Since I mentioned Vitamin A in my last post, I think it is important to know what it is too and how it figures into skin car formulations.
Vitamin A is considered a good antioxidant in some of its forms, particularly retinol (the technical name for Vitamin A) and retinyl palmitate. There is research [...]
Posted in Cosmetics, News, Skin Care on Nov 24th, 2006 1 Comment »
Renova is one of several Retin-A prescription drugs containing tretinion (technically…all trans-tetinoic acid), which is an acid form of Vitamin A, as the active ingredient. In skin tretinoin, is the form of Vitamin A that can actually affect cell production by binding to the tretinoin receptor sites on the cell. There is a great [...]
It is thought that Rosacea afflicts at least 30% of the Caucasian population, there are still only a handful of treatments for rosacea, and most of those are only by prescription. Some of the topical applications are MetroGel, MetroCream, MetroLotion, and Noritate (i.e., perhaps the creams you found). The active ingredient in each of these [...]
I am passionate about a many things in life. One of those is Skincare & Cosmetics. Over the years, I have purchased most due to un-substantiated marketing hype either in a Magazine or on TV. My bathroom was FULL of Cosmetic Graveyards. Currently, I am in search of the truth which seems to [...]