| What are some basics regarding anti-aging | | | | expensive active it probably means less not more. |
| product choices? | | | | Again this is true regardless of its pricetag. |
| 1. Price does not equal quality. The active | | | | Conversely products proclaiming an excessive |
| ingredients in our products are exactly the same | | | | concentration is appealing to the "more must |
| as the most expensive brands in the world, | | | | mean better" thought process. At best they offer |
| except that we're usually 6 months to a year | | | | no additional benefit. At worst they can be |
| ahead and use the correct proportions. There is | | | | irrevocably harmful. |
| generally only one international patentholder and | | | | 3. Many actives, particularly the various short |
| manufacturer of the active ingredient. | | | | peptides compete with each other to reach their |
| 2. The proportion of a key ingredient, usually by | | | | dermal destination. Products that list multiple |
| weight expressed as a percentage of the whole, | | | | peptides is often a reflection of another tentacle |
| is determinitive of whether it does what its | | | | of the "more must be better" mindset. Likewise it |
| supposed to. This does not that a little less may | | | | may block a consumers skincare goals. Picture a |
| mean its a little less effective. It means that it will | | | | pack of hungry dogs racing towards a single small |
| not do anything at all. On the opposite end of the | | | | dish of food. None will have an effective meal. Its |
| spectrum adding more of an active ingredient | | | | often best to apply the ingredients seperately, by |
| than the substantiation test results demonstrate | | | | a few hours or a few weeks, than to apply them |
| as most effective often reduces or eliminates the | | | | all at once. This is our general approach in many |
| results. Unless it constitutes a manufacturer's | | | | of our products. There are certain peptides that |
| trade secret we tell you the percentages of | | | | do compliment each other and this has been |
| these important ingredients which always | | | | revealed through substantial study. For example |
| correspond to the maximum suggested effective | | | | Matrixyl 3000 contains two peptides that have |
| and safe proportions borne out through testing | | | | this symbiotic 1 + 1 = 3 relationship when they |
| and manufacturer's recommendations. If a | | | | are combined at the correct 8% proportion in the |
| product doesn't reveal the percentage of an | | | | final product. |