CosMedix

Expensive Skin Care

My question is re CosMedix Eye Believe Liquid Crystal Serum.

Have you tried this?

The website says it's "the ultimate eye serum, Eye Believe's alpha lipoic acid, along with copper peptides, stimulate collagen and elastin formation for lasting reduction of fine lines".

It contains the following: Cholesteryl Stearate/carbonate Complex, Corn Silk Extract, L-retinol AG P, Alpha Lipoic, Copper Gluconate, Coconut Extract, Spin Trap, Beet Extract, Indigo.

Any thoughts?

Highly recommended by my Obagi consultant, but you never know why.

Thank you!

Krista

"Eye Believe" - hmmmm.

My first reaction, after searching the Internet, is "Eye - don't know what to - Believe".

No I haven't tried it.

Many of the sites which carry CosMedix Eye Believe Liquid Crystal Serum require you to register just to get price information because they sell only to spas and clinics.

However I did find one site which listed its price. It works out to about $330 an ounce.

Nordstrom sells it for almost $400 an ounce.

In the UK, they're offering it for $670 USD an ounce to buyers outside the UK and almost $800 USD if you live in the UK and have to pay VAT.

The next question is - is it worth it to you?

It might be if it contains something really unique and effective that is not available in any other anti-aging eye cream.

The ingredient lists offered on the Internet vary. They can be grouped into two versions: a quite simplified one (the most prevalent); and the one you provided.

The one below is the most detailed and is an expansion on the one you kindly sent.

CosMedix Eye Believe Liquid Crystal Serum Ingredients:

Cholesteryl Stearate/Carbonate Complex, Corn Silk (Zea Mays) Extract, L-Retinol AGP, Alpha Lipoic, Copper Gluconate, Coconut (Cocos Nucifera) Extract, Spin Trap (Phenyl Butyl Nitrone), Beet (Beta Vulgaris) Extract, Indigo (Indigofera Tinctoria).

Cholesteryl Stearate/Carbonate Complex and Corn Silk (zea Mays) Extract are emollients.

L-retinol AGP is the left-handed molecule of the exfoliant Retinol. In some cases, the left-handed molecule is preferred.

For example, L-Ascorbyl Acid (the left-handed version of Vitamin C) is more stable, less irritating and does not devolve into a free radical itself as does the right-handed Vitamin C.

However I can't find any research studies or patent applications which make such a claim for L-Retinol.

By Alpha Lipoic, I assume they mean Alpha Lipoic Acid which is a universal antioxidant, meaning it is effective in both the water- and the oil-based portions of cells.

Copper Gluconate is Active Copper Peptide which has healing and age-reversing properties but is available in many less expensive skin products.

Coconut (cocos Nucifera) Extract is used for its scent as well as its skin conditioning properties.

Beet (Beta Vulgaris) Extract and Indigo (Indigofera Tinctoria) give the serum its purple color.

Users report that the serum is unpleasantly thick and sticky. Its purple color seems to mean that you can only use it at night.

And the Winner is: Spin Trap!

Spin Trap (Phenyl Butyl Nitrone - PBN) is the most interesting inclusion in this formula.

Several nitrones have been found to act as free radical "spin traps".

Dr. Nicholas Perricone wrote about spin traps in two of his books: The Wrinkle Cure and The Perricone Prescription.

In the 1990's, scientists trying to better understand how free radicals damage cells, found that certain nitrones would attach themselves to free radicals and send out a signal which could be measured by electronic spin resonance.

Thus the name "spin trap" - the nitrones trapped free radicals which could them be monitored by spin resonance.

Rather than allowing scientists to track how the free radicals laid their path of destruction, some of the nitrone spin traps were found to rehabilitate free radicals into useful oxygen and release the molecules back into the system to support bodily functions and tissue repair.

PBN is used to arrest stroke damage and has been tested and found efficacious in certain myocardial (heart) inflammatory conditions. Topically, it has been studied as a hair loss treatment.

In The Perricone Prescription, Dr. Perricone wrote, "The new spin traps are bound to be an integral part of new antiaging topicals and should be available to the general public by the time you are reading this chapter." (© 2002)

So it seems that this product might have the "stuff" to justify its high price.

This article is for informational purposes only. It does not purport to offer medical advice.