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Alto Advanced Defense and Repair Serum

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Brighter, calmer, more even skin, defended every day.

Sun, city air and time are showing up as uneven tone, redness and a loss of glow. You want one daily serum for brighter, more even skin.

Alto visibly brightens, calms redness and refines tone and texture. Vitamins C and E and a broad botanical antioxidant blend help neutralize free radicals, and Allyl PQQ, SkinBetter's patented antioxidant, targets the free radicals skin makes on its own.

Who It Is For

Anyone who wants daily antioxidant protection with visible brightening, especially skin showing sun damage or fine lines, including skin post procedure.

Not Acne Safe

What You Will See, and When

Texture and radiance improved significantly by week four in clinical study. After twelve weeks, 97 percent of people in the brand's study said their skin looked brighter.

How to Use

Use every morning after cleansing (and after Plated, if you use it). Smooth two to three drops over your face and neck and let them absorb before your treatment serums and moisturizer. Sunscreen goes on last.

The Science

Free radicals reach skin from outside, through sunlight and pollution, and form inside it too. Allyl PQQ is a form of pyrroloquinoline quinone, a compound that can neutralize free radicals again and again.

In 40 adults with sun damaged skin, texture and radiance looked significantly better by week four, with visible improvements in tone and fine lines.

Questions

Where does it go in my routine?After cleansing and Plated if you use it, before treatment serums and moisturizer. In the morning, sunscreen goes on last.
Can I use it with a retinoid?Yes. Alto goes on in the morning and your retinoid at night.
Do I need to use it twice a day?Every morning is how it belongs in your routine, so it defends skin through the day.

Why a Routine Made for You Works Better

General advice is written for everyone, so it has to assume nothing about you. It can tell you what is safe. It cannot tell you what will work for your skin.

Skin changes when it is challenged just enough, then given time to recover and adapt. That amount is different for every person, and it moves as your skin gets stronger. Ask too much and your skin spends its energy recovering instead of improving. Ask too little and nothing changes. Finding that point for you, and moving it at the right time, is where results come from.

Where that point sits depends on:

  • Your skin: its history, how it reacts, and what it is doing today
  • Your health: hormones, medications, pregnancy and any condition that changes how skin behaves
  • Your lifestyle: sleep, stress, diet, sun, exercise and climate
  • Your routine: what you use now, and what has and has not worked before
  • Your goals: what you most want to change
  • Your expectations and timeline: how soon you want to see change, and what is realistic for your skin
  • Your consistency: how much time and how many steps you will keep up with, because the best routine is the one you actually do
  • Your treatments: what you have had and what you have planned

A skin therapist weighs all of this, builds a routine you can keep, and adjusts it as your skin responds. That is why we guarantee our products when they are part of a routine designed by one of our skin therapists. If you have been reading general advice, bring your questions. We will help you sort out what applies to you and what does not.

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Key Ingredients

Allyl PQQPatented antioxidant for the free radicals skin makes on its own
Vitamins C and EHelp neutralize free radicals
Niacinamide and licorice rootSupport a clearer, brighter look
Full Ingredient List

Aqua/Water/Eau, Butylene Glycol, Propanediol, Ethylhexyl Olivate, Cetearyl Alcohol, Chlorogenic Acids, Niacinamide, Lauryl Lactate, Dimethyl Isosorbide, Pyrroloquinoline Quinone Allyl Ester, Hydrolyzed Sodium Hyaluronate, Glycyrrhiza Glabra Root Extract/Licorice Root Extract, Tetrahexyldecyl Ascorbate, Ergothioneine, Taraxacum Officinale Rhizome/Root Extract - Dandelion Rhizome/Root Extract, Arabidopsis Thaliana Extract, Carnosine, Camellia Sinensis Leaf Extract, Vitis Vinifera Seed Extract/Grape Seed Extract, Theobroma Cacao Seed Extract/Cocoa Seed Extract, Curcuma Longa Root Extract/Turmeric Root Extract, Olea Europaea Fruit Extract/Olive Fruit Extract, Euterpe Oleracea Fruit Extract, Palmitoyl Tripeptide-1, Buddleja Officinalis Flower Extract, Coffea Arabica Seed Extract/Coffee Seed Extract, Crocus Sativus Flower Extract, Superoxide Dismutase, Ubiquinone, Plankton Extract, Micrococcus Lysate, Arginine, Zingiber Officinale Root Extract/Ginger Root Extract, Ceramide NP, Ceramide AP, Ceramide EOP, Linoleic Acid, Linolenic Acid, Ascorbic Acid, Bisabolol, Tocopherol, Tocopheryl Acetate, Cholesterol, Phytosphingosine, Jojoba Esters, Sodium PCA, Methyl Gluceth-20, Glycerin, Helianthus Annuus Seed Cera/Sunflower Seed Wax, Acacia Decurrens Flower Cera/Acacia Decurrens Flower Wax, Lecithin, Sodium Lauroyl Lactylate, Dicetyl Phosphate, Propanediol Dicaprylate/Caprate, Polyglycerin-3, Ceteth-20 Phosphate, Diisostearyl Malate, Xanthan Gum, Steareth-2, Acacia Senegal Gum, Pentaerythrityl Tetra-di-t-butyl Hydroxyhydrocinnamate, Carbomer, Acrylates/C10-30 Alkyl Acrylate Crosspolymer, Maltodextrin, Ricinoleth-40, Sodium Hydroxide, Citric Acid, Sodium Phytate, Ethylhexylglycerin, Phenoxyethanol, Ethylhexyl Palmitate, Alcohol, Lactic Acid, Pentylene Glycol, Sorbitan Isostearate, Tribehenin.

References

1. Draelos ZD, McDaniel DH, Yoelin S, Pot S, Sotir O, Nelson DB. Evaluation of a new, advanced antioxidant containing topical allyl pyrroloquinoline quinone: analysis of antioxidant properties and visible effects in subjects with facial photodamage. J Clin Aesthet Dermatol. 2023;16(4):53-59. PMCID: PMC10110291
2. Brand clinical data: SkinBetter Science, 97% of patients reported brighter looking skin after 12 weeks of twice daily use (N=39) (skinbetter.com product page).

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