Skin Renewal

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Description

Skin Renewal is the process of Skin regeneration including:

 

 Smoothing of the Skin

 Reduction of Wrinkles

 Repair of Sun damage to the Skin (photoaging)

 Diminishment of Skin blemishes (and other imperfectations)

 

The overall aim of Skin Renewal is to produce a more youthful Skin appearance and to improve the underlying biology of the Skin.

 

Biochemistry of Skin Renewal

The processes involved in Skin Renewal are similar to those involved in Woundshealing:

 

1.        Skin damage (often deliberately-induced via agents such as Alpha-Hydroxy Acids, Retin-A, Laser Resurfacing or other Skin Improvers) stimulates the release of Proteolytic Enzymes that dissolve Skin Proteins into smaller fragments.

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