My Facial Facts: Is Your Skin The Best It Can Be?

Do you get to a certain part of the year where your skin looks dull, lifeless and just plain ol’ blah?

Where you feel the texture could improve, and….what’s that you just spotted?…

Fine lines that are beginning to appear! The horror!

The worst part is that no matter how much you hydrate and moisturize your skin, it doesn’t seem to help, so you go out and buy a more expensive cream. One that will surely work…right?

Wrong.

Or if you don’t like to use a lot of hydration for fear of breakouts, then what are you supposed to do???

Okay, take a deep breath and relax….I have some good news.

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My clients often-times have been concerned with patches of excess pigmenatation on their skin. Professionally, these patches are referred to as “Epidermal Hyperpigmentation.”

“Epidermal” refers to the outer-most layer of the skin and “hyperpigmentation” means excessive color.

Have you experienced a sudden ‘appearance’ of some brown spots recently?

So you’re aware, there are different kinds of Epidermal Hyperpigmentation:

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Have you ever noticed little brown spots left after a break-out or the spots that start showing through as the years begin to pass?

Maybe it’s the dark patch that appears when you’re pregnant or when you begin taking certain medication.

Can you relate to any of these?

Have you found yourself frustated at what seems like the sudden appearance of these darker spots or patches?

Any visible change in the skin pigmentation results from internal or external factors.

Let me give you a better idea of what we mean…

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A lot of our clients with pigmentation problems (i.e. Brown/Sun Spots) want to know more about pigmentation, what it is and how and why it develops.

You don’t always want to be at the mercy of your dermatologist, esthetician or cosmetic sales person to tell you what you need, do you?

The problem is that the mechanism of pigmentation or “melagogenesis” is extremely complicated to explain and maybe somewhat boring for the average person that just wants to know how they can improve or correct it!

Remember: the skin is the second most complicated organ after the brain, and is a laboratory where thousands of chemical reactions are constantly happening.

However, understanding how this mechanism in our skin works is very important to then make educated decisions on what products will work best for you as well as which treatments make sense.

Don’t you want to know why those brown spots are occuring so you can correct it?

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