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Why Do Children Have Such Beautiful Skin
Your Skin's Natural Renewal Activators
Using SRCPs for Skin Remodeling
Skin Remodeling Copper Peptides for Different Skin Types and Skin Problems
What To Expect
In a week - Skin color and "glow" improves as the blood capillary network is rebuilt. Lifeless and graying skin regains the rosy glow of youth.
In a month - Skin becomes better moisturized as the skin barrier is tightened and the water-holding proteins (proteoglycans) increase. Many users can now stop using skin moisturizers. Skin becomes more firmer and tighter as new collagen and elastin replaces old broken proteins. The skin slowly thickens and become similar to young skin.
Over several months - Skin lesions and scars slowly vanish while wrinkles are reduced. The skin is younger-looking, smoother, and blemish-free. This process can be hastened by using hydroxy acids to speed exfoliation.
Our Recommendations for Using Copper Peptides for "At-Home" Skin Remodeling
These recommendations are based on my research studies over the past 20 years on the skin's response to various types of copper peptides. We also have been greatly aided by reports from thousands of clients plus dermatologists, aestheticians, make up artists and cosmetologists at clinics, spas, and salons.
Skin Remodeling Copper Peptides (SRCPs) from Skin Biology are designed to be used with other products such as hydroxy acids and biological healing oils. They also are helpful at improving healing after lasers, dermabrasion, and chemical peels. Learn more about Skin Remodeling Copper Peptides.
1. Start lightly, increase gradually.
As your skin barrier is repaired and rebuilt, your skin becomes more protective and fewer materials, including SRCPs, can penetrate in your skin. For this reason, many clients start our products with as little as 2 drops daily for their entire face, then slowly increase the amount used.
The area around the eyes is especially difficult. This skin is very thin, and color cosmetics and make-up removers often cause severe skin damage over the years. See more on this at CP Night Eyes. We recommend to start off by using Super GHK-Copper Serum or Super GHK-Copper Cream which is specifically designed for sensitive skin and around the eye area use.
As your skin adjusts to SRCPs, you can move to stronger products if your skin needs a more intensive rebuilding. Some people start with CP Serum, then later move to Super CP Serum or TriReduction, and finally to Super Cop. For a simple guide to starting the skin remodeling process, see Getting Started. For a list of products and their strengths, see our Product Guide.
2. Use exfoliating hydroxy acids to loosen older skin and scar tissue and to speed rebuilding.
Skin exfoliating hydroxy acids are often used to increase the remodeling effects of copper peptides. Normally one product is used in the morning and the other at night.
The acids act to loosen the chemical links between older skin cells and allow for their removal. This removal of older skin allows your new skin cells to move to the surface and speed skin renewal. Hydroxy acids slowly dissolve skin lesions and scar tissue.
The most natural hydroxy acids are lactic acid and salicylic acid. Both of these exist naturally in the skin and on the skin's surface. For more information see Exfoliation Methods.
To purchase very strong hydroxy acids, visit our resellers.
3. To increase skin remodeling activity, follow SRCPs with a biological healing oil.
Biological healing oils exist naturally in the skin and on the skin's surface in the acid mantle. They are the best moisturizers and act by blocking excessive water-loss from the skin. Emu Oil S is very much like human skin and had been used by Australian Aborigines for thousands of years for moisturizing and healing the skin. Oils such as Squalane and the octyl palmitate in Calypso's Oil exist naturally in the skin and also make excellent moisturizers. Biological healing oils can also be used to modulate copper peptide uptake by the skin.
To increase the effects of SRCPs, follow with a biological healing oil.
Apply a skin remodeling copper peptide product (such as CP Serum), let it dry a little, then follow with a biological healing oil which will push more copper peptides into the skin and hair follicles.
To make SRCP products more mild, start with a biological healing oil.
If the biological healing oils, such as Squalane and Emu Oil S, are used before the SRCPs, this reduces the remodeling effects because the oils penetrate the skin and form an oil barrier that slows copper peptide uptake into your skin. This method is often used around the eyes. Healing oils often can be used before SRCPs on irritated or very sensitive skin, such as after laser burns or deep peels.
See Moisturizers for more information.
4. Use retinoic acid or retinol to increase skin renewal.
Retinoic acid is used for skin remodeling in drug products such as Retin-A and Renova. Retinol is vitamin A and is used in many skin products. Retinoids have strong remodeling effects but should be used carefully. Learn more about Retinoids.
5. Use Vitamin C (ascorbic acid) to tighten your skin.
Your skin's fibroblasts use Vitamin C and a copper enzyme called lysyl oxidase to cross-link and tighten collagen. The activity of this system depends on adequate amounts of both copper (II) and Vitamin C.
It is very difficult to push effective amounts of Vitamin C through the skin. To do this, you must use a solution of 10% vitamin C that is very acidic (pH=2.5).
It is best to put the copper peptides on your skin and raise your Vitamin C levels with oral supplements of 500 milligrams to 1 gram daily since increased Vitamin C is easily tolerated by your body. You need about 20 milligrams of vitamin C daily to stay alive but studies of the natural diets of other primates suggests that 500 milligrams per day would be a better dosage for humans.
6. Remove skin blemishes using abrasive methods.
Physical methods that remove skin are natural and speed skin renewal. Skin is normally subject to various types of abrasion and mild damage that stimulates removal of scars and older skin. Microdermabrasion helps remove elevated and flat scars and lesion while methods such as subcision (needling) remove and loosen scars tissue in depressed scars and pitted acne.
Abrasion can be performed with microdermabrasion cloths, dermabrasion machines, and abrasive pads such as those to remove calluses.
Learn about abrasive skin renewal methods.
7. Use appropriate products for your skin type.
See our Getting Started page to find products based on your skin type.
8. Start using SRCPs slowly and avoid overuse.
We get spectacular reports from around the world by those who have used our products. However, it is of note that many of the best reports come from those who have been using the products for some time and have gradually worked up to using the stronger products. When using SRCPs (especially around the eye area) it is vital to start very slowly and carefully avoid overuse. Since at times the products can seem very easy to use without any irritation, the tendency can be to apply much more than what is needed. Overuse is very possible with these products. Signs of overuse can manifest itself through temporary irritation, inflammation, droopiness, looseness, dryness, or any other unwanted effect.
If this occurs, use less product or rest your skin from SRCP products until this goes away. Once that occurs and you start the SRCPs again, use much less and perhaps slowly start back using them even every other day rather than every day.
This can be easily avoided by first using milder products applied lightly and gradually stepping up to the stronger SRCP products.
9. Rest your skin when necessary.
If you notice any temporary increase in loose skin, especially around the eye area, or any puffiness - Effectively rest the skin by using only a biological healing oil such as Emu Oil-S Lipid Replenisher, Squalane or our Two Timing Tightener. Be assured though that any temporary looseness will not be permanent.
Here are the comments of one client: "What I do when this happens (or when I purposely provoke it) is rest my eyes (my whole face, actually) from the SRCPs for about four or so days. During that four days I use only biological oils and Two Timing Tightener...The Two Timing Tightener plus the little break from copper gives everything a chance to tighten back up and I usually wind up looking better than before. When I start back with SRCPs I usually start back at the same strength as before and then build slowly again...That's just my opinion borne of my experience...when I push too hard, take a break, and start up again that's what works for me...My advice: Rest your face for a few days and then start back with the Regular CP Night Eyes over Emu Oil S and see how you progress...By the way, my skin has been looking uber-fantastic these days. It literally hasn't been this smooth since I was in my twenties."
Sometimes removing damaged skin causes loosening before tightening and deeply buried scar tissue becomes visible.
If the hydroxy acids and SRCPs are used heavily at first, there may be a brief period of skin loosening - about two weeks - before the skin tightens. Damaged skin can be somewhat like hard scar tissue and this holds everything in place. As this is removed, skin may briefly loosen before it is pulled tight by the production of new collagen and elastin. Skin fibroblasts first produce collagen and elastin, then the fibroblasts slowly pull the protein strands together and tighten the skin.
Deeply buried scar tissue is often covered over with normal skin. For example, cystic acne can form hard scars under the skin. These scars often are later are covered over by superficial skin cells. But as the skin is exfoliated, this old, buried scar tissue becomes visible. As such deep damage becomes visible, you can focus more usage of SRCPs and hydroxy acids on this specific problem spots.
10. Visit our FAQ page or our Chat Forum to learn more and discuss skin remodeling and our products.
11. Contact Skin Biology if you have problems or questions.
