Reflections Laser Center & MedSpa™ proudly offers the Jan Marini Skin Care Management System™ and the Obagi System™, the most recognized names globally in skin health care and the preferred choice of physicians around the world for medically-based, prescription-strength product lines that transform skin. As you age and your skin incurs the abuse of daily living (such as sun, stress, pollution), the

cell turnover rate slows down. This means that the new cells take longer to form and reach the top. The old cells accumulate and stay on the surface longer. You begin to notice those unwelcome signs of aging, including fine lines and wrinkles, freckles and age spots, uneven skin tone, loss of elasticity and natural skin hydration.

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Reflections Laser Center & MedSpa™

5410 N. Scottsdale Road, Suite D-500

Paradise Valley, Arizona 85253

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480.945.2992

How Skin Ages

"What's happening to my skin?"

It is a common question from patients concerned about the unwanted, and often premature, signs of aging skin. As you know, there are multiple factors contributing to these signs. The following is a quick review.

Cellular Turnover

Skin's top layers act as a protective barrier for the body, keeping harmful disease and pollutants out and essential body fluids in. At the deepest layer, new cells are formed that begin to migrate up toward the skin's surface. There, they are eventually exfoliated.

• In young, healthy skin, this cellular turnover process takes about 40 days: 28 days to reach the surface and 12 days to slough off. 
  

• In young, healthy skin, new skin cells are well organized, uniform in size, shape, pigmentation and structure.  
  

The Changing Function of Aging Skin

Over time, skin accumulates damage from many sources - such as sun exposure, hormonal changes, trauma, pollution and more. The functions of young, healthy skin start to break down.

On the surface, aging skin becomes discolored, lax, wrinkled, dry and rough. Cell turnover slows, reducing the availability of essential nutrients. Moreover, instead of producing healthy new cells, skin functions now produce cells that are abnormal.

Below the surface, collagen and elastin production slows. Collagen becomes disorganized, less dense and coarser and loses its uniform construction. This, combined with degeneration of elastin in the dermis, causes skin to wrinkle and sag. Less blood flow and moisture result in the dull, lifeless skin patients complain about.

Correcting the Signs of Aging Skin

Fortunately, transforming aging skin function is possible. These skin care systems will improve skin functions and transform skin so that it looks and acts younger and healthier.

By "resurfacing" the outer layers of your skin, it can appear more luminous, smoother, even-toned, clearer, and measurably younger and healthier. Over time, the cumulative benefits will amaze you.

It's simple and effective.