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Skinprint is excited to announce its completion of Product Highlights.  The Product Highlights, designed in two versions-  Professional and Client- provide in-depth information on features, benefits, and ingredient education for each of Skinprint’s Fundamental retail products. These Product Highlights are used for clinical and technical product and ingredient knowledge training among professionals, and available to their patients in a consumer-friendly version to increase knowledge and sales.  Information is power! This is just another way Skinprint is dedicated to enriching the knowledge of skin care professionals and their patients.  The Product Highlights are available to those in the Skinprint Affiliate Program and to professionals carrying Skinprint Fundamental or professional products.  The Skinprint Affiliate Program is designed to provide our affiliated partners with the highest level of cosmeceutical and professional service knowledge available anywhere.  

Skinprint contributed vital information about pre/post treatment for patients undergoing laser procedures, in MedEsthetics July/August 2008 piece “Preparing the Canvas”:“….they are partial to ingredients that promote hydration, says Molly Meredith.  ”Glycerin is a great humectant and we use sodium lactate a lot,” she explains.  ”We also recommend ingredients that stimulate lipid production, such as ursolic acid.”  Patients undergo Skinprint facial analysis to determine the skin’s condition.  Practitioners use that information to formulate home-care products.  Says Meredith, “Through proper analysis, we identify actual ’causes’ of the patient’s skin concerns and that allows proper treatment to take place.  Sometimes a patient may come in saying, ‘I want a laser peel’, and their primary concern is redness in the skin.  When we analyze and find a combination of facial veins and bacteria causing the redness, we can recommend custom home care to address bacteria, custom facials to prep the skin and broadband light to treat the facial veins.”  ….also recommend skin-lightening products, especially for those with melasma or those prone to skin discoloration.  These products are custom formulated by the Skinprint lab…” Skinprint has pre- and post-treatment kits available, as well as professional back bar products for prepping and treating the skin before, during, and after laser treatments.   The pre-treatment kit includes a light foaming cleanser and hydrating treatment lotion- the goal is to thoroughly cleanse and super hydrate the skin as much as possible prior to treatment, in order to provide an even, efficacious treatment, with the least amount of downtime as possible.   The post-treatment kit includes a light foaming cleanser for gentle corneocyte removal without damaging the barrier, a soothing ointment to reduce inflammation and histamine responses while repairing the barrier (to be used the first 48+hrs), then a hydrating lotion to be used in the final stages of healing to avoid any potential dehydration caused from the treatment. 

It always amazes me, how overlooked the importance of something as simple as hydration is to the skin.  Moisture or hydration (water) is essential to the healthy function of skin, regardless of any skin condition or “type”, as some refer to.  Most people are unaware if their skin is hydrated or dehydrated.  Many confuse their over-active oil glands with being “hydrated”, as people with “oily skin” can’t feel that they are dehydrated.  It is difficult to just look at the skin and determine if it is substantially hydrated- Skinprint actually utilizes a biometric measurement called a corneometer to measure hydration levels in the statum corneum- this tells us what type of lotion to formulate.  Why does proper skin hydration even matter?  Proper hydration levels allow for normal cell production and turnover.  Hydrated skin also responds better to aesthetic treatments, and heals faster.  And lastly, and possibly most important to many, hydrated skin LOOKS YOUNGER.  The skin’s tone and texture is more even, and feels softer, more supple.  Imagine when you soak too long in a hot bath, and the skin on your fingers becomes “prune like”- the water is literally sucked out of them- all of the texture in the skin becomes pronounced, wrinkles and crepiness appear.  And as the skin becomes re-hydrated, all the wrinkles plump back out, and the skin is smooth once again!  Just imagine the positive benefits one could see if they suddenly made their dehydrated facial skin wonderfully hydrated….  What a difference it can make.There are a couple key factors in an effective lotion, although everyone’s individual needs vary and certain aspects, such as barrier function, oil levels, and aesthetic preference need to be accounted for.  Critical ingredients in a lotion are sophisticated blends of humectants and occlusives.  These are hydrating ingredients, that in the right combination, work synergistically to get the skin hydrated, and keep it that way.  The way they work:  a humectant, such as glycerin, actually attracts and pulls moisture into the skin to get the skin more hydrated; an occlusive, such as petrolatum, then creates a protective seal on the skin to keep the attained moisture in the skin.  This sophisticated approach to a simple lotion is what actually gets the skin hydrated, for the long term, and it works immediately. *One myth to put to rest:  Drink as much water as you’d like, but your skin will remain the same!  Your skin is a complex organ, that just happens to be on the outside of your body, and acts much like a buffer.  It’s job is to keep your water in your body (not to steal it), and it will source it’s own water externally, not internally.  This is why there are two primary ways that skin gets hydrated:  1. Topical (lotions) and 2. Air Humidity (ever notice how dry your skin feels in the Winter verses the Summer?).  Of course, drink plenty of water for a healthy body!  (And use a Skinprint lotion for healthy, hydrated skin!)

While at the Conference for Anti-Aging Medicine in Las Vegas, Skinprint sold out of the Acne Pen, the newest technology in treating acne.  The Acne Pen safely treats papules, pustules, and even cysts, and shows clearance of the acne lesion within 24-48 hours.  When used at the first sign of an acne lesion, the Acne Pen usually prevents the lesion from ever forming, even hard to treat deep cystic lesions.  This technology is applied to the skin, to conduct a slight electrical current into the isolated acne lesion, instantly dropping the skin’s pH to 2 in this area.  The result is immediate bacteria death, reduction in inflammation, and expediting cell turnover, for overall acne lesion improvement, seen in 24-48 hours.  The pH is buffered back to normal within seconds, so there are no side effects noted, other than temporary mild erythema around the treated lesion.  Since no heat is used with the Acne Pen, there is no burning sensation, only a slight pinching sensation for some.  Skinprint’s Acne Pen is being used by professionals during in-office acne treatments, and is only retailed to patients within these facilities practicing with the Acne Pen.  So easy to use, the Acne Pen is gently pressed to the skin for 15 seconds, three times a day.  There are no disposable costs, other than it’s AAA battery.The Acne Pen is available in a professional strength (for professional use only) and regular for retail.  The professional Acne Pen is available for $150 with no minimum order, and the retail Acne Pen is available for $75 (MSRP $149), minimum order of 12.   

Skinprint has completed clinical research identifying methodology and skin treatment products to enhance the efficacy and comfort of laser treatments.

Measuring specific hydration levels in the stratum corneum with a corneometer as well as barrier function via TEWL (trans-epidermal water loss) is critical in understanding optimal laser procedure outcomes.  There are specific ranges of stratum corneum hydration and barrier function levels (trans-epidermal water loss) which lead to less pain, better ablation, enhanced remodeling as well as shorter healing times when employing laser procedures on skin.

Once these measurements are taken and the need for improvement is identified before the laser treatment, a customized facial is performed to improve the skin before the procedure.  Then the patient will use a pre and post regimen.  The pre-regimen consists of a light foaming cleanser and a pre-laser lotion containing sodium lactate, a specific blend of occlusive and humectant moisturizing ingredients and liposomal ursolic acid to strengthen the skin barrier.

The post-regimen includes a post-laser light foaming cleanser to enhance corneocyte removal without damaging barrier and either a lotion or an ointment consisting of highly occlusive moisturizers, alpha bisabolol, allantoin and a standardized avenanthramide concentration.  This combination suppresses histamine reactions and limits the inflammation reaction post laser procedures

The very effecting marketing folks from the large cosmetic companies continue to categorize skin care products as oily, dry or The very effecting marketing folks from the large cosmetic companies continue to categorize skin care products as oily, dry or combination skin. This is simply a way to help sell new products and increase the number of products they have for sale. Dry indicates the amount of water in the skin. Oily indicates the amount of sebum that your skin produces. These are completely independent properties of the skin.  Did you know…. Read the rest of this entry »

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There’s a lot interest in Idebenone lately through the marketing of some new cosmetic lines.  Idebenone is an anitoxidant ingredient that is present in a few products on the market.  It’s job is to “scavenge” or neutralized free radicals in the skin.  Free radicals are those nasty little molecules that can cause the break down of collagen, elastin, lipids and other good things in the skin.  While all this is a good thing…. Read the rest of this entry »