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Posts Tagged ‘Free Radicals’

Well, I’m not sure exactly… What I am not sure about is why anyone would pay so much money for something that has no medical or clinical studies, 3rd party clinical studies being the only truly reliable source of unbiased facts. No proof that the Oxygen Facial stimulates collagen or elastin production.

And golly, let’s see. If I remember correctly, oxygen produces oxidation, which is damage. That’s true. Umm, isn’t that what makes a slice of apple turn brown? Another form of oxidation is rust, uh hello? That’s damage, too. Oxygen is full of free radicals, so why would anyone want to push that into their skin just to obtain very temporary plumping of wrinkles? Our skin doesn’t need oxygen pushed into it. In fact it could be damaging. Our internal organs need oxygen and we BREATH that in. And, yes free radicals come with it. Which is why we are encouraged to eat a healthy diet rich in antioxidants to combat that. Read the rest of this entry »

Certainly we have all heard about exfoliating, right? That process we should be incorporating into our skin care regime that keeps the skin on our faces, and our bodies, fresh and glowing.

In my experience as a facialist I found that most clients skipped this essential step. Sure, they got the exfoliation during a monthly or the occasional facial but this is a process that needs to be performed on a regular basis. Read the rest of this entry »

So, you think because you are in your 20′s or 30′s you don’t need to worry about Anti-Aging Skin Care? Hmmm, you could not be more wrong! When I was at that stage in life I knew that one day I would have wrinkles. I moisturized, used good products, did what I could. Since I am an Esthetician I had access to some of the best skin care of the day. But none of them could prevent wrinkles from forming. The technology for those types of products did not exist. There were products that claimed to prevent wrinkles and reduce wrinkles, but they were just that, claims. Read the rest of this entry »

Yes, what about those peptides? I mentioned peptides and the importance of having peptides in your products in a previous post “Collagen Cream, Ya Think?” .

Peptides are short chains of amino acids, proteins. These have the ability to penetrate your skin and have a positive effect on your skin’s fibroblasts. Peptides communicate with the fibroblast regrading loss of youthful function and degraded DNA (also mentioned in the referenced post above). Like I said before, have a little chat, a pep talk. Wow~ I just typed that and it struck me funny, a peptide pep talk! :-D Read the rest of this entry »

There are many products available claiming to replace the collagen in your skin. Some do the job. But most can’t, here’s why.

You need to look at the ingredients listed. Collagen as an ingredient itself is nothing more than an expensive moisturizer. A collagen molecule is much too large to penetrate your skin’s pores.  Simply adding collagen as an ingredient doesn’t stimulate collagen production in your skin. It only provides temporary plumping. Read the rest of this entry »