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J-Mill · 9th March 2009, 12:38 PM

I agree with Melissa:

1. The stuff is ridiculously expensive
2. It went "cosmetic" as to avoid having to conduct rigorous testing
3. It's claims are yet to be approved by the FDA as far as I could find
4. There are no 3rd party tests of this product, only in house research done by the company
5. In the tests that were done the claim was that it was tested on people with mild to moderate rosacea, but the test data itself remains largely unpublished. Further: http://www.dermatology.uci.edu/IID%2...er%20final.pdf

Are you kidding me? If the two test subjects pictured are the best examples to sell this product then it appears to only work well for those with really, really, really mild Rosacea.

6. I havn't heard one good thing about Pyratine 6 from a real Rosacea sufferer, it is hard to imagine why this is going to be that much better
7. Spamming Rosacea web boards for business suggests a $ grab
8. I don't know why this plant derivative substance is significantly different from others that have been around for some time that claim to also be anti-inflammatory and effective on ROS.

Bottom line, there is no real reason to believe this product will work imo, but the jury is out. Once is comes out, if some reliable people post good results it might be worth a try. I would prefer seeing a large scale 3rd party double blind study on it.

9th March 2009, 12:38 PM	#19
J-Mill Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Toronto, Canada Posts: 876	agreed I agree with Melissa: 1. The stuff is ridiculously expensive 2. It went "cosmetic" as to avoid having to conduct rigorous testing 3. It's claims are yet to be approved by the FDA as far as I could find 4. There are no 3rd party tests of this product, only in house research done by the company 5. In the tests that were done the claim was that it was tested on people with mild to moderate rosacea, but the test data itself remains largely unpublished. Further: http://www.dermatology.uci.edu/IID%2...er%20final.pdf Are you kidding me? If the two test subjects pictured are the best examples to sell this product then it appears to only work well for those with really, really, really mild Rosacea. 6. I havn't heard one good thing about Pyratine 6 from a real Rosacea sufferer, it is hard to imagine why this is going to be that much better 7. Spamming Rosacea web boards for business suggests a $ grab 8. I don't know why this plant derivative substance is significantly different from others that have been around for some time that claim to also be anti-inflammatory and effective on ROS. Bottom line, there is no real reason to believe this product will work imo, but the jury is out. Once is comes out, if some reliable people post good results it might be worth a try. I would prefer seeing a large scale 3rd party double blind study on it. __________________ "Get busy living or get busy dying."