Skin Care 101
How should you take care of your skin, giving it a healthy glow that’s actually healthy? The skin care aisles and ads answer that question with creams, gels, and other moisturizers, but none of these products can really get under your skin. Your skin is a well-made protective covering that does a pretty good job of keeping everything out, even expensive scented creams with “micro-spheres.”
The moisturizer industry wants you to slather it on, but you should really be taking it off. The outer layers of your skin, that is.
Current medical practice generally recommends that you avoid creams that paste dead skin cells down and interfere with the exfoliating process, the natural process that is the real secret to beautiful, healthy skin. Ideally, the topmost layer of your skin is constantly being sloughed off and replaced by moister, softer skin cells that are constantly being created deep in the dermis, a process that gives you a completely new outer covering every thirty day or so.
However, this natural renovation process can be slowed or stymied if the topmost layer of skin sticks around (or gets stuck) too long. Your body waits till the old skin is on its way out before it speeds up production of a fresh batch of skin cells. So, without proper exfoliation, the layers of skin cells on your face, your hands, or your arms can be classified as old cells, older cells, and dead cells. Not a pretty picture, even when they are stuck together with a generous helping of moisturizer.
Therefore, current medical treatments focus on different safe and effective methods of exfoliation, stimulating the part of the skin that creates fresh, new skin cells. Beauty may not be skin deep, but beautiful, healthy skin is the kind that comes from the deep skin. Read more about TrueMD’s different procedures for bringing your fresh, healthy skin to light, including IPL Fotofacials, Microdermabrasion, and Chemical Peels.
Skin Care 101
How should you take care of your skin, giving it a healthy glow that’s actually healthy? The skin care aisles and ads answer that question with creams, gels, and other moisturizers, but none of these products can really get under your skin. Your skin is a well-made protective covering that does a pretty good job of keeping everything out, even expensive scented creams with “micro-spheres.”
The moisturizer industry wants you to slather it on, but you should really be taking it off. The outer layers of your skin, that is.
Current medical practice generally recommends that you avoid creams that paste dead skin cells down and interfere with the exfoliating process, the natural process that is the real secret to beautiful, healthy skin. Ideally, the topmost layer of your skin is constantly being sloughed off and replaced by moister, softer skin cells that are constantly being created deep in the dermis, a process that gives you a completely new outer covering every thirty day or so.
However, this natural renovation process can be slowed or stymied if the topmost layer of skin sticks around (or gets stuck) too long. Your body waits till the old skin is on its way out before it speeds up production of a fresh batch of skin cells. So, without proper exfoliation, the layers of skin cells on your face, your hands, or your arms can be classified as old cells, older cells, and dead cells. Not a pretty picture, even when they are stuck together with a generous helping of moisturizer.
Therefore, current medical treatments focus on different safe and effective methods of exfoliation, stimulating the part of the skin that creates fresh, new skin cells. Beauty may not be skin deep, but beautiful, healthy skin is the kind that comes from the deep skin. Read more about TrueMD’s different procedures for bringing your fresh, healthy skin to light, including IPL Fotofacials, Microdermabrasion, and Chemical Peels.