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In a remarkable turn of events, arguably one of the strangest in the history of
cosmetics, women across the country are putting a stretch-mark reducing emulsion
called StriVectin-SD® on their face to diminish fine lines, wrinkles and crow's
feet. And, if consumer sales are any indication of a product's effectiveness,
StriVectin-SD is nothing short of a miracle. Women (as well as a growing number
of "Boomer" men) are buying so much StriVectin-SD that finding a tube at your
local cosmetic counter has become just about impossible. Has everyone gone mad?
Well... not really.
Scientific
Breakthrough or Dumb Luck?
Although StriVectin-SD was already backed by clinical
trials documenting its ability to visibly reduce the depth, length,
discoloration and roughness of existing stretch marks, the success of StriVectin-SD
as an anti-wrinkle cream was "dumb luck," says Gina Gay, spokesperson for
Klein-Becker®, StriVectin-SD's exclusive distributor.
"When we first handed out
samples of the StriVectin formula to employees and customers as part of our
market research, the sample tubes were simply marked 'topical cream' with the
lot number underneath," Ms. Gay explains. "As the samples were passed to friends
and family, the message became a little muddled and some people used this
'topical cream' as a facial moisturizer. As we began to receive feedback from
users, like 'I look 10 years younger' and 'my crows' feet are gone,' we knew we
had something more than America's most effective stretch-mark reducer. The point
was driven home as store owners began reporting that almost as many people were
purchasing StriVectin as an anti-wrinkle cream as were buying it to reduce
stretch marks."
Dr. Daniel B. Mowrey,
Klein-Becker's Director of Scientific Affairs, says, "Clearly, people were
seeing results, but we didn't have a scientific explanation as to why this
wrinkle-reduction was occurring. However, based on the incredibly positive
reports, I started using it myself -- applying StriVectin to my face after
shaving." Dr. Mowrey adds, "On a personal note, my wife tells me I haven't
looked this good
in years."