmaceutical grade ingredients with
proven scientific results. Their entire skincare program
works as a complete system for maximum improvement to
skin health.
Cleanse and tone
Formulated to meet the exacting standards of skincare
professionals, SkinCeuticals cleansers and toners include
a variety of active ingredients such as hydroxy acids,
botanical extracts, and cleansing agents to lift impurities
and oils, gently exfoliate dead skin cells, and balance
pH levels. Our cleansing and toning products leave the
skin feeling fresh and clean without increased dryness
or oiliness.
Prevent
Skincare research shows that aging skin is the result
of more than just years on the calendar. Exposure to
environmental elements like sunlight, smoke, and air
pollution causes photoaging in skin. Not only does this
lead to the formation of lines, wrinkles, and pigmentation
- it can lead to more serious skin conditions, including
skin cancer.
A comprehensive antioxidant program can help prevent
photoaging and the onset of more serious skin conditions.
Topical antioxidants have now been shown to provide
up to four times the skin’s natural protection
from UV damage. Sunscreens are also an important part
of the prevention process, although they cannot do it
alone. Antioxidants protect your skin from the sun in
ways that sunscreens can’t.
When used together, antioxidants and sunscreens provide
almost complete photoprotection - preventing photoaging,
preventing the appearance of fine lines and wrinkles,
and promoting good skin health.
Correct
Over time, regardless of lifestyle, skin begins
to change. Signs of aging may appear. Fine lines, wrinkles,
discoloration, and loss of elasticity become more visible.
These signs can be the result of collagen breakdown,
slower cell-turnover, and loss of moisture. Damage is
intensified by sun exposure, environmental assaults,
and smoking. SkinCeuticals Corrective Products combine
reparative, lightening, and exfoliating ingredients
to help rehabilitate the skin, restoring a healthier
and more youthful appearance. The category includes
products formulated specifically for delicate areas
such as the eyes and lips.
Moisturise
SkinCeuticals moisturizers are carefully formulated
with multi-functional ingredients that nourish, protect,
and/or exfoliate as they hydrate and restore elasticity.
Our moisturizers are designed to maximize ingredient
synergies and provide optimal benefits to the skin.
Protect
Our sunblocks provide true broad-spectrum UVA/UVB
protection. This revolutionary line contains Z-Cote®,
transparent zinc oxide, which protects skin from the
damaging UVA rays proven to be responsible for premature
signs of aging. Unlike the pasty white zinc oxide sunscreens
of the past, SkinCeuticals sunblocks are cosmetically
elegant and all-encapsulated, which means increased
protection using fewer sunscreen ingredients, reducing
the chances of irritation.
Body
SkinCeuticals body products contain nurturing blends
of exclusive ingredients to exfoliate, moisturize, and
improve skin tone and color. Our products work together
to provide benefits such as hydration, antioxidant protection,
increased smoothness, and restored elasticity to the
entire body.
FURTHER USEFUL INFORMATION
What are Combination Antioxidants?
They are vitamins that neutralize free radicals in the skin; this helps to protect the skin's structure. When formulated correctly, single antioxidants such as pure Vitamin C are very effective in protecting the skin against oxidative stress.
Combinations of antioxidants such as Vitamin C and Vitamin E are proven to work synergistically to provide greater protection against photo-damage.
When formulated correctly topical vitamin C + E protects against UVA and UVB damage.
Vitamin C - Scientific evidence shows decisively that different forms of vitamin C do not increase the levels of vitamin-C in the skin, they may penetrate into the epidermis but they will not be converted into a form of vitamin-C that the skin can use.
Only the pure form of vitamin-C, L- ascorbic acid, gets into the skin and must be at least 10% concentration and at an acid pH for it to be effective.
Pure vitamin-C is a powerful antioxidant that protects the aqueous parts of cells from free radical damage.
Vitamin E - (alpha tocopherol) is a powerful antioxidant that protects the top layer of skin, cell walls and cell wall structures from free radical attack. Vitamin E is important because it is a chain-reaction-ending antioxidant that stops free radical damage to skin. Similarly to vitamin C , vitamin E must be in the pure form {alpha tocopherol} when applied to the skin
to allow for proper adsorption and action as an antioxidant.
What effects does SkinCeuticals Topical Have C+E have on the skin?
This serum has been proven to protect the skin against photo ageing and protects cell walls and cell wall structures from free-radical attack. When vitamin E acts as an antioxidant, vitamin C regenerates it and so makes it more effective.
Research proves that C+E together protect the formation of thymine dimers, which lead to the development of cancer. SkinCeuticals C+E also reduces sunburn cells by 70% and quadruples the skins own natural photo-protection levels. When formulated properly, antioxidant serums are absorbed into the skin and unlike sunscreen products cannot be washed off.
Sunscreens might not be as effective as you think? recent studies have concluded that users apply only one fourth to one fifth the amount of sunscreen necessary to achieve full protection - getting only SPF 3 to SPF 4 protection no matter how high the SPF is labelled!
No sunscreen fully protects against all UVA, particularly above 380 - 400nm. Furthermore, there is enormous energy in this gap between 380 - 400 nm, which generates tremendous damage to the skin structure. When sun shines on skin, the short (290 - 320 nm) UVB (burning) rays are absorbed by the epidermis. UVB is what SPF measures. UBV generates oxygen free radicals which can destroy and mutate cells and cause some skin cancers.
The longer(320 - 400 nm) UVA (ageing) go deep into the skin's dermis. UVA causes much greater oxidative stress than UVB; UVA contains thirty times more energy than UVB and generates many more oxygen-free radicals. Oxygen-free radicals are like indiscriminate bombs, destroying and/or mutating anything in their way, including collagen, elastin, proteoglycan and cells - in short they age the skin. UVA causes not only photoaging changes, but also more aggressive types of skin cancers.
What is Zinc Oxide?
Zinc oxide provides the broadest wavelength protection of any sunscreen ingredient, uniformly covering from 290 - 380 nm, thus protecting against all UVB and most of the rays when properly applied. No other sunscreen ingredient provides broader protection. Z-Cote,
A patented formulation, is a transparent form of micronised Zinc Oxide which provides against UVB rays and long UVA rays to almost 400 nm.
Is SPF important?
SPF is only a measurement of UVB rays - there is no international measurement for rays.
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