By Jaci Stephen
Body or face? Having failed to acquire a 22-inch waist my entire life, I reached my mid-fifties realising that I had two options: keep struggling with diets and enduring tortuous exercise in the ever-uphill climb for sculpted limbs, or tackle what seemed to be the easier option.
Face, it was. I’m lucky to have had pretty good skin all my life, although I hate that nothing – and I mean nothing – can permanently erase the blackheads in my nose. I’ve tried powders, scrubs, chemicals, but no: every couple of days I have to get the tissues out and drain the dark mini reservoirs with my forefingers once more. I sort of enjoy it.
I’ve never sat in the sun, so spent most of my life wrinkle free (I also wonder whether spending most of my pocket money when I was young on Imedeen, a fish skin supplement, helped). But in my fifties, there were lines that seemed to appear overnight. It didn’t help that I bought a mirror with an 8x magnification (why do we torture ourselves with mirrors that see us the way that no one else does?). Not only did the lines look like crevices; the blackheads looked like triffids.
I use a variety of stuff on my skin: Cetaphil cleanser, Bioré baking soda scrub on my nose, Clearasil scrub, and BioEffect EGF serum. The latter is very effective and, although expensive, works out much greater value than pots of creams that don’t deliver the same effect. And if I need a real moisture boost at any time, you can’t beat good old Vaseline.
Returning to the UK recently, I saw a friend I had known for years and actually wasn’t sure that it was her, as she looked much younger. I did a double take, triple and quadruple take before I said hello and commented on her drastically changed appearance. She told me she had been taking Rejuvenated collagen shots (orally, not injected), which had radically improved her skin tone and texture, not to mention her hair (much thicker) and nails (which grew more quickly).
Collagen is the main protein (25%-35%) in the body that holds everything else together. It’s in your bones, muscles, skin and tendons, and provides a solid structure and strength. But as we age, our bodies stop producing collagen and elastin, and our skin starts to sag. So, can Rejuvenated do anything to reverse the process?
The marketing of the products (in addition to shots, there are tablets to take at night-time and daytime pick-me-ups) is “beauty from within”, and while there are many collagen-based products on the market, this one does not come from the Western Pacific (the waters around Japan, which is reported to still have radiation leaks from Fukushima); all its ingredients are traceable. Also, hyaluronic acid (a major skin component) in other products can come from rooster combs (not good for people with poultry or egg allergies); true, Rejuvenated is more expensive, but that’s because its HA comes from a plant root.
My friend had done considerable research into other collagen-based products, but could not be happier with the results from Rejuvenated. I have to concur. I’ve been using it for a few months now and have noticed many changes. My hair is no longer falling out at the alarming rate it was; my nails are growing quickly; my skin all over, not just my face, is softening daily, although retaining firmness – my underarms, especially; and everyone is telling me how young I look.
More than anything, though, it’s the overall feeling of wellbeing that has surprised me. My gut and bowels have become more efficient at eliminating waste; I am dealing with stress better and thinking more clearly about problems. I have more energy and I’m even sleeping better (that’s always been a problem).
I’m a sceptic when it comes to anything claiming to have what, on the surface, appears to produce miracles; but having witnessed the results both in others and myself, I’m a convert. You could say I’m rejuvenated.
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