Alpha Hydrox Oxygenated Moisturizer - Paula's Choice Europe B.V.


Oxygenated Moisturizer ($14.99/2 ounces) claims to oxygenate skin while stimulating collagen production, but providing oxygen to intact, otherwise healthy skin is detrimental because it causes free-radical damage (Source: Aging Cell, June 2007, pages 361–370; Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences, September 2007, pages 2181–2196; and Human and Experimental Toxicology, February 2002, pages 61–62). Alpha Hydrox used peroxidized corn oil in the form of TriOxygen-C, a patented ingredient that is also used in the Neoteric line for treating diabetic skin ulcers (Neoteric is the parent company of Alpha Hydrox). Although this ingredient’s function is beneficial for supplying oxygen and promoting healing of ulcers, the physiological process that skin enacts to heal wounds is vastly different from treating wrinkles or supplying oxygen to non-wounded skin. Both repeated use of any peroxidized substance and delivering extra oxygen to skin are damaging (Sources: Journal of Reconstructive Microsurgery, May 2007, pages 225–230; Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, May 2007, pages 1980–1981; and Cell Tissue Bank, 2000, volume 1, issue 4, pages 261–269).