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With the holidays over and winter’s gloom upon us, we now look to the spring season to revive and restore us personally and professionally. As skincare professionals, it is vitally important for us to reach out to our clients and patients during this time of transition. A universal theme of “Spring Cleaning” is a great way to approach this impending season of change. As we emerge from our indoor caves and take a good look at our winter skin, we may see dull tones, as well as congested pores and T-zones. We may well wonder where our “glow” went as we – and our clients – see the incredible complexions on our favorite celebrities this award season. Product themes for…

Copper Required in the Human Body and in Skin Copper is one of the “trace metals” required in small amounts for proper functioning of the human body and its various macro and microsystems, including enzyme systems. As such, there are minimum dietary requirements that must be met. These requirements are small in absolute amount of copper but if deficient amounts of copper are ingested, many systems fail to work properly. For skin, copper is perhaps best known as a required cofactor in collagen synthesis. In addition, copper is a necessary metal in a number of other biochemical reactions occurring in skin, as listed below. 1 Copper-Containing Enzyme — vs. — Enzymatic Function Superoxide Dismutase — Antioxidant (superoxide degradation) Lysyl Oxidase — Collagen, Elastin synthesis…