Our genes determine the characteristics of our skin (colour, texture, predisposition to certain dermatological conditions or diseases etc.), its way of evolving over time, as well as its aging process.

However, external factors such as the climate, pollution or lifestyle of each person such as inadequate rest, stress, tobacco consumption, inadequate diet or poor cosmetic habits, inter alia, also affect the condition of the skin and can accelerate its aging.

This is why it is necessary for a specialist to carry out a medical diagnosis of the condition of the skin, as well as the individualised prescription of adequate care to maintain healthy skin, improve its quality and appearance, promote its luminosity and hydration and prevent or treat its aging.

To achieve this effectively, it is also necessary to resort to cosmetics with a high concentration of active ingredients, so that these can only be prescribed by expert doctors. This is what is known as medical cosmetics.

In this way, as dermatologists, we believe in the importance of customising the cosmetic routine to achieve a healthier skin that offers its best image.

For all these reasons, here at IDERMA, the Institute of Advanced Dermatology of the Dexeus University Hospital of Barcelona - Quirónsalud Group, we have a Medical Cosmetics Unit.

Advantages of personalised medical cosmetics

 Medical cosmetics offers many benefits over conventional cosmetics:

·       It provides a personalised cosmetic routine after a medical diagnosis of the skin.

·       They are highly effective cosmetics thanks to their unique formulation and their high concentration of active ingredients.

·       Their effectiveness is backed up by scientific studies and their results are visible.

·       These are exclusive, precise formulas that take into account the specific aspects and needs of each skin, as well as those conditions that each person would like to improve.

·       They allow adaption to the demands of the skin at all times. In other words, they are cosmetics that evolve over time and adapt to the circumstances or the objective that you wish to achieve.

·       These are formulas with high tolerance, so there is a minimum risk of adverse effects.

Why should a doctor prescribe personalised cosmetics?

The skin is the largest organ in our body and one of the most important. Suffice it to say that, if more than 40% of the skin is missing, life is usually incompatible.

This is the case because our skin performs important physiological functions. This includes that of relating to the outside world and of protecting ourselves from the aggressions of that very world. But it also plays a key role in our appearance.

It is thus very important to take proper care of our skin so that it can stay healthy and carry out all its basic functions, as well as offering our best image and preventing premature aging.

In this context, it should be a doctor specialising in skin care who can prescribe and recommend the most appropriate cosmetics for each person, as well as monitor the corresponding treatment. In other words, a dermatologist or aesthetic doctor.

In addition, we must not forget that everything that we apply to the skin can be absorbed through its pores and thus have an impact on the health and appearance of our skin.

Likewise, we find an increasing number of skin problems caused by the use of inappropriate cosmetics as is the case of cosmetic acne in women, or with pathologies that are exacerbated by using products that are not recommended or harmful.

In the case of medical cosmetics, it should always be a specialised doctor who prescribes the treatment due to the high concentration of active ingredients.

IDERMA's personalised medical cosmetics

As dermatologists and specialists in skin care, here at IDERMA we are aware that suitable, highly effective cosmetics help us to improve the quality and appearance of the skin.

That's why we rely on ZO Skin Health medical cosmetics and personalised care from Universkin.

ZO Skin Health

Health cosmeceuticals have been developed under the direction of Dr. Zein Obagi, a prestigious dermatologist from Beverly Hills (California) in the United States. They consist of cosmetics and broad-spectrum treatments, thereby allowing you to obtain and maintain healthy skin.

These products and protocols are based on the latest therapeutic discoveries for skin care, such as release systems and unique formulas based on bioengineering studies.

Universkin

With a presence in around thirty countries around the world, Universkin cosmetics has revolutionised skin care by allowing dermatologists, cosmetic doctors and plastic surgeons to create a personalised serum for each patient with real dermatological results.

Boasting scientifically proven efficacy, Universkin affords us the possibility of prescribing cosmetic care that we formulate in a totally individualised way, providing exclusive and efficient solutions for health and comprehensive skin care for each and every one of our patients.

At our Medical Cosmetics Unit we offer IDERMA patients a diagnosis of skin condition, as well as individualised and lifestyle cosmetic advice for healthier and more radiant skin.

This is the Skin Check programme from which we want to help our patients discover how to take care of their skin so that they can get their best version of it: a healthy look, a radiant and bright face, a fresh and smooth complexion, a rested look.

This is why thanks to Skin Check our patients discover the specific aspects of their skin and everything they can do for it.