Dr Lalitha Badul

The key to healthy skin, free of any abnormal skin condition lies in getting the skin to perform just as it did when it was young and healthy, when all its functions were working properly.

When the skin is stimulated to work correctly, its natural functioning and processes are returned to normal and the skin returns to a healthy state, thus alleviating the skin condition. Superior results can be achieved when the skin is stimulated in a way that emulates its own natural processes.

Quick fixes don’t generate long-term solutions.

Most methods of skin revision tend to focus on the symptoms of the skin condition, treating it topically on the surface. The most common approach is to address the actual cause of the skin condition by looking at how it came to be there in the first place.

Cosmoceuticals differ from other cosmetics because it provides solutions, which are accepted by the body and not rejected. Cosmoceuticals regulate and stimulate skin tissue to perform like it did when it was younger. Cosmoceuticals work with the skin rather than merely acting on it.

Next week we look at ‘Setting a realistic timeline to get problem skin under control’.

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