SkinShift uses SkinDNA™ Technology to help you prevent imperfections in your skin before they occur, and recommend a specific skin care product, tailored to your skin’s needs.
Experience: It is so simple – swab your cheek, then send off the sample to Australia to be analysed.
Results: There’s nothing like seeing a score of 25% for your ability to retain collagen – the average is 66% – to make you think you’d better slap on the SPF. Sagging and jowls are the future if I dont act now. Helpfully, the report contains lifestyle and nutritional advice to help combat the negatives. I need to drink more green tea and eat less sugar as I’m prone to glycation, which leads to wrinking. The report also tells you ingredients to look for when buying skincare.
There are 7 major factors that contribute to an increase in the rate at which your skin ages:Until recently, we mainly relied on professional advice, product knowledge, plus trial and error to choose the right skincare products. Thanks to the discovery of DNA, we can move beyond the skin’s surface to find the ideal program. There is a simple skin DNA test available to determine skin’s unique qualities (the 0.1% of DNA that makes you different) that directly affect the rate of aging.
The results not only identify your skin’s genetic health in five areas: Firmness + Elasticity; Wrinkling; Sun Damage + Pigmentation; Free Radical Damage; Sensitivity + Inflammation, but recommends personalized nutritional supplements and topical ingredients that can contribute to your skin’s proper health and wellbeing, based on the deficiencies outlined in the test results.
After preaching the value of skin care and protection over the years, I finally decided to have my skin DNA tested. I must admit that I was a little sceptical about the value of having the test done at my age (it’s like shutting the gate after the horse escapes). But after talking to Olwen Hyross, SkinDNA’s™ Canadian Distributor, I realized that it’s never too late (time to take my own advice).
I was guaranteed that the test was not connected with a specific brand of product. The topical recommendations would be from an ingredients point of view, and would help me choose the right products for my skin.
The test was over before it started – one inner cheek swab was all it took. Now the wait for the test results – it was surprisingly short.
The results were extensive, but very easy to understand. SkinDNA ™ looks at fifteen markers or genetic variations in the DNA, called SNPs, that affect normal gene functioning. The number and location of these variations determine your genetic score in each of the five areas of skin health, previously listed. The results are presented with your overall Risk ranging from High to Low Risk, with Low Risk being the optimum results.
Although an average score is given along with your percentage score, you cannot pass or fail this test, as results are personalized. The Risk factor in each category and the percentage score given can lead to a highly pre- ventative approach to improve the health and future of your skin.
I am at high risk in two of the five areas: Wrinkling (I didn’t inherit my Mother’s skin) and Sun Damage + Pigmentation. I am at Medium Risk in Sensitivity + Inflammation. Along with a very detailed report, I was given a Clinical Prescription sheet that includes recommendations for topical ingredients and nutritional supplements (vitamin C and glutathione here I come).
Fortunately, I have always been aware of my skin’s sensitive and highly dry nature. What I did learn is what ingredients of greatest importance to include in my products and supplements.
It’s definitely worth the test.
For those of us who’ve suffered from skin issues, whether it be acne, rosacea, eczema or dark spots, there is a never-ending search for the perfect skin care regimen. Don’t you wish there was someone that could tell you exactly what products are best for your skin type, so you could stop wasting money on things that don’t work? Well, your wish might be granted sooner than you think.
SkinShift ®, by Dr. Ruthie Harper, MD, wants to be the CSI of skin care. The product is an at-home DNA test [that uses SkinDNA ™ Technology], is able to determine specific factors of your DNA that affect your skin, allowing you to be knowledgeable about which ingredients to look for when purchasing your daily skincare products. To use the system, you swab the inside of your cheek and send it to the lab to be analyzed. In return, you receive DNA test result that specifies what type of ingredients and products you should increase or cut back on.
The results of the test are based on science, not guesswork, so you get information personalized for you.
Although the results only include a list of their own products, Skinshift does tell you exactly what ingredients are included and why, so you’re able to shop on your own with better insight into what you should be looking for.
Could your DNA be the secret to maintaining gorgeous glowy skin? Dr. Ruthie Harper says yes. You focus on the DNA to help people make not only better food choices…but the products as well. Have a look into ‘SkinShift’ to treat:
Dr Ruthie Harper has been nationally recognized for her contribution to the science of health and beauty by award winning international television shows like “The Doctors”.
Dr. Harper is featured with her latest breakthrough in personalized skincare based on your DNA. Today, thousands of patients have experienced the transformative benefits of the SKINSHIFT skin care program.
Whilst I am very lucky to have a Mum who has the most amazing skin for her age when I was offered the opportunity to have my skin tested by SkinDNA I jumped at the chance.
Conference BioStefan has helped implement SkinDNA Technology across Asia, UK, USA, Canada, Brazil and Australia.
Stefan has developed a comprehensive understanding of many medical aesthetic procedures for dermatological applications. These include Electro-optical Synergy (Elos), Intense Pulse Light (IPL), Light emitting diode (LED), Fractional, bi-polar RF and Infrared technologies. This combined knowledge along with his widespread understanding of genetics, its implications it plays with dermal protection, his across-the-board understanding of cosmeceuticals and its roles in dermal responses, has gained him a sound understanding of the skin始s aging processors and its biological responses.
His hands on approach to life始s challenges has allowed him to find his creative edge for marketing efforts, information interpretation, and in educating.
Stefan has a unique passion for the industry. His experiences accompanied by his ability and confidence to educate, train and captivate an audience with his unique speaking and learning styles, has gained him the advantage to talk, coach and implement anti-aging strategies in all degrees of dermal protection.
1) That he can make a difference by influencing and coaching one person at a time,
2) Prevention is the real key to ageless skin, and
3) Everyone can live beautifully longer.
Join Stefan to learn an overview of the following areas: What is DNA? What are Genes? What are Chromosomes? What are SNP’s and how it all links together.
A young Aussie entrepreneur, passionate about beauty and skin science will have his invention, SkinDNA ™ showcased on one of the world’s leading morning chat shows, Good Morning America on Tuesday 27th November, after lifestyle anchor, Lara Spencer discovered and trialled the product herself.
Stefan Mazy creator of SkinDNA; a simple at-home DNA test kit which provides consumers with a blue-print of their skin’s DNA to combat ageing and is making a big impact overseas after it was recently shown on the hit US talk show, The Doctors which airs in Australia on TEN.
Sydney based, Stefan came up with the concept after seeing a gap in the market for a simple testing process that educates consumers on the right products suitable for their skin based on their DNA. Stefan approached a team of doctors with his idea and set forth to change the way consumers think about their skin.
Stefan says: “SkinDNA is revolutionising the way we take care of our skin, this is the future of an industry and the key to combating skin ageing before the signs even appear. All this information is found inside us buried in our unique DNA blueprint”.
A recent report revealed; Aussie’s are spending more than ever on beauty and possibly on the wrong products. Imagine having a blue-print of your skin that tells you exactly what products will work specifically for you? Well Stefan says this Aussie invention using a swab test to identify your skin’s DNA can help to create customisable skincare routines/laser treatments programs for your skin and has hailed it as the latest holy grail in scientifically combating premature ageing and predicting genetic skin dispositions.
Using a non-intrusive swabbing of the inner cheek, the SkinDNA sample is analysed with the proprietary DNA DermXT micro-chip technology developed by a worldwide collaboration of scientists. The client’s sample data is used to create a personalised guide that allows them to advance beyond the ‘one-size-fits-all’ suggestions – using the right skincare products targeted to their own genetic blueprint. This custom tailored preventative skincare and health program allows the client to achieve the optimum levels of skin protection and long-term health.
SkinDNA is now available in Australia, USA [SkinShift – by Dr Ruthie Harper], Brazil [DNAage], China [VITA-Genes], Canada and United Kingdom. According to Advanced Dermatology’s Dr Sarah Freilich, “SkinDNA is one of the most exciting, eyebrow-raising developments out there in the skin health and skincare arenas”.
With awards season approaching again, and the likes of Halle Berry and Co. likely to somehow show up looking as young as the year before, is it possible the current cult trending a new era in customised skincare & treatments could be responsible for their fresh looks in 2012?
The launch of SkinDNA ™ – the world’s first comprehensive genetic skin profile test – is one of the most exciting, eyebrow-raising developments to reach Hollywood and we’ve just heard our favourite music personalities will be going home with one in their American Music Awards goodie bags next month.
The sample is then used to create a personalised guide that allows them to advance beyond the ‘one-size-fits-all’ suggestions – using skincare and treatments targeted to their own genetic blueprint.
Moisturisers maintain a balance of the oil on our skin, but claims such as ‘reducing wrinkles’ and ‘defying age’ often simply refer to the reduction of damage from external factors such as pollutants or the sun. That’s why they often contain sunscreen, but they dont really make you younger. That said, people respond differently to moisturisers based on numerous factors – from their genetic makeup to their daily activities – and thats where the choice of product can make a huge difference.
It’s not realistic for a product to cater for every individual need of its customers, but a new product called SKinDNA might make it possible. Their DNA tests, available from skindna.com.au can reveal information such as collagen breakdown, photo aging, wrinkling, oxidation and tolerance to surrounding pollutants. There’s just one catch: this isn’t a test you ca simply conduct at home – you have to send the swab in for analysis.
The site doesn’t offer specific products based on the genetic information, but it does point towards a future in which skincare can be made to suit individual needs. The company has already profiled more than 6,000 genes and they have a pretty good idea of how many people lack the specific gene needed to regulate sun protection.