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The 8 Principles of Skin Health Restoration
27th April 2020
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These are the core as the driving forces behind all and protocol . These go beyond the traditional approach to diseased skin. They serve as the to a approach to skin and maintaining skin for life. These 8 principles focus on strengthening the skin, optimising skin function, elimination skin sensitivity and chronic inflammation – in the best outcomes and achieving skin health restoration.
The 8 of Skin Health are
1 – Skin Function
2 – Stimulation
3 – Stabilisation
4 – Sebum Control
5 – Chronic Inflammation Elimination
6 – Overcome Skin Resistance
7 – and Calming
8 – Smart Sun Protection
Skin barrier function is in correcting skin weakness, sensitivity, and restoring overall skin health. The barrier function acts and as a skin bubble of harmful and protecting excessive trans-epidermal water loss. Strengthening epidermal. renewal and repair which is for and skin .
Stimulation is the of waking up cellular and the epidermis and dermis through the use of vitamin A (retinol or retinoic acid) as well as up regulation of the fibroblast cell to increase the and repair
1) collagen creating firmness
2) – tightness
3) – hydration.
uneven texture, improves circulation by up angioblasts to oxygen and supply to the cells and with blending action even colour and tone is .
Stabilisation helps prevent acquired to treatment while increasing the skin’s resistance to negative external and factors by repairing and maintaining normal functions in both the epidermis and dermis.
Sebum (or Oil) prevents the induction and of inflammation and conditions resulting from excessive oil secretion in the skin. Excessive sebum is detrimental to skin health. This is a step in skin health restoration to help and inflammatory conditions.
Inflammation is induced my many elements, including
Disease
UV light
sebum (oil)
Long term use of irritants
Inflammation is the immune response internal and external ‘assaults’. It is a normal, to keep the body . Acute can be helpful, for example in wound healing. It is for injury repair. If acute is not treated it progresses to chronic inflammation which is destructive.
By limiting medical topical agent use to the we prevent and resistance that skin can . Medical topical agents such as hydroquinone and acid should be used for short term therapeutic treatment of skin . treatment patients should switch to a maintenance program including products designed to keep the skin and long term . This approach results and limits as well as preventing resistance.
We use the terms and Calming products instead of the more popular term ‘moisturiser’. Moisturisers have led to skin as on them for daily damages the skin. use builds a thicker outer layer to the skin making it weaker and drier and eventually impairing the skin’s function, preventing skin cellular functions and it’s ability to renew itself, this leads to sensitivity and skin ageing.
We use functional hydrating and calming creams as steps when needed to prevent lazy skin . provide
relief to compromised skin,
Reduce and skin irritation,
and skin function
Upregulates skin’s natural hydration
Enhances epidermal and production
Supports skin’s natural recovery process against free damage
Supports skin’s natural DNA repair and protection
Smart Sun Protection takes sun beyond traditional approaches; just against UVA and UVB rays. Smart includes the broadest most comprehensive cover of UVA and UVB as well as HEV and IR-A. Additional hydrators, antioxidants and anti-inflammatories the for protection.
To find out more about the way we make skin healthy visit our videos on our YouTube Channel.
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