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• Obagi
• SkinCeuticals

Obagi®

Obagi is a multi-step system to healthier skin. Obagi products are great for normal, thick, pigmented, oily, flaky, or large-pored skin, and for all skin types, including medium and dark skin.

The cleanser and toner help exfoliate, which helps the top layer of your skin turn over frequently. This helps give you fresher, healthier looking skin, and may prevent some break-outs.

The Obagi Nu-Derm® System is a home skin health restoration program incorporating prescription strength products to restore skin’s health. It designed eliminates hyperpigmentation and photodamage (sun damage), refines skin texture, normalizes oil production, hydrates skin, and gives a healthy glow. Unlike other products, Nu-Derm® penetrates the dermis and has the ability to correct many skin problems, including those deeper problems peels and exfoliation can’t reach.

As you age, your skin loses elasticity. Cell turnover and the flow of moisture from deep within begin to slow. Damage worsens from sun, stress, environment, and smoking. This system corrects surface discoloration. It penetrates the skin to stimulate skin renewal, improve circulation, and rebuild collagen. After six weeks (one skin cycle), new skin cells emerge to the surface

To reverse damage, hydroquinone and Retin-A® are used. Hydroquinone is a “skin bleacher.” It works by smoothing out areas of pigment irregularity and age spots. Retin-A® helps reverse sun damage, wrinkling, and age spots. It helps the deeper layer of the skin thicken and reorganize to reverse fine wrinkles. Results are seen after months of use.

I also like the Obagi Elastiderm eye cream, clear zinc sunblock, and TCA blue peel

For more information on the Obagi® skin care system, go to www.Obagi.com.

SkinCeuticals

I like this line.  It is based on antioxidant treatment, using Vitamin C & E and natural ingredients.  Doctors created skinceuticals, so it has the highest levels of antioxidant protection. The line is a higher concentration than over-the-counter products. It is “bio-available” (which means that it actually penetrates the skin in a form your body can use, unlike many other products that have the vitamins in an ineffective form), and it has been stabilized so that it remains effective.

So why do I like it?

I think Obagi® with hydroquinone and Retin-A® is a gold standard for treating fine lines and pigment, BUT many people with fair or sensitive skin cannot tolerate the line. This line is safe for women who are pregnant or breast feeding.  This line has been out for years, and there are solid scientific studies that support its claims. Vitamins C and E help enhance the performance of sunscreen, to provide better protection against UVA and UVB rays than sunscreen alone, which is important to us in the Bay Area with our sun exposure. This product line is available in my office in Palo Alto.

My favorite products: Vitamin C E Feurilic, Phloretin CF, Phyto, B5, AGE interrupter, and zinc based sunscreens.

www.skinceuticals.com