Video: Can Retin-A Get Rid of Bags Under the Eyes?

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Retin-A is a vitamin that does not necessarily help get rid of bags under the eyes, but can help soften the look of fine lines and wrinkles. Learn how Retin-A increases the cellular turn over of skin cells with insight from a makeup artist in this free video on cosmetics.

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mona.dawod Jun 11, 2011
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Video Transcript

Hi, I am Kelly. I am an aesthetician and make up artist at Ulta Salon and Cosmetics. And I am going to talk to you today about Retin A reducing the appearance of bags under the eye area. Retin A is a vitamin a derivative Retinol product that you can receive from a dermatologist. It is by prescription. It doesn't necessarily help so much with bags under the eyes but it is a really great product for helping with fine lines and wrinkles as well as acne. And also discolorations on the face. It is a really intense exfoliation product so you do have to be very careful when you go out into the sun. Because it does make your skin extra sensitive to sun exposure. But basically what it does is it penetrates deeper into the epidermis of the skin to bring many layers of damage skin cells to the surface to exfoliate and get rid of those. So in turn it is increasing your cellular turn over. Because what happens as we get older our cellular turn over slows down. So you go from when you are a teenager to your skin reproducing new cells every two weeks, to when you are in your thirties your skin reproducing cells every twenty eight days. To when you are in your forties, fifties your skin can take as many as ninety days to reproduce healthy skin cells. So Retin A basically helps speed up that process, so it is going to soften the look of fine lines and wrinkles. So when used around the eye area it will help with that but not necessarily reduce the look of puffiness or bags.

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Can Retin-A Get Rid of Bags Under the Eyes?

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