What's The Hype About Medical Grade Skincare?

What’s the Hype about Medical Grade?I don’t care if I have unhealthy skin. Said no one ever.


If you are working on creating a skincare routine habit, the most important question left is what to use. Spring cleaning may have included your bathroom cupboards. All the outdated, half-used drug store products that promised you the fountain of youth are in your bathroom. What do you do with all of them? It doesn’t need to be a difficult decision. Toss them!I know that sounds direct but hear me out. Your skin deserves the best, so committing to a skincare regiment deserves products that will provide the results you want. With all the products out there, and marketing promises from beautiful celebrities, it can be tricky to figure out what to buy. The marketing and sales pitches, with promising results, can be overwhelming. The products are endless. The search can be endless too. You may have heard about medical-grade products, but it may not even be clear on what that means. Your local drug stores and beauty clinics all want to share with you the incredible benefits of using their products. 


  • How do medical-grade skincare products look and react differently than other skincare products? 

  • What is the hype about choosing medical-grade products instead of over-the-counter skincare products? 

  • Why do they claim to be so much better than anything else out there?


Here are the key reasons medical-grade products are so much more effective and vital to help you to age gracefully. The short answer is that medical-grade products make the most lasting difference on your skin. Medical Grade products are just what the name says. A physician or a nurse with a medical director are the only ones who can get you access to Medical grade products. Why is that important? Your skin is an organ just like your other body organs. It is your largest organ. Organs in your body can be very responsive to the vitamins and nutrients that help you have overall healthy skin, a youthful appearance and minimize the signs of aging. As with any medical product, they need to be respected and used as directed to achieve your dream skin results safely. 


1. The rich ingredients! 

The ingredients inside the products for topical use are medical-grade, therefore the most beneficial to your skin. Just like the most delicious recipe you have ever tasted, your taste-buds lead you back to the ingredients. Anything you buy over the counter has to be safe for any skin type and suitable for any user to try. Your grocery or drug store options are super gentle as a result and minimize those active ingredients. . If you have gorgeous, perfect skin, then over-the-counter products may be sufficient for you. However, most of us do not have flawless skin, and aging happens to everyone. The majority of us are concerned with problems we want to fix or prevent.


 'Medical-grade ingredients usually have a punch. They are potent, pure and effective with the highest concentrations of active ingredients. And this is done with a purpose – to treat particular skin conditions or concerns, under strict professional direction' @alumiermd 


2.  Your Routine becomes Minimalist

Don’t we all want a more straightforward process and less stuff? There is a lot of positive mental and emotional benefits to adopting simplicity in our lives. Having very few products that take a short time commitment to implement is freeing. You can get rid of the countless bathroom products you have tried that are taking up your cupboard space. Focusing on just a few fabulous medical-grade products will get you onto a clear-cut and super-effective regimen. And in terms of your time, very manageable. Enjoy the benefits and the overall freeing feeling of focusing on a result-driven but straightforward routine in your life. 


3. Save Money long-term

When you consider cost, you may feel like medical-grade products are a costly investment upfront. It can add up. The way to use medical-grade products is very different than anything you can purchase over the counter, which we pump out dollops onto our face trying to maximize their effectiveness. The beauty of medical-grade is that you require less product to achieve your desired results. We try to get rid of imperfections in our skin by trying new solutions. Over the years, all those OTC solutions likely cost more than purchasing the medical-grade serum from the get-go. Medical-grade products save money over time.


4. Bonus Skin Coaching

If you have a trusted medical aesthetic provider, you have just gotten yourself a bonus skin care coach. If you have a trusted professional who cares about you and your goals, they will provide expertise to help establish a skin care plan for you as well. Having your own skincare coach who will dive much deeper into understanding your skin can work with you to develop and maintain a home skin care plan that will beautifully age with you. 



At Vive Medical Spa, we are proud to offer Alumier skin care products that will complement your plan with us. We can’t wait to share with you our favourite products that are guaranteed to give you noticeable results. Sign up at www.alumiermd.ca/join?code= and use code MZY8TFZ2 to create an account for AlumierMD skincare products.

Until next time- Xo vive medispa



Kim Hussey