How Your Skin Can Survive Summer

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Thursday, 31 January 2008

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When putting it all together, a dry, resistant, pigmented, wrinkled type (DRPW) and an oily, resistant, pigmented, wrinkled type (ORPW) would thrive with high concentrations of retinoids, which will improve pigments and wrinkles. However, the dry skin type would need a barrier-repair moisturizer, while the oily skin type would do well with salicylic acid.

Confused?

All the fancy, futuristic-sounding skin care ingredients have you scratching your face instead of admiring it? It's no wonder. With the cosmetics and toiletry industry a $45 billion business, there are hundreds of products vying for customer attention.

So-called cosmeceuticals claim anything from removing wrinkles to firming up skin. Many of the claims are based on preliminary scientific research, but there is no evidence that they will deliver, says Kaufman. To figure out what product is right for your skin's needs, he recommends a visit with a skin care doctor.

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SOURCES: American Academy of Dermatology. National Eye Institute. National Institute on Aging. Ron Shelton, MD, FAAD, FAACS, board-certified dermatologist; assistant professor of dermatology, Mount Sinai Medical Center, New York City. American Cancer Society. Andrew Kaufman, MD, dermasurgeon; member of the American Society for Dermatologic Surgery. Cyndi Yag-Howard, MD, FAAD, dermatologist; SPF clothing entrepreneur, Naples, Fla. Skin Cancer Foundation. Neil Hodur, OD, professor of optometry, Illinois College of Optometry. Leslie Baumann, MD, cosmetic dermatologist; author, The Skin Type Solution. The New York Times: 'Smart Enough to Understand Your Moisturizer?' Dec. 22, 2005. Baumann, L. Skin and Allergy News, March 2006; vol 37: pp 16-17.