What Does Skincare Do?
There are many factors that affect your skin – both internal and external. Many people wake up one morning and see a completely different person in the mirror than they remember being. While skincare has become more of a focal point these days, it is often the last thing that most even consider. When you maintain a good skincare routine, you are fighting not only your current skin condition but also help prevent (or at least slow down) further deterioration of your skin. A good skincare routine can protect, hydrate, and improve the appearance of your skin. At Greensboro Plastic Surgery, we provide our North Carolina patients with a full line of skinbetter & Colorescience to help maintain and improve the texture and look of their skin with a simple routine application. Take a step into our online stores Skinbetter & ColorescienceWhy is Skincare Important?
While it’s often an afterthought for many of us, proper skin care is important for numerous reasons. Not only can a good skincare routine help keep your complexion looking healthy and glowing, but it can also prevent acne, reduce the appearance of wrinkles, and make your skin look more youthful. Proactively caring for your skin is also much easier and cheaper than repairing potential skin problems in the future.
Products for Treating Specific Areas
As mentioned above, every patient will have unique skincare needs to address, so we’ve provided some excellent suggestions for treating specific problematic areas.“ABC’s” of skincare
While every patient will have their own unique skincare requirements, we recommend the “ABC’s” of skincare: Vitamin A, Broad Spectrum SPF, and Vitamin C. By using these basic but fundamental products, you should be able to see phenomenal skin results.
Vitamin A
- Obagi Retivance: An anti-aging retinaldehyde-based skin treatment designed to improve complexion, refine texture, and visibly reduce fine lines and wrinkles. It combines clinically studied ingredients like retinaldehyde, antioxidants, and soothing botanicals to support firmer, smoother skin while being generally well-tolerated.
- Skin Better Alpharet: AlphaRet Cream is an anti-aging face cream featuring patented AlphaRet Technology that combines a retinoid with an alpha hydroxy acid (AHA) to deliver visible skin rejuvenation with little-to-no irritation. High efficacy, high tolerability.
Broad Spectrum SPF
- Colorescience Sunforgettable Total Protection Face Shield Flex SPF 50: a lightweight mineral sunscreen with tinted color coverage immediately evens skin tone for a flawless look. This hydrating, antioxidant-rich all-mineral actives formula is powered by patented EnviroScreen® Technology – which means comprehensive defense against UVA/UVB, Blue Light, Pollution, and Infrared radiation, combined with advanced antioxidants and nourishing, hydrating ingredients for long-term skin health.
Vitamin C
- Obagi Vitamin C: Experience the benefits of medical-grade Vitamin C with Obagi’s Professional-C Collection. As one of the most potent antioxidants in skincare, Vitamin C can help skin look brighter, reduce the appearance of fine lines, and support collagen production. Our dermatologist-approved serums are designed to help enhance skin radiance while working to provide protection against environmental stressors.
Eyes
- EyeMax AlphaRet Overnight Cream: Treats and prevents dryness, crepiness, puffiness, lines and wrinkles, and darkness in the skin around the eyes using AlphaRet Technology, a patented combination of a retinoid and an alpha hydroxy acid (AHA). Apply just a tiny amount to clean, dry skin around your eyes nightly for a refreshed and hydrated appearance.
- SkinBetter EyeMax: AlphaRet Technology, a patented combination of a retinoid and an alpha hydroxy acid (AHA), in an optimized formulation to reduce the appearance of lines and wrinkles around the delicate eye area. Hydrating complex provides rich, luxurious moisture to support the barrier of the delicate skin around the eyes.
- IS Clinical Youth Eye Complex – A targeted anti-aging eye treatment formulated with peptides, growth factors, and hyaluronic acid to visibly reduce fine lines, wrinkles, puffiness, and dark under-eye circles.
Neck
- Techno Neck Perfecting Cream: Techno Neck uses the NOw Complex (a comprehensive patented formula) to harness your body’s natural processes to visibly improve the appearance of aging skin on your neck and décolleté. It can be used during your morning and evening skincare routine and produces better results when paired with EyeMax AlphaRet Overnight Cream.
- SkinBetter Alpharet: AlphaRet Cream is an anti-aging face cream featuring patented AlphaRet Technology that combines a retinoid with an alpha hydroxy acid (AHA) to deliver visible skin rejuvenation with little-to-no irritation. High efficacy, high tolerability.
- Obagi Retivance: An anti-aging retinaldehyde-based skin treatment designed to improve complexion, refine texture, and visibly reduce fine lines and wrinkles. It combines clinically studied ingredients like retinaldehyde, antioxidants, and soothing botanicals to support firmer, smoother skin while being generally well-tolerated.
Age Spots and Brown Pigment
- Even Tone Correcting Serum: This lightweight, multi-action skin tone serum can help improve brown pigmentation, age spots, sun damage, hyperpigmentation, and discoloration for a brighter and even skin appearance. It can be used during your morning and evening skincare routine and requires just a thin layer applied to a clean, dry face, neck, and chest area.
- Colorescience Even Up Clinical Pigment Perfector SPF 50: A clinically proven pigment corrector that instantly blurs dark spots and hyperpigmentation, while providing long-term reduction in stubborn pigmentation and protecting with all-mineral SPF 50. Immediately color corrects discoloration for an even skin tone while defending against UVA/UVB damage and HEV-induced discoloration.
- IS Clinical Brightening Complex: A hydroquinone-free daily treatment that targets hyperpigmentation, dark spots, and uneven skin tone while hydrating and refining skin texture. It uses a blend of botanical brighteners, gentle exfoliants, and antioxidants to help improve overall radiance and clarity without harsh bleaching agents.
Redness
- Alto Advanced Defense and Repair Serum: Considered to be the “gold standard” in environmental and intrinsic antioxidant defense, Alto Advanced will improve your skin’s appearance by correcting dullness, redness, and overall tone and texture. Thanks to Vitamins C and E, plus 17 additional free-radical fighters, this product can create brighter and more radiant-looking skin with daily use.
- Colorescience All Calm Clinical Redness Corrector Broad Spectrum SPF 50: A clinically proven redness corrector that soothes skin, while providing long term sensitivity and redness relief plus broad-spectrum UVA/UVB protection.
- IS Clinical Pro-Heal: An antioxidant-rich vitamin C serum that combines stabilized L-ascorbic acid with olive leaf extract and vitamins E and A to help defend skin from environmental stressors, support a more even tone, and reduce the appearance of fine lines and aging-related texture.
Expression Lines
- InterFuse Intensive Treatment LINES: This injectable-grade Hyaluronic Acid (HA) solution is needless and can help improve the appearance of deep lines and wrinkles. Using state-of-the-art technology, InterFuse is widely used as the first step in protecting and improving your skin.
- SkinBetter Alpharet: AlphaRet Cream is an anti-aging face cream featuring patented AlphaRet Technology that combines a retinoid with an alpha hydroxy acid (AHA) to deliver visible skin rejuvenation with little-to-no irritation. High efficacy, high tolerability.
- Obagi Retivance: An anti-aging retinaldehyde-based skin treatment designed to improve complexion, refine texture, and visibly reduce fine lines and wrinkles. It combines clinically studied ingredients like retinaldehyde, antioxidants, and soothing botanicals to support firmer, smoother skin while being generally well-tolerated.
Dryness
- Trio Rebalancing Moisture Treatment: Skin hydration is incredibly important, yet many people never consider it until it’s too late. Thankfully, Trio Rebalancing Moisturizer’s patented formulation can rehydrate your skin without that “caked-on” feeling. Its high-performance, triple-action formula can help bring moisture back and hydrate your skin with daily use, creating healthier-looking skin and an improved appearance.
- Obagi Hydrate Line: Provide instant and long-lasting hydration and rejuvenation day or night, using innovative technologies and naturally derived ingredients.
- IS Clinical Hydra-Cool: A lightweight, cooling hydrating serum designed to replenish moisture, soothe irritation, and calm stressed or dry skin with ingredients like botanical hyaluronic acid, vitamin B5, and centella asiatica.
Acne
- IS Clinical Active Serum: iS Clinical offers technologically advanced skin care treatments for aging and acne-prone skin. Using only the best active ingredients, iS Clinicals products rejuvenate the complexion of the skin while clarifying, balancing and nourishing.
- SkinBetter Alpharet Clearing Serum: A uniquely formulated retinoid-based serum designed for those who wish to maintain a youthful-looking complexion and clarify the appearance of oilier, blemish-prone skin.
Why Choose Greensboro Plastic Surgery?
Our knowledgeable and friendly team understands that skincare can be tedious and overwhelming, which is why we are ready to help you find the best treatment option for your skin. Our founder, Dr. Collier Pace, is a board-certified plastic surgeon and member of the American Board of Plastic Surgery (ABPS), the American Society of Plastic Surgeons (ASPS), the Fellow American College of Surgeons (FACS), and the Southeastern Society of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgeons (SESPERS). He is an expert in his industry, specializing in Aesthetic/Cosmetic Plastic Surgery, Hand, Facial Plastic, and Reconstructive Surgery. With years of experience and a passion for helping you look and feel your best, there is no one else you should trust with your cosmetic needs in Greensboro, NC. Dr. Pace treats every patient as an individual and will work to ensure you are happy with your treatment plan and satisfied with your results.
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If you’re looking for healthier, smoother, and more vibrant skin in Greensboro, skinbetter products can transform your skin. Please contact our Greensboro, NC-based practice to schedule a consultation with Dr. Collier Pace or one of our knowledgeable and highly trained providers. Our friendly staff will be happy to assist you in finding a convenient appointment time that works best for you. You can call us directly or use our website to fill out a consultation request form, and our team member will contact you.Contact us today for an appointment
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