There are many over-the-counter products on the market that promise to restore your skin back to its natural-looking, younger and healthy skin you once had.  While many of them are good, they are designed to work only on the stratum corneum or the skin’s surface.  You’re basically just treating your skin, not changing it.  Prescriptive-based skin care systems can only be dispensed by a physician and triggers a therapeutic cascade that makes your skin look and act younger and healthier.

As your skin ages, the turnover of skin cells slows significantly, throwing off the balance between the growth of healthy new skin cells and the “shedding” of old damaged skin cells.  Collagen and elastin begin to slowly break down, causing the skin to lose its resilience, resulting in fine lines, wrinkles and sagging.  Daily exposure to UV light accelerates this aging process and causes uneven pigmentation.  In order to correct this, you need a product that will penetrate to the deepest layer of the skin to correct signs of premature aging.  Your skin will begin producing normal, healthy cells, distribute melanin more evenly and stimulate collagen and elastic production.  Over-the-counter products do not offer this depth of treatment.

Also, a study documented in the Cosmetic Dermatology Journal evaluated the Obagi®Nu-Derm skin care regimen against other products and found that this tretinoin/hydroquinone-based system, significantly reduced perioral (around the mouth) and perocular (around the eyes) fine wrinkles, as well as reducing mottled hyperpigmentation, improved clarity, swallowness, and laxity and tactile roughness.

By the time you invest in several over-the-counter skin care products, you probably have spent more than if you had invested only in a prescriptive-based skin product, such as Obagi®NuDerm and have more room in your bathroom cabinets!

With conscientioius use of this system, you and others will notice significant improvement in the way your skin looks and feels.

Posted: October 12th, 2009 under Nia24, Obagi, Skin Care.
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