Dermajuv is quite a unique product. It has several of the good peptide formulas along with some other great ingredients like Argireline and hyaluronic acid. They claim to be paraben free which is great, especially if you are a health nut. There are a few other ingredients like Matrixyl that seem to be standard in most wrinkle creams. Matrixyl is a proprietary formula that has some potent peptides in it.
Dermajuv uses Haloxyl which is mostly for dark circles. I’m not convinced that everyone needs this unless they have dark circles.
What The Heck Are Telomeres
The thing that strikes me most about this product is that they claim to have an ingredient that extends the length of telomeres. What are telomeres you ask? They are the end of a strand of DNA and scientists have recently discovered that as we age the telomeres become shorter. Once the telomeres become short enough, we die. Scientists can actually look at your telomeres and tell exactly when your life will expire naturally. If science finds a way to extend telomeres, we could possibly achieve near immortality.
I haven’t seen any evidence to suggest that Dermajuv really has a solution to lengthening telomeres, because the scientific community doesn’t have an answer for lengthening telomeres yet. Maybe they figured it out or maybe it’s just expert marketing on the part of Dermajuv…I don’t really know.
What’s Missing In Dermajuv?
The biggest thing that we are missing here with regard to ingredients is antioxidants. If you have read what I have written about ingredients, you will know that antioxidants are one of the most scientifically proven wrinkle fighters out there. I’m not saying this product is not good…I’m just saying it’s in serious need of some powerful antioxidants like ubiquinone which is sometimes called Idebenone. Also you can’t forget ascorbyl palmitate which is basically buffered Vitamin C, but is a super strong age fighter.
Vitamins A and E are also great antioxidants. Vitamin A could be one of the best wrinkle fighters, but some people have a reaction to it. Vitamin E can be really good too.
Then there’s Deanol which tightens the muscles under the skin to create a facelift effect. Many wrinkle creams leave this one out, but there is some serious evidence backing up it’s effectiveness.
Bottom Line
I would say overall Dermajuv is definitely worth a try…just in case they really have the telomeres thing worked out. It seems to be a pretty good cream, but is seriously lacking in the antioxidant area.
My honest opinion is still that LifeCell is the top product and Revitol is a close second especially if you are on a budget. See our top 3 anti-wrinkle picks for 2010.