Dear Dr.Hauschka
Dear Dr.Hauschka
My skin has gone so dry, I'm wondering what to do about it?
Your skin may have become dry for many reasons; winter weather outdoors is drying to the skin (lacking in oil) and indoor heating is dehydrating to the skin (lacking in water) and often we see both dryness and dehydration together. Are you using Dr.Hauschka gentle cleansing products, no lathering products or are you using mineral make-up - these are both drying to the skin? Do you include our Toner for hydration purposes in your regime? We always tend towards recommending our Moisturising Mask for extreme dryness, even use it as a day cream until skin is back to normal.
Dear Dr.Hauschka
I've just found out I'm pregnant, is Dr.Hauschka Skin Care safe for me?
Firstly, congratulations! Secondly, Dr.Hauschka Skin Care is absolutely an excellent choice for you, 100% natural certified products by BDIH and/or Natrue certifications, meaning, among other aspects such as social responsibility, packaging and sustainability this is your consumer guarantee that products are free from synthetic chemical fragrances, colours and prevservatives, parabens, even phenoxyethol, petro-chemicals, mineral oils, silicons and PEG (ployethylenglycol). For more information visit:
http://www.drhauschka.co.nz/Need-To-Know/Mums-and-Babies/
Dear Dr.Hauschka
I'm in my 30's and I still have an oily t-zone, and monthly break outs on my chin, but dry patches on my cheeks, what should if use?
Melissa Day Cream is perfect for you. With Dr.Hauschka Skin Care we do encourage our customers to use the entirely of our daily regime to support a healthy functioning skin.
Your daily ritual recommendation:
Morning:
Cleansing Cream
Clarifying Toner
Melissa Day Cream
Pure Care Cover Stick for any pimples
Translucent Make-up
Evening:
Cleansing Milk
Clarifying Toner
Dear Dr.Hauschka
I have concerns with redness, freckles, dark circles, acne scarring and hormonal break outs.
Acne scarring: Rejuvenating Mask first and foremost. Mix a little with your usual Dr.Hauschka Day Cream for one month - boost treatment - and also use as a Mask twice a week. One of our team had severe acne around her jaw line and has no sign off it at all now due to Rejuvenating Mask.
Dark circles around the eyes. Unless there is a genetic predisposition towards dark circles under the eyes then first thing is adequate sleep, a good 8 hours a night, drink plenty of water because there is a school of thought that links dark circles with kidney function and hydration. Conceal with Dr.Hauschka Concealer from our Decorative Range.
Hormonal Break-outs. Drink warm water and lemon juice every morning first thing to help keep a clear skin. Pure Care Cover Stick is the most incredible heal and conceal product, with just the right amount of Manuka and Tea Tree for anti-bacterial qualities and Tapioca Starch to absorb. Usually heals a pimple in 2 days. Regular treatments of Facial Steam Bath and Cleansing Clay Mask to draw any impurities from the skin as a preventative.
Freckles. Sun protection is important, use a natural physical block, such as zinc or titanium doixde. Also we have been receiving customer feedback that Regenerating Serum is reversing sun damage pigmentation which is interesting, although its not a claim we make on this product as this stage. Translucent Make-up 02 is a lovely make-up for a skin with freckles, and our tinted moisturiser Toned Day Cream is softening for freckles.
Redness. If there is heat with the redness, then use cooling products like Quince or Regenerating Serum. If redness is due to sensitive skin but there's no heat with it then Rose Day Cream that's strengthening for a sensitive skin with St.John's wort to calm the skin.
Dear Dr.Hauschka
I have been diagnosed with rosacea, what do you suggest I use in the Dr.Hauschka range?
Rosacea is a condition that needs to be managed. Heat, sun, stress, alcohol, spicy foods will all make it worse. So look for cooling and soothing products from Hauschka, not warming products such as Rose.
Recommendation:
Morning:
Cleansing Cream
Clarifying Toner
Regenerating Serum
Quince Day Cream or best results are from using Soothing Mask as a day cream
Evening:
Cleansing Milk
Clarifying Toner
Regenerating Serum
INTENSIVE TREATMENT do at least a one month treatment of Rhythmic Conditioner Sensitive instead of Clarifying Toner and Regenerating Serum of an evening. Complete this one month treatment 4x per year, in conjunction with the seasons.
Dear Dr.Hauschka
I have mature skin, but it's oily, what do I use?
Normalising Day Oil is our answer for an oily skin. We take the homeopathic approach of 'like treats like'. Harsh cleansing products and/or night creams contribute to an out of balance skin. Overly alkaline cleansers, particularly lathering cleansers or that 'squeaky clean' feeling means the acid mantle of the skin has been disturbed so the skin just produces more oil to compensate. We apply only 2 drops of Normalising Day Oil on a skin moist with toner. Also, if need be we mix products in accordance with resolving a problem, so Regenerating range is firming for a maturing skin but it's not heavy. All of our products are concentrated with botanical ingredients and you don't need to use much.
Recommended Daily Regime for Mature/Oily Skin:
Morning:
Cleansing Cream
Facial Toner
Regenerating Serum - 1 drop
Normalising Day Oil (2 drops) mixed with Regenerating Day Cream, warm together in the palms of the hands and apply.
Evening:
Cleansing Milk
Facial Toner
Regenerating Serum - 2 drops
Dear Dr.Hauschka
I'm going on holiday shortly to Europe. Do you have any skin care advice for helping my skin cope with long haul travel?
Skin care during flights:
Go make-up free. I know, hard for some, but honestly you're spending hours staring into the back of someone's seat, you're not being stared at. Apply a generous amount of Moisturising Mask and allow it to absorb over entire flight. Moisturising Mask application completely protects the skin from the dehydrating effects of flying.
I have a travel size Hand Cream with me for use on a long flight and I apply Lip Care Stick or Lip Balm frequently during the flight. Maybe one small glass of wine with dinner but other than that you need to be drinking plenty of water throughout the flight for hydration.
Destination care:
First night at destination I apply a generous amount of Rejuvenating Mask as a ‘pick me up’ treatment to cleansed skin. Leave to absorb for 20-30 minutes absolute minimum.
Pour the contents of one ampoule of Eye Solace onto a cotton pad. Split the cotton pad in two and lay over closed eyes while your Rejuvenating Mask absorbs. Eye Solace soothes irritated/dehydrated eyes.
Dear Dr.Hauschka
Is Regenerating safe to use when I have been diagnosed with breast cancer.
Application of Dr.Hauschka Regenerating Products containing Red Clover:
1) Question:
Might the ingredient Red Clover and its Isoflavon concentration within the Dr.Hauschka Regeneration Products be causing a systemic phytohormone activity? Do the Dr.Hauschka Regeneration Products bear a health risk for persons affected by Oestrogen sensitive tumors?
2) Isoflavon as a natural ingredient of Red Clover:
The high and diverse natural concentration of Isoflavons is characteristic for Red Clover. Isoflavons are also called phyto-estrogens, because they resemble in their structure the human hormone estrogen.
3) Field of Application of preparations of isoflavons:
For quite a while now, dietary supplements with isolated Isoflavons are offered as an alternative for hormone therapy, which is medically prescribed for the treatment of menopause disorders.
Until now it has been controversially discussed whether or not Isoflavons acting as natural estrogenes may stimulate abnormal cell growth, hereby influencing the risk of breast cancer.
The Federal Institute for Risk Assessment (Bundesinstitut für Risikobewertung BfR) concludes in its updated statement Isolated Isoflavons are not without risk dated 03.04.2007, that the positive effects of Isoflavons on menopause disorders are not adequately assured, and therefore disadvises the intake of highly concentrated Isoflavon products in regards to a risk-benefit consideration according to present data. Furthermore, the BfR advices that women suffering from estrogen receptor-positive mamma carcinomas, endometrium carcinomas, or women with a higher risk for these diseases, should not use products with isolated Isoflavons.
At the same time, the BfR highlights the necessity of a differentiation between the intake of Isoflavons in natural form, and in isolated, or in accumulated form. According to literature quotes the ingestion of Isoflavons via nutrition ranges between 1 and 60 mg per day, depending on the respective diet. Accumulated Red Clover extracts in dietary supplements contain often 40 to 80 mg per capsula.
4) Relevance for Dr.Hauschka Natural Skin Care:
Dr.Hauschka Regenerating Day Cream and Regenerating Serum are skin care preparations for external use. They contain an extract of the plant Red Clover. Isolated Isoflavones are not being used.
An exposition study accordant to the SCCP (Scientific Committee of Consumer Products)
Notes of Guidance for the facial use concluded:
Even under the presupposition that the concentration of Isoflavons of the Red Clover essence penetrates the skin a 100% when using Regeneration Day Cream and Regeneration Serum, only a little amount of Isoflavons could be absorbed per day.
5) Estimation:
The risk consideration of the BfR relates to accumulated food. When applying Dr.Hauschka Regeneration Day Cream and Regeneration Serum the effective quantity of Isoflavons being potentially absorbed by the skin into the system is very low. The amounts lie far beneath those which are ingested through food (approx. 1 to 60 mg per day), or dietary supplements (approx. 40-80 mg per day). Therefore, the application of Dr.Hauschka Regenerating Day Cream and Regenerating Serum are unobjectionable for those suffering from estrogen dependent tumors.
Dear Dr.Hauschka
Why have I been told to avoid parabens in my skin care products?
See the following article.
