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SKIN BIOLOGY

Sunlight, Health, and Tanning
Tanning itself is not harmful. The production of melanin in theskin creates a powerful protective and anti-oxidant system in the skin. The key is to obtain tanning with minimum free radical damage to areas of the skin. Thus a
suntan cream that employs a titanium dioxide formula is the best product to use.

 

Suntanning LotionCOPPER SUN
(Tanning & Firming Body Lotion)

Our patented Skin Remodeling Copper-Peptide (SRCP)complex acts as a mild superoxide dismutase that can help de-toxify oxygen radicals produced by ultraviolet rays. Copper binding peptides also protect cultured keratinocytes from lethal UV radiation - (see microphotographs below). Our product combines an effective titanium dioxide formula (titanium dioxide is a UV reflector) together with a special mix of biological oils that help protect your skin such as squalane.

Copper-peptides such as Protect & Restore Suntanning Lotion (also known as Copper Sun Tanning & Firming Body Lotion) works as a great treatment for sun damaged skin by using strong copper-peptides to help repair damage and a strong UV reflector to help reflect rays.

Skin Remodeling Copper-Peptides help protect skin from sun damage! A certainamount of sunlight is necessary for good health, but over exposure may produce skin damage, wrinkling, and other unwanted effects.

Product Reviews:
"I do a lot of surfing and have a lot of sun damage on my skin. After three months of use, the Body Lotion has cleared most of the damage from my skin." (California, USA) Read more reviews...

A certain amount of sunlight on your skin may be necessary for good health. Sunlight activates a gene called pom-C, which in turn helps create melanin that determines skin color and enhances sex drive, the endorphins or “happiness hormones”, and leptin, which helps burn fat keep you thin. In the USA, people who have high sunlight exposure (farmers, mail carriers) live the longest. The key is to find methods to receive adequate sunlight exposure while helping to repair sun damaged skin.

Problems with Sunscreen Chemicals

Many commonly used chemical sunscreens and products to treat sun damaged skin may be dangerous to your health. Up to 35% of an applied sunscreen chemical that is applied to your skin can enter your bloodstream. There is no way to produce sunscreens that are both protective and transparent. For detailed information on chemical sunscreens and health, please visit The Chemical Sunscreen Health Disaster


"The daring big V of her exposed back
which was still tanned with a honey tinge
from the summer days spent at beaches or pools
with this boy or that; white as her smooth skin was,
she took a good tan."

In the Beauty of the Lilies, John Updike

 

Dr. Gordon Ansleigh

Dr Gordy Ainsleigh, Pioneer of Ultramarathon Running and Author of "Beneficial Effects of Sun Exposure on Cancer Mortality" in the January 1993 issue of Preventive Medicine. Gordy suggested we use his photos as Eye Candy for our female clients. Note his beautiful skin, at age 61, despite long days of competitive running.

Also see the following articles:
Toxic Sunscreens - The Chemical Sunscreen Health Disaster
More Healthy Suntanning - Extensive Information on Tanning and Safety

 


Copper-Peptides Increase Decorin
Decorin reduces scarring and
cancer growth plus increases
muscle and nerve regeneration.

CLICK HERE FOR ENTIRE ARTICLE


AntiAging Medicine Conference

NEWS: Is GHK the Fountain of Youth?

GHK Fountain of YouthThere is only one way to turn back the wrinkled hands of time. Only one way—your body's way. SRCPs (Skin Remodeling Copper-Peptides) - offer the key to rebuilding aged and damaged skin. There is no other true method to peel back the bumps, scars and wrinkles while tightening skin. These magic molecules activate epithelial stem cells by increasing protein P63. Without adequate P63, skin ages rapidly and there is accelerated senescence in all the tissues of the body. Then it's out with the old and in with the new.. as copper molecules remodel skin. Only SRCPs work with the body's innate processes to rebuild, remodel and restore skin. SRCPs are timeless. They enhance the ebb and flow of the body's natural cycles of renewal. SRCPs also suppress inflammatory cytokines, increase antioxidant proteins, and increase resistance to infection. CLICK HERE TO READ MORE ABOUT GHK-COPPER STUDIES

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WHS POSTER 2009
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Published Article in the J. Biomater, Sci. Polymer Edit. Vol 19, No. 8 pp. 969-988 (2008).

Review Paper 2008

More Published Studies on
Tissue Remodeling Copper-Peptides


•International Journal of Cosmetic Science — The role of topical copper-peptides and other peptides in preventing or treating aged skin, F. Gorouhi and H.I. Maibach

•"Breakdown Resistant Copper-Peptides with Improved Healing Actions" at the Meeting of the Wound Healing Society, Dallas, Texas April 26-29th, 2009.


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Sun Damaged Skin Treatments: Prices & Ordering

Product
Price
Protect & Restore Suntanning Lotion
8 ounces
$29.95
Protect & Restore Suntanning Lotion
2 ounces
$11.00
Protect & Restore Body Lotion
8 oz Bottle of Protect & Restore Body Lotion
For Use after Suntanning 
For more information on P&R Skin Renewal Body Lotion
$37.95

 

Combo - Buy and save! - Protect & Restore Suntanning Lotion
8 oz Bottle plus Protect & Restore Body Lotion
8 oz Bottle - For Use after Suntanning 
$50.00

Combo - Buy and save! - Protect & Restore Suntanning Lotion 2 oz Bottle plus Protect & Restore Body Lotion 2 oz Bottle - For Use after Suntanning 

$14.95
Protect & Restore Day Cover
2 ounces  
A skin repair cream with titanium dioxide and high anti-oxidants
For more information about P&R Day Cover
$24.95 

 

Protect & Restore Day Cover
4 ounces
A skin repair cream with titanium dioxide and high anti-oxidants
$35.95 
FDA Required Warning - This product does not contain a sunscreen
and does not protect against sunburn. Repeated exposure of unprotected skin
while tanning may increase skin aging, skin cancer, and
other harmful effects to the skin even if you do not burn."

Free Bonus Size for each $50 of products ordered
Bonus items available include: CP Serum and Exfol Serum, P&R versions, Day Cover, Emu Oil Versions, P&R Suntanning Lotion, Folligen Lotion, Folligen Cream, TriReduction Scar Reduction Creams, Folligen Solution Therapy Spray, Protect & Restore Body Lotion Versions, Folligen Therapy Shampoo and Conditioner, Calypso's Oil Versions

Help Repair Sun Damaged Skin and Improve Suntanning Reactive Carbonyl     

This patent cited below contains methods for increasing the efficiency of melanin formation and reducing post-tanning peeling damage. Decreasing the time in sunlight and post-tanning peeling would reduce overall ultraviolet exposure.       

The entire approach to suntanning and sun protection is in a state of change. Many chemical sunscreens are being banned because of estrogenic actions and other toxicities. The combination of skin repair creams plus ultraviolet reflectors such as zinc oxide or titanium dioxide may be a better approach to sun protection.

 

 

Table 9. Improving Suntanning and Reducing UV Damage to Skin Cells

Improved suntanning methods Compositions and methods for skin tanning and protection.  US Patent 5,698,184 Pickart
The human skin remodeling peptide GHK blocks lethal ultraviolet radiation damage to skin keratinocytes and also inhibits the damaging glycation

GHK blocks lethal ultraviolet radiation damage to cultured skin keratinocytes by binding and inactivating reactive carbonyl species such as 4-hydroxynoneal, acrolein, malondialdehye, and glyoxal. See microphotographs below which are courtesy of Lipotec Corporation (www.lipotec.com) . This protection was found at a relatively high level of GHK, 20 mg/ml or 0.2%, but this concentration can be easily added to protective sunscreens. Current sunscreens are built around molecules, such as oxybenzone, avobenzene, menthyl anthranilate, octyl methoxycinnamate, that strongly absorb ultraviolet radiation; they later shed the energy by releasing it as free radicals. Such free radical absorbing chemicals prevent sunburn but many of these chemicals have strong estrogenic activities and there is concern over their accumulation in human tissues.

GHK also inhibits the damaging glycation of copper, zinc-superoxide dismutase caused by fructose. GHK is more active than carnosine in this respect.

J. Cebrian, A. Messeguer, R.M. Facino and J.M. Garcia-Anton, Inter. J. Cosm. Sci. 27, 271-278 (2005)

CONTROL
Liptech control

UVB radiation + HNE
(4-Hydroxynonenal)
Cell Death

Lipotech UVB+HNE

GHK + UVB + HNE
(4-Hydroxynonenal)
Cells Protected

Lipotech GHK+UVB+HNE


The Skin Biology Approach to Sensible Suntanning

1. Before suntanning apply Protect & Restore Suntanning Lotion as a thin coating prior to suntanning. A small amount of water may be used to help spread the cream. This is a skin remodeling cream with titanium dioxide and high levels of anti-oxidants.

2. After suntanning, re-apply P&R Suntanning Lotion or P&R Body Lotion. THIS IS CRITICAL - USE COPPER PEPTIDE SKIN REMODELING CREAMS BEFORE AND AFTER SUNTANNING. If less suntanned skin is lost by peeling, less sun exposure will be required to keep the suntan. As suntanning increases pigmentation of the skin it also induces a mild erythema or redness, thus producing the reddish-brown tint to the natural skin color that is so sought for. However, this action produces certain levels of damage to the skin barrier. For example, transepidermal water loss from skin increases. This damage must be promptly repaired or the newly tanned skin will peel off. Skin Biology's copper peptide cream help the processes of skin barrier repair.

3. If you have a tendency to sunburn or plan an extended time in the sun, use a reflective sunscreen such as zinc oxide or titanium dioxide over the Protect & Restore Suntanning Lotion. One acceptable sun blocker is Clinique's SPF-25 Special Defense Sun block which is chemical sunscreen-free. Or make your own sun blocker - Angela's Sun blocker Formula. Or see our NEW PAGE ON SUNSCREEN OPTIONS.

4. Moderate suntanning (30 minutes maximum per day) over a number of days produces the best results. Suntanning slowly produces pigment (melanin) in the skin. It takes about three days to induce significant melanin in your skin. Melanin blocks ultraviolet rays and also serves as a powerful anti-oxidant. In addition, the skin's natural defenses against oxygen radicals include other anti-oxidants such as Vitamin E and beta-carotene, and the copper-containing protein, superoxide dismutase, all of which de-toxify oxygen radicals and reduce skin damage.

5. Suntanning also thickens the skin and this provides further protection against sun burns but this thickening takes about three weeks. Skin thins with age and is thicker when we are young. But again, go slow!

6. Remember, excessive sun exposure can overwhelm the protective systems in the skin, causing skin damage that produces skin peeling and other types of damage. Dr. Lester Packer (University of  California, Berkeley) has published extensively on the role played by antioxidants such as Vitamin  E and skin protection. His research found that after absorbing in the UVB  radiation from sunlight spectrum, vitamin E is transformed into a free  radical  (tocopheroxyl)  which can regenerate back to vitamin E (tocopherol) via reaction with the skin's vitamin C (ascorbic acid).  Packer's  hypothesis is that as ultraviolet radiation dosage is gradually increased, these two antioxidant defenses of the skin are overwhelmed. Then free radicals begin to form in the skin and cause various types of cellular damage, including lipid peroxidation and oxidative modification of skin proteins and cellular DNA. Packer has measured the depletion of cutaneous lipid soluble antioxidants (such as Vitamin  E) after ultraviolet radiation of the skin. For example, 45 minutes of exposure to the noon-day sun can lower the skin's protective vitamin C levels by 80%. and also markedly lower other protective skin anti-oxidants such Vitamin E and beta-carotene. Packer also finds that sunblockers reduce this depletion of dermal antioxidants.

Supplements of key anti-oxidants have been found to increase the skin's internal resistance to ultraviolet damage as mentioned above. So, for at least three days before tanning, take a daily supplement of vitamin C (1 gram), Co-Q10 (30 mgs), alpha lipoic acid (100 mgs), vitamin E (400 units), and tocotrienols (35 mgs).

The following anti-oxidant supplements have been recommended by other skin researchers. (Source: Drug and Cosmetic Industry, September 1997, pages 52-55 and December 1997, pages 40-44.
 
 
  Dosage per day
 
Beta-carotene
 30 mg
 
Mixed carotenoids from algae 
50 mgs
Contains crytoxanthin alpha carotene, leutin and xanthin 
Natural vitamin E 
  400 Units 
 Contains d-alpha-tocopherol,
d-beta-tocopherol,
d-gamma tocopherol,
d-delta tocopherol
Vitamin C 
1 gram


7. Take 2 milligrams of copper 2+ daily. Do this even if you are taking a multimineral supplement since most such supplements have so much zinc that they drive out copper 2+. The extra copper 2+ will activate more superoxide dismutase, your primary anti-oxidant defense.

The extra copper 2+ will also activate more copper-requiring tyrosinase. The enzyme converts tyrosine into melanin, the skin pigment. It is impossible to effective tan with adequate copper 2+ in your skin.

8. High quality sunglasses that absorb ultraviolet rays should be worn for eye protection. Large hats and protective clothing should be wore at other times when in heavy sunlight.


Figure of Method to Improve Tanning and Reduce Skin Damage

Healthy Sun Protection1. Incoming UV rays are primarily reflected by a covering of reflective minerals (yellow) but a certain level of Free Radicals (green) are generated.

2. Copper peptide cream on the skin's surface detoxifies most of the FRs (Protect Symbols).

3. Some ultraviolet rays penetrate the skin to stimulate melanin formation. A small amount of FRs are generated but are detoxified by a high level of skin anti-oxidants (blue).


Lutein: A Unique, Natural Antioxidant

What is Lutein? It is a powerful antioxidant from plants that normally is present in the human body. Lutein also serves as an antioxidant that helps screen harmful ultraviolet rays that can damage our skin.

Harvard and Cornell Universities have proposed that lutein may be helpful in reducing the negative effects of high energy wavelengths of light on skin. Moreover, skin hydration may be positively affected by lutein as well. Lutein as a supplemental antioxidant may counteract depletion of the skin's natural antioxidants due to damage to over exposure to ultraviolet light and other environmental factors.

References from: Podda, M., Traber, M.G., Weber, C., Yan L.-J, Packer, L., UV-Irradication Depletes Antioxidants and Causes Oxidative Damage in a Model of Human Skin, Free Rad. Biol. Med. 24:55-65 (1998). Morganatic P, Bruno C, Guarneriz F, Cardillo A, Del Ciotto P, and Valenzanoz F. Role of topical and nutritional supplement to modify the oxidative stress. Int J Cosmet Sci 24:331-339, 2002. Gonzalez S, Wu A, Pathak MA, Sifakis M, and Goukassian DA. Oral administration of lutein modulates cell proliferation induced by acute UV-B radiation in the SHK-1 hairless mouse animal model (Abstract). The Society of Investigative Dermatology, 63rd Annual Meeting, Los Angeles, CA., 2002. Granstein RD, Faulhaber D, and Ding W. Lutein inhibits UV-B radiation-induced tissue swelling and suppression of the induction of contact hypersensitivity (CHS) in the mouse (Abstract). The Society of Investigative Dermatology, 62nd Annual Meeting, Washington D.C., 2001, p. 497


What are Skin Remodeling Copper Peptides?

Protect & Restore Suntanning Lotion contains skin remodeling copper peptides. Our remodeling copper peptides have credible, published, scientific evidence of effectiveness. Other companies do sell copper peptide skin products; however, our tests of many of these products find little or at best marginal activity on skin. Some of these actually inhibit skin repair. Others use peptides from yeast or bacteria that are known to cause skin allergies and asthma in sensitive persons.


"All the beauty of the world,
'tis but skin deep."

- Ralph Venning 1620 - 1673

"Beauty is only skin deep,
but it is a valuable asset.."

- Kim Hubbard

Suntanning Lotion


Skin Biology's suntanning products are designed by Dr. Loren
Pickart and are intended to supply anti-oxidants to help reduce free radical damage while suntanning and to help your skin quickly repair any sun-induced skin damage after suntanning. Pickart's previous discoveries and inventions have created over 40 products for skin and renewal hair that are licensed and sold around the world by companies such as  AdviCare, American Crew, Amuchina (Europe), Atelier Esthetique, Bard Medical, BioPharm (Middle East), Creative Nail Design, Johnson & Johnson, Schering AG, Neutrogena, Osmotics, ProCyte, Sigmacon Medical Products (Canada) and Tanox Biosystems (Asia).

Studies at over 30 leading Universities and Medical Research Institutes by leading dermatologists and scientists have established the effectiveness of the Copper-Peptide tissue remodeling methods invented by Dr. Pickart. For more information visit Copper Peptide Remodeling.

Protect & Restore Body Lotion is designed to assist post-tanning skin repair and reduce peeling. Protect & Restore Day Cover is designed to provide sun protection during normal daily activities without dangerous chemical sunscreens. Also, for your skin - Calypso's Oil - a moisturizing body oil available with pheromone-like to help improve interpersonal interactions.

Skin Biology's products contain no sunscreen chemicals - many of which have already been banned because of toxic estrogenic activities.


Is Light Suntanning Dangerous or Protective?
Please visit More Healthy Suntanning - Extensive Information on Tanning and Safety


"Beauty consists of
a certain composition
of color and figure,
causing delight
in the beholder".

- Locke

 Safer, Faster Suntanning with Less Peeling

The continuing development of Protect & Restore Suntanning Lotion has a goal of developing safer suntanning products. Customers reported they were using our skin repair creams for suntanning. Our goal was to develop a better, safer method for inducing tan formation while minimizing undesirable effects on skin.

Our goal for safer suntanning is based on the following.

1. Decrease total sunlight exposure by increasing the skin's efficiency of sunlight-induced melanogenesis.

Dr. Martin Rieger has discussed the chemistry of oxidation and peroxidation his publications, emphasizes that melanin, the skin's pigment, is also a free radical scavenger, and somewhat "photo-protective" in a sense which that is unrelated to its light-scattering ability.

Increasing the efficiency of sunlight-induced suntanning would reduce the amount of sun exposure to produce the skin's melanin and reach a desired tan level. This reduces the skin damage incurred while tanning. Copper is the catalytic metal in the enzyme, tyrosinase, that, after suntanning, converts the amino acid tyrosine into the protective skin pigment, melanin. If your skin lacks adequate nutritional copper, no amount of suntanning will produce enough melanin to obtain a tan. Instead, you will only suffer more sunburn.

Clinical researchers at the University of California at San Francisco and the Shanghai Medical University reported that the Protect & Restore cream facilitated an increase in true skin melanin formation (not merely the staining of the skin) even with indoor (non-ultraviolet) light. P&R Suntanning Lotion creates an environment that aids the skin's natural ability to form the protective pigment and anti-oxidant, melanin.

2. Keep the ultraviolet rays (photons) in the upper (epidermal ) layer of the skin

Melanocytes, the cells responsible for skin pigment, are located in the epidermis, the uppermost layer of skin. In contrast, the network of collagen and elastin which keeps the skin supple, elastic and wrinkle-free, is located deeper down in the dermal layer. In order to keep more photons in the upper layer with the melanocytes and away from the collagen/elastin, we developed a light diffusing opaque cream by the incorporation of minute particles of the reflective sunblocker - titanium dioxide powder. By putting the small amount of reflective titanium dioxide into the cream, we can increase this bouncing and diffusion and stop more photons from going deeply into the skin and turn more of them to the side and thus keep them - to a greater extent - in the uppermost skin layer.

3. "Tune" the wavelength of absorbed light to tyrosinase-copper

The only wavelength of light needed for melanin formation is that wavelength which supplies energy to the melanin-producing enzyme copper-tyrosinase. Photons of a certain wavelength tend to stay in areas where there are molecules that can easily absorb them.

To "tune" the retained photons, we use the copper peptide complexes in the cream. A significant potion of these copper-peptide complexes have structure that is similar to the melanin-forming tyrosinase-copper complex. This should decrease the amount of light needed to activate the melanin producing reaction.

4. Increase anti-oxidant protections on the skin and within the skin with copper peptides and other antioxidants.

The primary antioxidant system in humans is Superoxide Dismutase. Protect & Restore Suntanning Lotion contains our patented (US Patent 5,698,184) copper-peptide complex that acts as a superoxide dismutase mimetic that can help de-toxify oxygen radicals produced by ultraviolet rays on the skin's surface. Creams containing superoxide dismutase activity have been proven to help protect skin during ultraviolet radiation exposure.  (Reference: Miyachi Y, Imamura S, Viwa G. Decreased skin superoxide dismutase activity by a single exposure of ultraviolet radiation is reduced by liposomal SOD pre-treatment. J Invest Dermatol 1987; 87:111-2). P&R Suntanning Lotion also contains other anti-oxidants such as vitamin E,  tocotrienols and Ubiquinone.
 

Superoxide Dismutase as Measured by the Xanthine Oxidase/NBT Method
Copper Complex
Micromoles per milliliter required for 50% inhibition of free radical oxidation (lower is better) 
Pickart second generation copper peptides used by Skin Biology
0.11
Pickart first generation copper peptides - Gly-His-Lys: copper (II) 
0.36

Supplements of key anti-oxidants have been found to increase the skin internal resistance to ultraviolet damage as mentioned above. So, for at least three days before tanning, take a daily supplement of vitamin C ( 1 gram), Co-Q10 (30 mgs), alpha lipoic acid (100 mgs), vitamin E (400 units), and tocotrienols ( 35 mgs).

4. Reduce post-tanning skin peeling

If less suntanned skin is lost by peeling, less sun exposure will be required to keep the suntan. As suntanning increases pigmentation of the skin it also induces a mild erythema or redness, thus producing the reddish-brown tint to the natural skin color that is so sought for. However, this action produces certain levels of damage to the skin barrier. For example, transepidermal water loss from skin increases. This damage must be promptly repaired or the newly tanned skin will peel off. Skin Biology's copper peptide cream help the processes of skin barrier repair.



Exclusively from Skin Biology . These new improved copper-peptides for skin remodeling are available exclusively in Skin Biology products. Five US patents  have been granted to Skin Biology for the exclusive use of this technology (US 5,698,184, US 5,382,431, 5,858,993, US 5,888,522, US 5,554,375) and more patent applications are pending.

"My work always tried to unite the true with the beautiful; but when I had to
choose one or the other, I usually chose the beautiful."

- Hermann Wey

Suntanning and Keeping Your Suntan

Our customers report that Protect & Restore Suntanning Lotion helps produce great suntans with very little peeling. The lotion was originally designed to counter various types of skin irritations, and stimulate skin recovery after irritations and dermal damage. The lotion is made from plant materials.

In addition, the lotion contains titanium dioxide (a reflective sunblocker), and a high level of squalane and other proven skin protective agents such as allantoin, aloe vera, glycerol stearate and octyl palmitate. Squalane is the skin's most important protective lipid and declines from levels of 11% in teenager's skin to less than 5% in adults after age 20.  The cream components such as squalane, peptides, and allantoin are all natural skin components that have high absorption in the ultraviolet range to help protect the skin. P&R Suntanning Lotion does not contain chemical sunscreens such as benzophenone or oxybenzone (benzophenone-3) which are free-radical generators and may increase cancer risks.

The composition of Protect & Restore Suntanning Lotion is: Purified water, aloe vera gel, squalane, octyl palmitate, PEG-100 stearate (glycerol stearate and PEG-100 stearate), polypropylene glycol, cetyl alcohol, copper peptides (hydrolyzed soy protein + copper chloride), myristyl ether proprionate, stearic acid, allantoin, titanium dioxide, diazolinydinyl urea, methylparaben, propylparaben, mixed natural tocopherols (alpha, beta, gamma, delta isomers),  mixed natural tocotrienols (alpha, beta, gamma, delta isomers), ubiquinone, melatonin, herbal fragrance, retinyl palmitate, ergocalciferol, bronopol. (Copper peptides are formed when the cupric chloride and hydrolyzed soy protein are mixed in water during the preparation of the Suntanning Lotion.)

Tocotrienols and Skin Health

Topically applied tocotrienols selectively accumulate in skin and serve to protect it against ultraviolet damage and oxidation.  (Traber et al 1997). Diet alone cannot supply adequate amounts of tocotrienols for skin protection. In rats it was found that UV radiation significantly reduced vitamin E concentrations after 29 minutes of UV exposure, but in skin treated with tocotrienols the vitamin E concentrations were 7 to 30 fold higher after the radiation.

Ubiquinone and Skin Health

Ubiquinone is an oxidative reduction agent that functions in the energy-producing electron transfer chain in the mitochondria of cells. It also serves as an important lipid-soluble antioxidant in the skin and other organs. It  protects against free radical damage from peroxides that damage collagen and elastin, thus protecting against a loss of elasticity in the skin and wrinkle formation. Animals fed ubiquinone have lower cancer rates and its discoverer, Dr. Karl Folkers,  suggested that ubiquinone might control cancer either by facilitating antibody synthesis or by counteracting tumor cell functioning. His ideas were based on case reports of  unexpected or unusually long survival for cancer patients who were using ubiquinone for cardiac problems.

Melatonin and Skin Health

Melatonin is a hormone connected with sleep patterns and also a powerful human antioxidant that protects against UV radiation. Researchers at the University of Zurich have shown that topically applied melatonin gives excellent protection against sunburn if applied before sun exposure and also may have role in repairing burned skin. In small amounts, melatonin causes skin cells to proliferate. People with psoriasis and atopic eczema have low melatonin levels.


Use Non-Encapsulated Reflective Physical Sunscreens

Sunscreens are designed to protect against sunburn (UVB rays) and generally provide little protection against UVA rays. They come in two forms:

CHEMICAL SUNSCREENS prevent sunburn by absorbing the ultraviolet (UVB) rays but may increase your risk of cancers of the breast, ovaries, prostate, and colon. Chemicals such as avobenzone, benzophenone, ethylhexyl p-methoxycinnimate, 2-ethylhexyl salicylate, homosalate, octyl methoxycinnamate, oxybenzone (benzophenone-3) are used as the active ingredients.

PHYSICAL SUNSCREENS contain inert minerals such as titanium dioxide, zinc oxide, or talc and work by reflecting the ultraviolet (UVA and UVB) and visible rays away from the skin. These come in two forms - pure sunblocker and various micronized or encapsulated versions. Pure sunblockers tend to give a pasty look to the skin. This is the reason for the use of micronized sunblockers which give a better cosmetic appearance on the skin. However, Prof. Nicholas Lowe (Dermatology, UCLA) has reported that micronized or encapsulated physical sunblockers such as titanium dioxide penetrate into the skin while pure titanium dioxide remains on the skin's surface - where you really want it to stay.

Micronized minerals are usually used as 'micronized' particles in the size range of 20-50 microns. But these particles are small in comparison with the wavelength of the ultraviolet and visible light and are virtually invisible and do not effectively scatter of reflect light. Pure, non-miconized, and often pasty, minerals are better reflectors of ultraviolet light.


Do Chemical Sunscreens Increase or Decrease Cancer?
Please visit - More Healthy Suntanning - Extensive Information on Tanning and Safety


SUNTANNING LOTION PRODUCT REVIEWS:

"Your sunscreen is one of the best I've ever tried." - MB


"I live in Florida and have been using your copper peptides for three years. When I started my face had extensive sun damage. Recently, my face was examined with sun damage detection system (ultraviolet photography) and found to be free of sun damage except for a small area around my lips where I do not use the copper peptide creams." - JA, Florida


"I do a lot of surfing and have a lot of sun damage on my skin. After three months of use, the Body Lotion has cleared most of the damage from my skin." - K.I.
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Dr Loren Pickart"The Turn Back the Clock Doc", Loren Pickart has spent his life working on methods to reverse the effects of aging in the human body. He is the discoverer of the role of remodeling copper peptides on the repair of human skin and other tissues such bone, hair follicles, liver, stomach lining, and the intestinal tract after his isolation of the human skin remodeling copper-peptide, GHK-Copper from human blood. Skin remodeling copper peptides are the body's natural signals that repair and restore damaged and aged tissue by (1) inducing strong anti-inflammatory actions (activate superoxide dismutase and decrease damaging actions of TGF-beta and interleukin-1), by (2) stimulating the removal of damaged and older skin by increasing the synthesis of metalloproteinases, and (3) by increasing the generation of new collagen, elastin, proteoglycans, and rebuilding the microcirculation and by increasing production of new skin cells. He and his wife, Charlene, worked to start ProCyte Corporation in 1985 to develop his first generation of GHK-Copper products and Skin Biology in 1994 to create a second generation of more effective, skin remodeling copper peptides.

Products based on Dr. Pickart's inventions are using skin renewal, improving hair growth, increasing the success of hair transplants, and after dermatological peels, laser resurfacing, and dermabrasion by many companies including AdviCare, American Crew, Amuchina (Europe), Atelier Esthetique, Bard Medical, BioPharm, Creative Nail Design, Johnson & Johnson, Schering AG, Neutrogena, Osmotics, ProCyte, Sigmacon Medical Products and Tanox Biosystems. In addition, human clinical studies of Pickart's inventions for bone healing and healing of intestinal irritations (Inflammatory Bowel Disease or Crohn's disease) have given positive results. He received his Ph.D. in Biochemistry from the University of California at San Francisco. For details on copper-peptide tissue remodeling - see: Copper-Peptide Regeneration.

Skin Biology is on a quest to renew and rebuild your skin, to turn back the clock on skin aging. The key is to tap into the SKIN RENEWAL CYCLE: the first explanation for how the skin repairs itself. Dr. Loren Pickart, the biochemist who originated this ground-breaking theory, is famous for his discovery of skin remodeling copper peptides which are integral to the cycle of skin renewal. 

Dr. Pickart designs our products based on his scientific inventions in biochemistry and cell biology rather than on hocus bogus science that promises hyped hope in a jar. Our mission is to develop safe and effective products that activate your skin's natural renewal systems. Skin Biology products assist to remove the effects of aging and damage by restoring skin and hair to a younger and healthier condition.

Dr. Pickart has been on a quest for over 40 years searching for the molecular fountain of youth and may have come close. His inventions on tissue regeneration have been confirmed by independent, published studies from over 50 universities and research centers. His discoveries have been proven to:

Calm irritated and reddened skin
Tighten loose skin and improve elasticity
Increase skin elasticity
Thicken older skin
Tighten the protective skin barrier proteins
Improve skin firmness
Reduce fine lines and depth of wrinkles
Act as powerful anti-inflammatories on skin
Improve skin clarity and “glow”
Reduce spots, photodamage, and hyperpigmentation
Smooth rough skin
Improve overall appearance
Improve hair transplant success
Improve hair growth and thickness
Reduce hair loss after chemotherapy
Restore liver after toxic poisoning
Block stomach ulcer development
Heal intestinal ulcers
Accelerate wound healing
Improve bone healing
Cause the differentiation of stem cells
Increase the production of stem cells
Protect skin keratinocytes from UV damage by inactivating reactive carbonyl species

No researcher, or cosmetic company, working on skin has this depth of independent, published confirmation on such a variety of inventions and fundamental discoveries on tissue renewal and regeneration. For more details and references see: Tissue Remodeling Copper Peptides

Using the original copper-peptide skin treatment products as developed by Dr. Pickart will help your skin look and feel biologically younger within weeks

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Skin Biology is currently patenting and test marketing various products built around his new skin remodeling copper-peptides that are designed to possess greatly enhanced potency, strong breakdown resistance (and can be used with skin exfoliating hydroxy acids for more rapid skin renewal and for scar reduction), a longer duration of action, and very high adherence to skin. The first generation products designed around GHK-Copper performed well in many controlled tests; however, they failed in FDA clinical trials on the healing of difficult-to-heal human wounds. Dr. Pickart is of the opinion that this second generation of copper peptides should have a higher chance of success in difficult clinical trials.

Pickart is currently working on a theory of the biochemical mechanism of how the human body repairs damaged tissues and organs.
 


 

Pickart's Proposed Biochemical Mechanism of Skin Remodeling, Scar Reduction, and Hair Follicle Enlargement

The following diagram is based on GHK-copper(II) actions. See Copper Peptide Regeneration for references.
Newer Skin Biology skin remodeling copper peptides act similarly but are composed of less
fragile peptides that also have a better adherence to the skin.


 Skin Renewal Cycle


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