Best Foods to Achieve Clear & Healthy Skin

Best Foods to Achieve Clear & Healthy Skin

Skin Exfoliation is important
Improve your skin by eating these foods

Improve your skin by eating these foods

Did you know that the foods you eat have a big impact on your skin’s appearance? When you’re healthy and well-nourished, your skin gets the nutrients it needs to truly flourish. Your diet can do everything from banishing acne to improving skin texture. Keep reading to learn all about the foods that make your skin glow.

Can diet really affect my skin’s appearance?

Wondering whether it’s really worth paying attention to your diet? Your diet can significantly change the apparent age of your skin. In addition to making your skin look younger, the foods you eat can stop breakouts and increase hydration. Ultimately, anyone who wants stunning skin should consider making a few changes to their diet.

The do’s and don’ts of improving your skin through your diet

Eating a clear-skin diet doesn’t have to be complicated. Here are a few essential things to know about foods that are good for your skin and foods that aren’t.

Which nutrients are important for promoting clear skin?

If you’re looking to improve your skin, fruits, and veggies are a great place to start. Research shows that vitamins C, D, E and K are essential to building healthy skin. Other important nutrients to look for include fatty acids that help moisturize skin and protein that builds new skin.

Can eating certain foods harm your skin?

Keep in mind that there are also some foods to avoid for clear skin. Most acne diets recommend avoiding dairy and excess sugar because these can lead to breakouts. You might also find that your skin is puffier and has more dark spots if you consume excessive amounts of alcohol.

7 foods to eat if you want better skin

While almost any plant-based or healthy diet can improve skin, some foods are better than others. If your priority is great skin, you need to prioritize a few specific types of nutrient-rich foods. Here are some of the best foods for skin.

Avocados

These delicious fruits contain several nutrients for healthy skin. They have antioxidants that protect your skin from damage along with fats that keep your skin looking soft and smooth. Avocados are also an excellent source of vitamin E. This essential vitamin helps to produce healthy skin, and some research suggests it might also help with skin disorders like eczema.

Sweet potatoes

Vitamin A is essential for improving the health of both the upper and lower layers of your skin. By getting enough vitamin A, you can reduce inflammation and keep collagen from breaking down. One of the easiest ways to get vitamin A is to eat sweet potatoes. These tasty veggies contain beta-carotene, which turns into one of the most bioavailable forms of vitamin A.

Fatty fish

Omega-3 fatty acids are one of the best foods to keep your skin looking moisturized. When you eat enough of these ingredients, your skin looks bright and glowing. The foods highest in omega-3s are fatty fish like mackerel, salmon, and herring. You can also find plenty of omega-3 fatty acids in sardines and anchovies.

Pumpkin seeds

Pumpkin seeds are one of the best foods for acne because they’re an excellent source of zinc. This nutrient offers you one of the most effective ways to fight acne through your diet. While there are no foods to clear skin overnight, pumpkin seeds certainly act fast. Once you get your zinc levels up, you might find that breakouts are milder and less frequent.

Bell peppers

Bell peppers contain an extremely useful blend of vitamin A and vitamin C. These vitamins help your skin to produce collagen that keeps your skin looking firm and bouncy. When looking for the best foods for skin, try to pick red or yellow peppers. The brighter versions contain more nutrients than the green peppers.

Spinach

There are a variety of great greens for skin, but spinach is one of the best foods to eat for clear skin. Its high zinc levels are very helpful for fighting off acne. Spinach also has high levels of protective vitamin C.

Red grapes

If you’re looking for fruits that are good for skin, red grapes are the ideal choice. This fruit contains resveratrol, a powerful antioxidant. In addition to preventing oxidative damage, red grapes contain a helpful blend of vitamin A and vitamin C to promote healthy skin growth.

How long does it take to see results after changing your diet?

Like any other dietary change, it takes some time to see results. Depending on what you eat and what your skin is like, you’ll usually need to wait at least a few weeks to experience changes. Some people say they keep noticing improvements for up to 12 weeks after they begin eating foods that are good for skin. Keep in mind that it’s important to be consistent. Getting bored and quitting after a few weeks could reverse all your impressive results.

As you can see, your diet has a huge impact on the health of your skin. By taking the time to eat a few of the foods mentioned above, you can help your skin look softer, clearer, and smoother. Of course, everyone’s body and skin are different and you should always consult with your physician to determine what diet is appropriate for you.  If you’re interested in more great tips for taking your skincare to the next level, explore the Rodan + Fields blog. 

R+F Products for Clear Skin

Rodan + Fields 4-step Unblemish Regimen helps to clear and prevent breakouts while tackling visible signs of aging like uneven skin tone, and effectively removing dirt, oil and impurities. Tackle acne and blemishes with a combination of a skin-healthy diet and the right products to reduce acne and prevent future breakouts.

*All referenced results are based on an 8-week U.S. clinical and consumer study.

Learn more about Rodan + Fields  and how you can get your most radiant skin ever. Trust your skin’s glow to the Doctors and to your consultant who know how to help you get your skin glowing.

Results may vary depending on multiple factors: age, gender, skin type and condition, concomitant products used, health history, location, lifestyle, and diet.

Share this with friends or family members. It will save their skin — and boost their confidence.

PM me for the best options to suit your budget 🙂

*information is taken from The R+F Source.

R+F Skin and Hair Products to Bring You the Holiday Glow

R+F Skin and Hair Products to Bring You the Holiday Glow

Skin Exfoliation is important
HOW TO CARE FOR YOUR SKIN FROM HEAD TO TOE

Prepare for the holidays with seasonal must-haves to achieve your best gleaming and healthy-looking skin and hair. Rodan + Fields offers all the products you need to look + feel fantastic and spread joy to the people around you with gifts to make their skin and hair glow this season.

MARVELOUS IN MINUTES

You’re running late, and priorities change. What is essential to look and feel your best in minutes?

FOCUS: exfoliation + hydration + glow

Grab a shower cap, dampen the body in the shower, and exfoliate head to toe with ENHANCEMENTS Micro-Dermabrasion Paste, rinse, and pat dry. Drench skin with Body Replenish Cream, then highlight arms, legs, and décolletage with Shimmer Body Oil.

Add Defrizz+ Oil Treatment to the palm of your hands and gently run your fingers through your strands from tips towards roots. This will add shine and control frizz. For wavy/curly hair, use Define+ Curl Cream on dry hair for beach waves. Or style your hair as usual and see softer, smoother, and sleeker results. Want some oomph? The Jumbo size Refresh + Dry Shampoo revitalizes hair volume at the roots and mid-hair shaft with a refreshing, clean scent.

For your face, apply Active Hydration Serum to boost hydration, add your moisturizer, then pat Bright Eye Complex over puffy or dark circles under the eyes to wake them up! (pssst—keep it in the refrigerator!)

For the finishing touch, layer Radiant Defense Perfecting Liquid for instant coverage of imperfections, uneven skin tone, redness and an even, radiant glow.

Apply mascara, lipstick, and Brow Defining Boost for natural coverage, or go one shade darker for a more dramatic, bolder look!

You did it! You gave the right attention of exfoliation, hydration, and glow to all the right places…and you’re on time! Bring along a hostess gift such as the Shimmer Body Oil—just add a bow to the lovely packaging.

TIME FOR A CHANGE! 

The holiday season is the perfect time to up your skin and haircare game and try something new. Start with the following products two to four weeks early to look and feel more marvelous when you mingle!

FACE, NECK, DECOLLETAGE:

A Rodan + Fields Regimen will help you control your common skin concerns, and once you can count on achieving great skin, everything else is icing on the cake. Take our Solution Tool quiz to find the right skin and haircare regimen for you.

Lash Boost for visibly longer, stronger, and darker-looking lashes.

Total RF Serum addresses all signs of aging, such as visibly plumper, smoother, more supple, radiant, glowing skin with refined texture and smaller-looking pores. Overall complexion is more youthful-looking and contoured.

Multi-Acid Enzyme Peel is a leave-on, overnight exfoliation that polishes the skin for more smoothness and firmness—like glass. It’s so gentle you can sleep with it. Get ready for compliments on smoother, brighter, and firmer-looking skin.

Instant Targeted Firming Gel for instant firming, tightening, and smoothing to the areas of expression lines/wrinkles. Use under the eyes as well as smile and forehead lines. Over time, wake up looking more refreshed.

AMP MD SYSTEM utilizes a Derma Roller and Intensive Night Renewing Serum to visibly smooth lines and wrinkles and firm skin. Skin appears lifted and tightened.

Lip Renewing Serum reduces dryness and increases natural color and shape.

HAIRCARE:

Everyone’s hair needs moisture!

Use the haircare Regimen recommended to you by the Solution Tool and consider Moisture+ Conditioning Mask as a 5–10-minute leave-on intense, deep conditioning formula to renew brittle strands and soften dry tresses. You won’t believe your shiny and softer swinging hair!

Apply Defrizz+ Oil Treatment as directed for luxuriously smooth, shiny hair. Style as usual, and spray on the Jumbo Refresh+ Dry Shampoo to add volume and more shine.

BODY CARE:

Using ENHANCEMENTS Micro-Dermabrasion Paste three or more times a week keeps skin clear of dulling, dead skin cells and ready to soak up Active Hydration Body Replenish to help prevent future moisture loss, resulting in less creping and younger-looking, younger-acting skin.

Before you slip on your shoes, use Ultra-Rich Foot Cream to comfort dry skin with a soothing, hydrating, quick-absorbing cream for hard-working feet.

Your final touch is the Volumizing Hand Cream for dry, tired hands. Your rings and bracelets look even better on youthful, soft, and plump-looking hands.

Guess what?! You’re holiday-ready.

GET, LOVE+ GIVE:

Now that you’re set for the holidays, it’s time to think about the perfect gifts for friends, family, or those hosting holiday parties.

My vote? Hydration! Maintaining proper hydration involves a combination of factors, including diet, lifestyle, and skincare routines.

Rodan + Fields offers an exclusive, limited edition of three hydration-boosting body care products infused with skin-nourishing oils that work to keep skin looking and feeling healthy. And icing on the cake, they all come in their festive holiday-themed outer boxes, ready to gift as is!

Volumizing Hand Cream delivers TLC to hard-working hands with natural oils, Vitamin E, Glucosamine for anti-aging properties, and Hyaluronic Acid as a water magnet to soften, moisturize, and help protect the skin. This quick-absorbing, non-greasy, and nourishing formula includes the bonus of making skin appear plumper and more youthful.

Ultra-Rich Foot Cream soothes soles with natural oil, triple Hyaluronic Acid to draw and retain water, and Shea Butter for immediate relief and comfort. This quick-absorbing but non-greasy cream gives instant relief and comfort to dry feet and soles.

Shimmer Body Oil is a silky, luxurious body oil that helps seal in moisture and dresses the skin with a shimmering veil for a pearlescent, illuminated glow. Jojoba Oil and Squalane moisturizes, supports, and protects the barrier, creating a radiant glow.

Active Hydration Body Replenish instantly and continuously hydrates skin to smoothen and plumpen it and reduce that crepe look. Feels amazing!

Active Hydration Serum gives 200% increase in hydration, changing lackluster, dry skin into more plump, radiant, smoother-looking skin. Great for anyone making rounds on the holiday party circuit.

Moisture+ Regimen transforms dry and damaged tresses by deeply moisturizing, softening brittle strands, repairing damage, and mending split ends for silky, smooth, full, and youthful-looking hair. Anyone with curly, coily, dry, damaged, or over-processed hair will love you for it!

Now that you have the best skin and hair of your life and the best gifts, R+ F wishes you and your loved ones a Happy Holiday!


*All referenced results are based on an 8-week U.S. clinical and consumer study.

Learn more about Rodan + Fields  and how you can get your most radiant skin ever. Trust your skin’s glow to the Doctors and to your consultant who know how to help you get your skin glowing.

Results may vary depending on multiple factors: age, gender, skin type and condition, concomitant products used, health history, location, lifestyle, and diet.

Share this with friends or family members. It will save their skin — and boost their confidence.

PM me for the best options to suit your budget 🙂

*information is taken from The R+F Source.

Anti-Aging Tips for Your Whole Body

Anti-Aging Tips for Your Whole Body

Skin Exfoliation is important
Anti Age Your Body

Did you forget about it? The skin below the chin?

If so, you’re not alone. Every morning we check our face in the mirror, admiring our reflection as we brush our teeth and apply skincare. But many of us overlook our bodies; it doesn’t help that many mirrors are mounted at a height to focus on the face.

Our body is about 92% of our skin’s real estate — this is living property consistently reflecting our health, lifestyle choices, and internal and external experiences. It’s essential to pay attention to and care for the skin above and below the chin all year round. Let’s examine some “skinformation” to help us achieve healthier skin from head to toe.

Tip of the Iceberg Phenomena:
The good and bad news is that 80% of aging is up to you. The tip of the iceberg — our face — is out 365 days a year in all kinds of weather and sun exposure so you’d think it would look older, with lines, wrinkles, discoloration and sagging, than the rest of our body. But why doesn’t it? With care, our faces can be next to flawless: even-toned, smooth, wrinkle-free. We exfoliate, moisturize, mask, peel, protect, support, and we use tools to care for our face but usually not past the jawline. The lower part of the iceberg — our body — is undercover and misses the same treatments so eventually skin can look old, revealing your age.

Exfoliate
Exfoliation from head to toe is key to radiant, glowing skin as we age. Full face and body exfoliation encourages younger, more vibrant cells to the surface. Our cellular renewal slows down 50% over the years, and dead skin cells pile up. You’ll see dry, dull, ashy skin that can be easily released with an exfoliating product. Exfoliation removes dead skin cells and allows topical product application to get to the true surface of the skin.

Tip: Avoid over-scrubbing for a quick result, especially if you’ve been working out, sweating, and want to destroy acne blemishes — you could get a serious acne flare-up. The skin needs to get used to exfoliation, so begin two to three times a week and increase as tolerated to five days a week. How do you know if you’ve overworked your skin? It will look red, and shiny, and feel sensitive or sting.

Micro-Dermabrasion Paste can be used on the face and body to exfoliate away dead skin cells for smoother, vibrant-looking skin after just one use. This sugar and salt-based scrub gently buffs away dull skin cells and dry, flaky skin. If concerned about exfoliation, massage onto damp skin to melt the salt and sugar crystals.

Hydrate
After removing dead skin cells from your face and body, it’s essential to drench your skin with hydration. Active Hydration Body Replenish delivers a luxurious layer of all-over hydration. Get younger-looking, younger-acting skin with our breakthrough body moisturizer that instantly and continuously hydrates. You’ll see less crepey skin and more plump, luminous, bouncy, and radiant-looking skin. You can improve your skin — it is not too late, and your body will thank you.

Protect
To help reduce skin aging and discoloration, apply sunscreen daily before you go outdoors. We often forget about skin under the chin that is exposed to the sun when we’re on a walk or just out and about, but it’s equally as prone to sun damage as the face. The best skin that I’ve ever seen in the dermatologist’s office was from a patient that applied sunscreen every morning on her entire body after a bath or shower. Although she was prone to freckles, they were extremely faint, and her skin was baby smooth even though she was over 50. Remember that there is no fountain of youth, but sun protection products are the next best thing.

Be picky. When it comes to sunscreen, look for one with SPF 30 or more of a broad-spectrum formulation and one that is water-resistant. Essentials Face + Body Sunscreen Broad Spectrum SPF 50 is a great option for full-body and long-wearing protection for an active lifestyle. Our formula offers up to 80 minutes of water and sweat resistance for activities like sports, outdoor recreation, and keeping up with the kids. The lightweight, non-sticky formula is excellent for the whole family and won’t cause breakouts.

Get even. Clothing straps move, backs are hard to reach, and sunscreen can only blend so far. So, do your best to apply an even amount over the skin. Tip: Apply the initial coat on bare skin. After putting on your clothing items, layer a second coat after 15 minutes. Finally, make sure you do not skimp on the amount of product — a teaspoon for the face and an ounce for the body, layered over time.

Re-apply. A very important sun protection step is re-application. Although we’d like it to be as easy as one and done, it isn’t. The basic rule is to re-apply sunscreen every 2-2.5 hours, and after swimming and sweating.

Dark spots be gone. Using skin brighteners to even your skin tone can deliver even, radiant skin. Don’t expect to go back in the sun and get an even tan now that your spots and patches are history. Unfortunately, skin has a memory of your past skin habits and assaults. Freckles and marks can pop up right back in the same places. This is because our melanocytes, or pigment cells, are stimulated to protect the skin as its main job is to create umbrellas of color to protect the skin below from harmful UV rays. People with more pigment have a coat of protection so they burn less and usually tan evenly. Fair individuals have less pigmented cells, so they have less protection. The few cells bring less protection causing their skin to burn more easily and the pigment is more scattered. Over time, these pigment cells reproduce but look clumped together. The bottom line, avoid the sun and wear sunscreen.

Fake it. Do you want the best of both worlds — sun-kissed skin without the damage? Get summer color 365 days a year using a faux tan product. Re-apply as needed once or twice a week and more frequently to the face as it is usually cleansed twice daily. Remember to use your sunscreen every day as directed because tinted skin is not sun protection. Essentials Foaming Sunless Tan gives even, natural-looking color with RF-Dcell Technology featuring Narcissus Bulb Extract to extend the life of your sunless glow.

I hope you’ve now been inspired to love and care for your skin from head to toe all year long!

*Written by Mary Radford, RNBA
Mary Radford, RNBA, has an extensive background in Dermatology, Plastic Surgery and Aesthetic Spas. She worked side by side with Dr. Katie Rodan as a Registered Nurse in her dermatology office before being recruited to Rodan + Fields in 2004, where she currently focuses on Field Education + Tools.

*All referenced results are based on an 8-week U.S. clinical and consumer study.

Learn more about Rodan + Fields  and how you can get your most radiant skin ever. Trust your skin’s glow to the Doctors and to your consultant who know how to help you get your skin glowing.

Results may vary depending on multiple factors: age, gender, skin type and condition, concomitant products used, health history, location, lifestyle, and diet.

Share this with friends or family members. It will save their skin — and boost their confidence.

PM me for the best options to suit your budget 🙂

*information is taken from The R+F Source.

Apply Your Skincare Routine in the Best Order

Apply Your Skincare Routine in the Best Order

Skin Exfoliation is important

Skincare doesn’t have to be complicated, though it’s easy to see how it can be confusing to someone just making her entrance into the world of its lotions and potions. Simply put, skincare is a routine you apply consistently, in the morning and at night.

The order of events, however, is important. We want to get the most out of our skincare products. Our regimen is much more effective when we apply products in the order they were designed to be used and follow some simple rules. Here’s why the order of application matters—and how it can impact your skincare goals.

The Right Order for a Skin Care Routine

There are so many approaches to skincare. From 10-step applications to the simplest, most essential 3 steps of cleansing, toning and moisturizing. Your skincare routine can range from basic to broad. Our Multi-Med Therapy approach is at the core of all Rodan + Fields’ skincare Regimens and we love it because it takes the guesswork out of skincare. The fact is, no single ingredient can effectively address a complex skin concern.

Dr. Katie Rodan and Dr. Kathy Fields created the Multi-Med Therapy approach as a means to control a particular skin concern, like acne, by creating a system with a focus on prevention, as opposed to treating individual pimples. From Dr. Katie Rodan’s and Dr. Kathy Fields’ years of research, they saw that it takes the right ingredients, in the right product formulations, used in the right order, to visibly improve skin. Each Regimen is backed by this Multi-Med Therapy approach in order to effectively address an individual’s skin concerns.

How to Create a Skincare Routine

When it comes to customizing your own skincare routine, these are the steps—in the right order—to follow both morning and night to achieve your desired visible results.

Step 1: Facial Cleanser

A facial cleanser is important for you to use every morning and evening to remove makeup, dirt, excess sebum and oil. Your cleanser of choice can also gently exfoliate to help slough off dead skin cells. This step must come first because your skin needs to be clean and free from makeup and debris before applying products on top—so they can do their job to the fullest. In other words, cleansing your skin prepares it to absorb the ingredients coming next in your skincare routine. You wouldn’t mop your floor without sweeping it first, right? This step is similar to that.

Step 2: Toner

Toner helps with softening your skin and enabling better penetration for the ingredients that follow in the next step. Toners also serve to cleanse your pores and keep them free from debris. Toners are often formulated with acids that help promote natural cell turnover to achieve this. They also help minimize the look of pores and even out the appearance of your skin tone. If you apply toner to uncleansed skin, the toner will not be able to work as effectively.

Step 3: Eye Cream

Hydrating and moisturizing this area is key. You want to use an eye cream like Redefine Multi-Function Eye Cream, which is specifically designed for the under-eye area so as not to cause any irritation. Applying an eye cream before any serums or moisturizers also helps to protect the delicate skin around the eyes. 

Step 4: Face Serum

Serums contain the most valuable and desired ingredients, often with a higher concentration. It’s important to apply your serum before your moisturizer so that your skin can absorb these active ingredients. Whether your serum offers Vitamin C, Hyaluronic Acid/hydration or Retinol, you don’t want to skip this step.

Step 5: Moisturizer, Lotion or Night Cream

Your moisturizer, whether you choose a cream or lotion, helps provide anti-aging benefits, in addition to skin-restoring moisturization. Moisturizers and night creams also serve to maintain the health of your skin barrier. Some products, like Redefine Triple Defense Lotion Broad Spectrum 30, also contain SPF in addition to their skin-moisturizing benefits, making them perfect for your AM routine.

Step 6: SPF

This step is only for your morning routine; skip it at nighttime. Always apply sunscreens as the last layer to protect your skin from UVA and UVB rays. You’ll need to reapply your SPF throughout the day as necessary according to FDA guidelines.

Incorporate as Needed: Face Masks

Face masks are great for those times when you want to give your skin a little extra self-care. Whether you’re doing an at-home facial or indulging on a Sunday while you catch up on a show you’re bingeing, masks serve as extra care for your secondary skin concern.

For example, when you use anti-aging skincare but you occasionally suffer from acne, you will want to use an acne-targeting face mask each week.

How often should you apply your masks? Aim for 2-3 times per week, more often for hydrating ones if your skin is very dry or dehydrated. You can apply your masks in the morning or evening after you cleanse your skin. Don’t forget to continue with the rest of your routine after —toner, serum, moisturizer, etc. If you want to do a mid-day mask, apply your moisturizer after removing your face mask for best results. You don’t want to leave your skin bare post-treatment.

*All referenced results are based on an 8-week U.S. clinical and consumer study.

Learn more about Rodan + Fields  and how you can get your most radiant skin ever. Trust your skin’s glow to the Doctors and to your consultant who know how to help you get your skin glowing.

Results may vary depending on multiple factors: age, gender, skin type and condition, concomitant products used, health history, location, lifestyle, and diet.

Share this with friends or family members. It will save their skin — and boost their confidence.

PM me for the best options to suit your budget 🙂

*information is taken from The Skincare Source.

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Understanding the Difference Between Intrinsic and Extrinsic Aging


Understanding the Difference Between Intrinsic and Extrinsic Aging

Skin Exfoliation is important

We all know that the skin is the human body’s largest organ, but what’s the purpose of skin and how does our growing older change skin’s ability to perform this role?  We know this skin’s basic functions are to:

  1. Protects us from the outside world of germs and the environment
  2. Maintains our equilibrium – holding in water, controlling our temperature
  3. Is our outward, visible, indicator of health, age and well being

Why does your skin age?

As we age, the appearance and functioning of our skin changes.  Typically, skin becomes thinner, more wrinkled, rougher, less radiant, more lax, less firm, shows changes in pigment levels, and often dryer.  This aging of the skin is a result of two separate but interrelated factors: intrinsic or chronological aging, which is the biological process associated with your genetics and the passage of time, and extrinsic aging, changes caused primarily by external factors, the most important of which is UV exposure, but also includes exposure to pollution, weather, stress, and lifestyle habits.

What is Extrinsic Aging?

It’s generally thought that extrinsic factors have more influence on the visible signs of aging than intrinsic factors. In fact, 80% of skin aging is likely due to exposure to sunlight[1]. The American Academy of Dermatology recommends avoiding sun exposure and the use of a good quality broad-spectrum sunscreen with a sun protection factor (SPF) of at least 30 as the most important steps in maintaining skin health and preventing the signs of aging[2]. The good news, 80% of how your skin ages is in your hands.

What is Intrinsic Aging?

Intrinsic aging is the change in your skin related to your age and your genetics, and there are three main causes:

  1. Slower cell turnover
  2. Reduced cellular energy levels
  3. Reduced collagen production

Cell Turnover

We know that skin has the capacity to constantly renew itself.  Dry, dead skin cells slough off the surface to be replaced with new cells that have migrated up from deeper layers.  This replacement process is driven by something called turnover or proliferation.  Proliferation just means one cell dividing itself into two identical copies. Remarkably, cells can do this repeatedly, up to a maximum of about 50 times[3], but research tells us that as we age, this proliferation slows down considerably and eventually stops.  There is no foolproof way of reversing this decline.

Cellular Energy

As you can imagine, for cells to divide constantly, they need a lot of energy, but as we age, our energy levels drop too, sort of like how your phone battery slowly loses the ability to stay charged and runs down more quickly as it gets older.  The good news is that research has shown this decline can be addressed to an extent by providing very specific nutrients, ones that are important to a cell’s energy cycle[4].  Look for products that contain ingredients such as vitamin B3 (also known as niacinamide) and adenosine, both vital molecules in cell’s energy cycle.

What Can You Do To Address Intrinsic Aging?

Firstly, cleanse, tone, treat and protect your skin everyday[5] as this will enable your skin to be as resilient as possible to the signs of aging. Secondly, use products that contain ingredients that address the visible signs of aging caused by changes in cell turnover, energy, and collagen. Third, only use products that have been independently clinically tested to validate their efficacy.

R + F’s groundbreaking Total RF Serum is a powerful anti-aging serum that revitalizes skin to help achieve stronger, healthier, more resilient skin.

The serum does this through the use of carefully chosen ingredients proven to energize surface skin cells, including a propriety blend of ayurvedic sandalwood, Indian Kino extract + omega-6 fatty acids, combined with niacinamide and adenosine.  R+F’s patented antioxidant complex also fortifies the skin making it more resilient and defending against environmental aggressors.

A recent clinical trial published in Clinical Dermatology Open Access Journal, has shown how Total RF Serum can have a noticeable and positive impact on a broad range of anti-aging concerns and is capable of boosting the benefits of almost any skincare routine[6].

In Summary

Don’t assume all skincare is the same.  R+F is a dermatology inspired, problem solution skincare brand that sets out to identify key issues and provide demonstrable benefit. Do your research, identify your issues and do the best thing for your skin because what you do to your skin everyday has a huge impact on how it looks and feels.

Article by Simon Craw, PhD

Dr. Simon Craw holds a PhD in Chemistry from University of Manchester and held academic posts at the University of Rio de Janeiro (Brazil) and University of Sydney (Australia). He has over 25 years’ industry experience in pharmaceutical, biotechnology and skin care research and development.  He began his career at Merck Research Laboratories before moving to a series of start-ups and early-stage biotechnology and skincare companies. At Lifeline Skincare, Dr. Craw helped develop and commercialize one of the first and most innovative stem cell extracts used in topical cosmetics.  At Rodan + Fields Dr. Craw has brought a number of skincare innovations to market including Retinal MD, one of the most powerful non-prescription retinoids and Total RF Serum a breakthrough anti-aging serum powered by a patent-pending new technology targeting cellular energy, RF TriEnergy Complex.

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[2] American Academy of Dermatology.  Skincare Tips Dermatologist’s Use. https://www.aad.org/public/everyday-care/skin-care-basics/care/skin-care-tips-dermatologists-use

[3] Watts G. Leonard Hayflick and the limits of ageing. Lancet. 2011 Jun 18;377(9783):2075. doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(11)60908-2. PMID: 21684371.

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*All referenced results are based on an 8-week U.S. clinical and consumer study.

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