Claim: Sweating eliminates toxins, alcohol and pollution from your pores.
Fact: Toxins in the body are broken down by the liver buy levitra canada now and excreted in urine. But if you find saunas relaxing, then bake away—just be aware that all you’re sweating out is water, salt, protein, and nontoxic urea.
Claim: Sweating makes you break out.
Fact: Acne happens when sebum glands become clogged with oil, not sweat. The exception is bacne: A damp sports bra worn too long can push bacteria into the sebum glands, causing zits.
*Sweating (aka exercise) stimulates neurochemical pathways in the brain, resulting in the production of endorphins that act as natural painkillers and boosts overall mood. In addition, working up a sweat stimulates and increases circulation in the body resulting in that post-workout glow. Overall, exercise and working up a sweat is key to keeping inflammation low, increased mood and glow, and controls overall health and wellness.
Diet
Myth: Drinking a lot of water will keep your skin clear.
Fact: While water is very important for a heathy diet and complexion, it sadly will not stop acne. Acne and breakouts can be caused by all sorts of issues, but are most directly related to hormones and bacteria.
*However, drinking lots of water and staying hydrated will help fine lines and wrinkles appear less pronounced. Skin will look less dull and dry as water also helps to flush salt and pollutants out of the body. Consistent water intake also helps the eyes look clearer.
Fact: Glycation is the main enemy when it comes to the skin and the aging process of the body in general.
*The glycation process, which is basically, sugars (from food and alcohol) breaking down the collagen fibers in the skin, which excels the aging process.
Fact: Foods that feed glycation and cause inflammation in the body and the skin are carbohydrates, fried foods, sugar, fatty meats and alcohol. Limiting the above mentioned triggers and increasing intake of vegetables and fruits high in anti-oxidants and essential fats will keep skin glowing and clear.
Exfoliation
Myth: Acne prone skin should not exfoliate for fear of spreading the bacteria to other areas of the face.
Fact: Exfoliation not only clears up existing oil and bacteria, it also removes dead and dry skin cells and inhibits future breakouts. Exfoliation helps acne!
*Regular exfoliation helps treat existing scarring due to Acne. Causing a more even skin surface and smaller pores.
Face Oils
Myth: Face oils are only for dry skin and not acne prone skin.
Fact: Argan Oil and Jojoba Oil, which are similar to our skin’s sebum and trick the skin into thinking enough oil has been produced, so that it does not need to overproduce oil/sebum, thus causing breakouts.
Fact: Hemp Seed Oil eliminates blackheads and is anti-inflammatory.
Fact: People with an oily complexion also suffer from acne and scarring.
Fact: Rose Hip Seed + Baobob Oil help to heal, repair tissue and brighten skin due to high levels Vitamin C, Omega-3 + Omega-6 fatty acids and Retinoic acid.
*Acne prone skin should avoid Avocado oil and Coconut oil as they can be too heavy.
Sunscreen
Myth: All sunscreen can cause Acne + breakouts
Fact: Look for a physical sunscreen that contains Titanium Dioxide or Zinc oxide, as these ingredients sit on top of the skin to protect instead of being absorbed. Also look for oil-free, non-comedogenic sunscreens that come in a dry mist application.
*Stay clear of ingredients like PABA which can cause clogged pores and allergic reactions.
Ingredients
Myth: All ingredients are safe, because there being sold.
Fact: Ingredients matter, no only for what they do inside your body but topically as well. Certain widely used and popular ingredients can be the cause of acne, breakouts and allergies.
*There is no governing body that says what is natural or not in the beauty industry. So you must be your own advocate. Read labels, google ingredients and know what they do.
Fact: Look for naturally derived ingredients that do not contain mineral oils, alcohol , sulfates, silicones, parabens or artificial fragrances.
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One of the most common skincare questions asked is, when to start using an anti aging regimen. By the time your mid 20’s roll around, collagen production has already started slowing down. Collagen is one of three structural proteins that our bodies produce. Elastin and Glycosaminoglycans are the other two, which we will get to. Collagen is responsible for providing tissue and organs strength. As we age collagen is produced less and tissue begins to disconnect thus creating wrinkles, dryness and sagging skin. Elastin also plays a big role in aging, although not as plentiful in the skin as collagen, it is still important. Elastin is responsible for stretching abilities and ‘snapping back’, think of the word ‘elastic’. Once elastin starts to diminish, skin will look saggy, sunken and limp. Glycosaminoglycans are responsible for keeping collagen and elastin supported in the cellular space. If you missed the mid 20’s starting mark, do not worry. The good news is it is never too late to start an anti-aging regimen!
The below is a roadmap by decades, however all products can be interchanged and used throughout any age. The three most important steps of a regimen at any age, are exfoliate, treat and protect.
Concerns by age + what to use:
The Twenties
During the twenties, collagen production stats to wane while hormone levels are still in full swing. You may be experiencing frequent breakouts along with oily skin. Hormonal issues can cause acne and breakouts and leave behind unsightly dark spots and scars. The good news is, twenty something skin stills appears plump and youthful looking. This is the ideal age to start the war against aging.
Thirties + Forties
The biggest concerns are loss of collagen (sagging + wrinkles), dull complexion, hormonal breakouts and hyper-pigmentation (uneven skin tone). By the time the early forties roll around, you may start to notice loss of elasticity and plumpness to the neck and chest areas. This is also caused by lack of collagen. As hormones change and drop, the skin can go into ‘crazy’ mode in which you may find yourself breaking out like a teenager or extremely dry.
Fifties plus
The fifties and up hopefully bring a little relief to breakouts, but you may be dealing with the sun damage from your younger years. The tans of your 20’s are back to haunt the skin causing dullness, dark spots and overall aging. Switching into a chemical exfoliant like Fresh A Peel, may be more gentle for delicate skin. Formulated with lactic acid, this peel was created to attack hyper-pigmentation. The eye and neck area are always topics of concern. Hydration is another area to pay particular attention to. Plant stem cells based products are not only hydrating but also active in turn back the hands of time. Anti-oxidants that reverse and correct DNA damage are effective too.
Exfoliation:
The process of exfoliation is a lot like peeling away the dry, outer skin of an onion to reveal the living layers beneath. Whether the exfoliation is done using mechanical abrasion or a controlled chemical reaction, removing dead and damaged skin cells on the surface allows the fresh new skin underneath to become visible. This newly exposed layer of skin feels much softer and smoother. Its surface reflects light better, making fine lines and other small imperfections harder to see. Age spots and other areas of unwanted pigmentation are less noticeable because the dead skin cells containing the pigment have been removed. Exfoliation unplugs clogged pores and allows for the release of natural skin oils. Regular exfoliation also helps to maintain open pores, decreases pore size, and minimizes many types of superficial scarring. In addition, removing the top layer of dead and damaged cells allows other health-promoting agents such as brightening serums, moisturizers, antioxidants, and collagen-boosting ingredients to better penetrate the skin and work more effectively. Our coveted exfoliator contains crystals that polish away dead surface cells, leaving skin brighter, clearer and younger-looking. Formulated with line-filling Hyaluronic Acid to deliver long-lasting hydration while nourishing Seaweed and Organic Red Tea Extract provide antioxidants.
Treat:
Look for products that treat dark spots and scarring if this is an issue for you. Vitamin C, Alpha Arbutin, Ferulic serums and brightening oils are the best products for this. Our Light Treatment serum was specifically created for this. Oil free and light weight enough for even acne-prone skin. Our Fleuressence Native Botanical Oil is extremely brightening and contains 5 active African oils
high in vitamin A, C, E and F! Stay tuned this Fall for our brand new Brightening Serum!
Protect:
Sun protection is crucial for healthy youthful skin. SPF should be worn at all times and ages. Sun damage and sunburns from childhood will show for the rest of your life as damage, dark spots and even possibly cancer. In addition to SPF, protective hats, clothing and glasses should be worn when outdoors. The sun is the #1 ager! While a tan may look nice on young skin, the price to be paid later in life is not worth it. There are many wonderful fake tan products available now that do not smell, contain natural ingredients and look real.
Continuing to exfoliate is crucial for overall smooth and radiant skin. One of the main culprits in aging, other than the Sun is Glycation. –Dr. Goldfaden
Glycation is a destructive chemical process, which occurs, in the human body over the course of time that’s very similar to browning a piece of meat. This non-enzymatic reaction is a result of sugar molecules in your bloodstream attaching themselves to healthy proteins in your body’s tissues, then rearranging and damaging the existing cellular structure of those proteins to produce what scientists call advanced glycation end products or AGEs. AGE molecules are particularly destructive because they undergo extensive cross-linking with other neighboring proteins to form strong chemical bridges, thus spreading the destruction from cell to cell. Because collagen constitutes about one-third of your body’s proteins and has a very slow turnover rate, it’s highly vulnerable to attack from glycation. As you age, your once healthy collagen fibers gradually lose their elasticity, become rigid, and break. The end result is rough, sagging, wrinkled skin. Given the widespread popularity of fried and sugar-laden foods that are well-known producers of AGEs, routine topical protection against glycation can be an important step in maintaining a youthful appearance.
Actives + Anti-oxidants to look for:
Anti-oxidants, including, but not limited to, Organic Red Tea, White Tea Leaf Extract, Raspberry Leaf Extract, Green Tea, Vitamin C, and Vitamin E help to prevent oxidative DNA damage by fighting free radical cell damage caused by environmental stresses, pollution and UV damage.
Red Tea
Red tea contains some of the most potent natural antioxidants known for protecting your skin from the free radical damage that can cause aging. These include vitamins C, E and beta-carotene. Red tea is known to possess 50 times the antioxidant capacity of green tea due to a high concentration of a special enzyme called superoxide dismutase (SOD for short), a major scavenger of free radicals. The combination of these natural vitamins and enzymes found in red tea aids in promoting new skin health after the removal of dead and damaged cells, giving your skin a smoother, brighter, and healthier appearance. In addition, red tea also contains a number of powerful polyphenols and flavonoids that help heal and rejuvenate the skin. Red Tea is formulated in the majority of The Goldfaden MD range.
Vitamin C
The ability of Vitamin C to revitalize aging skin is largely due to its beneficial effects on collagen. Collagen is a tough, fibrous protein that is relatively inelastic and very strong. It supplies the basic framework that gives your skin its form, firmness, and strength, while elastin provides flexibility. Overall, the amount of new collagen that your skin produces declines with age, while the rate of its destruction increases. Fortunately, topical vitamin C has been scientifically proven to help stimulate collagen synthesis. Found in our Fleuresence Oil!
Retinol + Vitamin A
In the case of vitamin A, the answer will most likely be retinyl palmitate (although other forms such as retinol, retinyl acetate, and retinyl linoleate are sometimes used). Retinyl palmitate is an ester of retinol and palmitic acid that accounts for about 80% of the vitamin A found naturally in your skin. Due to its superb anti-aging, antioxidant and moisturizing abilities, retinyl palmitate is the form generally used in skin care products. Retinyl palmitate is also highly preferred because its chemical stability makes it easier to formulate and its greater skin-penetrating power gives it an obvious advantage over other vitamin A analogs like retinol.
Whatever its form, topical vitamin A plays a major role in maintaining the youth of your skin by boosting the process of cell regeneration. Vitamin A and its retinoid analogs stimulate skin cell renewal by increasing the rate of cell division.
In the Goldfaden MD range we use sweet potato to mimic retinol, as it is a natural alternative. Find it our Wake Up Call moisturizer. Baobob, Kalahari and Mongogo oil, all found in our Fleuressence Oil are extremely high in Vitamin A as well.
Plant Stem Cells
For example, Resveratrol, which is found in raspberry leaf stem cell extract, helps to decrease the shortening of telomere. Thereby slowing down the aging process. Naturally-derived stem cells have also been shown to contribute to DNA repair by protecting the skin cell from environmental damage (think of it like a super shield) which in turn allows the skin cells to reproduce, as per normal skin cell cycle, at a healthy speed without being compromised by external factors that can block and slow down healthy growth. The entire Plant Profusion range contains multiple plant stem cells and active natural anti-aging ingredients.
A healthy diet and life of exercise and positive thinking will also help in the war against aging.
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A wrinkle is an indentation of the skin or shallow or deep set lines caused by aging. Wrinkles usually go hand in hand with sagging skin. While we cannot stop the clock on aging, there are many precautions that can slow it down.
‘Development of facial wrinkles is a kind of fibrosis of the skin. Misrepair-accumulation aging theory suggests that wrinkles develop from incorrect repairs of injured elastic fibers and collagen fibers. Repeated extensions and compressions of the skin cause repeated injuries of extracellular fibers in derma. During the repairing process, some of the broken elastic fibers and collagen fibers are not regenerated and restored but replaced by altered fibers. When an elastic fiber is broken in an extended state, it may be replaced by a “long” collagen fiber. Accumulation of “long” collagen fibers makes part of the skin looser and stiffer, and as a consequence, a big fold of skin appears. When a “long” collagen is broken in a compressed state, it may be replaced by a “short” collagen fiber. The “shorter” collagen fibers will restrict the extension of “longer” fibers, and make the “long” fibers in a folding state permanently. A small fold, namely a permanent wrinkle, then appears’
Wrinkles can be caused by internal and external factors. Wrinkles form at the dermis and epidermis levels of the skin. The visual appearance of this is dependent on which layer the wrinkle forms in. According to How Stuff Works, The sun is 90% responsible for wrinkles.
Understanding external and internal factors and how to avoid wrinkle formation and protect against premature aging:
Internal factors:
Smoking
Glycation (breakdown of collagen by ingested sugar)
Drinking excessive alcohol (causes glycation)
Genetic age (plays a role no matter how healthy you are)
Habitual facial muscles (expression lines)
External factors:
Sun
Smoking
Pollution
Improper skin care
The Do’s & Don’ts
DO
Wear sunscreen + hat + glasses
Exfoliate
Moisturize skin
Eat healthy, anti-oxidant rich foods + foods high in Omegas fatty acids
Take oral supplements
Use active anti-oxidant treatment products
See a Dermatologist
Use a retinol based product or natural derivative
Sleep on a silk pillowcase
Protect children from the Sun at a young age
DON’T
Get Sun exposure
Get Sun burned (50-80% of sun damage is from childhood burns)
Drinking from a straw may have a similar effect on the lips as smoking as far as developing little wrinkles.
Rubbing the under eye area with wipes of your finger can damage thin, delicate eye tissue. Try tapping eye product instead of rubbing.
Your skin type ca play a role in determining wrinkles also. Oily skin is less prone to wrinkles. As we age the loss of moisture, collagen and elastin causes sagging, loss of firmness and dryness.
Investing in a silk pillowcase will help skin stay hydrated. Cotton absorbs moisture and can suck the hydration right out of your skin as well as leave sleep wrinkle. You hair will thank you for the pillowcase too.
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