#sebderm

Increase usage of blotting powder to reduce greasiness, especially on forehead/bangs area

A shampoo showed up on my doorstep for review and my first thought was "great, this is going to do nothing." I was wrong. Swapped it into my regular seb derm rotation for over a week, checked the current UK ingredient list against everything I know about Malassezia, and actually reviewed the thing properly instead of repeating the marketing copy. Ingredients, the safety check, and my honest 4.5/5 are up on the blog now. https://neveenwood.com/head-and-shoulders-menthol-fresh-review/

face: seems to be leveling out. I still occasionally have acne pop up as you do, but starting to use more blotting powder when I’m walking seems to be helping. face also seems to be getting used to the weekly face masks :)

Formulations are just as important as ingredients. My attenuated explanation below, skip to Davin’s Protip for summary . 🔬Skin Science: How skin care is formulated is equally, if not more important than just combining ingredients. Think about how you cook a meal, same ingredients, different chefs & food will taste entirely different🍝🍜 Sure the percentage of active ingredients are important eg. all things equal, vitamin C 20 % will have more biological activity than 5% Here ends the % debate, lets throw in some variables. . ▶️Stability of product. Formulation wrong, you’ve just oxidised your Vit C . ▶️pH too high, less biologically active. pH = 3ish is best, go too low= get skin irritation . ▶️Molecule penetration dependent on many factors, including vehicle, molecular weight, thickness of epidermis, hydration of skin, epidermal barrier function, genetic variability, .Co-existing skin disorders (#rosacea, #sebderm, #eczema) all don’t play well with #ascorbicacid especially at low pH & high concentration . ▶️In-vivo (biological)-different compared to in-vitro (lab), as the former gives you clinical outcomes. In the case of vitamin C, less #pigmentation, #wrinkles, more #collagen . ▶️It is more complex than above. In some cases I use vit C to STABILIZE other molecules, namely #hydroquinone . 📣Summary: Use products to get to a goal, realise that #skincare goes far, far beyond ingredients, & ingredient %, as outlined above. Many more factors to consider. . . 😎Davin’s Protip: I've mentioned #theordinary & #theinkeylist, brands that have great #skincare actives, however for some lines (#retinol, #ascorbicacid), other brands may have more cosmetically elegant formulations (#obagi, #murad, #aspectdr to name a few). This is of course subjective. #cosmeticuals lack robust studies, hence there is both a science & ‘feel good’ factor as to what formulation suits you. Look beyond the % & ingredient list. . 📬Share if you find this useful . . Dr Davin Lim, @drdavinlim Brisbane, AU🇦🇺 . #skincarecommunity#skincareobsessed #skincareaddict#skincarescience #skincareblog#skincaretips #dermatology (at Cutis Clinic) https://www.instagram.com/p/CE7k5TLD0Vs/?igshid=xxczpu765o1g

Close up "trichoscopic image" of an individual with androgenetic alopecia and seborrheic dermatitis. The red flaky appearance of the scalp is typical of seborrheic dermatitis. It is important to differentiate from psoriasis and other types of inflammatory scalp conditions causing dermatitis. The diagnosis of genetic hair loss comes about from realizing that the patient is losing hair is specific areas of the scalp (patterned hair loss) and the recognition that hair follicles are "miniaturizing" - meaning they are getting thinner and thinner over time. #hair #hairloss #androgeneticalopecia #AGA #sebderm #seborrheicdermatitis

(or you know, go into a corner and cry and feel ashamed of our bodies)