Well, hello, hello, guys. You're listening to Beauty Bites with Dr. K. Secrets of a Plastic Surgeon,

and it's time for a five-minute Friday.

Today we are going to learn all about retinae. That's right. The difference between retinol,

retinae, retinolde, all the things you need to know about one of the most important molecules for your

skin, retinae.

The beauty industry has been bombarding us with so many different formations of retinae

that do we really know what it is we're getting right now when we put on a product that

has retinol or retinoid or retinae?

What's the difference?

It's time for us to understand and break it down, for ourselves, for our patients, for the best

possible skin care.

So anything that is called a retinol falls under a category called retinoids.

And a retinoid is a term that's used to describe a group of compounds that are derivatives of vitamin A.

So these are all vitamin A products. So when you use a product that contains retinoid, either the body recognizes it as retinoic acid, a metabolite of vitamin A that's found in your body, or your body converts

it into retinoc acid. Retinoids are amazing for the skin. I want every patient over 30 on retinoids

for sure for anti-aging purposes and many patients in their teens and 20s need retinoids for anti-acne.

Remember that retinoids help to speed up cell turnover. They unclog your pores, and they're

really great at exfoliating the superficial dull layers of skin that accumulate on the surface

of the skin. And all of these products, retinols,

retinoids, retinoic acid, they all derive from vitamin A. This is one of our most important tools

for preventing fine lines, wrinkles, brightening, and polishing and smootening the top surface of the

skin. This is surface of the skin.

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