Face Skin Care

The face is composed of complicated anatomical components, presenting unique portions, such as the eyes, nose and mouth in a relatively narrow area. Moreover, the facial skin is densely populated by hair follicles and their sweat glands, and its stratum corneum is much thinner than that of the trunk and limbs, although it is always exposed to the environment.

The stratum corneum (SC) is the outermost layer of the epidermis and is made of dead, flat skin cells that shed about every 2 weeks when we are young and at a slower pace when older. The cells of the stratum corneum are held together by an overlapping mechanism and with proteins bound to glyco molecules (glyco= sugar or carbohydrates) that serve as a binding "glue". The stratum corneum serves an important barrier function by keeping molecules from passing into and out of the skin, thus protecting the lower layers of skin.

The biological machinery produced by the epidermis or skin's outer structure has the sole function of producing a horny layer or stratum corneum . While thick on the palms of the hands and soles of the feet, it hardly exceeds 1/100th of a millimetre elsewhere. This is the most superficial layer of the epidermis and it is in direct contact with the external environment and therefore plays a vital role as a barrier against all sorts of aggression.

This layer is composed of corneocytes , completely flattened cells, with neither nucleus nor cytoplasmic organelles. These cells are therefore dead, biologically speaking, but nevertheless remain active: the result of the final phase of keratinocyte differentiation, they are filled with keratin and other products such as lipids, fatty acids and ceramides.

On looking closer, two different layers of corneocytes can be distinguished: the compact layer, where the corneocytes are linked one to another with corneodesmosomes, has the role of a barrier, and the outer sloughing layer, where the breakdown of these corneodesmosomes is known as desquamation. The corneocytes are thus continually eliminated by this natural phenomenon or following external aggression such as rubbing, washing or detergents.

Still in this layer, the corneocytes, as they gradually detach, provide numerous spaces where the bacteria living on the skin (10^12 bacteria/m2) find refuge and thrive. Staphylococcus epidermis and aureus, Propionibacterium, and Corynebacterium, particularly adapted to the acid environment of the hydrolipidic skin film, feed on the remains of corneocytes or cells from the sebaceous gland. Other bacteria, known as transients, may be present on the surface of the skin, but the pH conditions are not favourable for them and they do not develop.

Among various portions of the facial skin, the area of the nasal-labial fold and chin, whose SC consists of the smallest corneocytes on the face surface, shows the poorest SC properties in barrier function, and suffers an increase in mild invisible inflammation with age and thus is more easily irritated than others areas of the face by environmental stimuli, or are more often affected by lesions and skin disorders.

Maturation and aging of skin

The skin goes through two major stages in the life of an individual. From birth up to the age of 20 the skin matures. After 20 the skin embarks on a long period of aging.

At birth, the skin of a newborn, though it seems like an adult one, does have differences. The horny layer is thin, the sebaceous gland secretions cease after the first six months of life, whereas they were very active during intra-uterine life. Because there is no lipidic film on the outer layer, the skin is very susceptible to dehydration. At puberty, the sebaceous glands regain activity triggered by the production of the sex hormones.

From the age of twenty, the skin begins to be subject to the consequences of chronological aging, causing its appearance to slowly and imperceptibly change.

Aging over time is the result of a slow, gradual, genetically programmed process, and the aggressions, our skin is subject to, daily.

The first signs of aging are seen in the skin of the face. All those funny faces, smiles, twitching, screwing up the eyes, pursing of the lips and so on and so forth finally leave their mark on the skin. These are the origin of the tiny expression lines causes by tension in the facial muscles which draw on the deepest parts of the dermis and over time form deep wrinkles.

The first areas affected are the eye corners where "crows' feet" develop. They start at the eye external angle, as fine cracks then spread out in a fan, deepening to form a network of wrinkles. This process evolves over years before becoming visible.

The wrinkles spread little by little over the whole face (the forehead, lips, from the base of the nose to the corners of the lips), the neck, then to all the other parts of the body.

The loss of elasticity of the dermis is not only seen in the appearance of wrinkles. Looseness of the skin is also visible on the arms, where the skin frequently becomes distended. The same phenomenon can be seen on the neck.

Deep changes occur in the dermis. These changes are all the greater as renewal of the proteins of the dermis is very slow. Proteins with a long half-life, collagen and elastin, are subject to modification on contact with glucose. Glucose reacts spontaneously (without the intervention of enzymes) to produce "AGE products" (advanced glycation end products). Glycation modifies the properties of these proteins. They are more resistant to proteolysis, preventing their renewal. In addition, the AGE products induce the cross-linking of collagen fibres, disorganising their network and making them more rigid and less soluble. The fibroblast population diminishes by half between the ages of 20 and 80. The fibroblasts, which have ensured a balance between the synthesis, maturation of collagen and elastin fibres, and their destruction by collagenases and elastases, tip this equilibrium towards the breakdown of collagen or elastin fibres This results in a loss of elasticity and tone in the dermis, flaccidity, which is no longer able to counteract the effects of the contraction of the underlying muscles, resulting in the appearance of wrinkles.

The vascularisation of the dermis is reduced, the skin changes color: gradually it loses its pink tint and becomes pale, even yellowish, especially in the neck and nape area. Lesser nutrients are therefore being supplied.

The dermo-epidermal junction is flatter since the papillae are less numerous. The surface for exchange with the epidermis is reduced.

The glycosaminoglycans (GAG) of the dermis decrease. These sugar based molecules trap water in the dermis. Their diminishing causes a reduction in the dermal and epidermal hydration.

Of the skin three compartments, dermis is the most deeply altered during the process of aging, but the other components are not spared modification.

Epidermal thickness is reduced, whist, at the same time, the thickness of the horny layer increases. Keratinocyte renewal is slower, but their terminal differentiation is also slowed down. Epidermis hydration is decreased. Langerhans cells are less active, so immunity is reduced, meaning greater sensitivity to infections. A lot of elderly people have pigmented spots on their hands. The melanocytes are less active, but the melanosomes are larger. They accumulate in certain areas thus forming pigmented spots which become permanent. The hypodermis is thiner, the skin collapses.

Can face skin care reduce ailing associated with skin aging?

In our quest for answers to our skin care concerns we first searched for people that had healthier skin, and then tried to determine which where the commonalities in their lives. In this quest, we encountered an awkward fact, people that worked directly with land snails had the healthiest skin, especially in the areas of contact between skin and animal, and this meant mainly their hands and lower part of their arms. The observation that the snail mucus yielded soft hands and quick healing of minor cuts, scrapes and wounds without leaving behind any scars, lead us to an unconventional skin care ingredient. One based on the substance snails secrete to yield not only scar less skin healing when damaged but to protect their skin from free radicals and the effects of UV radiation.

After intensive research and validation we found out that the snails' mucin encourages collagen activity and skin regeneration. The regeneration activity of the skin is produced by enzymes, glycosaminoglycans (GAGs), proteoglycans and oligoelements (Cu, Ca, Fe) present in the colloidal snail mucin. There is also a polysaccharide that helps capture free radicals, stimulates the enzymes, helps with the proliferation of the fibroblasts, reduces the attacks of opportunistic bacteria, and has an anti oxidative effect.

The study to find an effective skin care treatment kept going, giving new results all the time, which only broaden up the benefits of this unconventional cream and demerits the other treatments. Other uses are: stretch marks prevention and removal, wrinkles, age spots, scars, keratosis pilaris, keloids, actinic keratosis, sun burn, sun damage, among others.

These studies then took us to the point where we had to compare the regular treatment given by doctors and pharmacists, and a preparation we made to transfor the viscose liquid of snails into an odorless white cream for use on human skin, that we named BIOSKINCARE cream.

One of our earliest tests was intended to see if the cream helped with acne and rosacea. The regular treatment for an acne problem or rosacea is the antibiotic known as Tetracycline, which can induce lupus or hepatitis, among other problems. The cream worked solving the problem, but it has no side effects, although it might not work as fast, depending on the severity or depht of skin infection.

Atopic dermatitis is a condition where the patient's skin is dry, even though there is no obvious evidence of inflammation. The common treatment for this problem is emollients that contain white soft paraffin, a substance that is used for surfboards and candles. The lotion that uses snails' mucin is effective in a moisturizing level, and resolves the itchiness issue; which are the main ordeals this condition presents.

If you are searching for a solution for any skin problem, maybe you are now ready to try something unconventional and won't overlook natures gift for healthy skin. Try BIOSKINCARE, a natural skin care cream made with a substance collected from live snails, without doing any damage to them. A substance from the ONLY living being that regenerates and revitalizes its own skin with a self made lotion.

BIOSKINCARE™ has been formulated to transform a liquid with cell-communicating ingredients and biological activators of skin renewal into a skincare cream that also moisturizes, replenishes and stabilizes the lipid content within the intercellular skin matrix by using all natural emollients, emulsifiers, surfactants and nourishing extracts derived from Olive Oil , hydrating Hyaluronic acid, and humectant Glycerin.

Also the system we use to protect the cream from bacteria, yeasts and moulds, is a self sterilizing skin-friendly pH-stable system that combines a widely used, globally-accepted preserver (including Japan), phenoxyethanol, with a proven preserver-enhancer, ethylhexylglycerin, with no controversial parabens.

BIOSKINCARE is made in the USA by a Cosmetic Laboratory that uses a superior natural cosmetics technology and specializes in products for plastic surgery and aesthetic clinics. They recommended BIOSKINCARE for scar treatments and for the prompt and balanced recovery of skin after strong glycolic acid chemical peeldermatology procedures, professional dermabrasion or microdermabrasion, and laser resurfacing.

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