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Dermory ST Breast Cream - Review

Posted on September 21, 2009 with 1 Comment

Truth be told, Dermory ST isn’t a one of a kind product, but that’s okay. Considering that the market is already dense with products ranging from mediocre to outright ineffective, all it needs to do to stand out is become a skin rejuvenator that ranks among the best skincare creams available, or at least actually work.

Dermory ST Breast Cream

Right from the outset, Dermory ST has a lot going for it marketing- and promotion-wise. That’s because it’s a brand that specifically caters to improving and firming female breasts via the topical solution method. It has become well known for targeting its’ niche - specifically firming vs. clains of many competitors of “enlargement”. 

Not to use a play on words, but “enlargement” is pretty tall task.  However, “firming” is achievable with the right ingredients, and that is where Dermory ST has found its home - and effectiveness.

In a world where incredibly effective breast augmentation procedures exist (breast implants and “jobs”) and creams are more often than not as effective as cheap supermarket lotions in achieving what they promise, Dermory ST shouldn’t even stand a chance. Well, against surgical breast improvement procedures, it doesn’t; but for effective firming and mositurization, it does.

However, it isn’t a cheap skin moisturizer that happens to have a “breast firmer” sticker attached to it either. Buy the product and feel its effectiveness for yourself.  It has been formulated with several specific ingredients we feel get the job done…

• BioBustyl - This ingredient was specifiacally researched to firm and tighten bust tissue.  Much of the sagging following weight loss, nursing, or pregnancy comes from sagging caused by losse skin on or around the breasts.  BioBustyl firms tissue and gives the appearance of enlargement by helping restore natural shape and “perkiness”.  Similar to anti-wrinkle ingredients such as Matrixyl 3000, BioBustyl adds shapeliness while resisting wrinkling and sagginess.
• Hyaluronic Acid - Another of our favorite ingredients, Hyaluronic Acid restores and helps retain moisture in the skin cells membranes.  While this may not seem like a big deal, lost moisture creates dryness, shrinkage, flaking and accelerated aging - adding to the “sagging” and drooping breasts.  Skin feels softer and firmer - just what we;re looking for.
• Antioxidants - Free-radical damage promotes sag.  Antioxidants such as green tea help protect cell membranes and in some cases may help repair damage tissue, making skin look and feel younger - again, more of what we’re looking for in a breast cream.

Admittedly it takes a while before you can begin to see the difference in your breasts’ shape and texture, but like a steady weight loss regimen or constant exercising, patience and devotion are indeed the virtues you need in order to optimize Dermory ST’s performance. To be able to attain youthful, teenager-like firmness and fullness to your breasts, you need to follow the directions that come with this product to the letter and adjust to it accordingly.

To many people, this may seem like too much a hassle in order to get the sexy body that they long for. If that’s the case for you, consider the pros and cons of using a cream against a surgical procedure first. On one hand, the cream is safer. On the other hand, invasive surgery has a chance of becoming irreversibly botched up. On one hand, the cream is more inexpensive, and can be stopped at any time if it proves to be ineffective. On the other hand, breast implants will cost you hundreds or even thousands of irretrievable dollars.

With all this in mind, the Dermory ST Breast Cream gets a good 8.99 out of 10 stars considering its limited but verifiable effectiveness, its cost, and how it stands up against its true main competitor, cosmetic breast surgery. It works, but not dramatically so, and that’s the best you can ask for a topical agent.  But, for a “breast enhancement product” we feel its effectiveness, price and ease of use warrant a close look.

Skinceuticals Serum 15 - Product Review

Posted on July 20, 2009 with No Comments

A favorite anti-aging product of skincare enthusiasts everywhere, Skinceuticals Serum 15 not only claims to create a visible difference, but also makes tissue healthier and livelier as well.

What’s more, it doesn’t just conceal imperfections or slowly erase dark spots; it also replenishes your skin so that it could gain a healthier, more natural sheen to it. That’s because this product not only treats skin conditions, it also reverses the skin aging process as well through it rejuvenating ingredients.

Skinceuticals Serum 15

Other products may claim to remove blemishes in only a few weeks, but Skinceuticals Serum 15 goes a step further by making your skin look younger as well as flawless (REVIEWER NOTE: similar products - Anti Wrinkle 55 and the Obagi C serum have similar if not better results at very good pricing.)

Besides which, it also stimulates collagen creation, defends against environmental damage, and neutralizes free radical formation. Indeed, it serves as many a beautician’s beauty secret when it comes to reversing the effects of any damage or malady.

This article has repeatedly emphasized Skinceuticals Serum 15’s revitalizing properties. In any case, its ability to make facial tissue healthier is the primary factor to its effectiveness.

The true secret to the elusive fountain of youth lies inside the cells of your skin, and this product’s Duke-patented Vitamin C technology enables the delivery of 15% L-ascorbic acid (vitamin C) to the skin, which improves the condition, texture, tone and smoothness “from within”.

More to the point, the product cannot be rubbed or washed off once it’s absorbed by your body and remains active for up to four days, which further underlines Skinceuticals Serum 15’s mode of operation when it comes to stimulating and fortifying your skin’s defenses against the elements. It even acts as an excellent addition to sunscreens to boot.

The fact that it’s ideal for both oily and normal skin-types serves as the icing to a very refreshing and skin renewing cake. However, its anti-aging properties aren’t quite as instantaneous as one would expect. Results may vary, of course, and Skinceuticals Serum 15 won’t make a 50-year-old look like a twenty-something young adult at the drop of a hat.

What it can do is improve you pliability, elasticity and damage resistance through AOX and advanced antioxidant technology (that is, combine L-ascorbic acid with ferulic acid to boost your skin’s antioxidant production as well as hydrate tissue in the best way possible). After everything is considered, it’s still an overall satisfying product. Without a doubt, it has earned its 8.75 out of 10 stars rating.

Obagi Clear - Product Review

Posted on July 7, 2009 with 1 Comment

If you’re looking for a skincare product that not only moisturizes your skin but can also clear excessive skin freckling and sun spots, then you can do a lot worse than use Obagi Nu-Derm Clear.

Whether you want to use it as a standalone cleanser or alongside a whole plethora of other — particularly soaps and

Obagi Clear

moisturizers — this product proves to be quite the effective cleanser either way. The bottom line is that as a regular maintenance skin rejuvenator, Obagi Clear is more than enough to suit your needs for whitening and lightening skin on the hands as well as clearing and fading age spots, dark spots and liver spots that naturally come with aging.

In just three weeks of regular application, you should be able to attain dramatic results. Granted, the efficacy of a product’s skin rejuvenation prowess tends to come in a case-to-case basis, but there has been quite a lot of positive customer feedback in regards to it’s dermatological ability.

Moreover, it’s gentle on your skin, so you won’t have to worry about developing side effects like skin sensitivity and rashes whenever you use this cleanser.

(Purchase at SkinEnergizer.com by following this link >> Obagi Clear)

It’s reportedly even more successful in removing blemishes and acne than many other creams, concealers, retinol-based products, and topical agents. It’s not exactly a miracle worker, but at the very least Obagi Clear does work well enough when it comes to clearing dermal imperfections. The only real question here is how severe must a skin condition be before it can be rendered ineffective.

At any rate, did you know that the product can also be used to help deal with hyperpigmentation breakouts severe enough to need microdermabrations? Yes, it can. In the same way it helps freckles slowly “fade” away, an everyday regimen (alongside products like Retin-A) should do the same to hyperpigmentation problems.

Of course, realistically speaking, for a condition as extreme as hyperpigmentation, it’ll take quite a bit of time before Obagi Clear can work its magic. Nevertheless, the results tend to speak for themselves. In just one week, you’ll notice that the small age spots on your skin have disappeared, while the bigger, more visible ones tend to gradually fade over time.

No wonder even facialists and dermatologists recommend this product to their patients! By a few more weeks, months, or so (depending on the severity of your condition), your hyperpigmentation problem (or any other related, non-surgical skin condition) should dissipate altogether. Furthermore, it’s a lot less expensive and skin damaging than going through a microdermabrasion procedure.

All-in-all, Obagi Clear is a must-buy skin product that only has its long and frequent treatment periods as its only drawbacks. It gets 9.1 out of 10 stars.

Using Phytotonine® for Rosacea or Spider Veins

Posted on May 28, 2009 with No Comments

StriMedix-K Spider Vein Treatment

The most common non-surgical treatment for bruises, spider veins and rosacea are creams that contain Vitamin K.  Generally they are pretty highly concentrated and are formulated with other actives such as Aloe, Gigawhite, Vitamin E or Panthenol. 

While combined you get many properties and benefits for vein restoration (better said healed), the objective is to help improve circulation via enhanced valve function, improve wall structure to reduce leaking and permeability of capillaries, and aid in nutrition delivery.

This helps fade clear and heal bruises, spider veins, and rosacea; and helping reduce possibility of recurring symptoms.

Recently, an ingredient developed by Croda™/Sederma™ - Phytotonine® - has been used successfully to supplement Vitamin’s K & E and other formulations.

Phytotonine - Veinotonic effect derived from the synergistic effect of three plant extracts, Arnica, Cypress and Soloman Seal.  By toning the capillary walls and reducing capillary permeability, product normalizes circulation to help eliminate fluids and toxins while enhancing the blood supply of nutrients and oxygen to the cells.  Recommended for the treatment of dark circles, puffy eye, heavy legs and rosacea.  Croda/Sederma

As a manufacturer, this opens up a number of opportunites and solutions regarding products for poor venous health and leaking.  As mentioned in the quote above, this can cover severe or deep tissue bruising to darkened circles under the eyes and spider or thread veins.

The greatest benefit in the world of skin care, is that it gives us (consumers and manufacturers) an additional “leg on the stool” for solutions and treatments.  Phytotonine, with its properties of minimizing or reducing fluid build-up, make it an excellent additive for treating puffiness (and associated darkened circles) under the eyes as well as helping or accelerating healing of bruises.

I believe, however, the greatest gain can come from its’ use in spider veins cream.  Why?

1. Treatment options are relagated to sclerotherapy or lasers.  Both are effective, though I consider both limited in treatment area; with lasers, in particular having the side effect of needing some post-treatment healing.  Though considered moderate relative to other cosmetic surgery, cost is high - I believe (~$250-500/visit).
2. Spider veins are prominent, afflict a large population (men and women) and can have a profound affect on a person’s appearance (whether on the legs, nose, face, et al).
3. Many Vitamin K creams and solutions have been proven effective, but it’s nice to have another “bullet in the gun” for improving the breadth and level of efficacy.

Rosacea and spider veins share similar causes and any formula or ingredient that improves a large surface area while addressing the root causes is welcomed.  Increasing capillary health, helping strengthen or repair broken capillary walls or increasing circulation can have a wide-reaching positive effect on the treatment of numerous dermatological ailments.

Remedies for a Bad Sunburn

Posted on May 25, 2009 with 1 Comment

I just got back from 3 days at the beach, and as usual and am looking for remedies for a  bad sunburn on my nose. 

Finding relief for the burning and peeling go back to when I was a kid growing up in Orlando.  My Dad, who was a dentist, always had an Aloe plant in the backyard and sent us scrambling to peel open the leaves and wipe the gooey insides on our face.

It felt soothing and seemed to make everything OK until it started to dry - making our skin tight and dried-out.  Aloe and lidoocaine have since become popular ingredients helping soothe and cool sunburns all over the planet in OTC products.  And, while the healing effects have become widely known, we have found there are options to heal and treat you can consider, especially of the burn is severe (which mine is borderline!)

I have written several times about emu oil.  It is a ver popular remedy in Australia and somewhat in New Zealand.  It is one of the few oils used in skin care products that is considered a “carrier” oil - meaning it is capable and has properties to penetrate to the subcutameous layer of the skin.  While this may not seem too important, many creams and lotions do not have a carrier oil - primarily because of expense (it’s not cheap).  The benefits, as they say, out way the costs.  The ability to penetrate deep greatly improves it’s - and other ingredients its formulated with - efficacy or effectiveness.  Especially when considering sun burn remedies, getting to the lower layers of tissue is paramount.

With that said, emu oil, does several other things.  First it is widely used to treat burns in general.  It is a natural anti-bacterial, helping wounds to remain sterilized and fighting off infection, a primary concern to fight infection.  It is a natural moisturizer, antiseptic and promotes healthy skin cell and collagen renewal.  This helps prevent scars and improves elasticity and pliability of tissue.

If combined with vitamin e and menthol, as with my favorite remedy for bad sunburn, Dermal Em, you you get the soothing and cooling relief with the benefit of the healing power and regenerative qualities needed to avoid tightening, itchy or excessive peeling.

While there is plenty of discussion as to the difference between “bad” and “severe”, the fundamental premise of treatment is the same:

• Drink plenty of fluid to avoid dehydration and to maintain body fluids
• Provide no open wounds, keep the affected area moisturized, clean and sterilized, if possible
• To relieve pain, itchy and soreness, products based with with emu oil, lidocaine or menthol (peppermint, spearmint) can help with the “heat”.

The best remedies for a bad sunburn I have found combine emu oil, vitamin e and menthol.  The skin gets some relief with a light cooling sensation to burned tissue (I like the smell also), and the vitamin e and emu oil do a great job helping heal the burn.