C-ESTA
The SKIN
Damage to the skin occurs from cumulative exposure to sunlight and other environmental factors. This causes the skin to lose its ability to:
- reproduce exact copies of healthy cells
- prevent the breakdown of collagen and elastin
- repair tissue rapidly
- prevent the attack of lipids in cell membranes
Finally, the skin gradually breaks down in general due to free radical damage. This leads to wrinkles, sagging skin and age spots.
COLLAGEN and the DERMIS
Collagen constitutes 80% of the dermis, the firm foundation layer of the skin. The dermis allows mobility and flexibility of the skin, but helps retain it's contour and tautness. Water, oxygen and other nutrients reach the skin's surface cells and waste products are removed through it.
VITAMIN C and the SKIN
Vitamin C plays an essential role in every aspect of the skin's functioning including:
- growth
- maintenance and repair of connective tissue
- protection from free radical oxidation damage
- wound healing
- collagen synthesis
- prevention of premature aging
Humans cannot manufacture Vitamin C. The average person must have a continuous intake of Vitamin C in order to maintain bodily functions. Skin is especially vulnerable to Vitamin C deficiency because Vitamin C is pulled from the skin to maintain other bodily functions. Physical or emotional stress causes even greater quantity of Vitamin C to be depleted from the skin. By transporting Vitamin C into cells, collagen can be synthesized and skin rejuvenation can be stimulated. For vitamin C to be present in the skin in medically efficacious levels, it must be transported into cells through topical application.
The practical obstacles to application of Vitamin C in skin treatment are stabilization and absorption.
- Short Shelf-life.
Vitamin C in a topical product degrades or completely loses its potency very easily, especially when exposed to sun or heat. This means that shelf life would be so short that it would be impossible for commercial marketing.
- Poor Absorption.
It is well recognized that Vitamin C is not readily absorbed through the skin, so the effectiveness would be minimal because it would only absorb into the outermost layers of the stratum corneum.
C-ESTA
Jan Marini Skin Research C-ESTA containing DAE Complex, is a revolutionary concept in anti-aging based on the first topical form of lipid soluble Vitamin C that is stable and able to be absorbed.
C-ESTA has two separate modes of action
- Ascorbyl Palmitate.
Ascorbyl palmitate is a lipid (fat) soluble form of vitamin C. Because Ascorbyl Palmitate is fat soluble, it penetrates the skin very rapidly and intersperses in the cell membrane. Ascorbyl Palmitate also acts as an anti-inflammatory.
- DAE Complex.
DAE ComplexTM is a powerful "antioxidant cocktail" that acts by stabilizing cell membranes. Stability of the cell membrane is critical to insuring that the cell functions at optimum levels. DAE Complex protects and enhances cellular activities and contains a penetration enhancer.
C-ESTA can be applied to any skin type without irritation, as opposed to ascorbic acid whose extremely low acidic pH can create inflammation. C-ESTA does not sting or burn. C-ESTA can be used with glycolic acid, Retin-ATM and after laser resurfacing to assist in the recovery process. C-ESTA products have a normal two year shelf life.
Benefits of C-ESTA
- Skin appears more resilient, plumper, thicker, softer and smoother
- Overall appearance of tighter, more defined facial contours and skin is younger and healthier
- Reflective quality of skin is enhanced
- Lessening of redness due to irritation and inflammation
- Facial skin appears more even toned
- Skin that tends toward sensitivity is far less reactive
- Decrease in the appearance of fine lines and wrinkles
- Lessening of the appearance of telangiectasis
- Increased muscle tone
- Lessening of the nasolabial fold
- Decreased redundancy of upper eye lids