Dear, Klairs, Midnight Blue Youth Activating Drop

It's a concentrated EGF serum, an ingredient that the more I read about it, the more surprised I am that it's not popular.

Let's talk about EGF:

Everything written here is based on an article that brings together 49 other articles about EGF.

Most of the research on the ingredient was done in Korea, and then Japan and the USA. I will attach a link to the article at the end of the post.

EGF = Epidermal Growth Factor

It is a type of peptide that has the ability to encourage the proliferation of epidermal cells. An American biochemist named Stanley Cohen discovered it and received a Nobel Prize for it in 1986.

At the medical level:

✔️Promotes wound healing and can help restore burns.

✔️Can help encourage regrowth of hair after baldness from chemotherapy and treat dermatitis from chemotherapy.

On the aesthetic level:

✔️Increases the production of hyaluronic acid and encourages collagen production, and thus can help with wrinkles as well as their rejection.

✔️ Contributes to more moist skin.

✔️ Improves skin elasticity.

✔️Treatment of melasma (pigmentation) - a study proved that using EGF serum twice a day for 8 weeks reduced 73.4% of melasma without any side effects. This was studied on 44 people who used a serum with EGF on half of the face and a placebo on the other half of the face. After 8 weeks they saw a 73.4% improvement on the EGF side, compared to only a 13% improvement on the placebo side.

✔️ It can balance the production of sebum in the skin.

✔️Acne treatment - research has shown that EGF can help mild-moderate acne. The study was tested on 20 people with mild acne. Here, too, apply on half the face twice a day. After 6 weeks they saw a 25.4-33.5% decrease in acne on the EGF side. In the same study they also showed that the sebum production decreased. There were no side effects.

✔️Treatment of stretch marks - research has proven the effectiveness of EGF as a complementary treatment to laser for the treatment of stretch marks.

And what are the disadvantages?

➖The price - this ingredient is not cheap.

➖We do not know exactly the percentage recommended for use.

➖The main concern with this ingredient, that because it encourages the culture of cells, if you have skin cancer it can cause the cancer to spread faster. If you don't have skin cancer there is no reason to worry, but sometimes we don't know, so you should check with a dermatologist and of course make sure to apply sunscreen.

The same is true for psoriasis - if you have psoriasis it is best to avoid this ingredient, because it can cause the psoriasis to spread.

In conclusion, I think this is an ingredient that is not yet appreciated enough in the world of cosmetics and it definitely sounds very promising.

Now back to the Klairs serum -

The serum contains 2 types of EGF high on the list, and also blueberry extract which helps to calm the skin. fragrance-free/alcohol/essential oils.

Its color is stunning blue (probably because of the blueberry extract). Its texture is watery and it absorbs so quickly into the skin that it must be placed directly on the skin and applied quickly. I love it because it doesn't feel like another step in the skincare routine in terms of its "weight". You can happily apply other things on top of it and everything will be absorbed well.

In terms of results, I have been using it for almost 3 months. In principle, I use it more as a preventive treatment to postpone the wrinkles, but I also saw an improvement in the elasticity of the skin, and it suddenly seems to be more radiant naturally.

It took me a long time to decide whether to buy it because of the expensive price (it costs about 100 NIS for a tiny amount of 20 ml), and Honestly, I am not sure if I will buy again because it is really very expensive, but I do think that it is of high quality and that is why the price.

It is important that you know that this ingredient is also found in Klairs' blue night cream (which I am in love with by the way), but there it is relatively towards the end of the list and probably in a low percentage.

For the article: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8423211/

(Epidermal Growth Factor in Aesthetics and Regenerative Medicine: Systematic Review)

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