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Medik8 - Results without the irritation...™

Medik8 Red AlertMost skin is sensitive, it is just to what degree that distinguishes it from others. Just because your skin is mildly sensitive does not mean that it is not also oily, dry or prone to acne, redness and blemishes. Most good brands include a sensitive option but forget that within the sensitive skin classification, all the regular skin types still exist. This is where Medik8 comes in.

Medik8 is a cosmeceutical brand and has the primary goal of effecting efficacy in skin care products. It is a myth that a product designed for sensitive skin would be less efficacious just because it is not irritating. Medik8 advances in active selection, delivery systems and mild base formulation means you no longer need to compromise. Latest independent research contradicts previous assumptions that aggressive products causing inflammation give the best results (the idea being that aggressive products provoke a healing response). In fact, the current opinion is this inflammation merely damages the cell causing long-term skin damage and perversely causing premature skin ageing.  Figures vary, but it is thought that 50% of women and 40% of men suffer with some degree of sensitive skin. Perhaps genetics or stress, increasingly external environmental factors (such as chemical pollutants) and even inadequate skin care regimes lead to increased skin reactions. Symptoms of sensitive skin include, but are not limited to, an increase in skin redness (erythema), swelling, flaking, tingling, burning, tightness and itching. Many people only suffer with sensitivity rarely.

Medik8 is pioneering the cosmeceutical technology of providing products suitable for sensitive skin without compromising efficacy. “We cannot completely eliminate sensitive skin for everyone but we’ll make using top performance anti-ageing skincare a lot more comfortable and fun. Effective strength fruit acids, for example, will cause some stinging to even the toughest skins, but Medik8 pharmacologists have minimised the degree of irritation you will notice by using film-encapsulation, non-acid vitamin c derivatives and chirally correct actives among other techniques.” Now the most powerful and effective ingredients need not be beyond the reach of people who want the gain without the pain!

THE MEDIK8 PROMISE

Our mission is to improve the way you feel about your skin. We do this by providing skin care technologies underpinned by scientific reason and clinical research. We make the following promises to our customers which everyone working for Medik8 Skin Research adheres to as their primary objectives:

  1. Medik8 only uses and formulates proven technologies that provide real skin benefits and Medik8 uses chirally correct actives wherever possible.

  2. Medik8 products are specifically designed to be suitable for people with sensitive skin without ever compromising efficacy.

  3. We promise to use green chemistry where it does not impact on Promise 2. Medik8 is the first ‘Green Cosmeceutical Range’.

  4. Despite the investment in premium raw material quality and generous research budgets, you can always trust Medik8 to deliver competitive pricing.
  5. Medik8 will only be supplied to dermatologists, cosmetic surgeons, specialist skincare doctors, medical clinicians, derma-pharmacists, qualified skincare professionals and specialist skincare retailers – subject to Promise 6.

  6. Every authorised reseller must have a trained Medik8 consultant available at the point of purchase to answer customers’ skin care concerns and product queries.

  7. Medik8 will invest a fixed percentage of annual revenues in technology research.

  8. We respect our customers’ choice of Medik8 over the many other skincare brands available and accordingly, we sincerely value customer input, feedback and suggestions.

Elliot J. Isaacs

Elliot J. Isaacs
Medical Director and Founder of Medik8 Skin Research

The Company behind Medik8

PANGAEA LABORATORIES LTD. – THE OWNERS OF THE MEDIK8® BRAND
Elliot Isaacs established Pangaea as a cosmeceutical research and development centre and to hold the large amount of intellectual property rights garnished from research projects, sometimes in-house and sometimes by commissioning independent laboratories to develop anti-erythema actives, broad-spectrum antioxidants and retinol film encapsulation. Pangaea has strategic relationships with similar firms around the EU and US to enable sharing of information and product licenses. This wide technology portfolio is all incorporated into Medik8

Elliot Isaacs is the Founder and Medical Director of Medik8 Skin Research and graduate of The University of Leeds - Pharmacology and Physiology Department. With nearly 10 years experience in cosmeceutical formulation, he was recently honoured with the prestigious Grade A Membership of the Society of Cosmetic Scientists. From humble beginnings, Elliot had seen firsthand the rush for Retin-A® in his father's chemist shop when he was a small boy. This planted the seed early-on for developing a scientific skincare brand. In the late 1990’s his sister began to develop a skin redness that would not go away. One skin cream she used appeared to contain the right anti-inflammatory actives but paradoxically seemed to be causing more irritation than it calmed.  In between returning from 4 years of travelling in Asia and starting upon his yet undecided career, he decided to investigate this problem and see if he could make a better product using the small lab in his father’s pharmacy. Weeks turned to months and with the eventual success in calming his sister’s redness, the decision to get more involved in skincare and to manufacture this cream formula was taken. Several years passed satisfying regulatory steps until Medik8 launched Red Alert® in 2004. Now Medik8 has a full anti-ageing range taking the philosophy of ‘results without the irritation’ to cleansers, antioxidants, lighteners, retinoids, hydroxy acids, peels and more.

Medik8

For more informatiom, please visit www.Medik8.co.uk

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