Overview

Darphin is a French company based out of Paris that offers a wide array of products for the skin, hair, hands and even the bust. In the past, Darphin has developed products to help with aging skin, including some formulas intended to help reduce wrinkles and fine lines. One of their products, called Predermine, is an intriguing blend of botanical extracts and other common anti-aging ingredients meant to moisturize the skin, reduce wrinkles and protect against free radical damage.

 Featured Ingredients

Predermine contains several ingredients, including Iris extract, which comes from a flowering plant. It is believed that Iris can help to retain moisture in the skin, although the evidence comes mostly from folklore rather than solid scientific research. In contrast, Hyaluronic Acid - which is contained in such renowned products as Dermitàge - has a more proven reputation for moisturizing the skin. Predermine also contains Aloe Vera, which is highly regarded as a healing agent. Even though studies show that Aloe Vera can produce dramatic regeneration of the skin, most of these studies have been conduced with burn victims or those with severe surgical scars. That may not make Aloe Vera the best choice for wrinkle reduction.

Predermine also contains Vitamin E and Horsetail. Vitamin E is a well-known antioxidant that can help protect the skin from free radicals, but unfortunately many skincare companies now use synthetic forms of the vitamin, which may not be as effective as natural antioxidants such as Green Tea, White Tea and Grape Seed Extract. Horsetail Extract has been used primarily to help those with varicose veins, so it is a puzzling choice for a cream such as Predermine. Perhaps the researchers behind this product felt it could help with blood circulation to the skin, but research is inconclusive on Horsetail’s ability to reduce wrinkles.

 Web Site Description

Although the web site for Darphin’s Predermine Cream seems very similar to what you might find for other products of its type, there may be some crucial items lacking from the content. In addition to a lack of sufficient research for some of its botanical ingredients, the Darphin web site seems to push hard for the consumer to use Predermine Cream along with several other products in order to see a benefit. This could be problematic and may be a ploy to get consumers to spend more money than they have to.

 Positives

- Botanical based product featuring Aloe Vera

 Negatives

- Lack of collagen boosters such as Glucosamine Complex

- Vitamin E may be outdated in comparison to Green Tea, White Tea and Grape Seed Extract

- Iris extract is inferior when compared to Hyaluronic Acid

- No free trial offered

 Conclusion

While Darphin’s intention seems to be admirable - by designing a product that can reduce wrinkles, moisturize and also help protect the skin - the Predermine Cream doesn’t really accomplish any of these tasks as well as it should. Other ingredients would have made better choices, so we would recommend looking elsewhere if one wants to reduce wrinkles and look younger.