Saturday, March 12, 2011

Professional Skin Care Products

By Owen Jones


Professional skin care products are far more accessible to the public these days. Not so long ago, if you wanted to be able to find the same products that the professionals used, you would have to join a health spa and pay through the nose for them. Shops only sold watered-down versions of the real thing. The market has opened up a lot since then and the increased competition has brought the price of professional skin care products tumbling down with it.

The professional skin care market has really blossomed, there is now a baffling assortment of products available. The choice is yours whether you go for the complete range of a manufacturer that you trust or whether you cherry pick the best products from a range of suppliers.

Some suppliers have gone over to more organic skin care products, while others have decided to replace only the most toxic chemicals from their products and replace them with their natural alternatives. However, if the truth be known, all shop-bought professional skin care products will contain some synthetic products such as dye and preservative in order to enhance their appearance and lengthen their shelf life.

Although there are many professional skin care products available to the general public these days, there are still some 'industrial grade' professional skin care products that involve a prescription or can only be bought from a dermatologist. This is usually because they can harm normal skin if they are used irresponsibly. The most widespread prescription skin care products relate to problems such as acne, discolouration and premature aging.

However, if you do have to have any professional skin care products that require a prescription, it is better for you go to a dermatologist rather that your general practitioner. The dermatologist will be able to recommend specific prescription-only professional skin care treatments to deal with the problem that you are suffering from.

Perhaps you should be wary of any dermatologist that you have paid to consult who only suggests over-the-counter skin care products, which a pharmacist could have recommended without a consultation fee.

Professional skin care products should come with an instruction leaflet and it is always worth checking the leaflet before you buy anything. Be wary if the instructions are poor, insufficient or if it looks like they have been translated by a computer from the original Mongolian. If you are uncertain of any aspect of the instructions, ask the salesperson to clarify before you buy.

You could test how knowledgeable the salesperson of your professional skin care products is by posing questions while you are skimming through the instructions. For example, you could read through them quickly, but pretend to still be reading when you ask whether there are any side effects. The retailer should be familiar with the products they are selling well enough to answer these queries. If they do not know, go elsewhere or ask to be served by the supervisor.

If you are still having difficulties, write down the names of the chemicals or ingredients that you do not know and check them on the Internet by entering them one at a time into a search engine like Google. If you write up all the results in a small pocket note pad, you will soon have a useful tool for shopping for professional skin care products.




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