Sisters:

Has anyone tried this stuff for skincare? It is sooooooo expensive but I see it recommended everywhere. Can anyone who has tried it respond with which product they have used, stregnth, expected vs. received results, all the details please... My main goal is to stop the wrinles which spread from my eyes in a wide arc across the top of my cheeks and kinda downward toward my ears - yuck!!!!!!!!!!!!

Thanks a lot sistas!

xooxoxoxox Pooks

Pooks...

I just sent you a PM with something I found on this.

Hugs,
Karen

Google "strivectin FDA" and you'll find lots of damaging info. It's a scam, don't waste your money. Might as well spend $400 for some Botox every 3 or 4 months.

I believe it's a scam, too. How could a topical cream lift skin that sags, press a wrinkle flat, or remove stretch mark scarring? There just isn't any such thing yet that doesn't involve some medical procedure and even those won't produce a miracle.

scam scam scam. I can't believe this stuff is still being sold in high dept stores. For non-surgical, non-filler wrinkle solutions, the retinols are the way to! go.

thanks meno princresses:

Gia what are retinols and how would one use them exactly?

gratefully yours pooks xo

The retinols are over the counter cremes contain miniscule amounts of (vitamin A)retin A, like ROC Deep Wrinkle Creme. I'm currently using ROC (this is an example as there are many other products out there) and will graduate to low dose of doctor prescribed retin A in a few weeks. You need an RX for Tretinoin/Retin A or Renova (has a moisterizing base). You must wear a sunscreen with these products and understand that the skin will look worse before it gets better, which can take up to six months. There are AHAs and copperpeptide creams that seem to get rave reviews, but quite honestly, I haven't looked into these products.

thank you gia ((((((((gia))))))))

I would like to add that retinols are chemically different from tretinoin, which is a retinoic acid.

Here's a good page of info from the Mayo Clinic: http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/wrinkle-creams/SN00010

Notice that it says that OTC creams are not regulated, so you really don't know what's in them and the claims from the manufacturers can be completely bogus.

My Mom (who is 73) uses this and it really did improve her skin. I know a few friends that have also used it and I can definitely see a difference.

Maura

What was she using before she started using Strivectin ?

Sandra,

She was using Renova but it was irritating to her.

Maura

Strivectin is a scam. Really. Might as well just take a $100 bill and throw it out into the street and watch it blow away. Or use the $100 to buy a year's worth of some cheap face lotion that has retinyl palmitate in it, because that's the active ingredient in Strivectin.

Have you used the product yourself, or is your opinion based on what you googled?