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Is reversing the signs of aging really possible?
This is my personal documentation of progress. At the bottom of the page you will find the large pictures where skin details are readily visible.
I have tried to give you information about products and issues a long the way.
Prior to using Skin Biology
copper peptides I would not allow close up pictures of my face. I was horribly
wrinkled, hated seeing how I had aged so much and tempted to disguise that
bad skin with lots of makeup. I found one that I blew up, the small picture
is summer 2001, pre-copper peptides, at which time I was 54 years. I have
very large eyes which were once considered my most an outstanding feature
had become my worst nightmare.
I began working with
Dr. Pickart's copper peptides consistently about November 2001. I had a
very difficult time, especially around the eye area. My first go with CP
Night Eyes was an inflamed disaster, I thought I might be allergic. I began
working with lots of oils (squalane and emu), Protect & Restore Classic
for the facial area and gradually introduced the CP Serum and Exfol Serums.
I worked with both serums (CP Serum diluted) and oils only around my eye
area for months, occasional testing CP Night Eyes. Even though I live in
a very humid climate, my skin literally drank up the squalane and emu. I
let my skin have whatever seemed to make it the happiest.
I went through an awful
stage around my eye area as the skin began to remodel. Wrinkly, crinkled
is not a strong enough description. It would be more appropriate to describe
the stage as a candidate for a starring role in a horror flick.
May 2002, age 55 (sorry
for the oil and out of focus)
The changes in my skin
within 6 months were just pretty unbelievable to me. It was others that
noticed, not me. Hence I began my journal of progress pictures to document
my skin changes for I had found products that actually did what they said
they would do. I continued working with CP Serum, Exfol Serum and lots of
oil. I began to introduce the Exfol cream to try to speed that sloughing
of the leathery old damaged cells that were migrating to the surface.
I began tolerating the
CP Night Eyes but would have to apply lots of emu beforehand. I tested the
TriRed on the facial area but still too strong...so I decided to use it
up on my arms and legs (that's a whole other success story)
Around June 2003 I began
introducing the Super CP Serum at night while continuing with my routine.
CP Night Eyes and I became friends
September 2003, age 56
. (I have absolutely nothing on my skin, no, not even moisturizer.) So when
you read about increase collagen, elastin, moisture holding...this is it..a
real picture of what those words can mean if you are using products that are
active and will do what they say they will do.
Big difference. The
focus now are those two lines from several years of crows feet. I am not
at all concerned with the remaining skin imperfections on my skin and am
total confident in another 6 months, my skin is going to greatly improve.
With the crows feet
I have been convinced that my repeated squinting is not going to help that
area at all and if I can just reduce that squinting the copper peptides
will work their magic as they have done. I began introducing the ATX (BTX)
to help reduce that movement.
Highlights between the
2 pictures:
- Quite evident is the
reduction in wrinkles and crows feet. The discoloration during May 2002
was as a result of the copper peptides literally pushing or causing the
damaged skin cells to migrate to the surface where they finally began to
slough off.
- The sun damaged spots
are either gone or diminished greatly in size.
- In May you can see
a hint of a blue vein near my eye brow and some streaks on my cheek. September
the veins are hardly visible at all. I attribute that to reversing the thinning
skin that is associated with aging.
- Spider veins. While
I was very concerned that copper peptide might make them worse, Dr. Pickart
encourage me to increase the applied product. Some spider veins have totally
disappeared while the large one in the center of my cheek has become less
red and inflamed looking and more defined. I think that one is going to
go in time. This is a bit of a miracle in that 25 years ago I was told they
were hereditary, 15 years ago I was told they were hormonal or from sun
damage and the story just kept changing.
- Dr. Pickart pointed
out the lifting effect of the eyelid. Of course, I hadn't noticed that all
all...instead what I saw was the wrinkly crepiness that resulted in my overloading
my eyelid with Super CP Serum a few days prior to the photo. Although I
recommend to take these close-up photos to take it away from all our emotional
critical responses in front of the mirror...I still had an emotional response
when I looked at the Sept. photo. Dr. Pickart was kind enough to bring me
back to reality.
- It appears that my
eye lashes are growing. May photo I had a little mascara on. Sept., nothing.
Now when I apply mascara my eyes lashes are much longer.
- Clearly my face is
not that big and that spider vein that looks huge in reality is quite small
and is easily covered with a little powder.
I take these photos myself.
I simply hold my digital camera at arms length and shoot. The pictures are
taken so that I can monitor changes, or no changes, in my skin. I can see
skin details that are not visible in my 5x's magnifying mirror and were never
meant for publication. These are raw pictures...clearly...no adjustments,
enhancements, corrections or otherwise. I cropped them so that the pictures
can load.
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