Re: CellexC significantly reduces redness: Study

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You just pushed the button, Adam. It reads like junk science to me --

a horribly conducted study with the limitations you mentioned, among

many more.

I wrote a post about topical Vitamin C a while back. The preparations

that were shown effective were very irritating -- low pH, and in high

concentrations. Attempts to make the preparation less irritable have

unfortunately not shown to be effective. I don't know where Cellex-C

falls in that spectrum, but a lot of skin care companies have

invested lots of money in Vitamin C research and products. I would

think if it really worked, they would have designed a better study

and presented it in a more convincing manner.

Marjorie

Marjorie Lazoff, MD

> There were two things I didnt like about this study.

>

> 1) They didn't mention exactly how much the redness was improved..

for all

> we know, it only improved 15%

>

> 2) If this is the study I think it is, they put Cellex-C on one

side of the

> face and Moisturel as the placebo on the other side, and then

compared the

> two. But personally I know that Moisturel causes me to get red.

(And has

> ingredients in it that cause others to get red too) So it didn't

really

> seem like a fair test to me.

>

> This being said, I don't really know much about topical Vitamin C,

it very

> well could work. I wish there was a button we could push to weed

through

> all the junk products from companies just trying to make money...

There's so

> many cea products out there.. I wish it weren't so hard to find

the good

> ones!

>

> Adam

> CellexC significantly reduces redness: Study

>

>

> > Heres an interesting study along the lines of a previous post.

> > does anyone have experience using cellex-c products?

> >

> > Title: Cellex-C Skin Firming Cream Helps cea Symptoms.

> >

> > Summary: * A recent study examining the therapeutic effects of

> > topical vitamin C on patients with acne rosacea revealed that

Cellex-

> > C's patented ingredient complex proved to be beneficial in

reducing

> > skin's redness from rosacea and improving skin tone.

> >

> > ------------------------------------------------------------------

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> > ----------

> >

> > Cellex-C Skin Firming Cream Helps cea Symptoms.

> >

> > * A recent study examining the therapeutic effects of topical

vitamin

> > C on patients with acne rosacea revealed that Cellex-C's patented

> > ingredient complex proved to be beneficial in reducing skin's

redness

> > from rosacea and improving skin tone.

> >

> > Dr. R. B. Carlin, of Saddleback Memorial Hospital, Laguna, CA,

> > utilized an adapted version of Cellex-C's Skin Firming cream

> > containing the principal ingredient of 5% L-ascorbic acid, plus

> > tyrosine and zinc on patients with acne rosacea--a chronic,

> > progressive inflammatory dermatosis of the face exacerbated by

free

> > radical production. The study's premise was that vitamin C could

> > prove to be an effective therapeutic agent against this condition

> > since vitamin C's antioxidant properties have been shown to

decrease

> > UV-induced free radicals when applied topically and used

> > systemically.

> >

> > The results of the study revealed that Cellex-C Skin Firming cream

> > contributed to a marked reduction in the inflamed redness of

rosacea

> > and the rapid onset of therapeutic action in 9 of the 12 patients,

> > according to company executives.

> >

> > According to Dr. Carlin, " The topical vitamin C preparation

tested in

> > this study produced clinically and statistically significant

results

> > in restricting erythema within three weeks, even when added to

> > patients' existing rosacea and sunscreen use. "

> >

> >

> >

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