DermYoung

Healthy aging means more to us than looking younger.

At DermYoung, it reflects a larger philosophy of health, skin, and beauty:

Whole-body wellness is our vision.
Skin is our entry point.
Skin Under is our approach.
Skin harmony is what we seek.
Beauty is a side effect of healthy skin.

We begin with skin because it is our most visible and accessible organ. But we look beneath the surface—supporting healthy cellular function and working with the skin’s biology rather than relying on excessive intervention.

Because healthy aging isn’t about fighting time.

It’s about helping our biology live well with it.

✨ Greenwich, we’re coming back!

Join DermYoung at Greenwich Pharmacy on September 9 for an afternoon of personalized skin wellness.

Receive a one-on-one skin consultation and experience DermYoung’s signature Facelift Facial — combining science-driven skincare with advanced beauty technology to visibly lift, firm, hydrate and brighten the skin.

Discover what your skin truly needs, experience DermYoung firsthand, and receive personalized recommendations for maintaining healthy, resilient and beautiful skin.

📍 Greenwich Pharmacy
📅 September 9 | 12–4 PM

Appointments are limited. Call Greenwich Pharmacy to reserve your spot.

We look forward to seeing familiar faces — and welcoming new ones. 🤍

Women’s health is not one chapter. It is a journey through many stages.

From reproductive years to pregnancy, hormonal transitions, menopause and beyond, a woman’s skin changes alongside her body. Yet these changes are too often treated as separate concerns rather than part of her overall health and well-being.

On Women’s Equality Day, DermYoung is proud to introduce the DermYoung Women’s Wellness Program in partnership with OB/GYN practices that share our belief in caring for women through every stage of life.

By bringing science-driven skin wellness into women’s healthcare, we hope to create a more thoughtful and connected approach to care—one that recognizes skin not simply as appearance, but as part of how a woman feels, heals and lives.

We are grateful to our first Women’s Wellness partners and look forward to welcoming more OB/GYN and women’s health practices into the DermYoung community.

For every woman. For every stage.

Seborrheic keratosis (SK) is defined as a benign outgrowth of the epidermis.

As an outgrowth, SK grows beyond the normal architecture of the epidermis. Yet as a benign condition, its growth remains limited—it does not continue unchecked like a malignant tumor.

So how can SK embody these two seemingly opposing forces—excessive growth and growth restraint—at the same time?

The answer may lie in the remarkable checks and balances built into our skin.

Over a lifetime, our skin accumulates molecular changes. UV radiation can damage DNA, and genomic studies of SK have identified UV-associated mutational signatures, along with mutations in growth-promoting genes such as FGFR3 and PIK3CA.

These changes can push epidermal cells toward excessive proliferation.

But growth is only half the story.

The epidermis constantly balances proliferation with differentiation. Cells are instructed not only when to grow, but also when to mature, differentiate and eventually leave the epidermis.

In SK, growth-promoting signals may have changed, while important mechanisms that restrain unlimited growth remain at work.

The accelerator is pressed.
But the brakes are still working.

Or, in the language of our Garden:

The seed has changed.
But the soil is still keeping it in check.

And, as we established in Part 1, people really want SKs gone.

Doctors freeze them, burn them, scrape them or cut them off. The internet gets even more creative. 😏

These approaches can effectively remove the SK that’s already there.

But removing one rock doesn’t change the soil.

Aging and sun-exposed skin carries a lifetime of accumulated molecular changes, and new SKs can continue to develop independently over time.

So what can we do?

The second image shows one of the cases that made us think differently.

This dermatologist-confirmed SK gradually diminished following application of DermYoung Youth Essence®. Application was discontinued.

At the one-year follow-up, the lesion remained absent.

No freezing.
No burning.
No scraping.

Just an observation that left us with a very interesting question:

What changed?

We have our thoughts.

For now, we’ll leave you with this:

Skin is not simply a surface. It is a living system constantly negotiating between growth and differentiation, damage and repair, accumulation and renewal.

Sometimes, perhaps, the most interesting approach isn’t simply to remove the rock.

It’s to understand the soil.

Restoring Skin Harmony.

Think deeply. Work seriously. Stay curious. Live beautifully.

The Langham, Chicago ✨

Post-treatment recovery isn’t measured by how quickly the redness disappears.

After microneedling, the skin enters a highly coordinated healing response. Inflammation is not simply an unwanted consequence to suppress—it actively participates in the signaling that initiates repair and helps set the stage for the proliferative and tissue-remodeling phases that follow.

Visible redness may subside relatively quickly.

But the biological work has only begun.

Here, a medical esthetician applies DermYoung I-GENESIS® Illumine Oil following microneedling.

Our approach to post-treatment care goes beyond calming the appearance of freshly treated skin. DermYoung’s proprietary actives are designed to support the interconnected processes of repair and tissue remodeling—helping the skin progress through recovery while maximizing the intended benefits of the treatment and reinforcing long-term skin wellness.

Because successful post-treatment care isn’t simply about making skin look recovered faster.

It is about supporting the biology that helps skin rebuild better.

Beauty is a side effect of healthy skin.™

In Courbet’s time, great art was expected to portray grand subjects—religion, mythology, history—and beauty was often polished and idealized.

Courbet rebelled.

He painted ordinary people, unidealized bodies and everyday life, insisting that reality itself was worthy of being seen.

The Painter’s Studio was his declaration.

Nearly two centuries later, his rebellion feels surprisingly relevant.

We erase wrinkles. Fill hollows. Smooth texture. Blur pores. Filter photographs—all in pursuit of an increasingly perfected image.

The desire to enhance beauty is nothing new. But our ability to manufacture perfection is.

Courbet challenged an era that idealized reality. Nearly two centuries later, perhaps his rebellion feels relevant again.

In our pursuit of perfection, are we beginning to deny reality?

And if perfection becomes the standard, can we still recognize beauty in what is real?

— DermYoung
Science-Driven Skin Wellness

Repair. Restore. Renew.

Healthy skin is dynamic.
It responds. It adapts. It repairs.

At DermYoung, we believe skincare should work with these natural processes—going beyond temporary fixes and masking the visible signs of aging or stress.

I-GENESIS® Youth Essence was developed with that philosophy at its core: supporting skin through recovery, renewal, and the everyday changes that influence how it looks, feels, and functions.

From aesthetic care and post-procedure recovery to dryness, sensitivity, hormonal changes, and age-related concerns, our approach begins in the same place:

Support healthier skin function—and beauty follows.

Because beauty has always been a side effect of healthy skin.

DermYoung | Science-Driven Skin Wellness