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Wed Oct 26, 2005 6:52 am  |
I recently ordered centella asiatica fromwww.skinactives.com. (My plastic surgeon recommended it for helping my abdominoplasty scar. I used it on my face with some aloe vera too, and it is great!)
Anyway, I noticed that the personal formulator does not sell L-ascorbic acid(just ascorbic....is there a difference?)Skinactives does. They also sell DMAE pretty cheap(they do get you with shipping tho) I have taken a longwinded route to simply ask what is your opinion between these two sites? Everyone talks about the personal formulator but not skinactives? Just wonder why, before I slap down my credit card(well, my husband's credit card  )
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Fair,sensitive,combination, skin. 38 yrs old~ |
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Wed Oct 26, 2005 7:31 am |
Hi Ajax,
I think you have that backwards ... personal formulator sells "l-ascorbic acid"... skinactives just sells "ascorbic acid".
There's been all kinds of discussions on this board about the difference.
Basically "ascorbic acid" can be pure l-ascorbic acid ... or it can be pure d-ascorbic acid ... or it can be a 50/50 of the two.
What you'd have to do is email skinactives and ask whether or not their ascorbic acid is "l-ascorbic acid" or not.
L-ascorbic acid is the active part of ascorbic acid ... and the only one that has skin benefits.
Mary |
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Over 50, combo, OCM. Originator of Pearl Paste ... www.silkenpearl.com |
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Wed Oct 26, 2005 9:03 am |
thanks for the replies....I just didn't see the "L" in front of it so I got worried....can't believe I mixed up the sites!!
I think I will e-mail skinactives, just out of curiosity. Good idea~ |
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Fair,sensitive,combination, skin. 38 yrs old~ |
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Wed Oct 26, 2005 10:07 am |
| D-ascorbic acid is very hard to obtain so it is probably the L-ascorbic acid they are selling. I know personalformulator sells the L-form. |
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