Over the last few years, several concepts have entered the dermocosmetics field, including epigenetics. In this article, we’ll help you understand what it means, and tell you all about the skincare benefits it can bring. Ready to learn how epigenetics can help your skin?
What is epigenetics and why is it so important in cosmetics?
Over time, our skin ages and undergoes a number of changes. While some of these changes are caused naturally by internal genetic factors, it is estimated that 80% of our skin’s aging process is due to external factors, which depend on our lifestyle and the environment we find ourselves in.
The external factors that can make our skin age faster can cause dark spots on our face, wrinkles, fine lines and other signs of aging. To prevent them, it is important to understand and control each of the following factors:
- ● Stress: feelings of anxiety, overwhelm and a frenetic pace of life affect our body and skin, making wrinkles more likely to appear and speeding up the aging process.
- ● Smoking: as well as being harmful to health, smoking can cause our skin to lose moisture, make it prone to redness or create an uneven skin tone. What’s more, the movement our lips make when smoking increases the appearance of fine lines.
- ● Temperature: changes in temperature have a direct effect on our skin. This means that it’s vital to keep our skin hydrated, protect ourselves from the sun and avoid very hot showers.
- ● Nutrition: taking care of what we eat should also be a part of our health and beauty routine, especially if we want to keep our skin healthy. In addition to staying hydrated by drinking water throughout the day, there are certain foods that help care for our skin, such as leafy greens, red and orange-coloured vegetables, oily fish and red berries.
- ● Lack of sleep: not getting enough rest also takes its toll on our skin. Lack of sleep can create dark circles, less radiant facial skin, and cause signs of aging to appear. That’s why experts recommend sleeping between 7 and 8 hours per night.
- ● Environmental pollution: although our skin acts as a shield against environmental damage, our surroundings can affect this defensive capacity and have negative effects such as reduced collagen production (which accelerates skin aging) or cellular imbalances created by oxidative stress (leading to skin irritation or inflammation).
- ● The use of certain cosmetics: the ingredients in certain cosmetics, and their inappropriate combination with other products in your skincare routine, can also speed up the signs of aging.
- ● Solar radiation: sun exposure is known to be the primary cause of skin photoaging.
These factors activate specific molecular markers that alter the expression of our genes, which is a process studied by epigenetics research. Specifically, epigenetics is a branch of biology that explores how external factors interact with our genes and are able to modify how they are expressed.
In summary, this science explores how environmental conditions, our habits and individual experiences can modify our genetic material: our DNA. That’s why epigenetics has been seen to provide great skincare solutions for many years.
How can epigenetics contribute to dermocosmetics?
Thanks to the latest advances, the old idea that ‘we are what is written in our genes’ is rapidly changing. This is partly due to research on epigenetic modifications: this scientific discipline focuses on studying how our environment and lifestyle are able to influence the biochemical mechanisms that regulate our genes.
Epigenetics goes beyond genetics. Scientists in this field have shown the most important factors to be related to our bodies’ aging process, indicating that there is also a connection to the skin aging process.
With this in mind, we can now incorporate dermocosmetic products into our skincare routine whose formulas have been developed using epigenetic criteria to delay the signs of aging. For example, the total action anti-aging creams in MartiDerm’s Black Diamond range are based on this groundbreaking science.
Epigence 145 Cream
Epigence 145 Cream is a day cream containing a blend of vitamins A, E and F that hydrates and revitalises the skin. It also helps our facial skin look younger and increases its resilience, increasing elastin production by 92%* (the protein responsible for making our skin supple).
Formulated in line with epigenetic criteria, this moisturising cream delays signs of aging such as fine lines and wrinkles. Apply to your face, neck and neckline every morning to enjoy these benefits.
Epigence 145 Sleeping Cream
Complete your skincare regime with another product formulated according to epigenetic criteria. Epigence 145 Sleeping Cream, a night cream that repairs and hydrates your skin to prevent signs of aging, while evening out skin tone.
As well as rejuvenating your skin by helping increase elastin production*, it contains enoxolone, an active ingredient with a soothing, reparative effect that acts on your face while you sleep.
Enjoy all the benefits created by epigenetic cosmetics with MartiDerm’s total action anti-aging creams.
Reference:
*Anti-wrinkle efficacy. Ref: INF.280.20.10. 2. Increase of elastin levels in vitro. Ref: INF.279.07.04.
