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Healthy, radiant skin can be had at any point in your life. The important thing is to work out which skin benefiting ingredients you should look for in products depending on your age. Using the wrong products on your skin could end up costing you a lot financially and physically as the wrong products could cause more damage to your skin. Using harsh exfoliation and or micro dermabrasion on your skin for example could cause more trauma to the skin that cannot always be reversed.

It is important to learn how the skin functions. The skin weighs about 2.7 kg and is the largest organ in the body. This skin is quite amazing in that it does so many things for us; it serves as a protective shield against heat, infection, and injury. It helps to regulate body temperature, it can store fat, water and vitamin D and senses both pleasant and painful stimulation. the skin is made up of three layers: The Epidermis, the Dermis and the Subcutis.

Following are a set of articles with information on skin care and how to look after your skin at all the different stages and ages of your life:

1. Skin care in your teen years
2. Skin care in your in your twenties
3. Skin care in your in your thirties
4. Skin care in your in your forties
5. Skin care in your in your fifties and over

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Through your teenage years, looking after your skin is quite simple; the main rule is to avoid the sun. You may think it's cool to have a tan but get used to the idea of getting one out of a bottle. Read about the adverse effect of the sun on skin here: Sun Damage. Avoid fad dieting as it causes skin to be overly sensitive and also dehydrates skin. Always avoid soap as it dries skin out and causes over production of oil.

Your skincare routine should consist of cleansing, toning and moisturizing twice daily. Make sure you use a toner and cleansing gel that is very mild and has no alcohol in it.

If you have acne or pimples make sure to never pick or prod your pimples and acne because you can make it the acne worse by spreading the bacteria causing more inflammation and acne (if you must pop a zit read on how to pop pimples without spreading bacteria). Avoid scrubbing your skin and using harsh cleansers that cause dryness, irritation and help to aggravate acne.

Skin has a pH of about 7, under that is too acidic and over that is too alkaline. The higher the acidic proportions in the skin products preparation the higher its exfoliating properties. Use a gel cleanser and a beta hydroxy serum (BHA) or an alpha hydroxy serum (AHA) with a ph of about 4.5 which completes the job without being too harsh on your skin. Make sure to not overuse AHA's as they will cause your skin to become overly sensitive.

The biggest difference between alpha hydroxy acids and beta hydroxy acids is the oil (lipid) solubility. Beta hydroxy acid is oil soluble which means it can penetrate well into the pores containing oil and exfoliate dead skin cells, this acid is called salicylic acid. Alpha hydroxy acids are only water soluble. Alpha hydroxy acids are exfoliates made from fruit and milk sugars for example lactic acid is produced by milk and glycolic acid produced from sugar cane.

Taking into consideration the main differences between AHA and BHA, Alpha Hydroxy acid is a better acid to use on sun damaged skin where acne and breakouts are not a problem. Beta Hydroxy acid is better for use on oily skin that experiences whiteheads and blackheads. BHA's can increase sun sensitivity by 50% so be sure to stay out of the sun if you use this acid.

If you have oily skin or acne prone skin make sure you avoid oily moisturizers always use a water-soluble moisturizer.

Some simple hygiene habits can help you avoid breakouts things like not touching your face too often, keeping hair out of your face and changing you pillowcase regularly can help to keep your skin clear.

Do not exercise with your makeup on! Makeup, oil and sweat are not a good combination. After exercise splash some water on your face to remove the sweat.

If you must wear makeup during the day make sure to use a true mineral makeup that does not contain binders oil and fillers. This makeup allows the skin to breathe as it does not block the pores.

Here are some products that contain alpha hydroxy acids and beta hydroxy acids

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Peter Thomas Roth AHA BHA Acne Clearing Gel 2oz    US $29.90

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AHA BHA Acne Clearing Gel by Peter Thomas Roth 2 oz    US $29.95

For More Age Related Skin Care Read:

1. Skin care in your in your twenties
2. Skin care in your in your thirties
3. Skin care in your in your forties
4. Skin care in your in your fifties and over

Your Skin – Teen Years is a post from: Treatments For Your Skin

If you are looking for how to get rid of stretch marks and are thinking that the answer could very well be in Jean Wu's over complicated exfoliation method then think again.

I have now been doing this method for 4 months and there is No difference in the stretch marks. The skin looks different and smoother and rosier after the harsh skin scrubbing, but a few days later when it has recovered it goes straight back to how it was. Some of my stretch marks are tiny and even they have not budged at all.

Two months to go, but really I can see I am wasting my time. I know I sound negative, it's just that I would just give this ridiculous procedure up if it wasn't for this blog and for helping out the greater good. I don't think we are going to find the stretch mark removal cure in the Jean Wu method!

Stretch Marks Cure Exfoliation 4 Months Later is a post from: Treatments For Your Skin

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I have been following the Jean Wu stretch mark cure technique for well over 3 months and it's not looking good for Jean Wu. My skin looks exactly the same as when I started off 3 months ago. Stretch mark cure I think not, scam and just a clever marketer trying to sell an ebook and being quite successful at it; I think so.

See the Jean Wu technique is this: create an overly complex, tedious routine that no one can question you on when it doesn't work because it is so hard to follow exactly to the letter and thus there you have the disclaimer. Oh did you accidentally brush your skin with the wooden peg anti-clockwise for one round? oh well it's not the technique that doesn't work - it's you!

Well it's definitely not me, this exfoliation technique is garbage. This has as much effect on your stretch marks as climbing up a tree and singing Ring Around The Rosie. I was going to save this barrage til month 6 but I can really see that this is going nowhere fast. There is no improvement and I cannot lie. I will continue this method just to say I have seen it all the way through and I didn't just give up. But this is pure BS!

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Probably the only thing stopping me from give this whole method the can is the fact that I have started this blog and I said I would give the Jean Wu Stretch Mark Cure a decent 6 month  trial period. The reason I am doing this is that like so many of you who are reading this I have various stretch marks in all different parts of my body and I would love to get rid of them. I am also sick of shysters who make money out of  people's misery and hope for a solution.  When I heard about this method over the Internet after extensive online searching I was never able to find anyone who had posted ongoing results with this exfoliation method and there was never any conclusive evidence that this did or did not work (I am referring to real blogs here not Jean Wu's own testimonials as that is pure and simple marketing material).

Two Months of Stretch Marks Exfoliation Later

So here I am standing almost at the 2 month mark. True to the method I am now exfoliating every 5 days. I will say this about this exfoliation method; it certainly has made my skin feel smoother and softer. But the stretch marks? Well they are still there 100% not one has disappeared not even a little bit and given the right lighting they all glimmer in silvery white lines just like they always have. This is disappointing to me, when I first set out on this journey I had hope but it is somewhat fading as I am starting to realise that the best that can be achieved with this is a smoother skin texture (which is good) and that might be all. My stretch marks are much lighter than my skin tone so they are very obvious and unfortunately that has not changed hardly at all.

So wow, this post is a huge downer! But I will keep going because maybe the case is that as Jean Wu said in her infamous e-book , all I have achieved is to uncover a few layers of skin where the stretch mark is actually worse! well only time will tell...

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I have been testing out the skin exfoliation method from our dear friend Jean. I do the routine once every third day. I apply creams everyday morning, noon and night (sometimes I forget the noon, but I don't really think it matters).

I have made my own cream lotion concoction to apply to the treated skin. I use  a standard collagen and Vitamin E skin firming cream mixed with MSM flakes and almond oil and I mix this with pure Aloe Vera gel. I take MSM flakes in my water along with fish oil and evening primrose oil and vitamin C plus a general women's multi vitamin. I have cut back to 1 teaspoon in the morning of MSM as the other day I upped the dose to two teaspoons and felt very jittery and anxious. I am trying not to have any MSM close to bed time becasue if I have too much my dreams are so vivid it sometimes feels as though I wasn't even sleeping.

Here is a recipe for making your own basic MSM and Aloe Vera Lotion.

Stretch Marks Improvement

• After I do the exfoliation method the stretch marks always look worse than ever (which makes my heart sink as you would imagine).
• Two days after the exfoliation treatment the overall skin texture seems much improved, the skin is softer and the marks appear lighter and to blend in better with the rest of the skin.
• The marks are still there, all of them, not one has disappeared or even reduced in size or anything, they just seem lighter.
• Sometimes it feels as though I am making progress in reducing the stretch marks and then I catch a glimpse of them in some of those unflattering artificial lights they love to stick in some change rooms and BAM! Hideous... and it seems almost like nothing happened.
• I am also somewhat discouraged by some posts in forums that state that this does not work and is a scam. But I am willing to see it through for 6 months and to be completely honest about it here.

Please leave your comments regarding your experience with this exfoliation method. What was or is your routine? what improvements did you see? Did it work for you even in the slightest?

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Like many others out there I have stretch marks and like many, many other people in the world I refuse to believe that there is no cure for them and that we are just stuck with these scars forever.

Although stretch marks are not hazardous to our physical health it does come with some psychological damage and stretch marks can be very detrimental to self-esteem. There is a shame associated with having stretch marks that is very hard to describe. Many ignorant people out there think that they are just a result of weight gain or pregnancy; this is not true as many of us get an excessive amount of stretch marks during puberty (I have always been extremely thin and still have many of them). I think we can safely say that it is down to your genes whether you get them or not.

Anyway this is not meant to be some rubbish article trying to sell you anything or to explain stretch marks to you and why they occur because if you have come across this post you are probably aware of all of that already. This is about the best techniques that I have found that one can use in order to minimise the appearance of stretch marks and maybe get rid of them completely.

For the time being I am not going to sing the praises of this current method because I have only been doing it for 2 weeks and while I do see some improvement it is not enough yet to be able to say if it does work or not.

Most people have by now heard of the Jean Wu method, if not it is basically this:

1. To create the scrub for exfoliation: Mix together 2 teaspoons of St.Ives Apricot Scrub with a few drops of Olive oil or Safflower Oil (I use the latter because it is higher in Vitamin E) and buy some proper Aloe Vera gel (the real deal from a health food shop or squeeze some out of a live plant) .
2. Take a shower for at least 10 to 15 minutes to soften you skin and prep it for the vigorous exfoliation. Make sure you already have the scrub prepared before the shower.
3. Pat dry and with the skin still moist scrub vigorously for 2-4 minutes in clockwise motions using a wooden or plastic massage brush, with 1/4 pegs attached to a flexible rubber.
4. Rinse scrub off and polish with a loofah and pat dry and apply MSM lotion mixed with Aloe Vera gel.

The schedule is to scrub one day and have 2 days off (to allow the skin to heal). Apply the creams every morning and night. Do this for 2 or 3 months and then after that exfoliate once every 5 to 6 days.

I do this in combination with taking a few supplements to help the process along. I take about 2 teaspoons of pure MSM crystals (dissolved in water) and a vitamin C tablet (helps the MSM work) along with fish oil.

This exfoliation technique is meant to emulate what something like the Fraxel laser would do to your skin ( removing the damaged top layer of skin to reveal healthier skin underneath) without the associated risks like more scarring, red blotches, burning or discoloration and not to mention the assault of such methods on your bank balance.

Google university has taught me that this method should work given time. We will see. Two weeks going and so far there has been somewhat of a fading occurring and the overall skin texture is nicer, smoother and more even. But my friends the stretch mark are still there. I know I am impatient so TIME is the critical component and no getting bored of doing this!

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