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Skin Care Essentials

Although the skin has many essential needs to maintain a healthy young look and feel, meeting some basic daily needs creates the foundation of daily skin care. There are four essential steps: cleanse tone, protect, and hydrate. Let us look at each step individually and help clarify how it specifically addresses the essential needs of your skin.

  1. Cleanse: This step meets the skin’s basic need to be free of excess oil, dirt, and pollutants. If these impurities are not removed, you may experience dull, sallow skin; clogged, inflamed pores that can discolor and scar; or free radical oxidation that can damage cells, affect healthy cell renewal, irritate the skin, and initiate hyper pigmentation. To avoid these negative effects, cleansing should be performed twice daily.
  2. Tone: Toning fulfills a basic daily need by preparing the skin to receive the benefits from other products and should be performed twice daily, after cleansing. Toning works in several ways. It calms and soothes the skin; toning also minimizes the appearance of pores and balances the skin’s pH.
  3. Protect: The protect step meets the skin’s basic need for a morning moisturizer with SPF to guard against harmful UV rays and environmental stressors. Sun damage degrades the moisture barrier and structural proteins and promotes discoloration—all signs of premature skin aging.
  4. Hydrate: The hydrate step provides vital lipids, replenishing moisture, and key repair components for optimal nighttime recovery. Nighttime hydration should be applied once daily in the evening.

Here are a few of the products that are available to purchase from us at our clinic. For more information, be sure to ask Dr. Suh about which ones are right for you.

Products

Clarisonic is the revolutionary skin care brush that delivers clear, soft, smooth and younger-looking skin. The Clarisonic Skin Care Brush uses a patented sonic frequency of more than 300 movements per second to cleanse, improve skin tone, reduce the appearance of fine lines, wrinkles, and improve absorption of serums and moisturizers. Clarisonic micro-massage action cleans more than twice as effectively as cleansing by hand boasting up to 6 times more makeup removal. Clarisonic is 100% waterproof and with three interchangeable brush heads and four intensity levels, making it the perfect body buffer. The sonic technology is so gentle and effective that it is used and recommended by luxury spas and leading dermatologists and physicians across the country.


VIVITÉ® skin care formulations are based on exclusive GLX Technology™, a unique fusion of the clinically demonstrated benefits of glycolic compound and natural antioxidants.


CLINIQUE MEDICAL, launched in the fall of 2008, is a physician-dispensed skin care line resulting from an innovative alliance between Allergan and Clinique.

The products in the CLINIQUE MEDICAL Optimizing Regimen kit are scientifically-designed and clinically-proven to work together to help improve the skin’s receptivity to the benefits of laser skin resurfacing such as Intense Pulsed Light (IPL) or fractionated laser treatments, chemical peels such as 30% Trichloroacetic Acid (TCA) peels, and microdermabrasion.1 Products in the kit also aid in the post-procedure recovery process by helping to manage post-procedure visible excess redness and irritation, encourage even skin tone and enhance skin’s resilience to the visible signs of aging.

The CLINIQUE MEDICAL skin care line combines carefully selected ingredients with patent-pending components such as Probiotic Technology to create beautiful formulas that help prepare, support and maintain the skin pre- and post-treatment. The CLINIQUE MEDICAL skin care line, which is Allergy Tested, 100% Fragrance Free and contains no preservatives, includes the following products:

    CLINIQUE MEDICAL OPTIMIZING REGIMEN kit (product available in kit or individually):

    • Probiotic Cleanser containing patent-pending Probiotic Technology and Lipid Barrier Repair Complex to help thoroughly remove debris and stubborn makeup to aid treatment penetration
    • Skin Conditioning Treatment containing a three-part Exfoliating Complex, Turmeric Root Extract and Vitamin C to help prepare skin by exfoliating without irritation and encouraging even skin tone
    • Recovery Week Complex containing 1% hydrocortisone, Turmeric Root and Vitamin C to help manage visible excess redness and irritation and help inhibit appearance of skin discoloration
    • Optimizing Treatment Cream containing patent-pending Optimizing Complex, Palmitoyl-8, Centella Asiatica and Vitamin A to help prevent irritation and complement benefits of a procedure by helping to reduce the appearance of visible lines and wrinkles
    • Daily SPF 38 containing Avobenzone, Homosalate, Octisalate and patented Repair Technology to help protect against UVA and UVB rays, especially in highly-sensitive, post-procedure skin

    Dry Spot Balm containing concentrated marine botanical extract to alleviate severe dryness and the associated discomfort related to some prescription medications

Current Products Available from VIVITÉ®

VIVITÉ® Exfoliating Facial Cleanser loosens the unproductive top layer of skin so you can scrub it away and reveal fresh, new skin. Contains 15% glycolic compound. To be used 2 to 3 times a week.

VIVITÉ® Daily Antioxidant Facial Serum is a regular application of glycolics for hydration and renovation of the top skin layer. Also provides antioxidant protection to fight premature aging. Contains 15% glycolic compound. To be used once daily, every morning. Perfect under makeup.

VIVITÉ® Night Renewal Facial Cream is an extra-rich formulation that promotes overnight maintenance and repair of skin tissues. Contains 20% glycolic compound. To be used once daily, in the evening.

VIVITÉ® Revitalizing Eye Cream is specially formulated to help reduce the appearance of fine lines and wrinkles in the sensitive areas around the eye, as well as minimize the appearance of dark circles. Contains 10% glycolic compound. To be used twice daily, morning and evening.

VIVITÉ® Daily Cleanser Gently and thoroughly removes the surface dirt, grit, and makeup residues. Use daily to help keep skin looking fresh and to prepare your skin for regular application of VIVITÉ® products. Contains 15% glycolic compound. To be used twice daily, morning and evening.

VIVITÉ® Daily Facial Moisturizer with SPF 30 is a light daily moisturizer that creates a protective barrier to shield from damaging UVA/UVB rays while simultaneously penetrating into the dermis to deliver glycolic acid and antioxidants that help nourish healthy vital-looking skin. Contains 12% glycolic compound.

VIVITÉ® Replenish Hydrating Facial Cleanser gently yet effectively removes daily residue, makeup, and oil with an unscented, soap-free formulation. Leaves skin clean and soft. Perfect complementary care for procedures. Contains no glycolic compound.

VIVITÉ® Replenish Hydrating Cream instantly restores skin suppleness and smoothness with a superhydrating formulation. Calms and soothes sensitive skin—perfect complementary care for procedures. Contains no glycolic compound.