Why is it important to remove the outer dead layers of your skin?
Your skin is similar to an onion. The outer dead layer is thin, has very little moisture and is dull and flaky. As you start peeling off the layers, you get to the thicker moist layers. Your skin is very similar to that example.
That is why the cosmetic industry has developed various means of removing the outer layers of skin with chemical peels, lasers and dermabrasion.
They also incorporate retinol creams in the after care program. Retinols are scientifically proven to stimulate new collagen, elastin fibers and increase cellular turnover so newer skin cells are arriving at the surface faster.
However, the over-the-counter and prescription creams use synthetic retinoids derived from a by-product of gasoline refining called Isoprene.
For retinol to stimulate the fibroblast (stem cells) in the skin, it has to be converted to another retinoid called retinoic acid.
The main problem with synthetic retinol vs natural retinol is that it takes 20 times more synthetic to produce the same amount of retinoic acid as the natural form.
That excess retinol floating around can create side-effects, some very serious.
Also, most skin peel products are primarily based on chemicals, mainly glycolic acid, salicylic acid or lactic acid.
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