To fade brown spots on the face and to smooth out wrinkles or to diminish fine lines people use retinol or better yet more organic products that have natural vitamin A (retinol) in their skin care line.
Retinol is a technical (chemical) name for Vitamin A, and and it is a prescription used as a topical treatment for your face. It is used also for mild acne , and severe acne (acutane). Other names closely associated with retinol are tretinoin, isothermon, and retinal palmitate.
In addition to helping your skin, retinol, especially strong retinol, can cause irritation, sensitivity, dryness, and/or redness of the face. And retinol can make your skin more susceptible to the sun's ultraviolet rays and make dark spots or age spots darker so be sure to use it at night only and sparingly.
In natural forms Vitamin A is found in green and yellow vegetables especially carrots and spinach; and is also found in egg yokes, fish liver oil, marine fish, and liver. So please eat an assortment of these great foods.
Retinol works by stimulating the production of our natural collagen (moisture) and as you know when our skin is plumped up from moisture, our fine line wrinkles kinda disappear. I used the analogy with my clients about a grape. That grape is big and beautiful. When we get too much sun on the grape and not enough moisture because the sun is making it evaporate, that lovely grape turns into a raisin...all wrinkles.
However if you overdo retinol, you overstimulate and suck the life force out of the cells; and there is no life force underneath. Your skin looks lifeless, coloress. Not plump, nor vibrant like it was born to be and look. I personally in my 60s can't or won't use retinol. I look older.
What can you do?
There are several things such as using more natural retinol alternatives such as Eminence new line. They use chicory root and tara tree complex that "mimics and outperforms the oft prescribed conventional retinol."
In Ayurvedic Gotu Kola is the best form of retinol or Vitamin A and is used in Helena Meyer's anti aging line.
Get gentle but effective enzyme peels. I had a client whose face looked dirty from living in Colorado, playing in the sun, and in her 30's. Well, after I exfoliated her using gotu kola, her skin appeared lighter, brighter, and more youthful.She, needless to say, was thrilled.
She returns monthly for a facial, and I alternate her facials with enzyme peels or the gotu kola exfoliant. Gentle, no down time nor irritation, but a nice bright, refreshed natural- looking skin.
She also helps maintains this by using a couple of lighting or brightening products at home, and of course using natural SPF 's every 2 hours on her skin.
So there are natural, safer alternatives for helping brown spots, wrinkles, and anti aging without a prescription or toxic chemicals.
To Recap:
Start trying:
A. Natural retinol alternative to retinol: chicory root and tara tree complex
such as Eminence's.
B. Gotu Kola complex ...Ayurvedic
C. Enzyme Peels
D. Eating balance of Vitamin A foods
E. SPF organic ...apply often, every one or two hours.
F. I also like a gentle lactic acid exfoliant.
G. Patience...all of these safer, natural things take time, but you are
going in the right direction and your skin will love you.Also start teaching
your pre teens, teens or grand children.
Always sending love to your beautiful skin,
BeeGee Stivers
Licensed aesthetician
beegee@sensoriellespa
www.beegee3.com
303.247.9932
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