hGH Anti-Aging Cosmetic Benefits

Homeopathic Recombinant Human Growth Hormone Unique Anti-Aging Cosmetic Benefits to Skin Surface
By Barbara Brewitt, Ph.D.

Let’s face it! We are aging and nothing can prevent chronological aging. Over 40 million women in the United States today are post-menopausal and 3.5 million more women will join this group within the next five years. A decline in estrogen directly correlates with dry, thin skin. Women are discovering and complaining about the dryer skin, appearance of wrinkles, under-eye bags, and dark circles accompanying aging and menopause. YIKES! Dry skin is due to a decreased amount of skin oils (sebum) secreted from glands in the skin.

The percentage of women suffering from a lack of natural oils such as sebum is significantly greater after menopause. Declines in either sebum or moisture directly correlate to a higher skin pH that reduces skin defenses against environmental toxins. A significant number of peri-and post-menopausal women have higher skin pH than younger women. Many women place high value on the condition of their facial skin, particularly the skin around the eyes (called periorbital skin).

Skin exposure to toxins is another inevitable fate of living in today’s environment. The periorbital skin serves not only as a barometer of chronologic age, but also of environmental age resulting from toxin accumulation. Demands placed on the skin are growing constantly with new and potentially toxic substances: dehydrating winds, ozonated sunlight, car emissions, computer emissions, chemical cosmetics, soaps, gels, chlorinated tap water (which forms carcinogenic chlorinated hydrocarbons), household cleansers, pot-pourri, air fresheners, fumes, room and garden plant’s chemicals, and chemicals in industrial work. The skin normally forms an effective low pH barrier against charged substances such as toxins with attached free radicals. However, charged particles incorporated into oil-water suspensions will absorb into the skin readily, especially with higher pH balance. There is a 50% decline in the number of protective under eye sebum glands after the age of 20. Thus, the periorbal skin is more sensitive to toxins with greater risk for damage by environmental toxins with aging. There is increased need for moisturizing and protective support.

The German doctor Hans-Heinrich Reckeweg, M.D. (1905-1985) integrated conventional medicine, science, and technology into homeopathy and called it Homotoxicology, which explains how organic and physiological reactions to toxins cause problems for people. Toxic reactions cause overloads that are expressed most often on the body’s surface. Reckeweg coined the term "homotoxin", meaning a substance that is toxic to humans, i.e., which cannot be safely broken down by the body and must be eliminated quickly from the body to remain harmless. Homotoxins are eliminated through various body portals (including the skin and lungs) when gently supported through natural, homeopathic substances. Dr Reckeweg described three phases by which the body deals with homotoxins: 1) excretion, 2) reaction, and 3) deposition. The excretion phase eliminates toxins via portals. The reaction phase uses inflammation as the primary means to remove homotoxins. The deposition phase stores and deactivates toxins.

The skin is a major contact organ interfacing the outer environment with the inner body. Part of the skin’s purpose is to buffer and protect the body’s interior from harsh environmental conditions. Likewise, toxins the body’s interior cannot eliminate are pushed into the skin for storage and later elimination. What the skin cannot store or eliminate is excreted via the death and sloughing of toxin-laden cells at the extreme surface of the skin, called the ‘horny layer’ or the ‘stratum corneum’.

A new finding about homeopathic recombinant human growth hormone (hGH) suggests a potential role in homotoxicologic skin excretion. Double-blinded, placebo controlled clinical studies on oral chewable tablets of homeopathic recombinant hGH (rhGH) published in the U.S. peer-reviewed medical journal Alternative and Complementary Therapies reported statistically significant unique benefits for people’s skin moisture compared to placebo.The unique characteristics of homeopathic rhGH underlie the possibility that a different signaling pathway may be utilized from the pathway commonly outlined for injectable rhGH. It is conceivable that the serial dilution and shaking methods used during homeopathic preparation significantly alters the physical-chemical properties of the final solution.

A double-blinded, placebo controlled clinical study is currently evaluating specific benefits of homeopathic rhGH as part of a topical eye gel to soften, moisturize and detoxify periorbital skin. Other natural ingredients are also being evaluated in this Seattle-based clinical study. One such ingredient is witch hazel, known for astringent benefits, checking inflammatory damage from toxins, and reducing swelling (bags under the eyes). Witch hazel is especially known for reducing eyelid swelling due to a positive effect on the muscular fiber of vessels around the eyes. Butchers broom is another ingredient of the eye gel formula because it is similar to wild yam and contains anti-inflammatory steroidal molecules that decrease capillary fragility and swelling. Another ingredient is cucumber extract that minimizes skin oiliness. Horse-chesnut extract has been long recognized for its anti-inflammatory activity and edema-reducing properties. Aloe vera, one of the best known natural ingredients for topical use, has been reported by the University of Texas Health Sciences Center to contain at least 140 substances that can be beneficial to the human body. Many of the substances in aloe vera are effective at reducing inflammation and pain while others regulate cell growth, promote healing, and stop infection.

Research at the University of Miami found that not all moisturizers were the same in terms of their ‘carrier substance’. Polygylcerylmethacrylate and propylene glycol were found the best for providing moisture as well as relief from sunburned skin.

The Seattle eye gel study purpose is to determine if cosmetic benefits in terms of hydrating, renewing and strengthening of the delicate area around the eyes occur. A base eye gel containing the above herbal ingredients with and without homeopathic rhGH is being compared to a placebo. Furthermore, we will discover whether the addition of homeopathic rhGH will help reduce puffiness, soften fine lines and increase moisture above any benefits seen with the base eye gel alone. Stay tuned for clinically proven approaches for safe, pure cosmetics that protect your facial skin.