zenbiotic skin therapy - Quick Skin Facts

Skin Quick Facts & Common Misconceptions

Fact: The water content of your skin is the most important determinant of skin texture since skin is 35% to 90% water.

Many experts say that oil-based moisturizers do nothing for the skin other than trap water, clog pores, and attract dirt and bacteria that can cause blemishes. Also, unless oils are rendered water-soluble, the valuable nutrients within cannot be utilized and may end up obstructing pores and attracting impurities that interfere with vital skin functions.

Since these "moisturizers" do not actually deliver moisture to skin, oily or acne skin becomes aggravated as skin becomes drier, which in turn stimulates more oil production.

Therefore, true moisturizing involves re-hydrating the skin with plenty of herb-enriched water. But, not until now, has technology been sufficient to deliver moisture, rich in water-soluble essential oils, to skin cells without clogging or suffocating the skin.

Fact: The healthiest skin contains the highest degrees of oxygen. While most products attempt to balance to the pH of skin, products that have a pH of between 7 and 8.5 are hundreds to thousands of times more oxygenated.

The American diet is largely consists of acid forming foods. Additionally, the body constantly creates acids, this being a by-product of all metabolic processes. These acids by their nature are deficient in oxygen, our most essential single element required for metabolism.

Fact: As a breathing organ, skin takes in oxygen and expels carbon dioxide. It also functions as a kidney. The skin alone eliminates about 2 pints of water and salt each day.

When we apply creams and oils of all types on our skin, even "natural" ones, we are preventing the skin from performing functions vital for its regeneration. These include breathing in oxygen and expelling carbon dioxide and toxins. Oxygen starvation ensues and poisons are trapped. Aging accelerates as a result. Even ‘natural’ products can suffocate your skin if they are not soluble in water.

The link between healthy skin and beautiful skin might seem quite reasonable, but for many decades the skin care industry on a commercial level has been narrowly focused on surface beautification: oil-based creams that result in a shine for the illusion of moisture but instead block pores and attract dirt; and harsh, abrasive chemicals that force young cells to the surface prematurely.

Fact: At age 35 we have half the number of enzymes than at puberty. Vital functions slow down, skin cells become weaker. Many skin care ingredients are heat extracted, a process that kills enzymes and nutrients.

Aging, many scientists argue, is a degenerative condition, largely caused by nutrient and water deficiencies. The commercial skincare industry has been very successful in evading the root of this issue.