Will This Conflit?

[skincarefreak]

Hi Dr. T.,

I have a moisturizer that has copper in it and I'm wondering if it may conflit with my vitamin C....

ingredients: Deionized Water, Meadowfoam Seed Oil, Shea Butter, Emulsifying Wax, Jojoba Oil, Hydolyzed Glycosaminoglycans, Glycerin, Algae extract, Red Clover Extract, Glycolipids and Hyaluronic Acid, Tocophersolan, Age Intervention Complex* (according to manufacturer...it includes, estradiol, co-enzyme q10, etc.) Pregenenolone Acetate, Lupin oil and Wheat Germ Oil Extract, Dipalmitoyl Hydroxproline, Rose Seed Hip oil, Estradiol, Butylene Glycol, Copper Ferment, Spirolina Amino Acids, Progesterone, Ly-Tyrosine, Phenoxyethanol and Butylparaben (and) Ethylparaben (and) Propylparaben and (and) Methyparaben.

Btw, are the hormones in this cream enough to make a difference in helping with moods? And there are quite a few few parabens in this product...do they damage the skin barrier? Thanks again for all that you do....

[drtodorov]

"Copper ferment" is not an scientific term, I am not sure what that is exactly and how much copper it has. They don't state anything as far the content of estradiol, if any. In fact, estradiol is generally a prescription item, so I wouldn't be surprised it this cream turns out to have no estradiol.

[skincarefreak]

They can misrepresent their ingredient's like that?

[drtodorov]

Well, they don't include estradiol on the label even thou they include pregnenolone, also a hormone. That seems a bit odd.