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Sat Mar 17, 2007 8:27 am  |
Finallly stumbled across something that is the holy grail as far as post-laser, cosmetic peels or microdermabrasion, Ipl's and procedure healing. The miracle emulsion is Biafine, usually prescribed for burn victims and diabetics with wounds that won't heal. You do have to get a prescription for it, but it is well worth the 20.00 per tube (ins. covered mine). After weeks of post-healing skin inflammation since my Fraxel, I convinced my derm to call in a RX for it. Google it and it is amazing what all it will do. Overnight now my skin is like new, the dead skin falling off with healed skin underneath. I just wish I could have found it sooner and avoided all the post-laser mess I have been through.  |
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Joined the 50 club several years back, blonde w/ fair/sensitive skin, Texas humidity and prone to rosacea, light breakouts and sunburns, combo skin type, starting to see sundamage and fine lines |
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Sat Mar 17, 2007 8:35 am |
| I had a light chemical peel and my skin looked yuck and all cracked up during the peeling process. Maybe I could ask this RX next time. |
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Sat Mar 17, 2007 8:38 am |
| It took me weeks of research to find this and once I started reading about it I knew. When I called the derm, they hadn't heard about it but trusted me to know my skin and that it wasn't something that would hurt me. |
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Joined the 50 club several years back, blonde w/ fair/sensitive skin, Texas humidity and prone to rosacea, light breakouts and sunburns, combo skin type, starting to see sundamage and fine lines |
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Sat Mar 17, 2007 8:46 am |
I went to a medical site and they didn't have alot of info on Biafine but from what I could find, it seems good. There isn't any side effects to this? How long do you plan on apply this?
It's funny how at times patients know more than the derma. |
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Sat Mar 17, 2007 9:09 am |
I use a similar product called Mimyx:
Nonsteroidal Dressing (MimyX) for the Treatment of Dermatoses
The FDA approved in July a nonsteroidal dressing (MimyX Cream, made by Stiefel Laboratories, Inc.) for the management and relief of burning and itching associated with atopic dermatitis, allergic-contact dermatitis, radiation dermatitis, and other physician-diagnosed dermatoses in adult and pediatric patients.
According to a company news release, the hydrogel formulation mimics components of the stratum corneum, thereby restoring barrier function without adversely affecting the immune system. It is also free of potentially allergenic emulsifiers, perfumes, and dyes.
Although the product was also approved for nonprescription use to treat general symptoms such as burning and itching associated with common types of skin irritation, it is currently available by prescription only.
The approval was based on data from safety and efficacy studies showing the dressing to be substantially equivalent to currently marketed products (Biafine radiation emulsion, made by Laboratoire Medix; and Sinclair wound and skin emulsion, made by Sinclair Pharmaceuticals, Ltd.). |
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Sat Mar 17, 2007 9:10 am |
Here's a good link to an article that sums up just about everything I read about it.
http://www.pslgroup.com/dg/3DE16.htm
I plan on using it up to 3 times a day for 7 days or fewer as the skin is healed. Main side effects were just if it irritated your skin, which it did not for me.
Just since yesterday my skin has made a rapid 360 degree turnaround. An area that was still red and not healing well was no longer red and the dead skin is just peeling off with fresh skin underneath.
I found this little gem under pages and pages of info while researching Fraxel burns. Wish I'd known before going into it. Only when I went looking for worst results info did I find it, which I was not anticipating. |
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Joined the 50 club several years back, blonde w/ fair/sensitive skin, Texas humidity and prone to rosacea, light breakouts and sunburns, combo skin type, starting to see sundamage and fine lines |
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Sat Mar 17, 2007 9:15 am |
| I get my Biafine from France, without prescription. |
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Sat Mar 17, 2007 10:31 am |
| lin23 wrote: |
| I get my Biafine from France, without prescription. |
perks up -- where? |
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Sat Mar 17, 2007 10:36 am |
| Me too! I would love to give some to my son to have on hand for sunburns, etc. |
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Joined the 50 club several years back, blonde w/ fair/sensitive skin, Texas humidity and prone to rosacea, light breakouts and sunburns, combo skin type, starting to see sundamage and fine lines |
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Sat Mar 17, 2007 10:39 am |
| Oh, and me! This sounds like something everyone should have in their medicine box. |
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Sat Mar 17, 2007 11:54 am |
| Oh, the only other side effect I did read about was a warning to pregnant or nursing mothers since they had not done any studies about whether it could affect the bloodstream. |
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Joined the 50 club several years back, blonde w/ fair/sensitive skin, Texas humidity and prone to rosacea, light breakouts and sunburns, combo skin type, starting to see sundamage and fine lines |
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Sun Mar 18, 2007 9:02 am |
On my 3rd morning with the stuff and it is amazing! It's a shame I had to find out the hard way. Using it over my Super Serum and hydracool last night (which I have not been able to use for a few weeks) made it really lock in the serum/hydra w/o the greasies and breakouts. It really has plumped up my juvaderm and is making my fraxel results kick into overdrive in healing. My little spots/scabs from the breakouts (which the tetracycline is helping with) are just falling right off. It should be mandatory for all fraxel, laser and IPL procedures.  |
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Joined the 50 club several years back, blonde w/ fair/sensitive skin, Texas humidity and prone to rosacea, light breakouts and sunburns, combo skin type, starting to see sundamage and fine lines |
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Sun Mar 18, 2007 3:22 pm |
OK, I'm hooked!
AnnieR - do you think this stuff would work on spots on the face from, shall we say, much too aggressive extractions?
Lin23 - can you give us the website you ordered from w/o a Rx? TIA |
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Sun Mar 18, 2007 3:38 pm |
| That's where a few of mine came from (yes I know better). They have really helped heal them. Oh, and I used it on a tiny heel crack that had been bugging me and it is almost gone today. |
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Sun Mar 18, 2007 3:49 pm |
AnnieR --- merci beaucoup !!! 
I am a person who gets wounds that wont heal, even though I'm not diabetic. I'll definitely have to get a prescription. Thanks. |
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Mon Mar 19, 2007 6:43 am |
Caught my hubby using it last night on a couple of really dry excema spots on his arms, nearly had a cow!!! I let him have a little and then gave him my new jar of Thalgo face cream to slather on over it for the rest of the dry skin. Hey, you don't have to have an RX for Thalgo, I explained to his rather testy remarks of me hoarding the biafine! This stuff is gold to me and you better be needing it.  |
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Joined the 50 club several years back, blonde w/ fair/sensitive skin, Texas humidity and prone to rosacea, light breakouts and sunburns, combo skin type, starting to see sundamage and fine lines |
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Mon Mar 19, 2007 9:25 am |
| AnnieR wrote: |
| Caught my hubby using it last night on a couple of really dry excema spots on his arms, nearly had a cow!!! I let him have a little and then gave him my new jar of Thalgo face cream to slather on over it for the rest of the dry skin. Hey, you don't have to have an RX for Thalgo, I explained to his rather testy remarks of me hoarding the biafine! This stuff is gold to me and you better be needing it. |
What does it cost you? Does insurance cover it? I'm just wondering if it's less expensive then Mimyx, I'll switch. The Mimyx is $25. usd for 140g after insurance. |
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Mon Mar 19, 2007 10:23 am |
The price I paid was 10.00 thru insurance for a 46 grm tube. The regular price was 20.00. It also comes in a 90 gram tube but I don't know what the price was.
The better living website does say a prescription is required for the emulsion, but not the cleanser.
The other website did not mention a RX but it might when you actually get all the way down to the ordering info. It didn't mention it on the description. |
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Joined the 50 club several years back, blonde w/ fair/sensitive skin, Texas humidity and prone to rosacea, light breakouts and sunburns, combo skin type, starting to see sundamage and fine lines |
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Mon Mar 19, 2007 11:16 am |
Looks like the first one is RX and the second one doesn't say. |
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Mon Apr 16, 2007 3:34 pm |
| I just ordered this from healthproducts for you (the total was $40). They called today to say it was discontinued. Any other suggestions? |
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Mon Apr 16, 2007 4:39 pm |
| I had not heard it was discontinued as I still have my original tube. I will ask my doc next time I have a procedure done, (but hopefully not too soon on the Fraxel ). |
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Joined the 50 club several years back, blonde w/ fair/sensitive skin, Texas humidity and prone to rosacea, light breakouts and sunburns, combo skin type, starting to see sundamage and fine lines |
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Thu Jul 23, 2009 5:51 pm |
| Add my name to the list of people who love this product! It's really amazing! My derm originally prescribed it to use when I, ahem, am a bit overzealous with my extractions, but it also worked wonderfully when I had a suspicious mole removed recently. It really helps my skin to heal in record time--- I think there should be a tube in every house! |
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27, sensitive/reactive/acne prone skin, dark brown hair, blue eyes, possibly the palest woman alive... |
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Thu Jul 23, 2009 7:23 pm |
| What is the active ingredient in this product? I can't find any info on the ingredient on their website.... |
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Fri Jul 24, 2009 6:52 am |
BIAFINE® contains purified water, liquid paraffin, ethylene glycol monostearate, stearic acid, propylene glycol, paraffin wax, squalane, avocado oil, trolamine/sodium alginate, triethanolamine, cetyl palmitate, methylparaben (sodium salt), sorbic acid (potassium salt), propylparaben (sodium salt), and fragrance.
DESCRIPTION
BIAFINE® is a water-based emulsion formulated for the dressing and management of superficial wounds, minor abrasions, dermal ulcers, donor sites, 1st and 2nd degree burns, including sunburns, and radiation dermatitis. When applied properly to a wound, BIAFINE® provides an optimum moist environment for the healing process and isolates the wound from harmful germs and other external contamination
Hope that helps! |
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Joined the 50 club several years back, blonde w/ fair/sensitive skin, Texas humidity and prone to rosacea, light breakouts and sunburns, combo skin type, starting to see sundamage and fine lines |
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