Peptides are one of the biggest breakthroughs in the treatment of aging skin.  They have been around for over 20 years but did not achieve real fame until they were proven to be more effective than the gold standard prescription Vitamin A in the treatment of photoaging.

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Question for the day

"This is a bit of a broad request...but I'd love to hear your beliefs and thoughts on how we can penetrate active ingredients into and through the bilayers of the epidermis with product only. No tricks. It seems that there is some manipulation of the lipids of the bilayers...

There is a lot of misinformation out on the internet surrounding emulsifiers and their use in cosmetics.  There are companies who proudly state that they are emulsifier free and others who state that emulsifiers damage the skin barrier and can compound skin problems, hence why they don't use...

You only have to do a glance on the internet to find Parabens to be in the top 10 "Toxic Ingredient" List.  If we were to believe the propaganda that the Safe Cosmetics Organisation sprouts, then we would believe that many ingredients in cosmetics are dangerous.  The fact is though for...

The term "Corneotherapy" was originally coined by Albert Kligman, who is referred to as the Grandfather of Corneotherapy.  It was not until the latter half of the 20th century that the stratum corneum began to be viewed as much more than a dead, inert passive membrane.  Dr Kligman...

Dietary indole compounds have been used for centuries in traditional Chinese medicine to treat a variety of ailments and diseases. Two indoles that have attracted recent attention for their therapeutic potential are I3C and DIM. I3C is a metabolite of glucosinolate glucobrassicin, which is a...

The role of hereditary factors whilst involved in the pathogenesis of acne, does not fully account for the increase in acne in Western Society.  After years of debate within the scientific community, finally it is well established with the current research that acne is a disease of the...

Ascorbic acid is used widely in cosmetics because of its various skin physiological effects, however it notoriously unstable and generates ROS in the skin.  After being applied to the skin surface, Ascorbic Acid partly becomes ascorbic acid radicals, which have ROS characteristics and are...

Pre-Menstrual Acne And How To Deal With It

For most of us the dreaded time of the month is hard enough with hormonal mood swings, let alone coping with an onslaught of acne to deal with as well, however this is the reality for a lot of women.  Pre-menstrual breakout is a great cause of...

Menopause and the Skin Barrier

Aging is associated with declining levels of several hormones, including estrogen.  Although the effects of estrogen on the skin are still not fully understood, it is known that, in women, declining estrogen levels are associated with a variety of cutaneous...

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text delay="0"]Drug-induced acne, which is more accurately called drug- induced acneiform eruption, is characterized by an eruption of papules and pustules arising after medication intake.  Often this can look like acne but is not true acne, as in it does not...

The term interleukin was first proposed in 1979 to describe two leukocyte products with similar molecular weights (15,000-17,000): Interleukin-1 (IL-1) was the name given to the macrophage product, called lymphocyte-activating factor, that activated T and B lymphocytes.  Interleukin-2...