PeOPLe PrOFiLe | DR SHELDON PINNELL |
dr sheldon pinnell
skinceuticals
With the cosmeceutical industry booming, Rosalind Hill speaks to SkinCeuticals' founding scientist to find out what sets their products apart from the others
dermal fillers; but the techniques used to attain youthful and healthy skin have also improved. We are now able to access a plethora of treatments that perhaps were not once readily available, just as easily as it is to colour one's hair. And an area of industry that has hugely
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progressed over this period is that of cosmeceuticals. One might say that with the rise of botulinum toxin, men and women have become more savvy when it comes to skin care, and indeed, the cosmeceutical market plays a big role in this need for skin protection from both environmental damage and ageing processes.
he aeSTheTiC induSTry has rapidly developed over the past two decades — not least with the increased use of botulinum toxins and
One company that has made massive
strides in this domain is SkinCeuticals, a brand dedicated to the health of skin.
Trial and error Dr Pinnell is the founding scientist of SkinCeuticals, and has a long career as a dermatological scientist, specialising in collagen chemistry, and skin cancer and disease research. SkinCeuticals pioneered the advent of cosmeceuticals with the original topical vitamin C technology that protects skin from premature signs of ageing. These signs are often caused by the free radicals generated by sunlight, pollution and especially, smoking cigarettes. And to combat and prevent the damage caused to the skin, Dr Pinnell managed to harness the power of antioxidants into topical formulations. ‘Antioxidants are compounds which neutralise oxygen radicals so that they
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can no longer cause harm,’ he explains. ‘What happens over the course of time
is that you accumulate damage in all parts of the skin — the lipid structures, DNA structures, RNA structures — and this can eventually lead to photoageing changes, and even skin cancer. And so, antioxidants are the natural way in which the body deals with that.’ And it was this ‘natural’ aspect that led
Dr Pinnell to use the natural strategies of the body and plants, applying them directly to the skin, to increase the natural protection that already exists within. It was a matter of trial and error, testing
approximately 100 antioxidants, to find that only two were suitable (i.e. the only two that penetrated the skin); the pure form of vitamin C (L-ascorbic acid) and vitamin E (alpha-tocopherol), two vitamins that scientists know are very beneficial for the skin.
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