We all are now aware the Vitamin A is the only ingredient that actually gets into a skin cell and repairs it.  That is why it is knick-named, The Skin Normalizer.  Getting it to the skin cells has been a difficult battle with a lot of controversy.  Dermatologists will tell you that the only effective form is Retinoic Acid (by prescription only…surprise, surprise) This has many side-effects. Not only does it make you severely sensitive to the sun, it also causes burning, itchy, red irritated skin and even worse as it gets into the bloodstream affecting other parts of the body.  It’s the reason Dermatologists will not prescribe it to pregnant women.  The precursor to this, Retinol (alcohol form) is marginally safer, but still with terrible side-effects when prescribed. Retinol is used as a buzz word with many heavily marketed skin care lines but never used in concentrations to effectively repair the skin to avoid these side effects.  Using our form, the fatty, sun-protective form called Retinyl Acetate, you get all the benefits without the reactions.  That’s because this form remains in a bubble of fat until it reaches the skin cell where it transformed into an active acid, just at the doors of the skin cells.  Doctors still insist this is an “inactive” form.  They don’t realize that IT BECOMES active, but only where we need it the most.  Our fatty form will easily absorb into the skin, protect you from the sun and will result in more activity at the skin cell.  Genius!  The more Vitamin A your skin cells can absorb, the better your skin.  Damaged skin cells will reject this and send it back through the skin the way it entered, resulting in what we call, a retinoid reaction.  Should this occur, introduce to the skin more gradually.