All about 'Retinol'

If you’re over 25 and not using a retinol product, you’re doing it all wrong! Retinol, the star ingredient and your new bestfriend to slow the skin aging process and correct damage. Let’s see how you can add it to your daily routine safely, while keeping your skin’s barrier intact to achieve bouncier, more radiant skin!

Firstly, what will retinol do for your skin? Well, where do we begin? Retinol sinks into the skin speeding up our cell turnover process, slows collagen breakdown and improves elasticity not only smoothing your existing fine lines and wrinkles but minimising new ones that form. Retinol brightens dull skin exfoliating on a cellular level revealing brighter, smoother looking skin, it regulates oil production and keeps pores from clogging (great for pesky blackheads and adult acne sufferers), and overtime retinol will even out your complexion, fading sun spots, acne scars, hyperpigmentation and dark spots. Retinol is the only ingredient proven to reverse signs of aging!

Knowing what retinol products are best for you and how to correctly use them is vital to achieve optimum results for your skin. Dermalogica have many retinol products on the market all with different strengths and ingredient blends to best suit each skin type and condition.

Multivitamin Thermafoliant delivers both a physical and chemical exfoliation. This granular, slightly warming exfoliant contains vitamin A (retinol) to condition and even skin tone. Resulting in dramatically brighter, smoother skin.

Age reversal eye complex is an advanced microencapsulated retinol that reduces the appearance of fine lines by slowing collagen breakdown, improving elasticity and smoothing away signs of aging around the eyes.

Overnight retinol repair is a concentrated night time retinol treatment that accelerates cell renewal for younger, more radiant looking skin. Containing 0.5% pure retinol this potent blend is combined with a number of highly active ingredients that work together to reduce uneven skin tone, improve firmness, hydrate and visibly reduce fine lines.

Retinol clearing oil is your go to product for ridding of those pesky adult breakouts. The retinol in this oil works all night to improve skin recovery, balance sebum production and reduce the appearance of hyperpigmentation and scarring from previous breakouts. Consistent use of this product will have your skin looking smoother, less inflamed and help to retain a barrier against future breakouts. Your new go to product if you suffer with adult acne is right here!

So, as you can see retinol is an incredible, highly active, must have ingredient for all skin types and conditions. Don’t be scared, be educated, let us work with you to prescribe your skin changing retinol product today!

Georgie and Josie x

Georgina Morris