This looks interesting. Naturally derived skin care products work very well and this is no exception from what I am reading. Over 20 years of testing and more:
1. What is it about PENZIM that sets it apart from other skin care products?
Two very important characteristics set PENZIM apart from all other skin care products. Firstly, the active enzyme ingredient we call Penzyme, meaning penetrating enzyme, is absolutely new and unique in its action. This is a marine enzyme and there are no other skin care products that contain it, or any other marine enzymes, and very few products indeed that contain enzymes. Secondly, PENZIM is a water based formulation and contains no greasy fats, oils, creams or lipids that could destroy the enzyme activity. This has many advantages, one of them being that the clear PENZIM products do not ruin clothes or bed sheets, like many greasy ointments do. Very few such clean and clear skin care products can be found. In addition, PENZIM contains no fragrances or preservatives which are the main causes of allergies by skin care products. This, indeed, is also very unique among skin care products.
2. How was this product developed?
The PENZIM products were developed from research associated with wound healing using proteolytic enzymes. When it became apparent in a study conducted in 1997 that penzyme, trypsin from Atlantic cod, was by far the most active proteolytic enzyme available in cleaving pathologically associated extracellular proteins such as interleukin I, tumor necrosis factor alpha and other cytokines, cell adhesion molecules such as CD4, CD8, CD54 and CD102, as well as some metalloproteinases, bacterial toxins, bacterial membrane adhesion proteins and viral coat proteins, it became apparent that some form of application or formulation of the enzyme could be very beneficial to many people.
At this point the enzyme, penzyme or cod trypsin, had been extensively studied by scientists for more than 20 years, and its characteristics were well know. Therefore development of large scale penzyme protein purification, research on the active enzyme in appropriate formulations and trials on volunteers were initiated and actively pursed for a period of 5 years. The results of this research and developmental work were positive and compelling. Therefore, it was decided to make penzyme products available to the public as cosmetic skin care products in the form of two formulations, PENZIM gel and lotion, for topical and local use.
