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  When you go to any drugstore or retail store you can be 90% sure of finding dermarollers. Ease of purchase convinced people to buy one, and use it at home. But what is a dermaroller? Are dermarollers good? Should I be microneedeling at home? In todays post I’m going to speak about these popular rollers with little, tiny needles. Probably you’ve seen something similar in the past and you’ve been thinking if you should give it a try. Or maybe you have one lying around somewhere at home? How microneedling works? Microneedeling stimulates your skin to regenerate. Simply put: Small needles stick into the skin and create tiny micro-channels. That allows an active substance, to penetrate the epidermis and sometimes even the dermis. By creating microchannels , skin is forced to regenerate itself and start to produce collagen and elastin fibres. That means microneedeling can improve skin texture, help with fine lines, wrinkles and even pigmentation. The process can be painful. In ...
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What skin actually is?



If you want to know which products are the best for your skin - first you must know, what skin actually is. Cosmetology is closely connected to dermatology. So let’s start with very basic knowledge!

Skin is the largest organ of our body. Average adult’s body cover around TWO SQUARE METERS of skin!



The skin is made of three layers. 

Starting from the outermost layer of skin we can distinguish: 

  • epidermis (0,4-1,5mm) and its appendages such as (nails, hair, sebaceous glands, sweat glands),
  • dermis and
  • hypodermis called also subcutaneous tissue.


THE EPIDERMIS

From my point of view it is the most important layer, while we speak about skincare routine. That is the layer on which we have impact, while applying creams and exfoliators at home.

The primary type of cells in the epidermis are keratinocytes, which play an important role in protection, by forming a tight barrier. They originate in the deeper basal layer of the epidermis and move up to the skin surface. In effect tightly packed dead cells accumulate in the epidermis shaping the horny layer. That process is called keratinization. It is a natural exfoliative, self-renewal process. That usually last around 28 days and slows as we age. Genetics affect the differentiation process. Skin supplementation of retinoic acid, vitamin A, D3 derivatives and calcium reduce keratinocyte proliferation and increase their differentiation.

In the middle zone of the horny layer, cells have greater water-binding capacity than the deeper layers, which is related to the highest concentration of free amino acids in this zone. In this layer is located NMF- natural moisturizing factor, which helps maintain the elasticity and hydration of this layer. There is obviously much more information about the epidermis, however let’s stop here.


 THE DERMIS

The dermis is lying beneath the epidermis and is composed of fibroblasts, macrophages and mast cells. Important components of the dermis is a network of interlacing collagen and elastin fibers giving the dermis strength and elasticity.


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