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How Skin works is why I created my Skincare Line.

 

While it helps to have a degree in Dermatology, I realize most of us can't afford that Luxury... so I've broken things down for you, (in Laymen's terms)... to give you a sound foundation for understanding how our Skin works and how to heal the damages due to everyday stress, poor diet, free radicals and other oxidative stressors, using the best healing Ingredients from Mother Nature. After all, Mother Nature has given us everything we need for our Health & Healing. 

Our AMAZING SKIN

It's our largest Organ and the first thing everyone sees. It acts as a Barrier from harmful radiation from the Sun

My AMAZING SERUM

My serums are super packed with beneficial, nutrient-rich antioxidants and vitamins. They tend to target the lower layers of skin with these valuable ingredients that heal and regenerate cells

Human skin anatomy

Your skin consists of two main layers:

The outer layer, known as the epidermis and the inner layer, known as the dermis.

 

The epidermis
The epidermis is the outer layer of your skin and includes the part of your skin you see every day – the surface. However, the epidermis is comprised of more than just the skin's surface. It consists of a number of levels, each with their own distinct role.

Cells in the deepest level of your epidermis are extremely active and divide constantly to make more and more new cells.

Once generated, these new cells are pushed upward through the other levels of the epidermis and toward the surface of your skin. Along the way, they die and eventually become filled with keratin, a very strong protein. These dead, keratin-filled cells make up the outer parts of the epidermis and provide your body with the tough, protective overcoat it needs to survive.
The dead cells on the outer parts of your skin are constantly shed and replaced by new ones. As a result, every 20-30 days, your body has an entirely new surface of skin.


The dermis
The dermis is the inner layer of your skin. It is a thick layer of connective tissue and is itself divided into two levels. The upper level of the dermis, known as the papillary region, is made of loose connective tissue, while the lower level, called the reticular layer, is comprised of tissue that is more tightly packed.
Your dermis consists of strong collagen and elastic fibers pierced by blood vessels. These blood vessels help regulate the temperature of your body by increasing blood flow to the skin when you are hot and need to release some heat, or by restricting blood flow to the skin when you are cold and need to keep warm.
The dermis includes a network of nerves and receptors that help you sense touch, pressure and pain, and it is also full of hair follicles and sweat and oil glands, which are designed to keep your skin soft and healthy.
As well as performing all of the roles described above, the dermis acts as a cushion against injury. When you cut yourself, the dermis heals by forming new tissue, which is rich in new blood vessels and cells. It is this tissue which helps pull the edges of a cut on your skin back together over the course of 1 to 3 weeks.

 

Free Radicals, Antioxidants and the Skin

What are “free radicals” and how do antioxidants help with their damage, especially when it comes to our skin?

 

When I first started to research skin care products many years ago, I started to hear about free radicals being the main cause contributing to aging and age-related conditions.  Throughout my extensive research, I determined that antioxidants could neutralize this damage through supplementation and correct food choices as well as topically with nourishing skin care products.  Sun damaged skin, older skin, dry skin, skin that’s been damaged from pollution and bad diets.. all of the damage from these conditions and more could be diminished, corrected back to health and prevented to a great degree with antioxidants. I was on a quest. I had very sun damaged, age spotted skin that looked decent because I ate pretty clean food, and exercised regularly, but I was nearing 50 at the time, so was there hope for further improving my skin?

 

What is a free radical?

First of all, I wanted to understand what and how a free radical “reacted” in the body and in the skin. All cells produce free radicals. A free radical is any atom or molecule that is missing an electron in its outer shell. This free radical will attack and destroy other necessarily healthy atoms to get the electron it's missing. These free radicals can accumulate and cause oxidative damage. This oxidative damage causes biological organisms to age. In other words, free radicals turn the oils of our skin rancid which in turn damages the collagen in the skin.              

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 Collagen is the protein in fibers that serve as the building blocks of our skin. In fact, free radicals have even been associated with skin cancer and premature skin-aging due to sun exposure (which speeds up this free radical damage). 

 

What are antioxidants and how can they help?

Antioxidants are a group of beneficial nutrients – vitamins, minerals and enzymes. An antioxidant is a molecule capable of slowing or preventing the oxidation of other molecules. They help to remove the free radicals and their damage from these cells. That is, they slow down and can even stop this oxidative damage that causes the skin to age. Antioxidants are reducing agents. Meaning antioxidants reduce the damaging oxidative process in cells, including skin cells.

 

Since antioxidants block the process of oxidation by neutralizing free radicals, the antioxidants themselves become oxidized. That is why there is a constant need to replenish our antioxidant supply. There are two ways antioxidants are classified to work at defusing free radicals:

One is called “chain-breaking”:  When a free radical releases or steals an electron, a second radical is formed. This molecule then turns around and does the same thing to a third molecule, continuing to generate more instability. This process continues until an ending occurs -- either the free radical is stabilized by a chain-breaking antioxidant such as beta-carotene and vitamins C and E, or it simply decays into a harmless product.
Prevention is another way antioxidants can work:  Antioxidant enzymes prevent oxidation by reducing the rate of the chain initiation. That is, by neutralizing the initiating radicals, such antioxidants can prevent an oxidation chain from ever setting in motion.


How Does this Work in Skin Care Products?

Free radical damage can be controlled and prevented by applying skin care products with antioxidants directly onto the skin. Topical products containing antioxidants in effect, defend the skin, help in reducing scars and promote healing.  In other words, antioxidants assist in protecting and promoting the building blocks of collagen. Since the antioxidants are destroyed or oxidized in the process, you have to continue to feed the body and skin with fresh antioxidants to keep up with the free-radical damage.

 

FeedMyFace™ skin care line is packed full of antioxidants, vitamins, minerals and the latest technology for giving you the healthiest and most radiant skin possible.  My serums are super packed with beneficial, nutrient-rich antioxidants and vitamins. They tend to target the lower layers of skin with these valuable ingredients that heal and regenerate cells. Serums go a step further than crèmes, and a step further still than lotions in overall richness and nutrients. A serum is a great choice for getting added nutrients deep into the skin; its molecule size is much smaller than a lotion or regular moisturizer.

My Serums target not just the top layers of the skin, but the deeper ‘Dermis’ layer as well, and are usually considered moisturizing and protective.  Furthermore I know that skin care products are most effective when they are fresh, so I produce my Serums in small batches.... to help protect the product from air exposure oxidation.  The super concentrated serums are light sensitive, so I recommend storing them out of direct sunlight.

I was able to not only reduce my age/sun spots to almost nothing, I have been able to regain younger, firmer more radiant-looking skin with my personal skin care line. I've worked out a schedule to follow that allows anyone to reduce age spots to almost nothing while  improving the  texture and condition of the skin - and doing all of this  in the shortest amount of time using the least amount of product.  Why are these skin care products so effective? FeedMyFace™ Serum has the freshest antioxidants, and the most powerful healing properties from Nature in it's ingredient base.

** For Educational purposes only. This information has not been evaluated by the FDA.
This information is not intended to diagnose, treat, cure, or prevent any disease..

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