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The 8 Principles of Skin Health Restoration

Published 27th April 2020
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Expert Reviewed By

These are the core principles serving as the forces behind all and development. These principles go beyond the approach to treating diseased skin. They serve as the to provide a holistic to skin and healthy skin for life. These 8 principles focus on strengthening the skin, optimising skin cellular function, skin sensitivity and chronic inflammation – resulting in the best treatment outcomes and skin health .

The 8 of Skin Health are

1 – Skin Barrier Function

2 – Stimulation

3 – Stabilisation

4 – Sebum Control

5 – Chronic Elimination

6 – Skin Resistance

7 – and Calming

8 – Smart Sun Protection

Skin barrier function is crucial in skin weakness, sensitivity, and skin health. The function acts and as a skin bubble preventing penetration of harmful and protecting trans-epidermal water loss. barrier function enhances epidermal. and repair which is responsible for and maintaining skin tolerance.

is the of waking up cellular and the epidermis and dermis through the use of A ( or retinoic acid) as well as up of the fibroblast cell to the production and repair

1) collagen firmness

2) elastin – tightness

3) glucosaminoglycans – .

reverses uneven texture, by up angioblasts to oxygen and supply to the cells and with blending action even colour and tone is .

helps sensitivity to treatment while increasing the skin’s resistance to and internal by repairing and normal functions in both the and dermis.

Sebum (or Oil) prevents the and progression of chronic inflammation and pigment from excessive oil secretion in the skin. Excessive sebum is detrimental to skin health. This is a critical step in skin health to help and inflammatory conditions.

is induced my many elements, including

Disease

UV light

Excessive sebum (oil)

Long term use of topical irritants

Inflammation is the immune systems response and external ‘assaults’. It is a normal, defence to keep the body . Acute can be helpful, for example in wound healing. It is for injury repair. If acute is not treated it to chronic inflammation which is .

By medical agent use to the appropriate we prevent and that skin can . agents such as and acid should be used for short term therapeutic treatment of skin . treatment should switch to a program including products to keep the skin stabilised and long term results. This approach optimises results and limits complications as well as preventing resistance.

We use the terms and Calming instead of the more term ‘moisturiser’. have led to skin as depending on them for daily damages the skin. Repeated use builds a outer layer to the skin making it weaker and drier and eventually impairing the skin’s barrier function, preventing skin cellular functions and it’s to renew itself, this leads to sensitivity and skin ageing.

We use hydrating and creams as temporary steps when needed to prevent lazy skin . Hydrators provide

Immediate relief to skin,

Reduce and skin irritation,

and skin barrier function

skin’s natural hydration

Enhances renewal and production

Supports skin’s natural recovery protects against free radical damage

Supports skin’s natural DNA repair and protection

Smart Sun Protection takes sun beyond traditional approaches; just blocking against UVA and UVB rays. Smart protection the broadest most comprehensive cover of UVA and UVB as well as HEV and IR-A. Additional hydrators, antioxidants and anti-inflammatories complete the for protection.

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