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But wait, there’s more: Niacinamide also has been shown in studies to prevent pigment from reaching the skin’s surface, thus improving hyperpigmentation (like darkspots and melasma). That means it can pull double-duty, addressing both the source of breakouts as well as the darkspots they leave behind.
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NAD+ levels decrease with age, leading to a thinner, weaker epidermis and visual indicators like wrinkles, sagging skin, darkspots, dehydrated crepey skin, and more. I have also been using the Retinol Peptide Booster in a stretch mark case study and have seen dramatic texture improvements.” The result is what we call aging.
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Utilizing the information we have now on proper ingredients, we are able to help educate and advise our clients from an early age to start creating a lifetime of healthy, youthful looking skin. Their older counterparts, ages 55 and older, said the average age they began the relying on anti-aging products was 47.
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