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Acne and Acne Blemishes: Why Women Know it’s Not Just a Teenage Problem

Monday, April 26th, 2010

Women who continue to experience acne breakouts well into their 30s and forties should know they are not alone. While an estimated 85% of adolescents aged 15 to 17 years have acne, there are countless studies that show that a lot of women continue to have significant breakouts well into their 40s. And where so many other products fail, Metamorphosis was formulated to transform your skin to clear your acne and prevent new breakouts.

Adult hormonal acne often does not respond to benzoyl peroxide treatments and needs a different approach. For the sake of simplicity you should know that the path to a breakout is well known and really involves 4 steps:

  1. Comedogenesis- Simple term a plugged follicle
  2. Increased Oil (Sebum) production
  3. Increased bacteria (the main one being P. acnes)
  4. Inflammation

Once this path happens, the follicle ruptures and extends causing papules, pustules, nodules, white heads, and blackheads. And if you have skin of color, the unfortunate hyperpigmentation (brown spot) that is often bigger and lasts longer than the acne itself.

The wonderful thing about Metamorphosis is that it not only works at every step in the acne pathway, but also helps remove the hyperpigmentation and prevent further breakouts.

So how does it work?

Simply by targeting each step in the acne pathway:

Preventing Plugged Follicles- Metamorphosis is very unique in combining Slow Release Alpha, Beta and Poly hydroxy acids in the Softening Serum. The formulation was specifically formulated so you can leave it on all night so that it would be as effective as possible. But Metamorphosis goes even further by placing Retinol in Enlightening Lotion. The result is a very effective but gentle turnover of old skin that prevents plugged follicles.

The main ingredients shown to work topically to Reduce Oil Production are Alpha acids, Salicyclic Acid, and retinols. You should know that Softening Serum and Enlightening Lotion have all of these ingredients in the most effective concentrations available for daily use as well as Flavosterone, which has also been shown to reduce sebum production. And again, unlike most other products, you leave Metamorphosis on after application with no need to wash off or neutralize. As a result, the products are safe, easy to use, and most importantly, actually have the time they need to work.

Anti- Bacterial- Unlike most products that rely only on Benzoyl peroxide which can irritate your skin and stain your clothes and bed sheets, Metamorphosis’ antibacterial activity is the result of its unique combination of Hexylresorcinol, Niacinamide, Azelaic Acid, and Salicylic Acid. The result is a one of a kind formulation that works where other systems fail.

Inflammation-And finally, one of the exceptional elements of the Metamorphosis process is the potent blend of anti-inflammatories and barrier protectants that are ultimately so important in repairing the skin barrier and in preventing acne. Amongst these are scientifically proven concentrations of Niacinamide, Symcalmin, Feverfew, Bisabolol, and Willowherb.

Metamorphosis was formulated to transform your skin so that you can have fewer acne breakouts, while you clear your skin of hyperpigmentation and improve the signs of aging . And you can read more about our innovative new approach to skin care here.

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It’s Not About a Magic Berry: A New Way of Looking at Skin Care

Wednesday, April 21st, 2010

Modern “technology” in skin care has come a long way compared to the state one would have found even 10-15 years ago. Research into the vast array of vitamins, minerals, antioxidants, botanicals, marine bioactives, and fruit extracts as well as penetrants, texturizers and emulsifiers have truly led to a remarkable turnaround in the quality of skin care presently available to consumers.

And yet for the great majority of women, there has still been something lacking- Real Results. How else can you explain the confusion you encounter walking down an aisle of your local beauty store. Why does every brand have an entire wall of products designed to help treat your skin?

“It’s the style that gets you; technological ugliness syruped over with romantic phoniness in an effort to produce beauty and profit by people who, though stylish, don’t know where to start because no one has ever told them there’s such a thing as Quality in this world and it’s real, not style.”

What we sought and achieved with JolieMD is not just a distinct point of view, a new way of looking at skin care but real results. We wanted women to accomplish what they have always really wanted: beautiful, vibrant skin. In the process, we created a simple 2 step system that allows your skin to be at once less susceptible to acne, younger looking, and clear of the hyperpigmentation that has arisen from years of sun damage, acne and hormonal changes.

Where all previous skin care brands have been designed under an artificial system of skin “diseases”   requiring a wall of products consisting of an “acne system,” a “hyperpigmentation system,” an “anti-aging system,” so on and so forth; JolieMD is a 2 step system.

You may ask how is this possible?

The answer is not a magic berry, or a new peptide. Instead, it is an innovative new approach to skin care that combines the best ingredients nature has to offer in the concentrations science has shown to be required to affect real results.

JolieMD is Quality: a fusion of nature and the human spirit into a new kind of skin care that transcends both.

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JolieMD Metamorphosis vs Prescription Strength Hydroquinone: Simply look at the comparison

Tuesday, April 6th, 2010

Many patients have always thought that in order to even their skin tone and remove the sun damage or post pregnancy heperpigmentatiion, that their only option was to go see their physician and get a prescription for hydroquinone or a hydroquinone containing product like Triluma. And this is just one of the great reasons that we created JolieMD.

First, and most importantly, JolieMD works. Hydoquinone is a compound that simply acts to competitively inhibit the major enzyme (Tyrosinase) that produces your pigment (melanin). What this means is that it competes with the Tyrosinase enzyme’s natural molecule in your body ( an amino acid tyrosine) as it attempts to be converted to melanin. So, in theory, the more hydroquinone you use, the less pigment your body makes.

Unfortunately, hydroquinone has many potential and real draw backs. Hydroquinone is very unstable and rapidly gets oxidized. It can induce redness, skin irritation, contact dermatitis (allergic reaction), and at a high enough concentration it can cause permanent skin depigmentation. Moreover, chronic usage of cosmetics containing hydroquinone can result in ochronosis, which commonly presents as asymptomatic blue-black macules on the cheeks, temples,  and neck. And there are even reports that chronic use can cause your body to exude an offensive fish odor in the sweat that is described as “fish odor syndrome.” As a result of these problems, as well as its potential carcinogenic effects, hydroquinone has already been banned in Europe as well as much of Asia. And here, in the U.S., In 2006, the United States Food and Drug Administration revoked its previous approval of hydroquinone and proposed a ban on all  over the counter preparations. While this did not happen, Dr Litner and I decided that there must be a better alternative- JolieMD.

While products that contain hydroquinone generally rely on its one mechanism to remove spots, JolieMD was formulated to include 19 different active ingredients that have clinically proven lightening abilities, and do not have any of the potential issues that the use of hydroquinone brings up. Moreover, unlike hydroquinone containing alternatives JolieMD has clinically proven anti-aging and anti-acne ingredients that allow you to truly achieve the glowing, youthful, makeup free skin you have always wanted. So below we have included a small chart of just some of the benefits that JolieMD has over hydroquinone containing alternatives. And, we have even attached a more fully developed chart for those interested in a pdf format here Hydroquinone-vs-JolieMD

Hydroquinone JolieMD Metamorphosis
Cost 4% HQ – $84/oz, Tri-Luma – $240/oz            Plus cost & time of doctor visit $96 for 1 oz Softening Serum and 1oz Enlightening Lotion. NO doctor visit
Study

Result

 Study Results:

moderately effective for melasma

in 80%

88% saw some overall improvement,

36% achieved moderate improvement

 Study Results in 6 week trial:

97% had softer, smoother skin

94% saw more radiant skin

93% noted fewer wrinkles

91% saw dark spots lightened

85% noted more even skin color

84% felt skin looks healthier

83% had fewer acne breakouts
How it

works

 Relies on only 1- 2 melanin inhibitors

Relies on 19 different active agents with proven lightening activity to inhibit melanin cascade at multiple points
Other Cosmetic

Benefit(s)

 Hydroquinone None

*Tri-Luma contains Retin-A, so its benefits include:

reduced fine lines/wrinkles, and increased collagen
  1. Reduced Fine Lines and Wrinkles
  2. Increased Collagen Deposition
  3. Prevent Skin Aging
  4. Reduced Acne Breakouts
  5. Softer, Smoother Skin
  6. Brighter Complexion
  7. Reduced redness
  8. Decreased Pore Size
Practical Issues
May have Parabens, Phthalates,                 Sulfates, Artificial Fragrances

Free of Parabens, Phthalates, Artificial Fragrances, Dyes, Sulfates

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Naturally JolieMD- See the Great Natural Actives in JolieMD

Monday, April 5th, 2010

One of the keys to JolieMD is our determination to be as transparent as possible so you can know exactly what you are using, and why we used those particular ingredients to formulate both JolieMD’s Softening Serum and Enlightening Lotion. Much of this stems from the confusion Dr Litner and I have always heard coming from our patients when we talk to them about their skin. Most people really don’t know what ingredients their products have or how the products are supposed to work. So we wanted to help you become as educated as you want to be about why JolieMD works.

Throughout the process we wanted to make sure the products had the best active ingredients nature had to offer, and so that’s why both Softening Serum and Enlightening Lotion each are over 20% active ingredients. Compare this to the majority of products out on the market today, which have at most 3-4% active ingredient, and you begin to understand why JolieMD can do so much in 2 simple steps.

Below are just some of the great natural ingredients that Softening Serum and Enlightening Lotion have :

AntiOxidants

Green Tea Extract, Willowherb, Gluconolactone, Phytic Acid, Tartaric Acid, Citric Acid, Hexylresorcinol

Botanicals

Morus Alba Bark Extract, Bearberry, Licorice Extract, Feverfew (parthenolide- free) extract, Soybean Seed Extract, Willowherb, Vegetable- derived Squalane, Bisabolol (Chamomile extract), Plant Sterols

Fruit Extracts

Citric Acid, Malic Acid, Glycolic Acid, Tartaric Acid

Marine BioActives

Palmaria Palmata, Glucosamine

Minerals/ Vitamins

Vit A (Retinyl acetate), Vit E (Tocopherol), Vit B3 (Niacinamide)

What It is Formulated Without

Parabens, Phthalates, Hydroquinone, Synthetic Fragrances, Dyes, Petro- Chemicals, Sulfites

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JolieMD: The Message

Thursday, March 25th, 2010

One of the most important parts of a project like JolieMD was messaging; now that Dr Litner and I had created our hero products, how were we going to explain that this product worked on anti- aging by removing fine lines and wrinkles as well as by evening skin tone, while also combating stubborn acne and hyperpigmentation.

Here we need to first thank Nadine Jolie, who was there to help us take out the medicalese and explain in clear terms what women needed to know. Tirelessly, she edited copy after copy of the philosophy behind the brand, the ingredients present and how they worked, and the irritants that we had avoided and why we had avoided them. She helped fashion the message we wanted to tell: that we had combined over 22% active ingredients in each- Softening Serum and Lightening Lotion- and that was why JolieMD works- period.

And more, Nadine was there, with our Practice Manager Baharak Amirian, to review the packaging to make sure it is feminine enough, sophisticated enough; to feel the products and make sure they are smooth enough, soft enough. Their fingerprints, along with our families and friends, have been present throughout the project from the beginning, and so we named this beautiful new product JolieMD- because from the beginning Dr Litner and I want to create a new brand that has that unique combination that we think had eluded skin care to date- an effective, simple to use product, that was beautiful…that was Jolie.

With the message complete, we turned to the PR expertise of Erin Kelly of The Collective, and our dear friend and retail liaison Danielle Bristol Chang, who together and in their own respective ways have worked tirelessly reaching out to beauty bloggers, beauty editors, and beauty buyers everywhere to get the word out that there is a new brand of skin care- JolieMD.

Dr Litner and I cannot thank our dedicated team enough for all their efforts to let you know about JolieMD.

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JolieMD in Vogue.It

Tuesday, March 23rd, 2010

Just got back from a great launch at CO Bigelow in NY and found out Patrice from Afrobella was kind enough to mention JolieMD in Vogue.It

See it here:          http://bit.ly/joliemdvogue

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Designing JolieMD: How JolieMD Became Beautiful

Tuesday, March 16th, 2010

When Dr Litner and I started thinking about JolieMD: two things were forefront in our mind

1 It has to work- a hero product

2. It needs to be glamorous, beautiful, and unlike all the other sterile, unisex doctor lines already available

As we wrote yesterday, making a product that was effective, easy to use and gentle took an intense amount of research, time and the help of the team at Free Radical Technology. But perhaps, in some ways almost as important, was the design, packaging and look of the products and for this we need to thank first and foremost, Tracy Capisce of Capisce Design, as well as our very own Nadine Jolie, who as Creative Director was there to help us navigate this process from the beginning.

First, what can we say about the dedication and imagination of Ms Tracy Capisce. Even upon our initial meeting with Tracy, we knew that she was the one who could translate our vision of glamour, sophistication and beauty to this product we had created. After countless reviews and with the help of Marla Litner- Dr Litner’s wife- we had finally chosen an airless bottle, and a conceptual framework- we wanted a beautiful gift- like package that showed the faces of all the various beautiful women’s complexions for whom JolieMD was created. It was Tracy’s job to make the packaging beautiful and sophisticated, even as people all around were telling her and us that faces on a box would not work.

From the beginning Tracy completely accepted the challenge and put herself entirely into the project- tirelessly making herself available for model shoots, packaging press checks, and iteration after iteration of the packaging and website. And we simply cannot thank her enough for her smiling, wonderful imagination that entirely captured our vision.

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Finding JolieMD: The Formuation

Thursday, March 11th, 2010

The Formulation

In our ongoing “Who’s who” list of all those who helped Dr Litner and I create JolieMD, we wanted to turn today to perhaps the most challenging step in the creation of JolieMD- those who helped us in the real work of putting all of the ingredients we wanted together in a formulation that feels great, achieves real results, and is non- irritating.

So in formulation, Dr Litner and I would have to thank first and foremost,  John Garruto, Tina Fleck, and the entire team of chemists at Free Radical Technology who helped us put Metamorphosis together. In formulating Softening Serum and Enlightening Lotion, their team had the unenviable position of having to achieve the previously unimaginable.

In 2 steps we wanted to blend all of the ingredients we had researched and needed to stop acne, treat hyperpigmentation, and fight wrinkles, and the product had to:

1 Be gentle enough for every complexion

2 Stay effective for the life of the product (wanted active ingredients to remain active and not oxidize), and

3. Be free of all the potentially harmful elements (think parabens, sulfates, and phthalates that are ubiquitous in the skin care industry)

The team at Free Radical was amazing in not only achieving our requests but also in making sure that the products felt better smooth and luxurious and did not cause any bleaching or staining of pillows or clothes as so many other products do.

Simply put, the Free Radical Technology team is amazing and Dr Litner and I cannot thank them enough for all their help.

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Finding JolieMD- Creating a New Brand of Skin Care

Wednesday, March 10th, 2010

The Inspiration

In the beginning, Dr Litner and I wanted to accomplish one simple thing:

Create the best possible treatment for the 3 things that all women want from their skin care products:

1. To be rid of acne

2. To have even, smooth complexion, free of hyperpigmentation and the need for cover up

3. To achieve and maintain vibrant, youthful skin as free of wrinkles as possible for as long as possible.

While Dr Litner and I spent hundreds and thousands of hours in researching acne, aging, hyperpigmentation and the ingredients we needed to create the best possible product to treat them, JolieMD’s Metamorphosis would not have been the great product it is but for the help of all the people in our lives who helped us create it. So we wanted to acknowledge the hard work of everyone of the JolieMD team, who each in their own way is a co-creator of our amazing product. Over the next few days we wanted to take some time to highlight the efforts of some of our many co-creators.

For me personally the search for JolieMD, as with all creation, started with an inspiration, my beautiful girlfriend, Sheree. What was striking for me was that over the years Sheree would often remark on how she had never found any skin care products that not only stopped her acne breakouts but also the resulting hyperpigmentation that led her to use cover up every day to even out her complexion.

This simple idea, a product that stopped acne, cleared hyperpigmentation, and allowed for a youthful, wrinkle free complexion brought countless people to us whose contribution, small and large, led Dr Litner and I to create a new brand of skin care.

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The Answer to Brightening vs Bleaching Skin for the Treatment of Hyperpigmentation

Thursday, February 25th, 2010

Ok so this one is a long one but one of the primary reasons for the development of JolieMD was a determined focus on achieving healthy, even-toned, acne-free skin which requires less make- up.

Don’t get us wrong, we know that makeup is fun and can be sexy, but we want to allow you to have skin that does not need daily cover up. Unfortunately,  for too many women, abnormal or excessive pigmentation- whether it is Brown Spots, Age Spots, Post Inflammatory Hyperpigmentation, Sun Spots, Post Acne Hyperpigmentation, or Hormonal pigmentation/ Melasma- is a daily source of frustration that literally needs covering up. And, sadly, most of the billions of products out there focus on moisturizing or on a vision of anti- aging as simply plumping up skin temporarily to make it look better.

So why do you have brown spots or mottled skin?

While there are several factors causing melanin (pigment) overproduction, the most notable cause is some form of skin “injury.” This “injury” can be from sun damage, acne, or any one of a number of other possible sources of inflammation. This “injury” causes inflammation that then activates your skin to “protect” itself. After the inflammation response is set off, your skin produces more melanin as protection, and the result is dark spots and mottled pigmentation.

Can you really “bleach” your skin?

Yes and No. Obviously, if you saw the transformation of Michael Jackson, you know that “bleaching” is possible. However, the truth is that skin “bleaching” is a very aggressive treatment that necessitates medications that literally make it impossible for you to produce pigmentation by killing your pigment producing cells. And that is why Michael always needed to be under an umbrella all the time- otherwise he would burn.

Okay, so if you can’t bleach skin, how do you treat hyperpigmentation?

The objective is not to change your skin’s natural color. It is to remove layers and years of damage and uneven pigmentation to help you reclaim the skin you were born with. So you need less or no cover up, allowing you to show off your own natural, beautiful vibrant skin.

Many of you may have tried other solutions such as peels and creams for your excess pigmentation, only to find that it comes back. You’ve learned the hard way that just trying to remove the existing pigment doesn’t work.

Dr. Litner and I created Jolie MD Metamorphosis to create a transformative experience (metamorphosis) through a three-pronged approach:

-          1. Shedding old superficial skin to reduce existing excess pigmentation.

-          2. Decreasing new pigment production and its distribution.

-          3. Reducing the triggers of new pigment production including inflammation and free radical damage.

We address not only the pre-existing discoloration, but also its root cause: the inflammation that leads to excessive pigment production.

I have darker skin prone to dark blemishes- is Metamorphosis safe and effective for me?

It’s a paradox: those of us with darker skin tend to be more prone to reacting excessively to inflammation with post-inflammatory hyperpigmentation. Yet, for that very reason, these skin types have often been left out in the cold when it comes to dealing with the problem.

Traditional methods- lasers, deeper peels- cause some inflammation themselves and can therefore worsen the situation. The key to improving hyperpigmentation in darker skin is a gentle but effective gradual approach that does not irritate or cause new inflammation. In fact, one of the main reasons we created Metamorphosis is for people like you.

This beautiful young woman was having occasional acne break outs which then resulted in spots on her cheeks and some discoloration. What we see 6 weeks later is beautiful, bright,  acne free skin with real improvement in the number and size of the hyperpigmented spots and no new ones.

Again, even with years of sun damage, we can see that 6 weeks later there is real and significant improvement in the sun spots and mottled pigmentation that leads to a healthier, more youthful complexion.

Finally, what was most impressive for this beautiful woman was that she was able to get rid of the hyperpigmented spots and achieve brighter, more even skin tone without lightening her skin.

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