Dr. Denese's Secrets for Ageless Skin: Younger Skin in 8 Weeks by Adrienne Denese. M.D. Ph.d

Author:Adrienne Denese. M.D. Ph.d
Language: eng
Format: mobi
Publisher: Penguin Group US
Published: 2006-09-25T16:00:00+00:00

SALLOW SKIN

Sallow skin usually comes late in life. When we’re in our twenties and thirties, our skin exfoliates well even by itself, giving us the pinkish, radiant glow of new skin cells. Then comes a time when exfoliation becomes very sluggish. The glow is lost; the radiant, pinkish overtone of new skin is gone. Dry, old cells begin to occupy the skin surface; hence the color change we call ashen, dull, or sallow.

The good news is that under every dull complexion, there is a layer of youthful new skin. The one thing we do not have to give up as we grow older is skin color. All it takes to maintain it is an understanding of how the skin works and an open mind.

My patient Karen was forty-nine years old when she came to see me for the first time. She had a lot of sun exposure in her history—she’d just moved to New York from California, where she’d lived most of her life—and her skin was thin, dry, and very dull-looking. She’d been treating it for many years as if it were as delicate as cigarette paper, using a rich, creamy cleanser. Sometimes she wouldn’t wash her face with water—just tissue it off with the cleanser. And—you guessed it—she used a rich cream day and night.

I recommended a combination of a light chemical peel with microdermabrasion. At first she was very afraid—such a treatment went against all her long-held beliefs about how her delicate skin should be pampered. I explained that the primary benefit of superficial peels is to solve the radiance problem. Superficial peels take off just enough skin so no time is needed for recovery, but the fresh new skin cells underneath the old dead ones can be liberated. I was so convinced that Karen would benefit from the exfoliation, and so reluctant to see her miss out on better-looking skin because of misplaced fear, that I told her she wouldn’t have to pay for the treatment unless she liked the outcome. It was an offer she couldn’t resist. She loved the results so much that she signed up for a series of peels, and she hasn’t missed a month for the past two years.

Fortunately, the problem of sallow skin can be solved at home with results that are comparable to what can be provided by superficial peels in a doctor’s office. I remember when I came to this country, with only $40 in my pocket. I wasn’t able to take care of my skin properly—I just couldn’t afford to. But today, thanks to new products, you don’t need a lot of money to take care of your skin. If you live in an area where doctors’ lunchtime peels are not available just around the corner, or you would rather save your money to put your kids through college, do not despair. The benefit of superficial peels can be yours, done at home and at a reasonable cost.

With my program, you clean and tone at night, then use a glycolic pad to exfoliate.

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