Symptom And Treatment Guide for Specific Photoaging Conditions

The following is a quick reference guide to examples of which treatments and products are more appropriate for speciﬁc photoaging symptoms.

Each client’s skin, of course, is different and may require a combination of the products and treatment modalities.

Wrinkles, Rough Textures

Alpha hydroxy acid in the form of serum is the ﬁrst priority to rid the skin of excess dead-cell buildup.
This helps smooth the skin surface, softening rough textures and improving hydration as well as minimizing the appearance of the depth of wrinkles, especially ﬁ ne lines.
Sunscreen is important for all forms of aging skin symptoms, but it is a required accompanying product for the use of any AHA product.
Creams or serums used after the AHA serum application with acetyl hexapeptide-8 help soften the look of wrinkles, especially facial expression lines.
A series of 30 percent AHA exfoliation treatments is the ﬁrst treatment priority since this series signiﬁcantly improves skin smoothness as well as improving the absorption and efﬁcacy of home care and other professional treatments.
Microdermabrasion in a series of treatments is an alternative to the AHA in-ofﬁce treatments.
After the initial series of AHAs, maintenance treatments are needed, and a series of LED treatments will help to further reﬁ ne the skin surface.

Poor Elasticity, Skin Sagging

Alpha hydroxy acid in the form of a serum, followed by a serum or product with palmitoyl pentapeptide-4 or palmitoyl oligopeptide and palmitoyl tetrapeptide-7, will help improve the appearance of ﬁrmness.

Antioxidant topicals are also helpful and may be included in the peptide serum.

Daily sunscreen is a must, as is hydration appropriate for the skin type.

Collagen stimulants such as hydrocotyl (Centella asiatica) and coneﬂower (Echinacea purpurea) may also be included in the product mix.

A series of 12 microcurrent treatments, administered twice a week and followed by regular maintenance microcurrent, will show the most improvement quickly.

If the skin is severely wrinkled or damaged, an AHA series before the microcurrent series is advisable.

Eye Area Photoaging Conditions

Care for Fine Lines and Wrinkles (“Crows Feet).

The best choices are a specialty eye cream containing lipids and palmitoyl peptides for collagen stimulation.

A cream with a very low concentration of mild alpha hydroxy acid may also be appropriate or can be alternated.

Care for Bags under Eyes and Eye Area Pufﬁness.

The best choices are a specialty eye product (cream or serum) containing ﬂavonoid hesperidin methyl chalcone to help capillary leakage and acetyl peptide-2 for ﬂuid dispersion.

Many of these products can be coupled with ﬁrming peptide ingredients, as well. Cool packs and very light massage can also be helpful.

For Dark Circles Under Eyes.

The best choices are a specialty eye product (cream or serum) containing chrysin and hydroxy succinimide, which help break up and disperse pigments that comprise dark circles.