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Skin care

Do you have acne, pigmented spots or very sensitive skin that is easily irritated and makes you feel self conscious? Your skin is probably dysregulated, which is more common than we might think.

The skin is the largest organ of our body and plays an important role in our interaction with the outside world. The skin says a lot about us and our interaction with the environment. For example many diseases or nutritional deficiencies will have manifestations in our skin. The skin is amazing and functions as a method of diagnosis. For example, dry, flaky skin can be evidence of a vitamin A deficiency or a yellow tinge to the skin can be evidence of liver disease.

Glowing skin is a sign of good health and a good relationship with ourselves. It denotes good nutrition, good hydration, good rest and a good lifestyle. It is not common to see the skin of a baby or a small child with dry, inflamed, pigmented spots or oily skin. This is because up to 10 years of age our skin is actively in optimal condition. However, from 10 to 30 years of age, its level of activity to maintain itself in optimal conditions gradually decreases until it reaches its inactive phase from 30 years of age onwards. Therefore, if we do not help the skin, it will become less and less resilient to our environment and to internal dysregulations that may occur. This is why we can start to see dysregulations from adolescence onwards with, for example, the appearance of acne due to an inability of our skin to regulate itself in the face of hormonal changes that occur in both men and women. We can also see how as a young adult we can suffer from melasma (pigmentation disorder) which is more common in women. Finally, after the age of 30 this difficulty that our skin has to regulate itself or even the loss of ability to regulate itself becomes more noticeable. Women clearly notice this with the advent and establishment of menopause. If we do not intervene to help the skin we can observe a worsening of the skin with an easy appearance of pigmented spots on the skin, a less firm skin, a skin with more laxity, a drier skin, a less luminous skin, a less smooth skin or in short a less glowing skin.

Skin care is about preventing skin dysregulation, restoring healthy skin and maintaining healthy skin. Prevention lies in maintaining a lifestyle of good diet, exercise, good sleep, sun protection and the use of scientifically proven products that help our skin.. Unfortunately in the world of wellness and beauty there are countless modalities, treatments, products and suppliers that are questionable and when they only make us waste time and money we can sigh with relief (for example the use of ingredients in creams of dubious effectiveness such as gold, platinum, caviar, silk, orchid extract, etc.) It is necessary to use a scientifically proven treatment to restore healthy skin. As we have seen previously as early as 10 years of age our skin needs help with its enormous task of being the main actor of our interaction with our environment and we must assist it by maintaining this healthy skin that has been restored.

This can be done depending on the starting point we are at, making use of various tools such as creams or oral medications. However, we can not only restore and maintain a healthy state of the skin but we can also enhance the skin to a better state and reverse the unwanted changes of the skin with regenerative treatments such as peeling, the use of platelet rich plasma (PRP) and the use of stem cells with high regenerative capacity. These regenerative treatments will reset the skin; obtaining a firmer, tighter skin, without spots or lesions, smoother and with greater luminosity. It is important to know that the skin cycle is 6 weeks so the changes of any treatment you perform will be seen from 6 to 12 weeks.

We invite you to visit us so we can guide you in your quest for healthy, glowing skin!