Dear alfish-ga:
Thank you for allowing me an opportunity to answer your interesting
question.
Skin Medica TNS Recovery Complex is indeed recommended by some in the
medical profession. (By the way, the "TNS" stands for "Tissue Nutrient
Solution"). While I found no mention of the product in the NEJM or
AMA, here you will find some reviews from reputable sources that, for
all intents and purposes, appear to be positive:
(POSITIVE REVIEW)
Fashion Week Americas website
(http://www.fashionweekamericas.com/html/magazine/2003_01/2003_01_health.html)
quotes two "board certified dermatologists" as saying:
"Doctors Walder and Golomb are board certified dermatologists who are
experienced in cosmetic dermatology. They are constantly reviewing the
literature for effective new products used for the treatment of fine
lines and wrinkles. They recommend TNS Recovery Complex , a scientific
breakthrough in anti-aging products...hundreds of patients have
returned to their dermatology office enthusiastically describing their
results"
Because I am a skeptical researcher, I looked into these "board
certified dermatologists" quoted here and found that they are indeed
medical doctors in Florida. Neither have any negative marks on their
records and both are ligitimate physicians.
CYNTHIA GOLCOMB
http://www.doh.state.fl.us/IRM00PRAES/PRASINDI.ASP?IDNUM=69747
DIANE WALDER
http://www.doh.state.fl.us/IRM00PRAES/PRASINDI.ASP?IDNUM=35534
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(POSITIVE REVIEW)
ALLURE'S BEST OF BEAUTY ISSUE
http://www.fashionwindows.com/beauty/2001B/allure.asp
"Allure's editors and more than 5,000 of its readers award 129
products the Best of Beauty seal in 2002. Included is Pantene Pro-V
Conditioner, the only contender to win seven years straight...What all
the winners have in common is a real ability to solve problems...The
October issue also features breakthroughs in beauyt, the latest
advancement in beauty products which include genuine scientific
milestones as well as small marvels of engineering or
ingenuity...Allure identifies some of the biggest makeup, hair- and
skin-care innovations of 2002 which include the Osmotics Follicle
Nutrient System and Skin Medica TNS Recovery Complex."
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(BURUTALLY HONEST, YET RELATIVELY POSITIVE REVIEW)
While this article found the product favorable (you should read the
article in it's entirety), it did list a few issues which could lead
some more conservative people to think twice about using it, or pehaps
buyin git at all, for various reasons (cost, ethics). All tolled, this
article is the most critical review I found regarding the product. In
fairness, I should also mention here that other than this article
(which could be taken either way, depending on the reader's point of
view) I found no decidedly negative performance reviews regarding this
product at all:
CBS NEW YORK
http://cbsnewyork.com/investigates/local_story_1283673407_html/
"What makes the gel really unique is where the engineered human tissue
comes from: newborn babies. Specifically, from discarded foreskins
donated after a boy's circumcision. The foreskin is placed in a
solution that enables them to extract the growth factors..."
"It's not a miracle out of the bottle. I want to make that clear, no
one can turn back the hands of time. The results achieved can be
expensive, $130 a month. Skin Medica is not on store shelves, it's
only available at doctor's offices, and because it's a cosmetic
product, it has not been approved by the FDA. None of these products
have been approved by the FDA, and that means none of the research on
the ointment has been validated."
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So, I guess the upshot here is that if none of these things bother you
AND you're getting it for $110 a tube (see $130 mentioned above), all
in all it doesn'tr seem like a bad deal. In short, this does appear,
from what I have read, that Skin Medica TNS Recovery Complex is in
fact a legitimate product that is beginning to pick up quite a
following of fans; patients and physicians alike.
Below you will find that I have carefully defined my search strategy
for you in the event that you need to search for more information. By
following the same type of searches that I did you may be able to
enhance the research I have provided even further. I hope you find
that that my research exceeds your expectations. If you have any
questions about my research please post a clarification request prior
to rating the answer. Otherwise, I welcome your rating and your final
comments and I look forward to working with you again in the near
future. Thank you for bringing your question to us.
Regards;
tutuzdad-ga
** INFORMATION SOURCES **
ALLURE MAGAZINE
http://www.allure.com/
ALLURE'S BEST OF BEAUTY ISSUE
http://www.fashionwindows.com/beauty/2001B/allure.asp
CBS NEW YORK
http://cbsnewyork.com/investigates/local_story_1283673407_html/
FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH
http://www.doh.state.fl.us/index.html
** SEARCH ENGINE USED **
GOOGLE
://www.google.com
** SEARCH TERMS **
"Skin Medica" reviews
"TNS Recovery Complex " "PRODUCT REVIEW" |
Clarification of Answer by
tutuzdad-ga
on
11 Jun 2003 20:11 PDT
Dear alfish-ga:
I do apologize. You are correct; I should have mentioned that and I
failed to do so.
For the "New England Journal of Medicine" I went to:
http://content.nejm.org/
There is a search feature that covers articles and reviews from 1993
to the present and abstracts from 1975 to 1992. Searching variations
of "skin medica", "TNS", etc, I found no mention of the product.
As for "The Journal of the American Medical Association" (and I should
have said JAMA rather than simply AMA), I went to
http://jama.ama-assn.org/ where there is also a searchable archive
feature that allows a researcher to query issues back to 1999,
abstracts to 1979 and tables of contents back to 1969. Again, no
mention.
I hope this clears it up. Again, I apologize for failing to mention
this earlier. I am glad you brought it to my attention. I look forward
to working with you again in the near future.
Regards;
tutuzdad-ga
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