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Written By Jenna Medlin-Roark<\/em><\/span><\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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Morgan Renfro and Marissa Abdo are no strangers to the importance of skincare in your daily routine. Certified Nurse Aesthetic Specialists, Renfro and Abdo left the bustling city of Los Angeles to open their dermatology office, Lumen + Bevel Aesthetics, in sunny Scottsdale, Arizona in early 2020. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Specializing in facial injectable treatments, Renfro and Abdo are both national trainers for Allegan and Galderma and sat down with me to discuss at home skincare trends to keep your skin looking flawless through 2021.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

How important is having a skincare regimen in our daily routine?<\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Marissa Abdo:<\/strong><\/em> Each different skin type is going to require a different routine, but we definitely want to make sure that on some level, we are going to cleanse our face and exfoliate, whether that be physical exfoliation with a scrub or some type of chemical exfoliation like lactic acid.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As we age, our skin cells don’t turn over as fast and that’s when we start to get dull skin so we can add things like retinol to our skin, which is going to help those cells turn over faster and keep us nice and bright. And of course, we want to add some sort of moisture. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

What ingredients should we look for in makeup and skin products?<\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Marissa Abdo:<\/strong><\/em><\/em><\/strong> We need a lot of high hyaluronic acid to keep our face from getting dried out. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Morgan Renfro:<\/em><\/strong> We love HA5 from Skin Medica that is a hyaluronic acid serum. It’s really silky and smooth, and locks in moisture on your face. The main thing for these hyaluronic acid serums is getting good medical-grade skincare, to know that it’s actually doing something and penetrating your skin to the right level. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

It’s paraben-free, it’s healthy for your face, but it has five different types of hyaluronic acid so it’s longer-lasting.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Should we be using SPF\u2019s on our faces and in the products we put on our faces?<\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Marissa Abdo:<\/strong><\/em> You definitely want to be using it daily regardless of whether you’re going outside or not. I like a nice physical block. There are some sunscreens that actually have protection against blue light. Since we’re all in front of our computers so much, now, that’s really important too. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Morgan Renfro:<\/em><\/strong> Inflammation causes damage to the skin, so we want to decrease that as much as possible. Using sunscreen daily is going to help that whether it’s from a blue ray or from the sun, anything you can do to protect us from that is going to prevent us from aging quite as quickly.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

What are some tools we can use to reduce inflammation in the face? Would a jade roller be beneficial in these situations?<\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n