Part 3, Understanding Skin Types

Everyone with all of the other skin types think you are lucky if you have normal skin type, you don't have to do anything to your skin. Don't believe that. Yes, you are lucky, but to keep normal skin you need to do everything anyone else does. I mean by that you need to use a good cleanser, occasionally use an exfoliant, use a conditioner daily, use a moisturizer and always use a sunscreen as part of your daily skin care.

You should select products, to use daily, that contain antioxidants or if you prefer you can use our Biomedic C-Recovery Treatment, Biomedic Potent-C 10.5 Concentrate or one of the Redermic products, all of which are very potent antionidants. You will sometimes see two other skin types mentioned i.e., Environmentally damaged and Hyperpigmented. These are types that are caused by things we have done to our skin in contrast to being born with the type. These two types can be considered together since they are caused by the same skin exposure and overlap in visible changes. Both types are caused by damage to the skin from sun, wind, temperature, smoke, vapor or chemical exposure. The two most common are sun and smoke pollution damage. If you have one of these skin types, you should follow the cleansing and moisturizing for the skin type that you previously had prior to getting the skin damage and do everything possible to stop and reverse the damage. Skin damage occurs when free-radicals are released. Free-radicals can go the rampage and damage the DNA which causes the aging process to speed up, and at first, pigment and texture changes are evident, then fine lines and wrinkles are visible and eventually tumors and skin cancers begin to grow. If we prevent sun damage by using sunscreen and prevent smoke damage by not smoking and stay away from those that do smoke, we can greatly improve our chances of looking young, well into old age. If we also improve our chances by using plenty of antioxodants we should enter old age looking great. Those antioxidants are mentioned earlier in this writing.

See U next week.