La Mer's Miracle Worker

“I’ve never seen a response like this to anything. It’s a big deal, a leap in technology.”

You know how women check each other out, right? Surreptitious glances to uncover beauty sins and secrets: Pilates or power yoga, highlights or natural, Prada or Gucci. I’m guilty of it all, and lately, it’s getting worse. I’ve actually found myself examining other women’s skin, envying the pore l e s s and shaking my head at the sun-worshipping. In a world where chemical peels, laser treatments and microdermabrasion – not to mention good old fashioned surgical face and eye lifts – have become commonplace, who can blame me? These treatments, which used to be the well-kept secrets of the elite, are now every woman’s – and every where.

Which is precisely why we all need The Concentrate, La Mer’s new wonder treatment . With a super concentrated distillation of the Crème’s secret ingredient , the ultra-potent Miracle Broth TM, The Concentrate has the power to complement skin’s natural healing process. It helps to s t rengthen skin before surgery or a professional surface treatment, and minimizes redness and irritation afterward . The Concentrate is the result of years of research by the scientists at The Max Huber Research Labs. Years ago, aerospace physicist Dr. Max Huber suffered severe burns when an experiment exploded in his face.

Taking matters into his own hands, Huber utilized the ancient science of bio-fermentation to create Crème de la Mer and its nutrient-rich Miracle BrothTM. The Concentrate brings Huber’s vision full circle, combining an unprecedented concentration of the original Miracle BrothTM with the most precious and effective marine and plant extracts, including La Mer’s exclusive Lime Tea, which helps p rotect skin from external insults so it can focus on repairing itself. This exclusive blend helps damaged skin renew and rebuild its appearance, using special b a rrier repair ingredients that act as lipid “cellular cement” to help strengthen vulnerable skin. The end result is that skin feels soft, supple and flexible – not tight or taut. In La Mer’s clinical trials, the appearance of scarring was significantly diminished in just eight weeks.

For anyone undergoing a little nip or tuck – or any surgery from which scarring might result – using The Concentrate b e f o re and after will help the skin help itself recover. “The increase in demand for facial procedures has been exponential, but the most common after effects that result from these treatments , mainly redness and irritation, can really be a hindrance for patients with busy lives,” says Eric Bernstein, M.D., a leading expert in laser skin resurfacing. “Therefore there ’s a huge need for products that minimize and alleviate these after effects so people can get back to work as quickly as possible , even immediately.

The Concentrate is perfect because it pre-treats the skin so that it can better tolerate the procedures, and it dramatically reduces the redness and irritation post-treatment.” The cost of The Concentrate is nothing compared to the hundreds, even thousands, of dollars you can drop on the treatments themselves – a small price to pay to help reduce redness, irritation and even scarr i n g (not to mention thwarting the glances of those women on the elevator). But Dr. Bernstein says it best, “The longer my patients use it, the more and more they want it. I’ve never seen a response like this to anything. It’s a big deal, a leap in technology.” And there you have it, straight from the doctor’s mouth.

Coveted by those in the know, yet only available at select retail locations. — A. Hallowell

Now available at the Centers for for Cosmetic Laser Surgery.

Last reviewed Feb. 2, 2007