yssain asked: I've tried Nu Skin: Galvanic Spa. This product contains electrolyte balance & cellular energy that creates electric current to reduces fine lines, eye bags, wrinkles & improve the texture of the skin. However, this product is more preferred for people in their early 30s+. But it definitely makes a lot of wonders for the skin. You can say goodbye to Botox. ;D

Thanks Yssa for your testimonial! I’m glad it worked for you. :) As for myself, I still don’t really know much about this technology and not particularly interested. Why?

1. I’ve been reading reviews on it and it seems inconsistent. Here’s one review and here’s another. Aside from the reviews themselves (which are positive), do read the comments. I’m particularly worried about this comment (posted by Willow 10/23/10 at 8:01 pm) which says that the chemicals used by the company’s products are not FDA tested (oh well what’s new with the cosmetic industry?), and the sales reps of Nu Skin used a picture of a stroke victim to advertise the product (to show that one half of the face was “tightened” but it’s actually just the stroke effects on the nerves). =\

2. The price (about $200 or roughly P10,000 for the machine plus the gels which have to be refilled, $40 or P2,000 each). I would rather invest that money on: good healthy food, yoga or dance classes, carabao milk products, organic personal care products— things which I know really do good for my body, inside and out, even in the long run.

3. I’ve always been skeptical of any product or gimmick that claims to be the “cure-all” or “magic pill”, the one easy and quick thing which will solve all your problems. I just don’t buy it. Your body is the way it is, primarily due to your genetic programming, which wholly determines the way your body responds to whatever you do with it. And “whatever you do with it” is the other thing that determines the way your body is. This means, an accumulation of habits and inputs over time.

I’m still going to bet on proper nutrition, exercise, rest, a positive attitude, and wholesome natural products, as the way to look and feel younger and more beautiful, because I’ve found that this is what works for me. I have to emphasize though that each person has to figure out what works best for them and if the Nu Skin stuff works for you, then great. :) Just be aware of all the ingredients (I’ve noted in my previous post that they’re not organic products) and technology that they are using, do your own research about it and determine if the long-term effects are good for you too. By the way that’s the great thing about natural food— the human species has got tens of thousands of years of evolutionary “data” about how this stuff works swell on our bodies!

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