GROWTH FACTOR KEY INGREDIENT IN NEW SKIN CARE PRODUCTS

Growth factor is a key ingredient in the future of skincare because of its ability to repair skin and heal wounds. Growth factor is made up of small proteins that attach to specific receptors on the surface of cells and promote the formation of blood vessels, collagen, and elastin. Epidermal growth factor, derived from fermented yeast, offers anti-aging effects without thinning the stratum corneum.

"Growth factor increases the metabolism of skin cells and helps in the repair process of damaged skin from the sun or other environmental damage," says Howard Sobel, M.D., founder of DDF (Doctor's Dermatolgic Formula.) DDF's Cellular Revitalization Age Renewal cream features a growth factor derived from sheep's milk called Milk Peptide Complex.

'Epidermal growth factor offers anti-aging effects without thinning the stratum corneum. iT has a protein in it that has the abiliy to accelerate skin cell growth as a protein in your own body,' says Lyn Ross, President of Institut DERMed.