Posts Tagged ‘TCA’

February 28th, 2017 by Dr. Hannah Sivak

What does “skin renewal” mean?   Nothing and everything: it depends on the context and who is talking. What do you need to do to renew your skin? Nothing. Your skin renews itself all the time.    So what does the skin care industry mean by skin renewal? Generally, they mean that you should peel your dead skin cells off. But those dead skin cells, which make up the stratum corneum, are what make your skin impermeable to water using chemicals like ceramides. If we want to be more specific in defining what renewal means, we first need to understand what is going on in the anatomy of the skin. Skin structure The skin…