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Fri Feb 12, 2010 12:04 pm  |
I've applied Vitamin D3 Oil to the back of my hand for 6 months as an experiment to determine whether it can improve the thickness of my skin, eliminate a light sun spot or make the skin more smoothly textured.
Vitamin D3 has recently been touted as a wonder vitamin (actually a hormone) that has, according to some studies, the ability to prevent cancers and apparently have a positive effect on all manner of other ailments.
The result of my experiment was sadly that the skin on that hand has become more textured (read wrinkled!)and the sun spot has not improved at all, in fact it may have worsened. Both hands originally had the same appearance and I have applied sun protection religiously everyday. The skin may be marginally firmer on the D3 hand.
What might explain this? |
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Medium toned , oily skin, lover of sunblock and anti-ageing products & supplements. On a perpetual quest for the perfect v. high PPD, non greasy sunblock! |
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Fri Feb 12, 2010 2:23 pm |
| What a great experiment, Camelia. Thanks for reporting back on your results. Did you happen to use any other things on your hands when you were doing that experiment (other than sunscreen)? That is very interesting that your treated hand actually worsened in texture. I don't know about this ingredient to even have a theory as to why that may happen. I'll be interested to read what others think the reason may be! |
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Sat Feb 13, 2010 11:04 am |
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| I thought the recent news about Vit D is to take it internally for the benefits, not topically. |
I "thought" there was something that came out about applying D topically, but I haven't tried to find anything. You may be right, foxe! |
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Sat Feb 13, 2010 1:18 pm |
| I remember years ago, I tried putting vit E from capsules around my eyes for a few months. It didn't help with the crows feet, at least for me. I do however take vitamin E orally now (Hi Gamma E and tocotrienols) because even though it didn't do anything for me that I could see externally, I believe that it make have health benefits. I also do take vit D3 internally. Perhaps the method of delivery may make a difference in whether a product is helpful. |
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Sat Feb 13, 2010 2:32 pm |
thanks for experimenting and posting the results. this forum is like a mini cosmetics lab! something special indeed!  |
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Sat Feb 13, 2010 10:28 pm |
llina, I know, I love reading about members' experiments! You can find some real gems. Don't know about my experiment though, it's puzzled me for sure. The area I've applied the drops to is more ruddy looking than the other hand for certain so there is some kind of effect taking place. I don't have a high spec camera to show the results but when I get one, I will post the difference - perhaps more will show up in a photo.
DarkMoon, thank you very much for taking the time to post those links, very interesting. I can't get into the 3rd one, could you tell me what conclusion it makes please. Thanks. Are you a Pink Floyd fan? |
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Sat Feb 13, 2010 10:38 pm |
| Camelia wrote: |
llina, I know, I love reading about members' experiments! You can find some real gems. Don't know about my experiment though, it's puzzled me for sure. The area I've applied the drops to is more ruddy looking than the other hand for certain so there is some kind of effect taking place. I don't have a high spec camera to show the results but when I get one, I will post the difference - perhaps more will show up in a photo.
DarkMoon, thank you very much for taking the time to post those links, very interesting. I can't get into the 3rd one, could you tell me what conclusion it makes please. Thanks. Are you a Pink Floyd fan? |
i just think its cool that you experimented and then posted the results. i really appreciate it! it takes a lot of effort, time and energy to do this, and then share it. shout-out for camelia!
you stated that the D3 hand is more wrinkled, no change in age spots, but firmer. and that you did this for 6 months. i'm wondering if the 'more wrinkled' is just the top surface. i'm wondering if the top layer stayed on longer, instead of shedding at a normal rate. would this explain the firmer. just wondering why firmer but more wrinkled. i wonder if there is a gem below the wrinkled dead surface. let us know if you do a gentle hand exfoliation and it reveals anything different.
nevertheless... what you did was cool! love it! |
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