What’s Medical Skin Care?

At the Weniger Plastic Surgery Event last night Dr. Weniger said “if you are only going to do one thing for your face medical skin care is the best thing you can do for your skin.” But what is medical skin care? Medical skin care refers to products which require medical supervision to be safely and effectively used. After an analysis of your skin the most safe and effective products are prescribed for your specific needs. Because the products are stronger and specific to your needs they work better than nonprescription products you might buy in a drug store or at a cosmetics counter.

Frequently clients are resistant to trying medical skin care because of bad experiences with Retin A. Having an aesthetician work with you in choosing the appropriate strength and its proper introduction and use, allows the client to tolerate Retin A so that they may enjoy the great benefits Retin A offers. Retin A treats fine wrinkles and acne. Because it increases cell turn-over it allows your other products like hydroquinone to penetrate better and get to the cells that produce brown spots. Medical skin care systems like Obagi, Skin Medica , NeoCutis, ect. work synergistically to give the best results with the least side effects. Because they work together and are more concentrated less product is needed and in the end you get the best bang for your buck!