Obagi Skin Care
I just saw my cousing over Easter, and commented to her that her skin looks great. She’s 35 years old, and I thought her skin looked as if it were glowing, and it also looked as if her lines had faded.
She said she had been using a skin care system called Obagi, and was using it under a dermatologist’s care in combination with Retin-A, which is not only and acne medication for topical use, but also was widely touted as the next best thing in anti aging topical skin care just ten years ago, but unfortunately has faded into the hundreds of other ” newer, better” anti aging skin care products that seem to be creeping into the market as an alarming pace over the past few years.
Retin-A is known for its exfoliation properties, and the speeding up of skin cell turnover, which is why it is recommended for both acne cases as well as for patients who are looking for age-sign reducing topical products. Only side effect with Retin-A though, at least years ago when I was put on it, was that it made my skin peel horribly and also made it dry so bad that it had developed painful cracking and bleeding in some areas.
This was years ago, when I was prescribed the product for my acne, and I personally think the concentration my dermatologist put me on was too strong, and my skin was so sensitive at the time, as well as my other skin care products too drying to be used in conjunction with something that is known to dry the skin out in some cases as well as to speed skin cell turnover which can lead to flaking and peeling in some cases.
I looked a little into the Obagi line, and it’s certainly high end, and may be considered high cost for some, but my cousing did get good results when she combined it with the Retin-A, so Obagi may be a very good, clinical quality skin care product if you’re thinking about agressively treating aging signs topically with a newer regimen for anti aging and wrinkle skincare.
