ABSTRACT
A LIFETIME OF HEALTHY SKIN is chapter presents the original principles and objectives of the Skin Health Restoration program that were developed over the past 30 years. ese comprehensive solutions defy the traditional narrow focus on skin disease and aim to provide truly healthy skin for the lifetime of any individual, regardless of age, sex, race, or skin condition. Current dermatology training, published literature, and clinical practice focus mostly on the treatment of skin disease and do not address overall skin health. is situation gives rise to a number of questions, including the following: 1) If a patient has no active skin disease, is his or her skin healthy? 2) Is skin health restored when a skin disease has been treated and cleared? 3) Is it advisable to wait for a disease to appear, or should we intervene to prevent its appearance? 4) Is maintenance of skin integrity and function not as important as resolving a disease or performing a procedure to improve the appearance of skin? Our answers to these questions may reveal deciencies in the current mainstream attitude toward skin health.
