EPIQUIN MICRO   

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EpiQuin Micro helps the real you shine through.

Age spots. Sun spots. Facial discoloration - you don't have to suffer from these embarrassing conditions any longer. EpiQuin Micro is a prescription moisturizing fading cream that reduces the impact of these conditions known as melasma, post-inflammatory hyperpigmentation or solar lentigines. You will see rapid results and continual improvement with minimal irritation. 

  • See improvement in as few as 4 weeks 

  • Steroid-free means no treatment intermissions

  • Good for all skin types

  • Formulated with retinol and antioxidants vitamin C and E

  • The only hydroquinone with Microsponge® technology


EpiQin Micro is also given to Seiler Skin patients before laser procedures such as Fractional Co2 Laser Resurfacing and Fraxel to ensure your melanocytes are calm before your procedure. This keeps your skin from over-reacting to the procedure and aggrevating already existing melasma, dyschromia, and sun spots.

 

About EpinQuin Micro

 

EpiQuin Micro contains hydroquinone 4%, a skin lightening agent that is considered the gold standard in the treatment of hyperpigmentation.

Hydroquinone prevents the overproduction of melanin from occurring while lightening the brown spots on the skin. 

EpiQuin Micro is the only hydroquinone 4% formulated with Microsponge® Technology and retinol. The retinol provides improvement in appearance of fine lines and wrinkles while enhancing the skin's appearance. Antioxidants vitamin E (tocopheryl acetate) and vitamin C (ascorbic acid) help protect against free-radical damage.

EpiQuin Micro is a safe, steroid-free formulation that can be used for both acute and maintenance therapy without the potential harmful side effects of long term steroid use.

 

What is Microsponge Technology?

 

EpiQuin® Micro provides treatment throughout the day. The Microsponge® system uses microscopic reservoirs that entrap hydroquinone and retinol and gradually releases them over a period of hours. This provides the skin with continuous exposure to hydroquinone and retinol over time, which helps minimize skin irritation.

 

What is Hyperpigmentation?

 

Hyperpigmentation is the medical term for the condition in which patches of skin become darker in color than the normal surrounding skin. There are a couple of different varieties:

Melasma appears as brown or gray-brown patches on the face. You are most likely to notice it on the cheeks, forehead, upper lip, and chin. Sun exposure, pregnancy, birth control pills and hormone replacement therapy all seem to promote melasma.

Postinflammatory hyperpigmentation appears as dark patches that develop from injury to the skin. Sometimes it's caused by skin disorders like acne, eczema and contact dermatitis. Other times, cosmetic procedures or reactions to cosmetics can produce postinflammatory hyperpigmentation.

Risk Factors

Hyperpigmentation is more common than you think. No one really knows how many people have it but certain individuals are more prone it.

Darker skin type: According to a recent medical survey, pigment disorders such as hyperpigmentation are the third most common reason that African American patients go to the dermatologist.  Among patients of Asian descent, up to 40% of women and 20% of men may have melasma. A classification system has been developed that describes risk by skin type.

Sun exposure: They don't call them sun spots for nothing. Among patients with melasma, a combination of skin type and sun exposure may increase risk. People with light brown skin (eg, Asians, some Hispanics and some African Americans) who live in areas with high ultraviolet exposure have the highest prevalence of melasma. Patients of any skin type who are exposed to ultraviolet radiation may double the amount of pigment in their skin.

Gender: Women are more likely than men to develop melasma. And women can blame it all on hormones, associated with pregnancy, birth control pills, and hormone replacement therapy. Melasma may go away after childbirth or after a woman stops taking hormones, but it commonly continues after childbirth or discontinuation of hormone therapy. Men may also experience melasma, but hormones do not appear to be the cause.

Skin trauma: Trauma may be due to inflammatory skin disorders such as acne, eczema, and contact dermatitis. Sometimes cosmetic procedures such as chemical peels, laser skin resurfacing, waxing, and electrolysis maybe the cause. Postinflammatory hyperpigmentation occurs at the site of injury, which can appear anywhere on the body. Men and women have the same risk of developing postinflammatory hyperpigmentation.

Other causes of melasma in both men and women include heredity, medications that cause the skin to become more sensitive to solar radiation, nutritional deficiency, and some disorders that affect the endocrine system in the body.

 

In his practice, Dr. Seiler has used and provided many different types of skin lightening products and drugs, including TriLuma, Obagi, generic hydroquinone, and other "bleaching" or "skin lightening" products.  SkinMedica's Epiquin Micro is by far the best product he has ever had to offer his patients.  Dr. Seiler encourages all of his patients to use this product and he believes in it so much that it is actually a required product to use before and after certain of the procedures he offers.