Scientific Skin Care News 20

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Scientific Beauty News Letter 20

Skin Ageing !
 

Collagen fibers, when healthy, keeps the skin smooth and resilient, but becomes very stiff and brittle when damaged. This begins to give the skin a more aged appearance. Combined with free-radical damage are various other triggers, such as UVA rays from the sun, which create inflammation within cells and collagen-digesting enzymes. This process starts the formation of wrinkles.

Along with collagen, Elastin is present in the dermis.  It is a key molecule which affects the ageing of the skin. Elastin is many times stretchable then collagen and adds to the elasticity of the skin. With the effect of UV rays from the sun rays and the free radicals working along with them , the Elastin strands hardens and their elasticity reduces.

Also one very important thing which has to be remembered in this case is that, with the effect of the free radicals and the harsh sun rays, the water holding capacity if the dermis as well as epidermis reduces.

Under such circumstances, if the occlusive moisturizers are used, although the shin looks hydrated, the internal structures keep losing moisture and the result is prominent ageing in spite of regularly using the moisturizers. The best way is using Liposoft, which supports the natural moisturizing system of the skin and thereby hydrates the skin in the dermis as well as epidermis level.

When Liposoft is used, it contains the natural moisturizing ingredients which get absorbed in the skin and holds moisture, at the same time the humectants helps holding moisture in the epidermis.

Regular use of Liposoft will hydrate, protect the skin and also possess the anti-oxidant activity, thereby reducing the side effects of the free radicals.

Beyond the influence of free-radical damage, an area that must not be ignored pertaining to health and aging of the skin is nutrition.

Changing how you eat or adding vitamin and mineral supplements to your diet will not erase wrinkles and stop aging.

 Moreover, a diet of junk food or no food will eventually affect your skin as well as many other organs of the body. Nutrition from within will encourage healthy cells but will not protect the skin from outside damage.

This is why skin must have the correct topical skin nutrition. Deficiencies of certain nutrients - vitamin A, B-complex and essential fatty acids - are known to cause various forms of dermatitis and other skin conditions. Mild deficiencies may not directly affect the skin but may hinder the skin’s ability to heal and renew itself.

This is why I recommend daily and proper use of Liposoft, as a moisturizer on the face as well as body.

To protect our own skin from ageing, we must understand the importance of protecting the skin from the sun. The most important anti-wrinkle cream you can offer during the day time is the Sun block. You can perfectly rely on Ulti-Care Sun block. Ulticare provides you through the physical block that is natural, such as titanium dioxide, zinc oxide and iron oxides.

Equally valuable is the use of nutrients that infuse into the tissue and support healthy cell development. Antioxidants are an answer to a healthier skin but a key consideration as to the effects of a topical antioxidant is its ability to penetrate.

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Scientific Skin Care News 19

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Why Does Your Skin Age?
Two factors mainly affect the aging of the skin:

a.      extrinsic ageing and

b.      b. intrinsic aging.

Intrinsic or internal aging is biological aging that occurs with the passing of time.

Extrinsic or external aging is the natural process of biological aging compiled with exterior causes such as sun exposure, air pollution, smoking, lifestyle, cosmetics and other allergens and lack of care.

The appearance of the skin is actually affected by the extrinsic ageing.  The most damaging of all of these exterior causes is sunlight. Actually, ninety percent of the aging of your skin is due to sun damage.

Why do we age and we are unable to fight with the naturally occurring factors like sun light?  This is because of the damage caused to cells by free radicals.

Free radicals are unstable molecules that take electrons from healthy molecules. This creates a cycle of more free radicals and more damaged cells.

WHAT ACTUALLY CAUSES THE FREE RADICAL DAMAGE?

Free radicals in the nature and their interaction with the body is a natural process. Body has its own capacity to fight with such factors. But when the capacity and the threshold level is crossed, the damage repair system of the body goes beyond control and the Free radical vicious cycle plays major role in the process of ageing.

Along with the internal free radical management system of the body, there are many external factors that increase the free radical damage. Number one is the sun, and the other include air pollution, smoking, foods, chemicals in everyday products and the air we breathe.  These internal factors actually are responsible for the process of ageing.

HOW FREE RADICAL OVERLOAD AGE YOUR SKIN?

The youthful appearance of the skin is because of the collagen you have in the dermis. But unfortunately, collagen is the primary target of the free radicals. Actually collagen is a protein that forms a meshwork that holds the internal structures of the skin.

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Scientific Skin Care News 18

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Lipo-soft Moisturizer!
There are huge number of moisturizers in the market. So many are of Occlusive type. My first objection is for the occlusive type of moisturizers. The petroleum products are never absorbed from the epidermis.

The material you are using in the moisturizers has to be safe as well as effective. It must get absorbed into the skin. Petroleum products occlude the skin thereby clogging the pores which leads to the formation of black heads and white heads and the normal atmospheric interaction of the skin is also blocked.

The first approach towards the formulation of the moisturizer should be as follows:

1.      The product is for the regular and daily use and must not have occlusive action.

2.      The moisturizer should be so safe that it can be conveniently used on small children even.

3.      It must not contain any kind of petroleum product and can even be used by the youngsters.

4.      The ingredients used in the formulation must be non toxic and the chemical used to moisturize the skin must be of the first quality.

5.      The materials must get absorbed into the skin, at the same time the material must be friendly with the skin chemicals, preferably the chemicals present in the skin itself if are used, you get better moisturizing without any kind of side effect.

In this regard I will like to explain certain things about Liposoft. It contains Stearic acid, derived from the natural source. Also we must understand that Stearic acid is a fatty acid that is found naturally in the protective outer layer of the skin. It is one of the building blocks of the lipid layers in skin, which help to form a barrier and preserve the skin's natural moisture. Liposoft contains this Stearic acid, which naturally enhances the moisture holding of the skin.

Secondly Liposoft as a Oil-in-water moisturizers. This means  water is the dominant carrier. Because of this it has lighter consistency, and generally used as day as well as night time moisturizer. Liposoft has a non-glossy look, mild photo protective action which avoids sun burns.

Liposoft is a barrier-repair emollient - moisturizer that restores oils and lipids to the skin, helping it to stay hydrated and function as a barrier against the outside world. Dry air, wind, sun, soaps, and other elements can dry the protective outer layer of skin, possibly worsening conditions such as acne and rosacea and making skin more prone to irritation. Liposoft  contain lipids such as ceramides, or humectants such as glycerine, propylene glycol,  draw water to the skin and help skin retain it. Being a barrier-repair emollient, Liposoft should be applied to skin immediately after bathing, when skin is still wet, is often recommended for good skin hydration.

Remember Liposoft repairs the barrier of the skin but it does not occlude the skin.

I definitely feel that Liposoft is a great moisturizer for face as well as body, it imparts fairness because of the natural skin lighteners and protects the skin from photo-damage as well. Although it is not a sun-screen, it protects your skin from the indirect rays.

Liposoft: A Great, gentle, soft and soothing moisturizer your personal skin.

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Humectants!
Frequently Humectants are used in the cosmetics. They are used for two purposes,

1.      The Humactants hold moisture and absorb moisture from the atmosphere and therefore they inhibit the drying out of the products and therefore humectants are added to the cosmetic formulations.

2.      Humectants when are added to the cosmetics, they help increasing and maintaining moisture in the skin and hair.

Humectants are widely used in the cosmetics like lotions, skin creams, sun screens, moisturizers, shampoos, conditioners, cleansers and may a times also in the soaps. Humectants are the hygroscopic moisturizers and work by attracting water to the upper layer of the skin.

All the humectants are characterized by the presence of the hydroxyl group, which helps them to participate in the hydrogen bonding which makes them absorb water. This process absorbs moisture from the outer layer of the skin or from the moisture when the humidity of the atmosphere is high.

The water holding capacity of different humectants differ in the way that the water binding capacities vary in different humidity’s. Commonly used humectants include :
Glycerin
Hyaluronic acid
Propylene glycol
Butylene glycol
Sodium PCA
Sorbitol
Allantoin
Most popular humectant is Glycerine.

Also I must add few important functions performed by the humectants. Many a times they play a major role in attracting the moisture from the dermis into the epidermis, thereby increasing the water content of the epidermis. This is the major way they hydrate the epidermis, and they can attract moisture from the atmosphere only when the humidity in the atmosphere is more than 70 percent.

Above holding the moisture in the skin, the humectants also provide pliability and flexibility of the skin, and prevents cracking of the skin.  Humectants also help reducing the skin irritation caused by the dryness of the skin.

Another important work performed id, it  prevents the external chemicals from contacting the dermis.

We are using classic range of humectants in most of our cosmetic products for the betterment of skin and hair.

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Moisturizers!
Huge amount of moisturizing products are available in the market, and the question is what should I select? What is the better moisturizer for me! What we have to know basically about the moisturizer is what type of skin I do have and what moisturizer should I use.

There are basically two types of Moisturizers, The Occlusive ones and the Humectants.

Occlusive moisturizers prevent water from leaving the stratum corneum by acting as a waterproof film that covers your skin. Because they're typically made up of oil-rich ingredients, such as petroleum, various mineral oils or silicone.

I always feel that these kind of moisturizers made of the petroleum products are cheaper and they are widely used for the faster action generated, but these moisturizers are many a times harmful to the skin. The petroleum products are not absorbed in the skin, and as a result, they form a impermeable film on the skin which may leads to clogging of  pores, irritate the skin and cause breakouts of acne and pimples.

This type of moisturizers are the major culprits for the formation of acne and pimples and must be avoided in the young age always. Occlusive moisturizers don't work very well for people with sensitive or oily skin. It is a cheaper way of moisturizing the skin but I personally do not believe in petroleum products as they may damage the skin in several ways.

One of the prominent damage caused by the moisturizers which contain petroleum products, basically petroleum jelly, Petroleum wax of light liquid paraffin, always form an oily coat on the skin and make the skin more susceptible to photo damage, tan and mainly sun burns.

Such type  of occlusive moisturizers must be avoided in the Indian climate as they can provide less of benefit and more of damage t the skin.

Those who want to work out with better quality moisturizers for better skin benefit and less of damage should select the Humectant moisturizers. Humectant moisturizers are great for those people with habitually dry skin or for people whose skin is oily, as humectants moisturizers are water-based and contain very few oils.

Humectants work by absorbing and retaining water from the air and lower layers of your epidermis. Because they add moisture instead of just trapping the water that's already there, humectant moisturizers help prevent dry skin from cracking by increasing its natural pliability and flexibility. If you're looking for a humectant moisturizer, check for ingredients such as glycerin, lactic acid, propylene glycol, etc are the great humectant substances for ultimate moisturizing

Let us talk of the concept of Liposoft and what else we can use in the process of moisturizing in the next issue!

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15. Natural Moisturizing Factors!
The structure of epidermis if is intact, it makes the skin healthy. When we talk about the intact structure of the epidermis, it is not just the intact cells, but many more factors along with the cells.

The components that actually make the epidermis stronger and beautiful are actually called Natural Moisturizing Factors (NMF). These are all the ingredients which balance the beauty and health of the skin.

The skin is blessed with the sebum and the epidermal lipids. These oily substances prevent the evaporation of the moisture from the skin and provide lubrication to the surface of the skin. This actually forms the intracellular matrix, which along with these skin lipids provide great surface texture and feel to the healthy skin.

This intracellular matrix actually makes the skins first line of defence against water loss. Let me tell you that the skin is neither completely protected with the skin lipids nor the Natural moisturizing factors, but it is the combination of the Lipids and the NMF, which provides perfect protection, feel, softness and beauty of the skin.

Whenever the lipid and/or the NMF content of the skin reduces, what we experience si surface roughness of the epidermis, Flaking, dryness and associated fine lines, and an uncomfortable feeling of skin tightness and pulling on the skin.

Longer the skin surface is damaged, more is the ageing, where dehydration plays a major role. Not only the overall functioning of the skin is impaired, but also the healing process of the skin is impaired.

What is this NMF actually. It represents the group of chemical substances which actually retains moisture in the epidermis and we are saved from the daily atmospheric drying.

NMF represents a complex group of substances, that includes the Ceramides, Amino Acids,  Cholesterol, Fatty acids, Hyaluronic acid, Triglycerides, Phospholipids, Urea, Linoleic acid, Glycerine, Mucopolysaccharides, and sodium pyrrolidone carboxylic acid.

The skin oils support the oer all retention of the moisture in the skin, and if you look for the outside source you will notice that some lipids have similar characteristics with the sebum of the body. These include the Apricot oil, Coconut oil, Soyabean Oil, Sweet Almond Oil, Lanolin, Lecithine, Olive Oil, sesame oil, and all these things can be extremely helpful in making the skin come out of dryness, dehydration and starts looking better.

All these ingredients, the lipids and the NMF are present in the  intracellular structure of the epidermis. When any of these ingredients are included in the skin products with proper scientific study, they help stabilizing the normal intracellular matrix and this provides better skin to us.

Such moisturizing support prevents the surface irritation from penetrating deeper into the skin, helps keeping the bacteria out, and supports the immune as well as healing system of the skin. Therefore when these natural moisturizing factors are selectively incorporated into the moisturizers, they help repairing the damage t the skin.

This process if is kept intact for long term in the life, the skin is saved, the dryness reduces, excess irritation reduces and the skin rejuvenates.

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Scientific Skin Care News 14

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14. Dry Skin!
Dry skin is also called Xerosis, it’s a common skin condition that occurs at all ages. Although normally it is not a serious issue, but many times it is difficult to handle.

Dry skin normally appears dehydrated, peeled, irritated and inflamed. It feels rough, scaly, sometimes painful and itchy. Severe conditions may be characterised by intense redness and itchiness. Such dry skin shows tendency to crack, causing deep fishers that may bleed indicating extremely dry skin.

The skin actually represents the barrier against the environment, it is made up of three layers:

a.      Hypodermis: It is the deepest layer of the skin and is mainly made up of Adipose tissue, with blood and lymphatic vessels and nerves.

b.      Dermis: Made up of the connective tissue, which contains collagen as well as elastin fibres, Blood vessels, sebaceous glands, Hair follicles and Sweat glands.

c.       Epidermis: the outermost layer of the skin. It is made up of Keratinocytes. The characteristic features of the epidermis include: Keratinocytes in the stratum corneum, contain an insoluble structure composed of several proteins. The cytoplasm is filled with keratin filaments and nuclear dissolution.

In Epidermis the keratinized cells are embedded in the lipid layers which are made up of cholesterol, fatty acids and ceramides.

Stratum corneum provides hydration and particularly the lipids in the stratum corneum plays an important role against evaporation and helps holding water.

What all is there along with the fats and dead cells in the stratum corneum? It contains the secretions of the sweat glands. It also contains the Natural moisturizing factors. These natural moisturizing factors contains Amino acids, Sugars, Lactic acid and urea.

When all these things are exciting, the question is why do skin turn dry?

The most simple causes of dryness include:

1.      Destroying the stratum corneum lipids using harsh soap, itchy clothing, long and hot showers and baths.

2.      Exposure to hot or cold weather, where the humidity is low. Dryness of skin often worsens in the winter, where several factors contribute to skin dryness, and in summer, constant exposure to air conditioning may produce similar effects.

3.      Several drugs like diuretics or topical or systemic retinoids may temporarily cause dry skin.

4.      In elderly patients, metabolic rate changes, and as the liquid intake reduces, it leads to indirect dryness of the skin.

5.      Hormonal imbalances that occur in menopause, hypothyroidism and hyperthyroidism can also lead to severe skin dryness.

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