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How do you treat the problems of unhealthy skin? With the Obagi Nu-Derm System and a tretinoin used in combination with hydroquinone, alpha hydroxy acids and phytic acid. With this type of system, keratinocyte activity is regulated, mitosis is improved, damaged DNA is repaired, new blood vessels are formed and a soft, compact epidermis is created. What does this mean to you in plain language? It means healthy skin. It means smooth, clear, tolerant, functioning skin that looks beautiful without makeup and is well hydrated with no need for moisturizers.
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Used alone, hydroquinone decreases the formation and increases the degradation of melanosomes. It inhibits the activity of tyrosinase - the enzyme needed to make melanin. Hydroquinone is an effective bleaching agent used to correct pigmentation problems like melasma, freckles, or post-inflammatory hyperpigmentation. Lightening of trouble spots may take up to two months, because the hydroquinone only prevents the production of new melanin. The bleaching effect is not permanent, since melanin can be stimulated by many factors.
Used alone, hydroquinone will lighten hyperpigmented areas, but the results might not blend with the rest of the skin tone. When mixed with tretinoin and AHAs, however, the unique effect of blending occurs. The combination allows for a more even distribution of melanin to surrounding keratinocytes. The result? An even skin tone.
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Topically applied tretinoin (retinoic acid, a vitamin A derivative) was originally prescribed as a treatment for persistent acne. Patients and their doctors, however, noticed that in addition to vastly improving acne conditions, the treatment had the unexpected side effect of smoother, less wrinkled skin.
Many subsequent clinical trials have shown that tretinoin is highly effective for treating sun damage, wrinkling, hyperpigmentation and facial roughness. How does it work? Unlike the surface action of alpha hydroxy acids, tretinoin directly affects a cell's nucleus. It passes right through the skin cell membranes and down to the nucleus where it binds with cell receptors. This binding allows the tretinoin to regulate the actual gene transcription that codes for the rate of cell division and turnover cell differentiation and formulation of new, healthy collagen and the repair of elastin. The result is firmer skin (from the collagen formation) as well as more flexible skin (from the repair of elastin).
Tretinoin also increases the formation of normal keratinocytes and fibroblasts, decreases melanocyte activity (which offers better resistance to external injury and inflammation), and in clinical studies it is shown to improve the formation of new blood vessels.
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