TUNE UP your skin health… with cereal extract??
Friend, these days it can be INFURIATING to read a magazine… or scroll through the internet.
Everyone seems to have PERFECT skin!
Of course, most of the time what you see ISN’T REAL.
Even celebrities STRUGGLE with skin issues like blemishes and acne scars. But they have access to technology that can give the ILLUSION of perfection.
Believe it or not, there’s a way for regular people like you and me to get CLEARER skin… even if you don’t have a team of makeup artists at your beck and call.
It’s a natural, REJUVENATING skin secret that comes from a common American crop…
And it just might help you feel like you’re ready for your close-up!
Like a real-life ‘retouch’
There’s a compound found in certain types of grains… like wheat, rye, and barley… that could help REVOLUTIONIZE your skin health.
I’m talking about azelaic acid.
Its benefits go WAY beyond the “beauty counter”…
As its anti-inflammatory activity could help BANISH redness and irritation from skin conditions like adult acne… rosacea…
But that’s not all.
Because this “grain secret” could also help ERASE hyperpigmentation… the root cause of “age spots,” “sun spots,” and other skin discoloration… by INHIBITING the enzyme tyrosinase.
It also offers other actions that could benefit your skin health, like…
- antioxidant
- antiseptic (without contributing to bacterial resistance), and
- anti-scarring (by encouraging cell turnover).
One study out of Iran even found that azelaic acid could help RELIEVE some of the WORST symptoms of psoriasis plaques, including…
- scaliness
- skin thickening, and
- itching
You can get topical azelaic acid in prescription strength from your dermatologist, available under the brand names Azelex and Finacea.
But the Rx version (at concentrations of 15% to 20%) may provide a little more muscle than your skin issues actually NEED…
Which is why those creams, gels, and foams are sometimes associated with side effects like burning, peeling, and dryness.
What else would you expect from Big Pharma? Their solution is almost always to hit a nail with a sledgehammer.
That being said, azelaic acid is actually considered MILDER than some other prescription acne treatments out there.
But you may want to start with an OTC version, which will be LESS concentrated (10% or less) than what you’ll find behind the pharmacy counter.
Talk to your skin doc about what might be a good starting point for you.
