How Do Skin Care Ingredients Penetrate Your Skin?

When you read the consumer material for most skin care products, you definitely hear or read the words "penetrates deeply beneath the surface layers of the skin." But how do skin care products actually penetrate? After all, your skin is designed to be a protective barrier between you and environmental elements. The idea of the skin is that it's difficult to penetrate. So how do skin products manage to do it?

Before We Go Any Further…Does Your Skin Care Product Need to Penetrate Your Skin?
Before you continue reading, take a moment to think about whether your skin care product really needs to penetrate your skin. If you're treating wrinkles, looking for an effective acne treatment or working to fade dark spots, then you do need skin care products that penetrate to help make the skin that's moving to the surface healthier. But those products also need to be combined with products that help exfoliate away the damaged top layer of your skin. Those top layer exfoliating products don't need to penetrate. In fact, they're most effective when they sit on top of your skin without any penetration factor.

Recommended Product: Murad Intensive-C® Radiance Peel
If clearing away the dead, dry skin cells on the top of your skin is a priority, then this Vitamin-C infused topical peel not only leaves your skin radiant and fresh – it also leaves you feeling energized.

Customer Review
"I tried this for the first time last week and the next day I received so many compliments on how great my skin looked. this has been officially added to my regimen twice a week. The peel feels so good when its on my skin. I have oily skin and it didn't break me out, dry my skin out or make it more oily." jusjess, California (See all reviews.)

Recommended Product: Active Radiance® Serum
While all Murad skin care products are designed for maximum penetration, the benefit of serums is often deeper penetration beneath and absorption into the skin's deep surface layers. Improve your skin's health and tone while limiting the signs of Environmental Aging with Murad's best-selling Active Radiance Serum.

Customer Review
"This product is awesome. The very first thing I noticed was how SOFT and smooth it made my skin. The second thing I noticed it I finally had that glow I was looking for! I have fairly sensitive skin, and it wasn’t irritating for anything. We’re a match made in heaven!" Anonymous, California (See all reviews.)

Beta Hydroxy Acids (BHAs) for Acne Treatment, Blackheads or Clogged Pores
If you have clogged pores or acne-prone skin, then surface oil on the skin can be a barrier to topical acne medications penetrating deep enough in your skin to exfoliate dead skin cells within pores or hair follicles. BHAs are oil-soluble, which means that they will penetrate the surface oil of your skin and actually work beneath the skin's top layer to clear clogged pores and blemishes.

Recommended Product: Murad Exfoliating Acne Treatment Gel
Using the BHA and acne-medication Salicylic Acid, this acne gel penetrates into pores and follicles to exfoliate away pore-clogging and blemish-causing dead skin cells within the pores and follicles.

Customer Review
"I like this product a lot. It does great things to my skin such as drying up pimples and I’m pretty sure it prevents them because my skin has been behaving well. I like that it’s clear and dries quickly so i can wear it under makeup during the day." Coolata679, New York (See all reviews.)

Healthy Skin From Within
Finally, the easiest way to penetrate your skin is to treat it from the inside out! Using both skin nourishing supplements as well as an Inclusive Health™ diet that's rich in antioxidants and involves eating your water through fresh fruits and vegetables, you can achieve healthy skin that will work its way to the surface where it will be radiant!

Yes, the skin is designed to be a barrier, but the most effective skin care needs to penetrate that barrier. Fortunately, professionally designed skin care products such as Murad take all of the facts into consideration and develop products designed to exfoliate away dead skin and treat the skin beneath it to be Better Every Day™.

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