Dermatologist recommended skin care

Dermatologists used to be people who treated skin problems – rashes, itching, break outs – if you had any of these you took yourself off to a dermatologist’s office for a talk to the best skin doc you could find.

Recently dermatologists have moved out of the office and into the laboratory. You must have noticed it yourself – how anti aging skin care has changed.

Dermatologist recommended skin care is definitely the hot new anti aging trend.

Ranges like Dr Brandt, Perricone, Obagi, MD Skincare, Skin Medica, Skinceuticals and many others are all best selling skin care ranges developed by top level dermatologists and doctors.

It makes sense of course – who else knows so much about skin? Who else has direct experience of how skin behaves on a day to day basis than a Doctor specifically trained to know about it?

Dermatologists first started to create skin care products to treat their own patients in their offices. More and more patients started to demand skin care that was effective in treating wrinkles, age spots and sagging skin.

Dermatologists were able to produce prescription skin care creams with very high levels of effective ingredients – many of them close to medication in their effects. These products were labelled "cosmeceuticals" because they crossed the line between cosmetics and pharmaceuticals and they have become big news in most anti aging skin care.

Now – that same level of active skin care is freely available online and in some of the best beauty stores outside the confines of the clinics.

And dermatologist led anti aging skin care has gone one step further too. Over the last 5-10 years with the rise in online shopping – dermatologist skin care sites have emerged offering specialist skin care to online customers with point of sale detailed advice and information.

Sites like Dermstore, SkinCareRX and others were set up and are overseen by board certified derms who understand that most of us may not want to take time out to visit their offices but we still need guidance through the anti aging skin care minefield.

Highly active dermatologist designed skin care is definitely here to stay – and for the average consumer that has to be a very good thing

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