#neoskin

When you think about combating ageing, the most common concern is no doubt wrinkles – but did know there’s another factor to consider when it comes to the perception of your skin’s age? Those with even skin tone have been shown to appear more youthful than with uneven skin tone, even if they’re sporting more fine lines! Think: Kate Bosworth’s even and radiant complexion!

Sunspots or hyper-pigmentation is a build up of melanin (the pigment or colour occurring naturally in your skin) that can cause your complexion to look patchy and dull, contributing to an overall appearance of an aged visage.

While sun damage is the main culprit behind pesky pigmentation, genetics can play a part, as well as damage from acne scarring, and changes in hormones from pregnancy or oral contraceptives. Pigmentation caused by pregnancy – called melasma – can be the appearance of new spots and patches, or even the darkening of existing freckles.

As we head out of summer, it’s time to assess any damage from fun in the sun resulting in pigmentation – as the cooler months are the perfect time to begin your quest for clear and even skin. At neoSKiN, we have a range of targeted treatments and products for home use – read on to find out what should be in your anti-pigmentation regime!

How to power punch your pigmentation

How to fight it and what to use… Now that you’ve received all the information in Pigmentation 101 we’re ready to tackle how you can fight those unwanted uneven spots standing in the way of your crystal clear skin tone. Hyper-pigmentation and photo-ageing caused by sun damage can be easier to treat than hormone driven pregnancy melasma, but there are options in both products and treatments. neoSKiN’s skin experts have broken down the best treatments and products to pack a punch to your pigmentation – whatever the cause:

Sun Damage Pigmentation: When it comes to sunspots and photo-ageing pigmentation, IPL is the treatment of choice. Intense Pulsed Light (IPL) is a clinically proven method of treating pigmentation and refreshing skin texture, and is most effective on pigmentation caused by sun damage. A highly effective combination of treatments would include skin peels, IPL and microdermabrasion for the best possible results. At-home care can continue with a high quality vitamin C serum, such as SkinCeuticals Serum 10, which contain tyrosinase inhibitors that help to minimise the appearance of discolouration, while encouraging the skin to regenerate and heal.

There’s something different about NEO Skincare, what is it?

We conceptualised it a little differently, I wanted to make it work in people’s lives, in their real life.  I’m not trying to say, ‘This is the only product range you should buy and you should buy it all!’

So who is it for, how do they use it?

I think about NEO in three ways - as a bridging skincare range, as a beginning skincare range and as a complementary, supplementary, skincare range.

-     a bridging skincare range: NEO Skincare was developed as a really good, affordable range using good ingredients for those people who are currently using products from the pharmacy or the supermarket.  NEO allows them to take that next step with their skincare at a price that isn’t prohibitive. 

-     a beginning skincare range:  NEO Skincare is a great way to start for those girls, 16, 17, who are beginning to think about their skincare.  A young skin needs a cleanser, a good exfoliation and a moisturiser and sometimes our NEO Smooth if they’re dealing with breakouts.  And for young skin – for all skin – this range has no parabens, no mineral oils, no nasty ingredients. 

-      a complementary, supplementary, skincare range: NEO Skincare is also for those people who have their $250, $300 vitamin C that they love, who want to spend their money on a key product, but then find they’re forgoing other products – an eye-cream or an exfoliator – so they can afford it.  NEO allows those people to have and use a full range of quality skincare.  Keep using the product that you love . . . and support it with NEO.  We designed the range to work beautifully and synergistically with what people are already doing. 

So the products in the range are…

There are six - NEO Cleanse ($39), NEO Serum ($69), NEO Moisture ($69), NEO Eyes ($49), NEO Scrub ($49) and NEO Smooth ($49).

What was most important to you in the development of the products?

Good quality ingredients that deliver results.  What was most important to me was that people had a good outcome, that they enjoy using the products.  And all the products are Australian made and filled in Sydney. 

Didn’t the manufacturer tell you off for putting in such expensive ingredients?

Yes!  She told me off for having too many expensive ingredients in an affordable product.  I wanted to make it affordable!  She thought I was crazy to price the products as low as I did.

We’re doing this!  Welcome to the neoSKIN blog. 

This will be somewhere you can visit for people and products, secrets and services, tips and tricks . . . and some fun and free stuff too.

We’ll present the latest research from our partners, SkinCeuticals and Pevonia, distil breaking science from the field and share advice and reviews on products from around the world.

Everything we do is designed to make you look and, importantly, feel like the very best version of yourself; maximising your skin’s potential.  Whether you’re a devotee of our Richmond, South Melbourne or Williamstown skin clinics consider this blog another spot dedicated to the person you are . . . and the one you’re becoming.