Client Question regarding Dark Spots & Dry Skin

QUESTION: I realized as I am getting older my skin is starting to change. I am getting dark spots on my face and my skin seems to be more dry than usual. I add baby oil, mineral oil and aloe vera gel to my lotion. I am doing my daily skincare face wash.

ANSWER: I would recommend a full skin care regiment, if you are just washing your face and not putting moisturizer on that is not gonna help. You need to clean,tone and moisturize daily in the am and pm.

If you want I can recommend a few products

MAC has an amazing product called prep and prime skin brightening serum. It will reduce dark pigmentation over time, it gives some moisture to the skin, it also kinda puffs up the skin to help with fine lines. You would use it after your cleanser before your moisturizer before bed its a great product.

Johnson Baby Oil and Mineral oil is the worst you can use on your face.It clogs your pores.

Philosophy has great products for regimens with kits already created for ease of selection.

Also if you are not allergic to retinol, you can try that as well. It will help exfoliate dead skin and resurface new skin to help with texture, acne, and age spots.That in a treatment serum that you can use as a night routine under a cream. You must wear SPF during the day.

-Peter Thomas Roth's Anti-Aging Cleansing Gel This product has salicylic and glycolic acid in it to help exfoliate the dead skin cells and clean the pores. It also has nice antioxidants from fruits that will help protect and brighten the skin. This line infuses grape seed oil extract which is a very nice antioxidant for anti-aging

-L'Occitane's Immortelle skincare line. The Immortelle in these products is the oil from the Immortelle flower from France. If you pick this flower from it's roots, 1,000 years from now, that same flower will still look the same. The oil from this flower helps generate collagen production up to 6x more than usual.

-Ole Henriksen's Truth Cleansing Wipes are anti-aging cleansing wipes with micro-algae extract which helps retain and lock in moisture to the face. It also has Vit C Ester to help brighten the skin.

SERUMS/TREATMENTS:
-Philosophy's Miracle Worker Retinoid Pads (night only). This treatment has the HPR technology, AKA "High Performance Retinoid" which is a micro-encapsulated retinol that penetrates fasters and deeper into the skin, producing faster results with no sensitivity.

Ole Henriksen's Truth Serum Collagen Booster - This is about 10% Vitamin C Ester. Safe enough to go up to the bottom lashline. This will help brighten, hydrate and produce collagen.

Peter Thomas Roth's UnWrinkle Peel Pads - This is a chemical peel with all AHA & BHA (exfoliate and clarify) + peptides and neuropeptides (proteins that help repair fine lines & wrinkles and the receptive cells within the skin to help produce more collagen) + Vitamins A, B, C, D, E, F to help brighten, lighten, tighten with antioxidants + chamomile and green tea extracts to help calm and nourish the skin from any irritation.

These are just some of the many things you can start incorporating with your current skincare products. I would make sure that the lotion you're using for your face, and not for your body. If it is for your body, you need to find something specifically for the face because the skin is different. Hope this helps. =)