Bio-Oil: A Product Review

As you seen in the commercial, a woman with her son boarding in a car looks happy and no worries. The television commercial depicts that the woman has no worries anymore about her stretch marks and scars from her recent pregnancy. It is because she is confident that those skin problems have been cared by Bio-oil. So what really is Bio-Oil? What kind of skin problems can help to improve? How it is effective? And finally what are the ingredients that make it effective?

What is Bio-Oil?

Bio-Oil is an innovative skin product that can help to improve skin appearance of scars, stretch marks and uneven skin tone. It has also an anti-aging property and can help to hydrate dry skin. Bio‑Oil has won already 224 skincare awards and has become the No.1 selling scar and stretch mark product in 18 countries since its global launch in 2002.

What are the ingredients that make it effective?

The Bio‑Oil has a formulation of combined plant extracts and vitamins suspended in an oil base. It has a breakthrough and advanced ingredient PurCellin Oil™, which changes the formulation’s overall consistency, making it light and non-greasy. PurCellin Oil™ ensures that the goodness contained in the vitamins and plant extracts is easily absorbed.

Active Ingredients:

Botanicals

Calendula Officinalis Flower Extract (Calendula Oil)
Lavandula Angustifolia Oil (Lavender Oil)
Rosmarinus Officinalis Leaf Oil (Rosemary Oil)
Anthemis Nobilis Flower Oil (Chamomile Oil)

Vitamins

Retinyl Palmitate (Vitamin A)
Tocopheryl Acetate (Vitamin E)

Oil base

Mineral Oil (Paraffinum Liquidum)
Triisononanoin
Cetearyl Ethylhexanoate
Isopropyl Myristate
Glycine Soja Oil
Helianthus Annuus Seed Oil
BHT
Bisabolol

Fragrance (Rose)

Alpha-Isomethyl Ionone
Amyl Cinnamal
Benzyl Salicylate
Citronellol
Coumarin
Eugenol
Farnesol
Geraniol
Hydroxycitronellal
Hydroxyisohexyl 3-Cyclohexene Carboxaldehyde
Limonene
Linalool

Color

Orange: CI 26100 (Red 17)

What Kind of Skin Problems it improves?

Bio-Oil is effective against skin conditions such as scars, stretch marks, uneven skin tone, aging skin and dehydrated skin. Product administration and regimen can be found in the its packaging.

Who can use Bio-Oil?

Anyone can use it as long as skin problems are the concern. In fact, Bio‑Oil has undergone safety assessments in accordance with the Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on Cosmetic Products. The toxicological profile, chemical structure, level of inclusion and total level of daily exposure of each ingredient used has been assessed and deemed safe for use (including for use by pregnant women). Bio‑Oil is a member of Beauty without Cruelty.

Review:

Bio-Oil like the other leading scar and stretch mark products does not claim removal or totally treatment of scars and stretch marks. It is just helped to improve skin conditions as it is repeatedly said in their explanation in each skin application in their website. Also its results may vary from individual to individual.  I think Bio-Oil is not effective for depressed scars such as acne scars, poke marks, or scars from healed chicken pox. It is best to use for scars that have recently formed, flat or lump scars and hyper- pigmented scars. Improving uneven skin tone, skin aging and dehydrated skin can be effective due to its active ingredients that have antioxidant, hydrating, and lightening properties (such as Vitamin A, and Vitamin E, Botanical Oil Extracts and etc.).

Note: The opinion in this article is based only to the observations and readings of the author regarding this product. The author does not claim that his opinion is correct or wrong. If you have further questions for this product better contact the company to fully answer your queries.