Transformation's breakthrough technologies truly are an amazing new area of skin care research that focuses on the instructions that are transmitted to cells and the cell's ability to interpret and carry out the instructions, resulting in more normal, healthy and youthful looking skin.

Much, if not most, of visible skin aging is skin that has been damaged or 'injured' by the sun's ultraviolet radiation that then elicits inflammatory reactions. If this damage were repaired, much like we repair a wound, then the skin would look more like it did in a younger, healthier state before the damaged occurred.

Here is a simplistic overview. Your genes are made up of DNA. Some genes are known as 'expressive genes.' The DNA in these genes contain all of the instructions - the only instructions - that cells use to build and repair tissue. DNA sends out these instructions via a messenger known as RNA. RNA messengers the instructions to the cell. In order for the cells to accurately repair damage and function properly at least two processes must occur.

1. The DNA must send out 'good' instructions. As DNA becomes damaged due to sun exposure, for example, the instructions can become increasingly incorrect causing the cells to repair in a faulty matter. The result is what we perceive as skin aging in the form of lines, wrinkles, coarse texture, etc.

2. When RNA delivers the instructions the cell needs to have the appropriate 'parts' and they need to be in good working order. For example, let's suppose you were assigned to build a car. The instructions are delivered but as you begin the process you find that you are missing parts or some of the parts you have are compromised in some way. Imagine how poorly the car would run or how it would look.

If either one of these factors is deficient in some manner, the cell will not repair or function optimally. As time goes on, the process degenerates further and we begin to perceive these inadequacies as the visible signs of aging.

The topical agents in Transformation address both of these issues.

Thymosin Beta-4 appears to assist in making certain that the instructions are received and may help in correcting 'bad' information or signaling the cell to ignore the 'bad' information. TGF Beta-1 and Thymosin Beta-4 also stimulate the cell's ability to repair damage more effectively.

Pentapeptide GM and Pentapeptide GD are designed to enhance the repair or 'rebuilding' function by attaching to the cell and very precisely targeting communications or signaling so that the cell can correctly interpret and execute this data like a healthier, younger cell. Depending on which Pentapeptide we incorporate we can selectively, for example, mimic collagen synthesis or rebuild many compromised aspects that affect the visible signs of aging skin.

These concepts enable us to exert greater and more precise control over how the cell functions by introducing these powerful signaling agents. By augmenting our own repair functions we can literally rebuild the appearance of aging and sun damaged skin.