Bio Oil Information
Bio-Oil is a specialist skincare product that helps improve the appearance of scars, stretch marks and uneven skin tone.
Its advanced formulation, which contains the breakthrough ingredient PurCellin Oil™, also makes it highly effective for numerous other skin concerns, including aging skin and dehydrated skin.
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Breakthrough product for scars, stretch marks and uneven skin tone.
What makes Bio-Oil so effective? Bio-Oil contains Vitamin A and E as well as Calendula and Rosemary Oils, Camomile extract and PurCellin Oil™.
Each of these active ingredients confers a distinctive benefit on damaged skin, from stimulating the healing process to regenerating and rehabilitating the damages skin.
Bio-Oil is dermatologically tested, hypoallergenic and is suitable for all skin types. BDM Grange, Auckland, NZ.
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This unique formulation makes Bio-Oil effective for treatment of scars, stretch marks and dry, dehydrated skin. It also helps to reduce the appearance of uneven skin tone and pigmentation.
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Bio-Oil is the product most recommended by GP’s for the appearance of scars and stretch marks (Colmar Brunton 2007)
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Bio-Oil is the product most recommended by Midwives for pregnancy stretch marks (Colmar Brunton 2007)
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PurCellin Oil™
PurCellin Oil™ is a laboratory recreation of the preen gland oil of ducks. During preening, a duck secretes oil from its preen gland and distributes it over its entire plumage in the familiar twisted-neck action that one often associates with ducks. This oil creates a thin, non-greasy layer on the surface of the feathers without which water would not pearl off and the bird would struggle to swim.
It is interesting to note that water birds, which inspired the development of PurCellin OilTM have been repaid the favor…
PurCellin OilTM forms the basis for the method recommended by the National Wildlife Health Foundation for rapid restoration of oil-soiled water birds.
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Uses:
Bio-Oil is highly effective in helping to improve the appearance of existing stretch marks and also helps to increase the elasticity of the skin, thereby helping to reduce the possibility of new stretch marks forming.
Application
Bio-Oil should be massaged in a circular motion into the stretch marks and surrounding skin twice daily for a minimum of 3 months.
What is a stretch mark and how is it formed?
Stretch marks, otherwise known as striae, are caused by exactly what their name suggests – stretching of the skin.
The skin’s connective tissue allows it to adapt to continuous movement of the body by expanding and contracting, but sometimes the skin itself has insufficient time to adjust. As the body expands faster than the skin covering it, the skin tears, forming an internal wound which heals and causes a scar to form. These scars are visible on the surface of the skin as stretch marks.
The likelihood of developing stretch marks varies according to skin type, race, age, diet and hydration of the skin.
Those most prone to stretch marks include pregnant women, body builders, adolescents undergoing sudden growth spurts, and individuals that gain weight rapidly.
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Uses: Pregnancy stretch marks
Bio-Oil has been used safely by pregnant women for over 20 years to maintain skin elasticity and thereby help prevent the appearance of pregnancy stretch marks.
Stretch marks, otherwise known as striae, are caused by exactly what their name suggests – stretching of the skin.
The skin’s connective tissue allows it to adapt to continuous movement of the body by expanding and contracting during pregnancy, but sometimes the skin itself has insufficient time to adjust. As the body expands faster than the skin covering it, the skin tears, forming an internal wound which heals and causes a scar to form. These scars are visible on the surface of the skin as stretch marks.
It is estimated that 90% of women are prone to stretch marks during pregnancy, particularly in the second and third trimesters (Nussbaum, Rachel, MD, Bendetto, Anthony. Cosmetic aspects of pregnancy. Clinics in Dermatology (2006) 24, 133-141). In many studies conducted over the years, the likelihood of developing stretch marks varies according to skin type, family and personal history, race, age, diet and skin condition.
Application
Most women develop stretch marks on their abdomen during pregnancy, however it is common to get stretch marks on the breasts, hips, buttocks, thighs and lower back. Bio-oil should be applied twice daily from the first trimester to moisturize and maintain the elasticity of the skin thereby helping prevent the appearance of pregnancy stretch marks.
Bio-Oil should be applied to dry skin directly after bathing or showering, and allowed to fully absorb before getting dressed.
Safe for use during pregnancy