NaturaLift MD Review Blog

Take a good look in the mirror.  Have you ever wondered why a child’s skin is so soft and smooth? What causes our skin, one of the body’s most vital organs to show its age? More importantly, what can we do to stop, or even reverse, that aging process?

Do you notice signs of aging? Sunlight, air pollution, soaps, harsh chemicals and cosmetics working their toxic effects from the outside, plus the internal toxins from sugar, pesticides and chemicals in food, cigarette smoke, unhealthy foods and chlorinated water injure your skin from within. Over the years, the loss of the ability to manufacture enough glucosamine sulfate to produce hyaluronic acid has turned the baby face of your childhood into what you see and feel today.

At birth, the skin is full and un-wrinkled: plump and thick to sight and touch. Aging affects all skin components, as we will discuss in much greater detail in this book. But researchers have demonstrated that the hyaluronic acid molecule is also affected chronological and external aging forces.

Although an intact large molecule of hyaluronic acid per se is not an antioxidant, it actually has similar protective qualities inside the skin. As you will read in great detail, ultraviolet sunlight penetrates the skin and causes potentially dangerous molecular changes — reactive oxygen species (ROSs), forms of free radicals.

Hyaluronic acid produced by the skin acts to help control ROSs before they can destroy the water-soluble and fatty components of the skin’s ground substance and cells.  The concentration of hyaluronic acid in the epidermis of healthy skin is 15 micrograms per gram of skin. In the dermis, the concentration is 740 micrograms per gram of skin. Sufficient hyaluronic acid should be concentrated where it can best perform its functions: to moisturize, fill, and cushion the skin. The fact, obvious to any who gaze occasionally into a mirror, is that the most visible sign of aging occurs in our skin. When skin is exposed to sunlight over time, fat skin cells disappear and are replaced by scarring. Collagen is degraded by the cross-linking of molecules, making it stiffer and contracted. This, along with an increasing degradation in the ability to produce enough hyaluronic acid from a decreasing level of glucosamine sulfate, causes wrinkling.

Skin aging is caused by both chronological years, and photoaging — damage from chronic exposure to sunlight and other environmental toxins. Extrinsic aging causes the collagen to degrade by forming increasing amounts of cross-linkages of these molecules. That results in wrinkles and thinner, and stiffer skin. This is similar to tanning leather.

Photoaging (Wrinkles)

Wrinkles form in the dermis; removing the dead layers of the epidermis not only returns no benefit, it creates more harm from the loss of natural protection, including the absorption of naturally-produced skin oils that form in the dermis and bind to the epidermis. These oils keep moisture inside the skin. After all, we’re 98% water .  Dynamic wrinkles occur with facial muscle contraction. They appear as hills-and-valleys at a right angle to those muscles which tense the attached skin. Although they appear when facial muscles tense from expression, over time they may become static.
Ultraviolet sunlight

Sunlight is the most damaging toxin to the skin. Even with SPF 45, damage will result, although less damage than without it. The only total protection is to avoid sunlight. Windows offer no protection, either: they do not block UV-A.

Inflammation

Inflammation is also a major cause of the aging the skin and blood vessels, contributing to preventable atherosclerosis (Atherosclerosis comes from the Greek words athero (meaning gruel or paste) and sclerosis (hardness). It’s the name of the process in which deposits of fatty substances, cholesterol, cellular waste products, calcium and other substances build up in the inner lining of an artery. This buildup is called plaque. It usually affects large and medium-sized arteries. Some hardening of arteries often occurs when people grow older. (courtesy The American Heart Association Web site.) Inflammation damages all layers and components of the skin, as well as the lining of the arteries, including those that supply oxygen-rich blood under pressure to the heart and brain. These progressive injuries cause wrinkles, cancer, heart attacks, and strokes, which are preventable.

Nutrient deficiencies

As we age, the skin is depleted of essential nutrients such as: glucosamine sulfate (for hyaluronic acid production), coenzyme Q-10, squalane, and gamma linolenic acid (GLA). Based on the average US adult’s diet, chronic exposure to the sun and other environmental factors, many people also develop the following skin nutrient deficiencies: essential fatty acids, vitamin A, vitamin C, vitamin E, vitamin D3, beta-sitosterol, superoxide dismutase, and phosphatidylcholine.  Studies have found that a deficiency of coenzyme Q-10 in many organs has caused “… severe encephalophathy7 and renal failure.” These deficiencies included damage to all fibroblast cells.

Eczema

Eczema is: “… a pruritic papulovesicular dermatitis occurring as a reaction to many endogenous and exogenous agents. It is characterised in the acute stage by erythema, oedema associated with a serous exudate between the cells of the epidermis (spongiosis) and an inflammatory infiltrate in the dermis, oosing and vesiculation and crusting and scaling and in the more chronic stages by lichenification or thickening or both, signs of excoriations and hyperpigmentation or hypopigmentation or both. Atopic dermatitis is the most common type of dermatitis.”  Which means, according to Merriam-Webster, is that eczema is “… an inflammatory condition of the skin characterized by redness, itching, and oozing vesicular lesions which become scaly, crusted, or hardened.”

Allergic Reactions

Beta-sitosterol reduces allergic reactions from the release of histamine in the skin. The body releases histamine during an allergic reaction, causing “… dilatation of  capillaries, contraction of smooth muscle, and stimulation of gastric acid secretion.” Beta-sitosterol significantly decreases the penetrability of capillary vessels …caused by histamine.” The greatest effect is seen in the skin of the face, neck and hands. Even a face lift does not address the obvious aging skin of the neck and hands.

Psoriasis

Psoriasis is a chronic skin disease characterized by circumscribed red patches covered with white scales.” A more detailed explanation of this malady is that it is: “… a common chronic, squamous dermatosis, marked by exacerbations and remissions and having a polygenic inheritance pattern. The most distinctive histological findings in well developed psoriasis are Munro microabscesses and spongiform pustules. It is characterised clinically by the presence of rounded, circumscribed, erythematous, dry scaling patches of various sizes, covered by greyish white or silvery white, umbilicated and lamellar scales, which have a predilection for the extensor surfaces, nails, scalp, genitalia and lumbosacral region. Central clearing and coalescence of the lesions produce a wide variety of clinical configurations, including annular or circinate, discoid or nummular, figurate and gyrate arrangements.”

Tobacco

Cigarette smoke releases about one million free radicals per use; these markedly increase the risk of developing wrinkles. There are, of course, additional concerns over links between tobacco and heart disease, lung cancer, and emphysema. Read the warning label carried on each cigarette pack. In addition to its well known risks for causing emphysema, lung cancer, heart disease and stroke, tobacco causes a degeneration of the skin matrix.

Diet

The wrong diet increases wrinkles; the right diet helps prevent them. A consortium of nutritionists and scientists published their comprehensive findings in 2001.Using detailed questionnaires, 2000 elderly subjects revealed their food choices.  Butter was among the worst individual contributors. Sugar and sugar products caused harm through the glycation of proteins. “For nutrients, higher intakes of total fat, especially monounsaturated fat, vitamin C, calcium, phosphorus, magnesium, zinc, and retinol were correlated with less actinic skin damage.”

Sugar Damage

High blood glucose interferes with the ability of fibroblast cells to produce the skin’s ground matrix substances, collagen and hyaluronic acid. A child’s skin has these in abundance; adults can rebuild this abundant supply, using NexDerma® Naturalift MD: Advanced Face Lift Therapy.  High glucose has been shown to limit the healing ability of skin by hurting fibroblast cell function. Fibroblasts are cells that produce the ground matrix substances collagen and hyaluronic acid. These ground matrix substances also hold everything in the body together, make the skin soft and plump, and allows for flexibility at the same time.

Glucose also attaches to proteins, a process known as glycation. As time passes, metabolism alters glycation, resulting in advanced glycation end-products that directly damage cell membrane lysosomes. Lysomes have potent enzymes that defend the body by attacking and destroying foreign matter, such as bacteria.  Advanced glycation end-products hasten photoaging of skin by increasing the negative effects of free radical oxidants, including the oxygen molecule with a missing electron (O2-), hydrogen peroxide (H2O2), and the hydroxyl ion (OH-) generated from UV-A sunlight. These advanced glycation end-products directly reduce the skin’s ability to synthesize hyaluronic acid.

Sugar binds to body protein components, including col agen in the skin and the walls of arteries, and causes severe damage. These sugar-bound compounds are called advanced glycation end-products (AGE). AGE is an appropriate and ironic way of describing what this does to the skin: cause more and deeper wrinkles.  Sugar interferes with fibroblast cells. High and medium glycemic index and glycemic load carbohydrates raise blood sugar too high after consumption. Whether you consume sugar in soda, candy, cereals, bread, potatoes, carrots, or anything sweet, or in complex carbohydrates that are broken down into simple sugars, it interferes with the skin’s ability to maintain its youthful texture and appearance. In addition, sugar causes fibroblast cells to be “… resistant to growth factors such as IGF-1 and EGF.”

Essential Fatty Acid Oils

Fatty acids are essential to human health but cannot be produced by the body. Therefore, omega-3 fatty acids must be obtained from food. Omega-3 fatty acids can be found in fish and certain plant oils. It is important to maintain an appropriate balance of omega-3 to omega-6 (another essential fatty acid) in the diet as these two substances work together to promote health. Also known as polyunsaturated fatty acids (PUFAs), omega-3 and omega-6 fatty acids play a crucial role in brain function as well as normal growth and development.

Ginkgo biloba extract has been shown to be very non-allergenic, even in highly allergic patients. Furthermore, it has demonstrated strong anti-allergy activity in patients whose skin is highly reactive to contact dermatitis. In tests, ginkgo biloba proved to be an anti-irritant substance for the skin. Among many substances tested for their anti-irritant protection of skin, ginkgo biloba was among the few noted to be beneficial.

Ginkgo biloba extract stimulates fibroblast cells to secrete healing collagen. In addition to enhancing the amount of collagen in aging skin, it is also anti-inflammatory. Other positive benefits of ginkgo biloba include the fact that it:

•    Stops the loss of skin pigmentation and aids re-pigmentation in cases of vitiligo.
•    Stimulates skin circulation.
•    Increases blood flow to the brain in patients with demonstrated arteriosclerotic lesions.
•    Demonstrates positive benefits in patients suffering from polyneuropathies.

Ginkgo biloba extract is an outstanding nutrient for the skin. It:

•    Enhances skin collagen production.
•    Stimulates skin circulation.
•    Protective against sunlight.
•    Strong anti-inflammatory activity.
•    Anti-allergy activity in skin.
•    Helps reduce skin pigment loss, aids repigmentation.
Ginseng Extract (Panax)

Ginseng is an herbal plant grown throughout the Orient where it has been used to protect and improve the internal body and skin health of many millions of people for thousands of years. Topically applied, ginseng extract benefits you by:

•    Stimulating skin hyaluronic acid production and reduces wrinkles.
•    Markedly reducing inflammation.
•    Blocking carcinogens from causing skin cancer.
•    Enhancing skin immune protection.
•    Protecting skin cells from UV-B irradiation.
•    Helping skin fight malignant melanoma cell growth.
•    Stimulating hair follicles.

Science has documented how extracts of ginseng work at the biochemical and cellular level to prevent and fight cancer, inhibit inflammation, enhance the skin’s immune system, and aid hair growth. It also has many positive benefits when taken orally — one claim is that it improves sexual performance.

Researchers specializing in herbal medicine have written this about ginseng:

“Recently, there have been considerable efforts to search for naturally occurring substances that can inhibit, reverse, or retard the multi-stage carcinogenesis. A wide array of phenolic substances derived from edible and medicinal plants have been reported to possess anti-carcinogenic and anti-mutagenic activities and in many cases, the chemo-preventive activities of phytochemicals (molecular compounds from plants) are associated with their anti-inflammatory and/or anti-oxidative properties. Ginseng has been widely used in traditional herbal medicine for the treatment of various diseases.”

Along with other powerful and natural ingredients NaturaLift MD is proven to prevent cancer and but also enhance cell renewal.  These and  28 concentrated antioxidants, vitamins, minerals and herbal extracts that work together as a powerful team to safely and effectively reverse the signs of aging.  It significantly reduces wrinkles and hyper-pigmentation and heals irritated and damaged skin while reducing the risk of skin cancer  and slowing further skin degeneration.

What is SPF?

SPF is a measure of UV-B, not UV-A, protection. High SPF sunscreen lotions let you cook more slowly before you get burned. Remember: much damage is done by pre-burn irradiation! As you bake in the belief that SPF 15 or 50 gives you 100% protection, you’re threatened as much by potential skin cancer and premature aging as if you used nothing. Furthermore, many chemicals in sunscreens are absorbed by your body are toxic.

In 2003, the findings of an article published by a team of research physicians included:

SPF 15 does not block UV-B. A sun protection factor (SPF) of 15 was considered to completely block ultraviolet radiation. The logic behind that cutoff point was that sunscreens with this SPF number would always prevent erythema and that preventing erythema prevents the ill effects of UV exposure. Both these assumptions were wrong.

Incorrect sunblock application. These physicians further showed that users apply only “… about one-quarter to one-half thickness of the layer of sunscreen material used to measure the SPF in the laboratory.”

SPF applies to UV-B only. SPF does not protect against UV-A. Therefore, use of an SPF 30 product may only have the effective range of an SPF of 15 or even 7³, if not properly applied. That allows a low-grade attack on the skin, even without any burning or redness. The researchers also clearly noted: “… [a]significant injury, DNA damage, mutations, and carcinogenesis can and do occur with cumulative sub-erythemal UV exposure. Thus, erythema induction, a criterion that defines SPF, is not a good indicator of UV damage. We also need higher SPF values to prevent the damage caused by sub-erythema doses of UV.”

In addition, these physicians noted that there are: “… environmental factors that are not taken into account during SPF measurements in the laboratory, such as sweating, water immersion, rubbing off, and photo-degradation.”

Sunscreens. SPF protection is illusory since pre-burn exposure does much chronic damage. The cumulative effect of ultraviolet bombardment damages genes in a normal cell, eventually making that cell a cancer factory.

The Beach. A beach umbrella blocks sunlight, not ultraviolet radiation. The sand on the beach is also a threat: it reflects UV-A and UV-B rays onto exposed, vulnerable skin.

Clothing. Most light clothing is worthless against exposure; ultraviolet radiation comes from a source that essentially explodes millions of hydrogen bombs every second. Summer clothing is lighter, thinner, and less protective. Some clothing is now SPF-rated, but how does it stand up, wash after wash? (Check Consumer Reports.)

Shade. The shade from the side of a house, for example, offers some protection. The best UV-A and UV-B block comes from full shade under thick foliage. But it’s impossible to stay in the forest all day long, each day of the week.

“Patch test” any skin lotion or sunblock before you use it to ensure its safe and non-allergenic use.

1. Avoid excessive, unprotected exposure to sunlight.
2. Wear a wide-brim hat outdoors.
3. Use a sunblock rated at least SPF 45 - one that blocks UV-A safely as well as UV-B - when outside for prolonged periods.
4. Wear heavier, SPF-rated clothing outdoors.
5. Avoid the use of tanning booths.

Note: The best mitigation against solar ultraviolet exposure is to avoid sunlight between 10:00 A.M. and 3:00 P.M.!

Here are commonly-used ways to treat skin problems including ways on how Naturalift MD:  Advanced Face Lift Therapy can help treat skin problems while replenishing and nourishing your skin.

Cleansing tips and basic skin care practices:

1. Wash the skin with warm or cool water. Don’t use hot water; never have the force of the shower hit your face. Use your hands to cup water to splash onto your face.

2. Never use any soap or detergent containing sodium or ammonium lauryl or laureth sulfate - it is too harsh.

3. Moisturize the skin immediately after washing it clean. It will have
absorbed water; the moisturizer will help hold the water. Remember, moisture gained from a shower is lost in one or two hours.

4. Drink adequate amounts of water.

5. Significantly increase the skin’s natural sponge: hyaluronic acid. Help
the skin create hyaluronic acid by topically applying its building
block, glucosamine sulfate, along with antioxidants, anti-inflammatory
compounds, and herbal extracts, such as those in NexDerma® Naturalift
MD: Advanced Face Lift Therapy. Use liberally two or three times each
day.

Skin cancer is the most common type of cancer with almost two million Americans  diagnosed every year.  Normal skin cells die every few weeks, replaced by younger cells produced by their parent cells. And they stay put. Cancer cells divide and replicate every few days, and do so continually. Furthermore, they spread by pushing their way into adjacent normal skin by dissolving the intervening tissue, and penetrate deeper into fat and muscle. The more malignant forms of skin cancer metastasize and spread to distant places throughout your body, eventually killing you by damaging vital organs.

Since it takes more than one injured gene to cause a skin cell to turn cancerous, as you will read, the nutrients in NexDerma® Naturalift MD: Advanced Face Lift Therapy help stabilize pre-cancerous cells. Eventually, abnormal cells die without passing on their altered genetic state. Nutrients in our product have been scientifically demonstrated to heal damaged DNA, too.

Wrinkles, cancer, coronary artery disease, and aging have much in common. The body is a well balanced mechanism that, unlike machines, is capable of healing. Some nutrients cause imbalance while others stimulate and aid healing.

Agents, such as ultraviolet sunlight and chemicals, cause cancer by stimulating dangerous components of our cells to proliferate, altering healthy DNA. These unfortunate and preventable mutations produce cel ular enzymes and related organic compounds that allow injured cells to keep growing and spreading. Oncologists and scientists call the changes of normal to cancer cells: initiation,” followed by promotion” and progression.”

No one catches” skin cancer. When DNA has been severely altered, the brakes” on the
reasonable division of that cell, and all that come from its replications, will go unchecked (see Appendix A).

Creation of cancer is usually more than just a one-shot event. Multiple toxic enzymes are stimulated by free radicals that activate more harmful enzymes and compounds which, after a varied cascading series of events, eventually cause cancer cells to develop. Other harmful organic compounds manufactured in your body from their free radical-caused cascading series of events aid the spread of cancer cells, and other highly specific organic chemicals cause really dangerous reactions. Therefore, there’s a good opportunity to block the development of cancer and its growth and spread in many molecular chain reaction sites.

Carcinogens are chemicals, molecules, which have been created in the body or enter through diet or skin, and alter cell DNA. Usually, a number of genes are damaged before a specific cell becomes cancerous. This rarely occurs from a single, unlucky, carcinogenic hit.

The body generates dozens of toxic organic compounds after its cells have been attacked by cancer-causing substances or energy. These carcinogens include solar ultraviolet radiation, cigarette smoke, toxic chemicals, and some foods you eat. Even exercise generates free radicals of various types, all of which have the potential to cause cancer.

Naturalift MD: Advanced Face Lift Therapy helps mitigate and reverse the effects of skin cancers through the actions of the ingredients described below. These facts underpin our research and product lines:

• Scientists have discovered many bad actors” within cells that cause cancer and aging.
• They have also identified specific organic compounds and minerals that block the bad players from causing harm.

Beta-sitosterol. Among many substances tested for the ability to protect the skin, beta-sitosterol was among the few noted to offer this healing benefit. Beta-sitosterol was also shown to be a potent anti-inflammatory agent by blocking the COX-2 (CycloOXygenase-2) enzyme, which causes inflammation. Beta-sitosterol was confirmed to specifically inhibit the function of this inflammation-causing enzyme in the skin, and at a concentration even less than we suggest (we recommend a higher concentration because of all its other benefits).

Ellagic Acid that came from Pomegranate Seed Extract has proven itself again and again to be a potent topically-applied anti-cancer nutrient. In 2005, doctors at the prestigious University of California Department of Radiation Oncology determined that ellagic acid is one of the most effective compounds they tested of twenty against cancer.Ginseng Extract (Panax)

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Extra virgin olive oil is a potent antioxidant. When applied before exposure to UV-B, experiments have demonstrated it helps protect the skin from developing cancer. This result was also documented when extra virgin olive oil was applied to the skin after UV-B exposure. Dermatologists conducting the study reported:

“Mice that received extra virgin olive oil after UV-B exposure showed significantly lower numbers of tumors per mouse than those in the UV-B control group throughout the experimental period.”

Another study reported that:

“…there were lower levels of 8-hydroxy-2-deoxyguanosine (8-OHdG: a carcinogenic agent) in epidermal nuclei. These results indicate that extra virgin olive oil topically applied after UV-B exposure can effectively reduce UV-B-induced murine skin tumors (by 62%), possibly via its antioxidant effects in reducing DNA damage by reactive oxygen species.”

“In this study the effects of hydroxytyrosol (DOPET), the major antioxidant compound present in extra virgin olive oil on UV-A induced cell damages, have been investigated using human melanoma cells.”

Further: “… [t]hese protective effects are dose dependent.”

Doctors studied the effect of extra virgin olive oil topically-applied to the skin before each of multiple doses of x-rays: “… [t]he data indicated a definite radioprotective effect of the topical administration of extra virgin olive oil.”

Authors of a related article pointed out that: “… regular olive oil neither retarded nor reduced skin cancer formation in UV-irradiated mice. Our results suggest that daily topical use of extra virgin olive oil after sunbathing may delay and reduce UV-induced skin cancer development in human skin, possibly by decreasing reactive oxygen species-induced 8-OHdG which is responsible for gene mutation.”130 They also noted that: “…[a]ntioxidants vitamin E and epigallocatechin-3-gallate (EGCG) extracted from green tea, applied topically to the skin, delayed the onset of UV-induced skin cancer in mice.”

Naturalift MD: Advanced Face Lift Therapy contains powerful and safe natural nutrients for the skin that can be topically applied daily, forever. NaturalLift MD does not have artificial colors, fragrances or paraben preservatives so it is safe to use twice daily for maximum benefits.  These have been scientifically proven to block the toxic actions of free-radical oxidants and carcinogens, as well as inflammatory, carcinogenic, and aging compounds created within the skin in reaction to their negative effects.

Aside from the daily application of NaturaLift MD, here are some helpful tips to counter UV exposure:

1. Avoid excessive, unprotected exposure to sunlight.
2. Avoid the use of tanning booths.
3. Use a sunblock rated at least SPF 45 — one that blocks UV-A safely as well as UV-B — when outside for prolonged periods
4. Avoid excessive, unprotected exposure to sunlight.
5. Wear a wide-brim hat outdoors.
6. Use a sunblock rated at least SPF 45 — one that blocks UV-A safely as well as UV-B — when outside for prolonged periods.
7. Wear heavier, SPF-rated clothing outdoors.
8. Avoid the use of tanning booths.

The best mitigation against solar ultraviolet exposure is to avoid sunlight between 10:00 A.M. and 3:00 P.M., following a healthy diet, including fruits, vegetables, and certified organic foods. Thoroughly wash fruits and vegetables with soap and water to remove pesticides and germs. Avoid chlorinated water and use of potent oral supplements.  Furthermore, avoid smoking.

Sunlight causes the skin to age, develop wrinkles, and triggers almost all skin cancers. How can this, the source of life on Earth, be so destructive to the skin? How can you prevent and reverse the damage from years of chronic exposure?

When you look in a mirror under good light, you see the effects of sunlight on the skin: the onset of fine wrinkles, established coarse wrinkles, sallow complexion, loss of luster, drying and cracking, and sagging. It’s not too late to reverse the aging process.

First of all, there are three - not two - forms of dangerous rays. And, since UV-A actually is composed of two variants, there are really four!

• UV-A. UV-A, with a wavelength from 320nm to 340nm, causes skin cancer and wrinkles. There is a longer-wavelength UV-A with a wavelength between 340nm-400nm.
• UV-B. The wavelength of UV-B has a frequency range from 290nm to 320nm. It causes sunburn and contributes to skin cancer and wrinkles.
• UV-C. This has the strongest energy, and potentially the most destructive. UV-C is, however, effectively filtered by ozone in the upper atmosphere.
• “Blue Light”. And finally there is the visible sunlight range, which scientists call blue light. This is not that special to the skin, especially if you’re one of those unfortunate individuals who have visible light sensitivity.

Here are the known adverse actions of sunlight on the skin:

Free radicals. These are toxic molecules resulting from exposure to ultraviolet radiation. Oxygen, the essential element to life, is damaged and contributes to the creation of reactive oxygen species. Free radicals can oxidize fatty molecules, a process known as lipid peroxidation. That’s a catastrophe because the cell needs a functional plasma membrane to sustain life. When the membrane is damaged by lipid peroxidation, the cell begins to age rapidly and die. This membrane is composed of two layers of fatty substances, which, when oxidized, fail to function. These oxidation bullets” attack at random, but the more unblocked sunlight hitting the skin, the more free radicals are generated in all layers of the skin.Free radicals are generated not only by ultraviolet sunlight: weather, and other pollutants such as smoke, chlorine, harsh detergents, and cosmetics also create them.

Reactive oxygen species damage cell membranes by the peroxidation of fatty acids in the phospholipid structure of the membrane. Unfortunately, the process doesn’t stop there. Peroxidation forms lipid peroxide radicals, lipid hydroperoxides, and other lipid fragmentation products, which are active oxidizing agents. This chain reaction, in which electrons are removed from lipids such as cell membrane phospho-lipids, give rise to more lipid radicals. As long as there is oxygen in the system, this chain reaction will continue and lipid peroxides will continue to accumulate until they are reduced by antioxidants in the skin.

Free radical reactivity generates a chain reaction of many free radical species production, enhancing skin aging and skin cancer.

Loss of Fat-Soluble Nutrients. The top of the skin is covered by natural protective secretions called skin surface lipids (SSL). These are: “… a very complex mixture of sebum mixed with small amounts of epidermal lipids, which mantle the human epidermis, thus representing the outermost protection of the body against oxidative insults.” The body of a well-nourished, healthy, and non-stressed child or an older person may make an adequate amount of coenzyme Q-10. However, exposure to four times the amount of sunlight that causes just some redness of the skin depletes protective SSLs by 70% of coenzyme Q-10 and 84% of vitamin E.

Cumulative Ultraviolet Light Exposure. Sub-chronic sunlight (UV-A and UV-B radiation) exposure is the sum of what you’ve been getting all your life. It does not result in sunburn or a noticeable tan, but it wreaks havoc on the skin. In 2002, scientists finally examined this problem histologically and found these harmful effects:

• After just one month, there was obvious epidermal hyperplasia (thickening of the outer layer of the skin). In three months, that progressed to “… epidermal thickening and formation of epidermal ingrowths projecting into the dermis.”
• The “… keratinocytes were somewhat pleomorphic.” These keratinocytes developed “… cytoplasmic projections which migrated into the dermis.” What should have been a well-defined junction between the epidermis and dermis, the basement membrane,” began to “… disappear along with the development of edema spreading from the upper dermis to the epidermis.”
• Furthermore, “… [i]n the dermis, in addition to edema, fibroblast proliferation and mast cell infiltration progressed with time, and degranulation was obvious at two and three months. In the upper dermis, especially beneath the epidermis, decrease in diameter and disintegration of collagen fibrils (the main structural protein compound of the skin) were observed.”

That was after only three months.

Although body needs vitamin D to build and maintain strong bones and creates it from sunlight, exposure to ultraviolet sunlight also damages skin and is a significant factor in the development of skin cancer. Therefore, the body developed a natural defense against ultraviolet radiation that allowed the synthesis of vitamin D: melanin pigmentation. Since the equatorial zone of the Earth receives much more sunlight than northern zones, races and ethnic groups native to this region usually have much more melanin than those whose genetic roots are in the northern hemisphere.

The relative dearth of sunlight in the northern climate zones dictated that the skin of those who developed there have far less melanin so that they can synthesize an adequate amount of vitamin D in body fat. Fish liver oil can help supply vitamin D - the discovery and exploitation of the cod fisheries in the north Atlantic is one of the main reasons for the colonization of North America by northern Europeans.

Although all metabolic functions, including exercise, generate free radicals, exercise is much more beneficial for you than the little harm caused from free radicals it produces. Neither glass windows nor most clothing fully block sunlight, adding to sub-chronic exposure.

Here’s the secret to why you’re spending all your time and money on products that don’t work: most products you purchase are not at the optimal concentrations.  This occurs for many reasons, but essentially, the correct topical nutrients in their optimal concentrations can prevent and correct the many conditions that can damage and age your skin.

NexDerma® Naturalift MD: Advanced Face Lift Therapy helps ‘reverse’ skin problems by using the ingredients described in this guide. If you want more scientific details on each ingredient, read the articles associated with each nutrient in our Bibliography.

Almost every skin lotion and skin cream is based on the same general formula: water and some form of oil or grease such as mineral oil or petroleum jelly, plus an emulsifier to allow the water and oil to fully mix into a stable emulsion.

What are cosmetic skin-care products? Little more than what is described above with some fragrance, inferior forms of some diluted nutrients, and lots of hype plus visually-attractive packaging, and you have what appears in almost endless varieties in every supermarket, drugstore, and cosmetics counter.

Cosmetics are cover-ups and, if used, should be used knowingly for that purpose. They aren’t therapeutic; they don’t - they cannot - reverse the ill effects on the skin of all the elements, natural and otherwise, that attack it today.

Would you like to look younger today? NexDerma® has developed a scientifically-formulated new product to improve your skin naturally: Naturalift MD: Advanced Face Lift Therapy.

Have you ever wondered why a child’s skin is so soft and smooth? What causes our skin, one of the body’s most vital organs, to show its age? More importantly, what can we do to stop, or even reverse, that aging process?

Our skin loses hyaluronic acid, collagen and elastic fibers over time. The skin that is left is often degraded, rough and dull. Naturalift MD: Advanced Face Lift Therapy revamps the skin by providing the necessary absorbed topical nutrients, a treatment which feeds and rejuvenates the skin. As wrinkles fade, a youthful softness develops, blemishes vanish and sagging is replaced by firmness.

NexDerma® Naturalift MD: Advanced Face Lift Therapy is based on the most up-to-date science and medical information available. We used the research of thousands of independent physicians and scientists from hundreds of prestigious universities and research centers — centers such as Harvard University, The Johns Hopkins University, the Cleveland Clinic, Stanford University, the M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, and the Mayo Clinic — so that you can learn how to safely and effectively reverse the signs of aging. We know that, after you use this product line, you’ll love the beneficial effects it has on your skin.

This guide shows you the science behind the response of skin to the topical application of many nutrients in optimum forms and concentrations.

Dr. Valerie Rosenbaum is a dermatologist who specializes in anti-aging skin care and explains well how NaturaLift MD differs from the big budget ultra rich cosmetic products out on the market:

Heavily advertised skin care anti wrinkle cream contains the worst ingredients. The company spends more money on advertising than research and development. So, what you end up with is a pretty bottle with a designer name and a nice fragrance, but few effective ingredients and cheap fillers.

Anti wrinkle creams and lotions that are really safe and effective are not sold in department stores and the companies don’t advertise on TV. They don’t need to. Their products are so good that they sell by word of mouth, alone.

The most important component is antioxidants. Dermatologists have found that older skin cells produce more free radicals and contain fewer antioxidants

Look for coenzyme Q10, vitamin E, wakame kelp, honey, avocado, macadamia, olive oil, grape seed oil and amino acid protein peptides.

These ingredients provide moisture, prevent protein loss, destroy free radicals, kill bacteria, provide essential fatty acids and protect.

In other words, they do all of the things that skin care anti wrinkle cream should do, without causing any harmful effects. Your health and safety should always come first.

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In many scientific studies, ellagic acid has proven itself again and again to be a potent topically-applied anti-cancer nutrient. In 2005, doctors at the prestigious University of California Department of Radiation Oncology determined that ellagic acid is one of the most effective compounds they tested of twenty against cancer. “The assay has a predictive accuracy of approximately 91.4%… ” in animal testing and … is responsive at clinically achievable concentrations.”

Ellagic acid has potent anti-inflammatory effects and reduces skin cancer risks. You’ve consumed this very potent anti-oxidant and anti-cancer nutrient numerous times since it is very plentiful in many fruits, including grapes. This very potent anti-inflammatory and anti-cancer nutrient is not toxic to skin cells.

Throughout your youth, from the time you’re a new-born baby, a young child, a teen, and in to adulthood, your skin had a certain healthy tone, a glow and radiance.

But as you grow older your skin changes.

Well what if you could slow down that process? Maybe even reverse it.

Science has come a long way toward unlocking the secrets of what makes up this exact chemistry of your skin, revealing the medical basis behind the reason for the vitality that shows on your face when you look and feel your best.

NaturalLift MD offers the benefits of that research into how to look younger, improve your skin texture, skin tone, reduce wrinkles and fine lines and start looking better.

It’s the most scientifically based and the best natural anti-aging facial treatment available today.

NaturalLift MD combines 28 concentrated antioxidants, vitamins, minerals and herbal extracts that work together as a powerful team to safely and effectively reverse the signs of aging.

It significantly reduces wrinkles and hyper-pigmentation and heals irritated and damaged skin while reducing the risk of skin cancer  and slowing further skin degeneration.

The secret behind NaturalLift MD is the research that went into its formulation.

Our independent medical and scientific consulting team searched for the most effective and highest quality ingredients.

They evaluated other skin care products in their clinics.

The team researched independently published medical and scientific articles on each of the selected nutrients
as well as many other common skin care ingredients to determine which were documented to be safe and effective.

The researchers took their study even further and look at important factors that are often overlooked-the optimum concentration and specific active forms of each nutrient.

NaturalLift MD is based on a result of over 1100 independent published medical and scientific studies from accredited research centers and universities such as Harvard University,  Johns Hopkins University,
the Cleveland Clinic, M.D. Anderson Cancer Clinic, the Mayo clinic and the National Institutes of Health.

We have detailed these information research in our free book: your prescription for ageless skin.

This is a complete educational guide for your skin.

You’ll learn how to safely and naturally reverse the signs of aging, reduce your risks of skin cancer
and optimize your skin’s health, vitality and appearance.

In addition, the book documents the medical and scientific research behind each nutrient in our NaturalLift MD and how each benefits your skin.

We invite you to view your free copy online at http://www.naturaliftmd.com

Our free book allows you to open each reference study for more information from the National Library of Medicine’s website.

The patent-pending combination of 28 nutrients at optimum concentrations in NaturalLift MD is medically and scientifically proven to:

• dramatically decrease the appearance of wrinkles and fine lines

• decrease the appearance of age spots, discoloration and hyper-pigmentation

• improve tone, smoothness and softness by stimulating your skin’s natural production of hyaluronic acid and collagen

• rejuvenate by correcting your skin’s molecular composition to slow down the aging process

• prevent on-going inflammation to decrease the risk of skin cancer, degeneration and wrinkles

• repair years of sun and environmental damage by supplying missing nutrients to the skin

• protect the skin with the most powerful and effective antioxidants, vitamins, minerals and herbal extracts exclusive to our patent-pending therapy

Some examples of the 28 nutrients in our NaturalLift MD are:

Glucosamine sulfate.

As we age, we lose the ability to manufacture glucosamine sulfate.

As a result, our skin become deficient in hyaluronic acid, the natural cushion that makes a child’s skin soft and smooth.

Glucosamine sulfate is essential for your body to manufacture hyaluronic acid, collagen and elastin fibers
to recreate healthier and younger-looking skin.

Ursolic acid, a natural, easily absorbed substance derived from plants.

Ursolic acid stimulates your cells to produce more collagen which helps reduce the appearance of wrinkles.

In addition, we’ve included in NaturalLift MD the following nutrients in the safest and most effective forms and concentrations proven to effectively reduce wrinkles.

• Resveratrol
• Coenzyme q-10
• DMAE
• Ellagic acid - Pomegranate seed extract
• Grape seed extract
• Niacinamide, which is Vitamin B3
• Superoxide Dismutase
• Green tea extract, with it’s potent and high concentration of Polyphenol EGCG
• Vitamin e is Alpha-Tocopherol and Tocotrienol
• Vitamin a is Retinyl Palmitate and Retinol

We have included these to stop and reverse progressive sun damage from cumulative skin exposure and multiple causes of skin inflammation:

• Gingko Biloba Extract
• Ginsing Extract
• Squalane
• Vitamin D3
• Beta-sitosterol
• Dexpanthenol - Vitamin B5
• and Zinc Oxide

To reduce the appearance of hyper-pigmentation, commonly seen as brown spot in aging skin, as well as to prolong the life of healthy skin cells by as much as 150%, we use a high concentration of magnesium-L ascorbyl phosphate–the safest, most stable in PH neutral form of Vitamin C.

We’ve also included the two most potent skin healing oils known to science in out NaturalLift MD:

Extra virgin olive oil which is high in polyphenols
and borage oil which contains the highest concentration of gamma linolenic acid (GLA).

In addition, our patent-pending liposome nutrient delivery system contains phosphatidylcholine, which maximizes the absorption of both fat and water-soluble nutrients in the depths of your skin.

It’s in the deepest layer of your skin that anti-aging and other beneficial effects take place.

NaturalLift MD is a concentrated treatment that addresses all forms of aging skin as detailed in our book.

Its color is natural.

We do not use any artificial colors, fragrances or paraben preservatives.

NaturalLift MD should be used twice daily for maximum benefits.

In addition, use it before and after surgery for faster healing, before and after in-office procedure such as Derma-abrasion, laser facial peels,  hair, spider vein or tattoo removal and use it throughout the phases of post chemical skin peel healing.

Our medical and scientifically based therapy will enhance and prolong the results of those treatments.

Natural Lift MD is the most powerful anti-aging skin therapy on the market and is available today exclusively through your physician.

Take advantage of the benefits that these power combination of 28 essential nutrients offer and start healing and nourishing your way to a healthier and younger looking skin today.