Best Skin Care Products

Vitamin A Treatments: 

Afirm contains Retinol, which minimizes fine lines, brown spots and reduces the incidences of acne outbreaks as a result of the exfoliating properties. Afirm is available in three different strengths to accommodate sensitive, normal, or oily skin. 1x contains .15% retinol, 2x contains .30% retinol and 3x contains .60% retinol.

SkinCeutical's Retinol 1.0 is the strongest over-the-counter vitamin A treatment available containing 1% retinol. As with the other vitamin A derivatives, retinol stimulates cell regeneration and builds collagen which can diminish the appearance of fine lines, wrinkles, and age spots as well as reducing pore size and the occurrence of blemishes. Products with a beneficial concentration of retinol are without a doubt among the best skin care products you can select to effectively treat a range of aging skin concerns.

Derma E's Vitamin A Retinyl Palmitate Wrinkle Treatment Creme is a derivative of vitamin A. Preliminary studies have indicated that Retinyl Palmitate achieves similar results as retinol but is considered to be much gentler skin treatment and is particularly recommended for sensitive skin. 

Vitamin C Treatments: 

SkinCeutical's C E Ferulic is a powerful antioxidant which protects the skin from the environment, neutralizing free radicals while stimulating collagen production. The ingredients include 15% pure L-ascorbic acid, 1% alpha tocopherol, and ferulic acid.

Cellex-C High Potency Serum, Cellex-C Advanced-C Serum 17.5% vitamin C and Cellex-C Skin Firming Cream are all a high potency vitamin C treatments and a powerful antioxidant which tones and firms sagging skin as well as reduces the visible signs of aging.

Eyeliss: 

Eyeliss features the newest in peptide technology to reduce under eye puffiness. The Eye Revolution Gel combines a hearty percentage of four powerful anti-aging ingredients including 3% Matrixyl, Haloxyl, Eyeliss and Stem Cells that work together to diminish puffy eye bags and fade dark under eye circles while reducing fine lines and wrinkles.

Hyaluronic Acid: 

IS Clinical Youth Complex has the highest over-the-counter concentration of the active anti-aging ingredient hyaluronic acid on the market. HA is extremely effective in plumping and firming sagging skin, diminishing fine lines and wrinkles as well as treating acne scars and healing damaged skin.

Hyaluronic acid has the ability to be effectively absorbed by the skin as well as serves as an efficient "carrier" of other anti-aging ingredients to cells. As a result, hyaluronic acid is rapidly becoming the preferred facial rejuvenation treatment over topical collagen products because HA is readily absorbed through the layers of skin to the cellular level.

 
 Kinerase:

Kinerase active anti-aging ingredient is kinetin which improves skin tone and overall skin complexion by diminishing the appearance of fine lines, wrinkles, blotchy skin, and age spots as well as improves sun damaged skin. This is an especially good product for sensitive skin types. 


 AHA- Glycolic Acid:

MD Formulations specify the percentage of glycolic acid, 12% to 14%, in each of their anti-aging skin care products as well as combining other active anti-aging ingredients to optimize skin rejuvenation by encouraging exfoliation, reducing fine lines, wrinkles, and improving skin tone.

Total Skin Care Glycolic 10% Gel is a lightweight 10% glycolic acid gel which combines anti-inflammatory herbal extract to decrease the irritation that some people experience with an AHA product. The gel consistency ensure an even distribution of the glycolic acid and facilitates rapid absorption, creating a more even skin tone, smoother skin by gently exfoliating, unclogging pores thereby producing a healthy glow.

Reviva Labs's 10% Glycolic is another high potency 10% Glycolic acid product that is specifically formulated for aging skin.

GreatSkin 15% AHA Night Cream is a colorless, odorless vanishing night cream with 15% Alpha Hydroxy Acid. This renewing cream is effective at tackling stubborn sun damage, texturizing rough facial areas, and mottled skin tone. (A 15% concentration of AHA is the highest that should be used at home. More potent concentrations are used in spa's for deep peels so resist the urge and don't try them at home!)

 Home Microdermabrasion:

Micro Pearl Abrasion microdermabrasion scrub with Aluminum oxide (corrundum) crystals that provides a very effective home exfoliation treatment for not only facial skin but for other trouble areas like blotchy skin discoloration on the top of the hands, acne scars, stretch marks, spider veins as well as an excellent pedicure accoutrement.

Derma Fresh Facial Rejuvenation System combines the corundum crystal formula which hydrates the skin as it exfoliates, containing vitamins A, C and E and other anti-oxidants to rejuvenate and moisturizers with a home microdermabrasion resurfacing tool give the skin a deeper home exfoliating treatment. (*It is generally believed that five home treatments compare to one professional spa microdermabrasion.)

Neutrogena Advanced Solution's Home Microdermabrasion System contains the same aluminum-oxide crystals as many spa treatments which provides a professional 'at home' microdermabrasion treatment.

 Vitamin K:

Peter Thomas Roth Power K Eye Rescue contains vitamin K, liposome, CoQ-10, kojic acid and vitamin C which are formulated to accelerate the reduction of under eye puffiness, dark circles, and fine lines.

K-Derm Gel reduces the redness caused by rosacea, diminishes the appearance of small spider veins, and promotes the healing of bruises. The active ingredients include Vitamin K, St. John's Wort, seaweed extract and arnica extract.

 GHK Copper Peptides:

Neova is a product line that has specialized in formulations with effective concentrations of copper peptides especially as a skin rejuvenator. Copper peptides smooths skin, reduces fine lines and wrinkles, hydrates, stimulates collagen production, helps to rebuild healthy skin tissues, elastin and the antioxidant properties help slow further signs of aging.

Neutrogena Visibly Firm Night Cream is a moisturizing cream with an active copper formula that improves skin's elasticity, firms, reduces fine lines and wrinkles, and increases the skin's hydration.

Haloxyl:

The Skin Rejuvenation Eye System utilizes the latest science and a medical approach to combine clinically proven ingredients like a potent percentage of the active ingredient haloxyl to reduce discoloration and fade out dark circles underneath the eye.


Matrixyl:

Dermajuv Cosmeceuticals incorporates an aggressive 3% of Matrixyl, a Peptide Molecule which helps the skins cells keep their elastic quality. Matrixyl is used medically as a skin wound healing solution because it aids in the rapid healing of skins cells. Older skin cells lose the ability to produce collagen. Collagen loss leads to thinning of the skin and loss elasticity causing the formation of wrinkles and other signs of aging. Wrinkles can actually be considered as wounded skin. Matrixyl works to heal skin cells and aid in the production of collagen.


 Sunscreen:

La Roche-Posay Anthelios SX is the newest sunscreen by La Roche-Posay. This is the first sun filtering product to be approved by the FDA in the lasts fifteen years. Anthelios is a longer acting sunscreen providing a much broader UV protection than any other sun filtering product on the market.


 Facial Lasers:

Baby Quasar Photorejuvenation Light Therapy is the newest and the most powerful of the home facial lasers modeled after professional IPL lasers. The consensus is that 3 to 5 treatments with the "Baby Q" is equivalent to one professional laser treatment in reducing age spots, fine lines, wrinkles, firming sagging skin, effectively treating dark under eye circles as well as minimizing redness from surface capillaries and rosacea.

The DermaWand facial laser is a favorite that has a strong, loyal following for toning the skin, reducing hyperpigmentation and stimulating collagen production.

Now you have the best of the best
to treat your aging skin!

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