Medical-Grade Skincare

Medical-grade skincare is designed to target specific skin conditions such as wrinkles, pigmentation and acne. Unlike shop-bought products, they have been tested, clinically, for the effectiveness of addressing the skin problems they are designed to ‘treat’.  Medical-grade skin care products contain a higher concentration of active ingredients than over the counter skincare – even if you are using expensive products. This is due to the requirement of medical-grade products to contain ingredients that are 99% pure. A standard that shop-bought products do not need to adhere to, therefore often then contain filler ingredients (and unnecessary fragrance!).

Another huge difference with medical-grade skincare is that the products have been developed to enhance the delivery of active ingredients to the deeper layers of the skin. Though a popular shop-bought cream that states to be 1.5% retinol, the actual active retinol content is more like 0.3% – and the percentage delivered to the ideal depth is lower again. This is because without FDA approval, over the counter products cannot penetrate beyond the very outer layer of skin. 

Medical-grade skincare, unlike over the counter products, are able to make claims to treat medical skin conditions such as ageing, wrinkles, acne etc. Furthermore, they can penetrate much deeper into skin layers to do so.

At The Face Retreat we stock the industry leading brands of medical-grade products, such as skinbetter science®. Skinbetter science® offers a collection of ground-breaking, cutting-edge, clinically-proven treatment products that enables you to personalise an effective, easy-to-use, results-driven skincare routine, allowing you to maintain healthy skin at home.