DHC Skincare is a direct mail skin care products manufacturer based in Japan. The company has been in business for 25 years producing skin care products formulated primarily around the inclusion of olive oil. DHC products are also available over-the-counter at a few retail stores in New York and California. Their signature product is DHC Olive Virgin Oil – rich in vitamins and antioxidants, which is a highly effective component in neutralizing the free radicals. DHC Skincare has many product lines for both men and women including cleansers, toners, boosters, moisturizers, masks, exfoliators, fine line fighters and UV care, oily skin care, eye and neck care. DHC also sells body care products, hair products and makeup as well as DHC fine foods and supplements for healthy skin.
DHC anti-aging line products mainly fall under the category fine line fighters, some products under intensive moisutrizer are aslo very impressive because they emphasize one of the anti-aging ingredients such as Coenzyme Q10, Ceramide, Vitamin, EGF, Olive Virgin Oil. These products are simply named as Q10 cream, Ceramide Cream, Olive Virgin Oil, EGF cream, and other names like Tocophero E Cream (contain vitamin E), Acerola Cream (contain rich vitamins). This EGF Cream is on the luxuary side. It sells for $89 | 1. 2 oz.
DHC products under “fine line fighters” are all anti-wrinkle products which might interest the reader. These products are worth look into. There are five products in this group and they are: Wrinkle Essence (0.67 fl. oz. $43), Wrinkle Filler (0.52 oz. $27), Extra Concentrate (0.2 fl. oz. x 5 $40), Retino A Essence (0.17 oz. x 3 $36), and Eye Wrinkle Stick. The main active ingredient in DHC Wrinkle Essence is Trehalose, which the company describes as a moisture-binding sugar molecule that helps desert plants to survive droughts and heat. DHC states that it believes that this ingredient will have the same effect on skin. The company does not provide any scientific proof that this ingredient has been tested or that it is effective on reducing fine lines and wrinkles. Wrinkle Essence also contain other anti-aging ingredients such as hydrolyzed elastin, placental protein, glycine soja (soybean) seed extract, sodium hyaluronate. Hydrolyzed elastin and sodium hyaluronate are well known proven ingredients in a wrinkle cream.
Wrinkle Filler is said to be loaded with vitamin E, rice germ oil, and olive oil, hydrolyzed collagen, panax ginseng root extract. The Extra Concentrate is a concentrated collagen treatment proven to reduce the appearance of fine lines by as much as 48%, according to the information posted on its web site. But the company did not mention whether this data is from independent clinical trials.The main active ingredients in this product is soluble collagen, hydroxypropyl chitosan, placental protein, hydrolyzed wheat protein.
DHC provides a 60 day money-back guarantee. Money-back guarantee requires shipping back the unused product at the consumer s expense. DHC Skincare provides a full ingredient list for all of its products. None of the DHC products are labeled as non-allergenic, so those with sensitivities and allergies should study the list of ingredients for each product carefully. Additionally, none of DHC Skincare s fine line reduction products contain peptides such as Matrixyl, Matrixyl 3000, Argireline , which has clinical testing support to support its benefits and that is frequently included in higher-quality anti-wrinkle formulations. No links on the company s website to clinical trials supporting the effectiveness of the active ingredients or of the product itself.
