Skincare

What is Medical Grade Skincare?

• Our medical grade skin care products are higher quality. They are formulated with premium ingredients and scientifically proven active ingredients.
• We use the leading medical grade products to include: Skin Medica, Jan Marini Skin Research, Skin Better Science, Elta MD, OBAGI, Epionce, INVO, Revitalash, Latisse, Color Science, Glo Minerals.
• The products we offer are more potent than traditional over the counter products: Containing higher concentrations of active ingredients, such as retinoids, alpha hydroxy acids, Tranexemic acid, antioxidants, growth factors, exosomes, and peptides
• Medical grade products are designed to Target: specific skin concerns, such as acne, wrinkles, and hyperpigmentation.

What Skin Care Products Do I Need?

A basic routine starts with a good glycolic wash and a zinc and titanium dioxide sunscreen. The next step is AHA cream and retin A or retinols. More Advanced patients will add serums such as Growth Factor serums with exosomes, Vitamin C, Hyaluronic acid, skin brighteners such as Tranexemic acid or hydroquinone.

Why AHA & Retinols or Retin A?

Medical research has proven that Alpha Hydroxy Acids (AHA’s)and retin A microscopically changes your skin to a younger appearing skin. Microscopically three (3) things happen:

1. The surface of the top layer (epithelial layer) of your skin has dead cells that make it feel rough on the surface and these dead cells are removed with the Alpha Hydroxy Acid washes, making your skin feel smooth.
2. The thin top layer of your skin is replaced with a much thicker, plumper layer of healthy cells.
3. In the deeper layers of the skin, the collagen is restored dramatically, not only in larger amounts but also realigned to a more youthful parallel even alignment.

For this reason fine wrinkles can be eliminated and your skin rejuvenated.

In comparison other moisturizers lay on top of your skin and do nothing to restore your skin.

Why use AHA & Retin-A or retinol together?

If Retin-A and Glycolic Acid do the same thing, why together?

Retin-A is an inflammatory acid that irritates your skin and can cause it to be red and scaly.

Used alone, 50% of people abandon the treatment because of this. Glycolic Acids is anti-inflammatory, thus allowing you to tolerate the inflammatory retin a. Both products together increases collagen and elastic fibers in the skin. This has been microscopically documented in the literature using skin biopsy proof.

What should I look for in sunscreen?

Most sun blocks have chemicals that block short-wave UVA and UVB rays to prevent sunburn of the skin. You are still not safe. The chemicals DO NOT protect you from the long-wave UVA rays which cause cancer, wrinkles, and pigmentation. In addition these chemicals are absorbed into the skin and are now being measured in our blood with unknown consequences. The addition of a physical barrier will block these long-wave UVA rays.

Zinc Oxide and Titanium Dioxide are the only two physical barriers, and are the main ingredients in house and car paint so they don’t fade. Micronized and/or tinted products make them more cosmetically elegant.

On the back of your sunblock, look under ACTIVE INGREDIENTS for one of these physical barriers: Zinc Oxide and titanium dioxide lasts 2-3 hours.

The Hughes Center offers the newest technology in sunscreen protectants to include our favorites from Skin Better Science and Elta MD.

WHAT ELSE DO I NEED TO KNOW?

VIP- It’s not about the number on your block. For Instance, #100 Neutrogena only lasts about 80 minutes only with a chemical barrier. It’s all about the above physical barriers.

Retin-A may have some teratogenic effects so it should not be used if you are trying to conceive children.

Other medical grade skin care products should be discontinued also – consult your physicians.

Everyone’s Home Skin care program needs to be individualized. For this reason we recommend a number of skin care visits to help us adjust products to your individual skin care needs.

During treatment you may find that the products make your skin either a little too oily or a little too dry.

Product adjustments are made to better suit your skin. Most patients will notice a rapid improvement in the texture, clarity and softness of your skin.