CutaVive™ FAQ
CutaVive™ Professional Skin Rejuvenation Emulsion
What is CutaVive? CutaVive™ Professional Skin Rejuvenation Emulsion reduces the appearance of fine lines, wrinkles and restores a youthful appearance of your skin. CutaVive also soothes and calms irritated skin to help improve the appearance of the skin. CutaVive is dispensed exclusively by skin care professionals to their patients.
When can you use CutaVive? CutaVive can be used as part of your daily regiment for skin care. CutaVive can also be used as part of an aftercare program following such procedures as laser skin resurfacing, face lift, chemical skin peels, and microdermabrasion.
What are the skin care benefits of CutaVive?
- Reduces the appearance of fine lines
- Soothes and calms irritated skin to help improve the appearance of skin
- Helps reduce the appearance of skin problems
- Helps to improve skin tone and texture
How is CutaVive used? Prior to applying CutaVive™ Professional Skin Rejuvenation Emulsion, wash your face with a gentle cleanser. Pat your skin dry. Dispense a small amount of CutaVive Skin Rejuvenation Emulsion onto your finger tip, and apply in a thin layer to your face and/or neck in the morning or evening. If used as part of an aftercare program following such procedures as laser skin resurfacing, face lift, chemical skin peels, and microdermabrasion, apply 2 to 4 times daily or follow the directions of your physician or skin care professional. Avoid eye contact.
What is CutaVive made of? CutaVive is an emulsion consisting of perfluorodecalin, water, plant derived emulsifiers, and a preservative. Perfluorodecalin is a biologically inert liquid capable of dissolving and exchanging oxygen with the environment. The emulsifiers surround small perfluorodecalin droplets, creating a uniform and stable emulsion with the consistency of a light foam.
How does CutaVive work? Skin needs oxygen and oxygen plays an important role in maintaining the appearance of healthy skin. Perfluorodecalin, a key ingredient in CutaVive, is a biocompatible material with a high affinity for oxygen, making it an ideal selection for use in a skin emulsion. Since the outer layers of the skin derive its oxygen from the atmosphere, a highly permeable oxygen emulsion may soothe and calm irritated skin. Other skin care products may create a thin barrier, inhibiting oxygen from reaching the skin.
What is the supersaturated oxygen emulsion (SSOE)? A perfluorocarbon emulsion containing supersaturated oxygen which creates a highly oxygen-rich local environment when applied to cover and protect a wound. As a gas, O2 has limited ability to penetrate the skin. The emulsion/dressing releases oxygen slowly over time, covering and protecting the skin for ~6 hours/application.
What is the shelf-life? The definitive real-time room-temperature test data have demonstrated the shelf life to be 24 months.
At what temperature can CutaVive™ be stored? Between 59F – 86F. It can be stored at an ambient, uncontrolled room temperature.
Where is Cutagenix™ manufactured? Made in the USA. Product available to United States customers only.