Retinol/Vitamin A

When it comes to skincare, some products are incredibly effective and can change the skin and some do not. This is all about having active ingredients in said products and not only that, they need to be bioavailable to your skin. As skin is the largest organ it’s cells are always in communication with other cells, this constant cellular communication ensures that they function properly.

What Does Retinol Do?

 Let us look at Vitamin A (other names are retinol, retinyl palmitate, retinyl propionate, retinyl acetate, retinaldehyde) one of the chattiest of all of the skin ingredients and for sure the most important molecular signaller. If fires off chemical messages all of the time. Of course all cells converse all day every day but it’s what Vitamin A says that make it so special!

Vitamin A constantly signals to cells to do the following:

Replicate accurately

Behave normally

Repair that broken DNA

You’re damaged, do not replicate and self destruct

Fix the cell to ensure correct colour and texture of skin