Why use active skincare over supermarket and department store skincare?

The percentage or dosage of each ingredient is allowed to be higher than regular over the counter products. For example, some Vitamin C products found at a department store may claim to have a high percentage of Vitamin C, but chances are it’s not the stable form used in physician-dispensed products and therefore, the full strength is lost before it even penetrates the skin. A more stable form and a higher concentration will bring the best results, and this can only be present in medical-grade products. When it comes to skincare the old saying “you get what you pay for” is absolutely true. Chances are when you find a skincare product claiming to make you look 20 years younger overnight for less than $10; it’s probably not going to work. And why is that? Well to begin, finding the right ingredients takes time and a lot of research. Sometimes the ingredients have to be harvested from all around the world and sometimes the best ingredients have to be developed by scientists and skincare professionals. over the counter products are not held to a certain standard that medical-grade products are. Medical-grade products are subjected to rigorous and extensive testing and clinical studies. Most over the counter skincare brands have no clinical studies or research behind it at all!