Integrating topical peptides into aesthetic practice and skin care routines

As aesthetic nurses are responsible for offering evidence-based skin care advice to patients, it is important that they fully understand the ingredients and formulations at their disposal. This is the first of a series of articles looking at the skin care ingredients available to nurses in aesthetic practice. The approach of this series is two-fold: firstly an in-depth look at the target ingredient or cosmeceutical category, covering topics such as development and technology, mechanisms of action, side effects and variations; and, secondly, exploring vital points of patient communication that need to be relayed during consultations. Part one of this series will explore, what peptides are, how they work, what their effects are, why they are becoming increasingly common in skin care, and how they can be successfully integrated into patients’ skin care regimens.