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Cindy Crawford bought a bottle at the Greenhouse, a dainty ladies-only spa just outside Dallas. Teri Garr gets her supply from a facialist in Beverly Hills. And Sally Kirkland orders it from a plastic surgeon in West Hollywood. They’re all taking mega doses of topical vitamin C, a new serum that promises smoother, firmer, younger-looking skin. Applied once a day, this nonprescription cosmaceutical (a beauty product with druglike effects) is thought to spur skin cells to make collagen, the internal stuffing that thins out with age. As the new collagen plumps up wrinkles and binds down sagging skin, much like buttons on a mattress, the result is what one inventor calls a “mini face-lift”…
Dermatologist Andrew Scheman, who teaches at Northwestern University, says he’s impressed with the data on Cellex-C… “The researchers are reputable, their theory is convincing, and if their reports are duplicated at several other institutions, Cellex-C is going to be a major advance, he says.”…
A few miles away in the Westwood sections of Los Angeles, dermatologist John V. Jansen has 50 patients on Cellex-C and can’t keep it in stock.” Cellex-C user Julie Leib is pleased with her skin’s appearance. After applying the serum for seven months, the 50 year old Leib (who, like Teri Garr, was introduced to the product by facialists Cindy Karimi at the Joseph Martin salon in Beverly hills) cites smoother skin texture and fewer crow’s feet.
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