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Fri Jun 26, 2009 6:43 am  |
Some of you may recall how unhappy I was about undereye wrinkling. The wrinkles developed after a lower bleph (approx 1.5 years ago) and the surgeon and my derm said this was common and that nothing could be done except to build up the skin. For a while, I used the BQ and various eye treatments such as Retin A (quickly discontinued due to burning my skin).
I then gave up (about six months ago) and accepted the wrinkles.
For the past few months, my undereye routine has consisted of Skinactives Bright-I at night and IS Youth Complex Serum in the morning. A couple of weeks back, I saw the surgeon again and he commented on the fact that my wrinkles had gone. I hadn't thought too much about this as I believed I had perhaps become used to them but I honestly cannot see them now, except for a few crinkles when I smile (which then spring back to unlined skin). I pointed this out to my DD and she said "You're right! They've completely gone."
It wasn't the BQ as I haven't been using it for a long time. I also haven't been doing my facial exercises like I should! But truly the wrinkling has disappeared and, as the surgeon put it, I have "rebuilt the skin."
I can't say which of the two products is responsible (and maybe it's the combination) but I will continue to use them. I guess I will change the wording of my signature too  I will try to post pics here but, if not, I'll stick them on my blog. I bought the IS Youth Complex from EDS. One more thing: When I get up in the am, I put sunscreen under my eyes as I am usually up treadmilling, reading the paper etc. and getting UVA for 1.5 hours. I wash off and reapply after the IS serum when I do my face... |
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Born in 1952. Blonde, very good skin. A few noticeable wrinkles. |
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Fri Jun 26, 2009 7:03 am |
| thats great !! so which do u think is doing the job?? hehe |
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Fri Jun 26, 2009 7:17 am |
| That's the problem...I can't tell! I just poked around in my recent photo files and found a pic taken a year or so ago where they are definitely there. It's like night and day. Perhaps it isn't anything to do with the products, although I can't see the skin just changing for the better all of its own accord. |
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Born in 1952. Blonde, very good skin. A few noticeable wrinkles. |
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Fri Jun 26, 2009 7:51 am |
Congrats! Now I become a little confident on fighting wrinkles!  |
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Fri Jun 26, 2009 8:12 am |
Antonia, good news ! I love to believe in miracle creams. 
Would love to see the pics  |
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Fri Jun 26, 2009 8:33 am |
Congratulations, Antonia! That is really great news to read today. Would you mind sharing the ingredients of the products you're using?
Thanks,
Myrna |
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Fri Jun 26, 2009 8:36 am |
| wow, sounds great! Congratulations! put the products on my shopping list, thanks for sharing your experience |
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Fri Jun 26, 2009 10:21 am |
| I have looked at all other parameters that could cause wrinkles to disappear - weight gain for example, increased hydration... But I'm the same weight and drink the same every day. The funny thing is, I'd forgotten about the wrinkles and thought I'd just given up on them but then I noticed they weren't there. That must sound insane. I guess the reason I wasn't bothered any longer was because they were slowly disappearing. I asked Don to look and tell me what he thought and the poor guy went pale (terrified of saying the wrong thing...I could see the cogs turning...What am I supposed to answer??? |
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Born in 1952. Blonde, very good skin. A few noticeable wrinkles. |
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Fri Jun 26, 2009 11:46 am |
| I'd also like to know what the ingredients are in those two creams you have been using. |
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Fri Jun 26, 2009 12:03 pm |
Bright-I: Water, Simmondsia Chinensis (Jojoba) Seed Oil, Sea Kelp Bioferment, Sorbitol, Butylene Glycol, Cetyl Alcohol, Glyceryl Stearate, PEG-100 Stearate, Stearyl Alcohol, Sesame (Sesamum Indicum) Seed Oil, Sweet Almond (Prunus Amygdalus Dulcis) Oil, Persea Gratissima (Avocado) Oil, Caffeine, Hesperidin Methyl Chalcone, Natural Active Peptides, Grape Seed Pronathocyanidins, Sodium Hyaluronate, Chrysin, Epidermal Growth Factor (EGF), Pomegranate (Punica granatum) Seed Oil (and) Astaxanthin (and) Lycopene (and) alpha-D-Tocopherol (and) Tocotrienols (and) Lutein (and) Alpha Lipoic Acid, Cholesteryl Oleyl Carbonate (and) Cholesteryl Nonanoate (and) Cholesteryl Chloride and BHT, Glutathione, Pal-GQPR (Palmitoyl Tetrapeptide), Polysorbate 20, Citric Acid, Dimethicone, Carbomer, Triethanolamine, Diazolidinyl Urea, Phenoxyethanol, Methylparaben, Propylparaben.
IS Clinical's Youth Serum ingredients can be read here, but not cut and pasted: http://www.isclinical.com/youthcomplex |
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Born in 1952. Blonde, very good skin. A few noticeable wrinkles. |
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Fri Jun 26, 2009 12:15 pm |
ISC only lists the key ingredients. Here's the full listing...
ISC Youth Complex
Ingredients: Water, Hyaluronic Acid, Vaccinium Myrtillus (Bilberry) Extract, Saccharum Officinarun (Sugar Cane) Extract, Acer Saccharum (Sugar Maple) Extract, Citrus Aurantium Dulcis (Orange) Fruit Extract, Citris Medica Limonum (Lemon) Extract, Glycerin, Glyceryl Dilaurate, Ethylhexyl Palmitate, Silica Simethyl Silylate, Butylene Glycol, Sodium Hyaluronate, Caprylic/Capric Triglyceride, Dimethicone, Cetyl Alcohol, Cetearyl Alcohol, Ceteareth-20, Potassium Cetyl Phosphate, Tripeptide-1, Dextran, Asiaticoside, Asiatic Acid, Madecassic Acid, Salix Alba (Willow) Bark Extract, Dipalmitoyl Hydroxyproline, Soy Isoflavones, Lecithin, C12-15 Alkyl Benzoate, Retinyl Palmitate, Tocopheryl Acetate, Beta-Carotene, Panthenol, Ormenis Multicaulis Oil, Dipotassium Glycyrrhizate, PVP, Carbomer, Triethanolamine, Xanthan Gum, Disodium EDTA, Phenoxyethanol, Methylparaben, Propylparaben |
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Fri Jun 26, 2009 12:23 pm |
| Thanks Havana... I don't like all these parabens. The result is pretty amazing though. |
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Born in 1952. Blonde, very good skin. A few noticeable wrinkles. |
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Fri Jun 26, 2009 1:38 pm |
| Ouch, ouch! I react very badly to something in Retin A. Awful burning... The IS Youth Serum is very expensive but I am definitely going to continue using it...perhaps over my whole face. |
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Born in 1952. Blonde, very good skin. A few noticeable wrinkles. |
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Fri Jun 26, 2009 2:13 pm |
| OK, I just posted pics here: http://halfahundred.blogspot.com The second pic looks like I got Botoxed to the gills and lost several pounds, neither of which is true. I had the same facial expression in both (but didn't want to post full-face as I'm always leery of this...) You can see the new eyelashes as well! |
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Born in 1952. Blonde, very good skin. A few noticeable wrinkles. |
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Fri Jun 26, 2009 2:43 pm |
Wow, you look soooooo young!!!!!
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| OK, I just posted pics here: http://halfahundred.blogspot.com The second pic looks like I got Botoxed to the gills and lost several pounds, neither of which is true. I had the same facial expression in both (but didn't want to post full-face as I'm always leery of this...) You can see the new eyelashes as well! |
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Fri Jun 26, 2009 2:46 pm |
I just saw the photos and, OK, that's pretty impressive.  How long does the Youth Complex last you, Antonia? |
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Fri Jun 26, 2009 2:55 pm |
| I am hoping no one thinks I am plugging something here. I'm not. I'm just really surprised. My last Botox was in January and just where I get two bumps over the start of my eyebrows. I don't really believe that anything can get rid of wrinkles either, so the realization that something had happened was a surprise to me. I use the teeniest bit of the IS serum, less than a full pump. It is lasting a long time. I don't want to get anyone over excited because it could be something else at play (MSM/ALA/Grape Seed/Omega 3 supplements perhaps). Or maybe it is the supplements with the creams as I have taken supplements for over 20 years. |
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Born in 1952. Blonde, very good skin. A few noticeable wrinkles. |
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Fri Jun 26, 2009 3:09 pm |
| I think it's absolutely wonderful that you wrinkles are gone! It must of been a very nice surprise for you. |
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Fri Jun 26, 2009 3:16 pm |
| It was actually a surprise because I was thinking at the time, "Isn't it funny how I don't care about those wrinkles any more." Lol. That's when I realized they weren't there like they used to be. I am going to ask over on MissJ's forum and MMH if they have heard of wrinkles spontaneously disappearing when they have appeared quite dramatically following a bleph. The last time I was on MMH a lot of people were concerned about their new wrinkles following surgery. |
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Born in 1952. Blonde, very good skin. A few noticeable wrinkles. |
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Fri Jun 26, 2009 4:07 pm |
Antonia, do you use any of these products on
your upper eye lid? In the after pictures your top lid looks so much firmer to me. |
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Fri Jun 26, 2009 4:18 pm |
| Yes I do...both lids and I have noticed a tautening of the skin of the socket as well (now that I compare a few pics we took on vacation last year with the way it appears today....) |
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Born in 1952. Blonde, very good skin. A few noticeable wrinkles. |
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Fri Jun 26, 2009 4:27 pm |
Antonia... those are some GORGEOUS EYES!!!
my guess on the ingredients that are making a diff:
Natural Active Peptides (skin bios version of matrixyl)
ALA
The IS has some ingredients that assist in exfoliation: Retenyl, White Willow Bark, the sugars, and there some CP's in there I think...
sounds like a combo that SHOULD work... AWESOME!!! |
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Claudia of FlexEffect... 43, fair skin, occasional breakout, Using ECO FROG (my own=disclaimer), and TrueScience (I also sell this)... Happy with that...Come visit on FB! |
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Fri Jun 26, 2009 5:34 pm |
| That's great improvement, Antonia. Your eyes are gorgeous. By "raw" do you mean no make-up on in the "after" photos? |
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Fri Jun 26, 2009 6:53 pm |
| You look like you're in your early 30s! Beautiful pics. Thanks for sharing your secrets and pics. |
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Fri Jun 26, 2009 6:57 pm |
I checked EDS and they sell IS Youth Complex and IS Eye Complex.
Did you get the one for the eyes? |
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