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Your dermal health is a result of interactions between your genes and lifestyle factors such as diet, exercise, stress, smoking, skin, alcohol consumption and the Environment. It is your genetic make-up that determines what nutrients are used and how they are used, the way toxins are removed, what happens to any waste products, and how efficient and effective these key processes are working within your dermis. By adjusting your lifestyle and utilizing a custom targeted regimen, science has proven you can have a positive impact on how your genes work and compensate for areas in which your genes are not functioning at an optimum level. Uncover your genetic strengths and weaknesses - before the visible signs begin to appear - and gain the knowledge, power and insight to give you like you’ve never seen before! At a genetic level we are more than 99.9% identical to one another. But what is it that makes us all unique? The 0.1% of DNA that is different. This small percent represents millions of genetic differences (variations) that determine your physical characteristics – such as the colour of you to the likelihood of how fast you will age. DNA is our instruction manual, the building blocks of life. It contains all the information needed to form a fully functional body. DNA influences most of our characteristic and enables various cells to work together. Most DNA is located in the nucleus of a cell while a small amount of DNA can be found in the Mitochondria, known as the ‘power plants’ of a cell. DNA contains 2 strands of building blocks called nucleotides arranged like a spiral staircase (known as the double helix). Each nucleotide includes 3 parts: a phosphate group, a sugar molecule and one of 4 bases Guanine, Cytosine, Adenine or Thymine. Within this elegant design scientists are able to see how nature stores the instructions to build all living things. Human DNA has at least 3,000,000,000 (3 billion) nucleotides in sequence.The order or sequence of these chemical bases determines the information available for building the human body – similar to the way in which letters of the alphabet when used in different combinations form words and sentences

Why should I test my DNA?
   What is a SkinDNA™ Test?

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When it comes to skin care, whos advice are you listening to? We are surrounded by more health advice than ever before. But what’s really right for you? In the past we could only answer this question in a very general way. Everyone got the same recommendations. But now, you can advance beyond 'One-Size-Fits-All' suggestions!

Identifying your genetic proneness to key aging factors is an investment in your skin’s long term health. By gaining insight into these predispositions can point you toward the prevention measures most suited to you - allowing you to be proactive rather than reactive when it’s often too late.

 

SkinDNA™ is a novel, DNA-based laboratory test that - for the first time ever - unlocks the secrets to Ageless skin, by harnessing the power of the body's unique genetic blueprint. SkinDNA™ examines fifteen genetic markers (SNPs) associated with skin aging in the DNA isolated from an inner cheek saliva sample. The results associated with each genetic marker are used to determine your genetic proneness to five important health categories:

» Firmness + Elasticity
» Sun Damage + Pigmentation
» Free Radical Damage
» Wrinkling (A.G.E.)
» Sensitivity + Inflammation
How will it help me?
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For the first time ever, SkinDNA™ provides a scientific foundation for more accurately predicting your skin's future by using the genes that you've inherited.

Your SkinDNA™ genetic test results can be used as a personal guide for building a complete, custom tailored skincare regimen. This can assist you in more selectively optimizing your anti-aging and health strategies accordingly - allowing you to achieve optimal long term skin health.

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What is it based on?
  

Since the finalisation of the Human Genome Project in 2003 SkinDNA™ Scientists have been hard at work to uncover the human skin’s unique genetic blueprint.

With more than $2.1 Million in research and development costs, in 2008 the search led to a remarkable discovery of 15 genetic markers that played a role in dermal protection, premature aging and in determining the future outcomes of our skin. This remarkable discovery unleased a new era in personalized anti-aging medicine.

 

SkinDNA™ Genetic Testing - Prevent Skin Aging; DNA Test