We are fortunate enough to live in a time of scientific advancement. A time where we have amazing effective skin care ingredients to help us reach our skin care goals and promote the health and wellness of our skin. However, attempting to navigate the skin care arena without guidance can be very difficult. We are surrounded by skin care products and inundated by the promise of perfect skin. We can find skin care products and that promise of perfect skin online, at a drugstore, beauty shop, dermatology office, med spa or department store. And it is often very difficult to distinguish ‘fact from fiction’. This is where ConsultSkin can help!!!
Every day in my clinical Dermatology practice, I am asked about cosmeceutical ingredients and products and which ones “really work”. Accurate advice is a challenge that requires knowledge of the human skin, a little chemistry, access to the available scientific data, and the ability to see through ‘the fluff’ used in some product advertising. It really comes down knowledge of the ingredients that are in the products. In short, Ingredients Matter! In today’s age we are all looking for cost-effective noninvasive methods to improve the appearance of our skin. Since many treatment options offered through physician offices can be financially cumbersome and in some cases require a bit a downtime it makes sense why many of us are turning to cosmeceuticals as a first line of treatment. I wish I could say that all cleansers, moisturizers, and cosmeceuticals ingredients and formulas are created equal and that they all can cause beneficial changes to our superficial and deep layers of the skin. This however is NOT the case. Some ingredients (or products) can have multiple beneficial effects for our skin while others can cause negative skin changes. It is the specific ingredients in the formula that determine if the product will impact the skin in a positive or negative manner.There are so many products available to us and they are comprised of a ridiculous number of ingredients with diverse properties. It could be a full time job (or long road becoming a Dermatologist) to learn about all the different ingredients in these products and their potential effects on the skin! This is where ConsultSkin can help. This web site is like having your dermatologist with you when picking out your skin care regimen and ingredients. ConsultSkin will direct you to the most scientifically sound studies investigating the most popular ingredients in skin care.