You have probably heard of Exosomes, but have you heard of Exposome??
Your skin’s greatest threat isn’t time, it’s exposure.
The Exposome is the cumulative exposure your body experiences over a lifetime which affects cellular health and function. Positive encounters would be moderate sunlight, nutritious antioxidant rich diet, physical activity, quality sleep and stress regulation, consistent skincare and barrier support. Negative influences such as UV radiation, pollution, daily lifestyle aggressors, blue light and Infrared light exposure, illness or disease leads to Oxidative Stress; causing structural imbalance, leading to effects such as wrinkles and discolouration. Inflammation; increased cytokine release and break down of collagen leads to increased severity in Rosacea and Acne. Glycation; the stiffening of the collagen fibres accelerating the advanced stages of ageing. Mitochondrial decline; reduced ATP production leads to slower regeneration and the cells ability to repair and renew.
This all contributes towards thinner, more reactive skin types which are ageing quicker.
The skincare industry is changing, clients are now looking towards more skin health.
More often clients are experiencing skin irritation, inflammation or may have had conditions such as adult acne, or sensitivity. “Bad Skin days” become more frequent as oxidative ageing quietly weakens your skin. Your skin is ageing a much faster rate due to these external factors and stress in our daily lives. This has a big impact, when you are feeling great and you are healthy your skin “Glows” when you are stressed or feeling unwell your skin is the first to show the signs, looking dull, inflamed, experiencing dark circles, redness, irritation or break outs. Your skin literally is a reflection of your overall health. The skin’s reactions can change quickly depending on the aggressors that you have been exposed.
This is changing how we have to treat the skin; if as a practitioner we don’t calm the inflammation and protect the skin we are not going to be able to treat the effects of the damage. There is no point in doing some treatments if we are not treating the cause.
Inflammation in the deeper layers of the skin is triggered by UV exposure over the years, pollution, poor diet, lack of sleep and exercise, climate, smoking and stress. This deep inflammation creates damage to DNA, your immune system releases reactive chemicals intended to kill pathogens, but healthy DNA is also damaged creating mutations. Chronic inflammation causes cell death and inhibits tissue repair. It also interferes with the cellular energy production, causing Mitochondrial dysfunction, this leads to fatigue and “metabolic syndrome”. When the ATP, Adenosine Triphosphate, the energy source to our cells is depleted our cells are unable to repair, renew and regenerate. Restoring the equilibrium within the body, calming inflammation and reactive oxidative stress allows the cells to repair and restore.
Clients are wanting more from their treatments, they now understand that treatments like injectables do not treat the overall health of the skin. We have to take an overall approach to achieve that healthy glowing skin that we all crave.
Preventative defence is the future of skin health.
This is using products such as your Broad Spectrum SPF to protect the skin against UV damage. The Alumier Suncreens now also contain protection against Infrared radiation (IR), HEV; High-Energy Visible light, often called Blue Light emitted from our phones, tablets and computers, they give UVB protection along with the more important UVA protection that is present every day in daylight, it has antioxidants and contains hydration for the skin and has Exo-P; a key ingredient that creates a biomimetic shield protecting the skin from environmental pollution and particulate matter.
Alongside ingredients like Vitamin A, C, D and E, antioxidants to protect the skin, vitamin C will not only brighten the skin, tackling pigmentation, but it is vital for the production of strong collagen in the skin.
Good quality peptides provide the building blocks for the regeneration of collagen, calming inflammation in the skin, protecting the collagen molecules from glycation.
Alumience A.G.E is a fully rounded defence serum for the skin, with powerful antioxidant ingredients to protect the skin from premature ageing and oxidative stress triggered by pollution, free radicals and from advanced glycation end products, AGEs, these harmful compounds are formed when proteins or lipids combine with sugars, causing oxidative stress and inflammation in the skin. You can visibly see this present in the skin by a criss cross appearance in the surface of the skin. Tissue damage is caused by creating cross-links in proteins like collagen, the amino acid chains become more rigid and lose the flexibility that they should have. It also contains the Exo-P giving the skin the biomimetic shield protection.
When you combine great ingredients for skin health and protection daily with your in clinic treatments you have have a complete approach to skin health, reducing the oxidative stress and the inflammation that is causing ageing faster in the deeper layers of the skin.
Take control to give you the best healthiest skin.
