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  • Cindy

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    March 6, 2016 at 6:18 pm in reply to: “Natural” chemist to consult for beauty blog

    I am interested and sent you a private message.

  • Cindy

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    March 6, 2016 at 6:13 pm in reply to: Growth Factors

    I don’t think of arginine as a growth factor. Altough there are studies that show arginine will stimulate human growth hormone and some people take it as an anti-aging supplement.
    Growth factors would be EGF, which I’ve seen as an ingredient, TGF - which is stimulated by tripeptide 5, and FGF. None of these are plant derived. I don’t know of any plant derived growth factors that are growth factors for mamallian cells.

  • Cindy

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    March 6, 2016 at 5:49 pm in reply to: AHA/BHA peel

    I was not aware of any particular issues of combining AHAs and BHAs, just that the final concentration should be less than 30%. Are there other issues. And you might have more luck dissolving the salicylic acid in oil than water.

  • Cindy

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    March 3, 2016 at 4:20 am in reply to: GABA

    Yes, I think its unlikely Belassi. However, I know a dermatologist who uses it and says it works great. So I am just trying to dig up more information on it and can’t seem to find any, especially when it comes to safety. I worry that a side effect of ‘relaxing muscles’ could be saggy skin.