One thing that no one can escape from, is the hands of time. As you age, your bodies metabolism begins to slow, as do so many other biological functions of your body. One of the things that slows down is new cell production in the skin, which results in rough looking and feeling older skin cells remaining on the surface for a much longer time that when you were younger.

Works to Create New Skin Cells

The Obagi New-Derm Starter Set for normal/dry skin, functions by accelerating the production of skin cells in the sub dermal skin layers, which works to duplicate the skin activity of younger skin. Not all skin types are alike and this is why the Obagi Nu-Derm system is available in formulations for each unique skin type including normal/dry.

Obagi Nu-Derm Starter Set for Normal/Dry Skin

Bypasses the Skins Surface Layer

What separates Obagi skin care products, such as Obagi New Derm, is that they are chemically formulated to bypass the skins outer protective dermal layer. The active ingredients in New-Derm subsequently migrate to the skins sub dermal layers, where they then function on a cellular level to increase the production of collagen and elastin, two vital substances that your skin needs to stay looking young and viverant.

Vital Substances Necessary for Healthy Looking Skin

Obagi New-Derm also contains other substances that function to promote more healthy and better looking skin. Substances such as hyaluronic acid, which younger skin produces in sufficient amounts is vital for you skin to retain enough fluids to maintain its thickness and flexibility.

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As a person ages, their skin loses the ability to produce certain substances that are necessary for healthy, natural biological functions. Two of these substances that are commonly found to be lacking in skin that is distressed due to aging or sun damage are collagen and elastin. Both of which are absolutely necessary for healthy elastic vivarent natural looking skin. Also, when these two substances are lacking in the skin, particularly in the dermal epidermal junction, the skin will become thinner resulting in the formation of wrinkles.

Stimulates the Production of Elastin and Collagen

The main active ingredient in Obagi Nu-Derm Blender is hydroquinone which makes up 4% of the product in total along with an activating base that is designed to be mixed with tretinoin. Once these two products are combined and react together the result is a lotion that has been proven in multiple clinical tests to be highly effective at stimulating the production of collagen and elastin in the skins substrate.

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Powerful Ingredients

Because Obagi Nu-Derm Blender contains powerful ant-wrinkle substances, it can have the side affect of causing redness and itching. If this is the case for you, then it is recommended that you treat the irritated skin areas with Obagi Nu-Derm Tolereen with .5% cortisone. It is important bear in mind that any side effects caused by this product are only temporary and will pass with time.

Bypasses the Dermal Skin Layer

Never use standard over the counter skin creams or lotions with Obagi Nu-Derm Blender, or any other Obagi skin care product for that matter. This is because, most over the counter skin care products contain oils that will interfere with the active ingredients in Obagi products passing by the outer dermal skin layer.

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One of the biggest enemies of healthy skin cells is free radicals. These little devils, along with radiation from the sun are responsible for most of the skins visual conditions that transpire from causes other than aging. The worst enemy of free radicals is anti oxidants and vitamin C is on of the most powerful antioxidants available in nature.

The Importance of Vitamin C

Still one more important role that vitamin C plays in maintaining vivarant, healthy looking skin, is in cross linking collagen molecules that your skin produces naturally. Vitamin C also is a necessary nutrient that your skin uses to help it retain moisture and to disperse moisture effectively and evenly between the three skin layers.

Obagi Professional-C Serum 10% Strength

Ascorbic Acid Defence Against Free Radicals

Obagi Professional-C Serum 10% contains a special form of ascorbic acid in 10% solution that is engineered to penetrate past the skins outer dermal layer far more expediently that standard vitamin C. This is important, because it is in the skins sub dermal skin layers where it functions on a cellular level to thwart the harmful effects of free radicals that are constantly attacking healthy skin cells.

Topical Vitamin C is the Direct Approach

Skin that is lacking in vitamin C will also tend to have a deficiency in the rate of normal production and turnover of healthy skin cells. Swelling and inflammation, particularly in the thin skin around the eyes is also one more symptom of a vitamin C deficiency in the skin.

The best way to introduce vitamin C into your skin is by using a topic treatment such as Obagi professional-C Serum 10%.

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