ASCP Skin Deep

JULY | AUGUST 2017

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32 july/august 2017 Antiaging Resolutions Teach your clients how to visually reset the clock by Mark Lees expertadvice SKIN SOLUTIONS How many of your clients are concerned about aging and want to look younger? Probably most of them. There are many treatments and products that can help your clients in this endeavor, but to have really amazing results, a program involving professional treatments, structured home care, and lifestyle changes must be established. Clients must fully participate in this program, so it may be helpful to involve them in making some "antiaging resolutions." Create a program to educate your clients about all they can do to visually reset the clock. THE RESOLUTIONS Avoid deliberate sun exposure and tanning. This should be the number-one resolution for everyone. Each time your skin is exposed to sun, it causes free radicals to form in the skin. These destructive, wild, oxygen-based molecules cause a cascade of biochemical reactions in the skin, eventually causing a breakdown of collagen, elastin, and hyaluronic acid. These vital substances keep your skin firm, unwrinkled, and young- looking. Every exposure to the sun causes more of this damage. It may not show immediately, but the damage accumulates over time and results in aged skin. There is absolutely nothing worse for your skin than sun exposure. It causes wrinkles, sagging, and hyperpigmentation, and it eventually makes the skin look like sagging leather. If that's not enough, it also causes skin cancer. The only safe tan is a spray tan. Apply sunscreen every day. Most sun damage affecting the skin occurs from day-to- day cumulative "ambient" exposure, like walking to the mailbox and sitting by a window. Find a day moisture product you love that contains an SPF 15 (or higher) broad- spectrum sunscreen. The term broad-spectrum is important. It means the product will protect the skin from burning rays, aging rays, and skin cancer-causing rays. As an esthetician, you should offer several different products that meet these criteria and are adaptable for all skin types. For example, a sunscreen moisturizer for dry skin might contain ceramides to help support barrier function, while a

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