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Understanding the Fitzpatrick Scale

Aesthetic Back Bar

Harvard dermatologist Thomas Fitzpatrick. first developed the Fitzpatrick scale in 1975 to gauge how skin of different colors reacted to UV light exposure. Using ingredients that have melanogenesis inhibiting ingredients is best. The post Understanding the Fitzpatrick Scale appeared first on Aesthetic Back Bar.

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Chemical Peel Confidence: A Guide for Estheticians

Enlightened Beauty

When youre working with active ingredients that can dramatically change someones skin, the margin for error feels scary. You get the Fitzpatrick type, you follow a standard protocol, and boom results. Understanding the Fitzpatrick scale is important, but its not the whole story. And it makes sense. Skin is nuanced.

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Skincare Trends Esthetics Students Will Want to Know in 2024

Tricoci University

You can also layer products that have complementary active ingredients, for example, tranexamic acid and glycolic acid go well together. These products have certain active ingredients designed to help improve your mood upon application by interacting with the skin’s neuromediators in different ways.

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All Ages Need Preventative Aging Skin Care

Lydia Sarfati

We are also finding skincare ingredients that can help a client’s skin maintain its youthfulness through-out their life. Important ingredients to look for in these programs include: Seaweed: Seaweeds are one of the richest sources of natural anti-oxidants, such as phlorotannins, sulfated polysaccharides, fucosterol and fucoxanthins.

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Summer Skin Solutions

Lydia Sarfati

Skin Care Ingredients: Sun protection is the important practice to reduce the risk of skin cancer and skin aging. Antioxidant ingredients can help quench free radical activity. Many antioxidants are also anti-inflammatory as well, and some report photoprotective abilities as well. Rutin is a phenolic, anti-microbial and antioxidant.