SkinMedica | Lytera® Skin Brightening System
For a more elevated approach to skin brightening, look no further than the most simple, yet effective and comprehensive brightening system currently available on the market. Lytera® features a patented blend of ingredients that work together to help brighten and even skin tone by reducing the appearance of dark spots.
Benefits of the Skin Brightening System:
- Easy to use and apply
- Non-prescription & Hydroquinone-free
- Appropriate for all skin types
- Optimal results with a specific combination of products
- Allows for the seamless incorporation of other SkinMedica products
Effective in reducing the appearance of:
- Age spots
- Freckles caused by the sun
- Photoageing
- ‘Pregnancy mask’
- Dark spots
Suitable for:
- Lytera Skin Brightening System is appropriate for skin types that have been pre-conditioned with retinol and includes System includes Facial Cleanser, Lytera Skin Brightening Complex, and Retinol .05
Key Ingredients in Lytera Skin Brightening Complex:
- Tetrahexyldecyl Ascorbate | A stable, lipid-soluble ester form of ascorbic acid (vitamin C), offering potent antioxidant and photo-protection.
- Niacinamide | Vitamin B3 improves skin moisturisation and helps to enhance the barrier function of the skin. Helps promote even looking skin tone.
- Ethyl Linoleate | Essential fatty acid ester helps promote even looking skin tone and helps support barrier function.
- Squalane | Mimics the lipid content of skin and helps support the skin barrier and is skin’s first line of defense against water loss.
- Retinol | Lipid soluble Vitamin A helps smooth dry, thick and rough skin by enhancing exfoliation. Helps even skin tone.
- Dunaliella Salina Extract | Natural colorless carotenoids of phytoene and phytofluene extracted from a unicellular algae. Colorless carotenoids help quench free radicals and brighten the skin.
- Hexylresorcinol | Helps to brighten the skin.
- Tetrapeptide-30 | Skin brightening peptide.
- 4-Ethoxybenzaldehyde | Helps even skin tone and brighten skin.
- Glycyrrhiza Glabra (Licorice) Root Extract | Natural extract, rich in glabridin, a highly effective antioxidant with excellent skin brightening qualities.