Dermagist reviews score:  99/100

A far cry above the many scam products on the market and we have received no complaints.

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Update: Dermajuv is in the process of changing its name to Dermagist. Nothing will change with the products or company other than the name.

Why is this eye gel so popular?  Well our guess is that people love it so much because of how completely it treats the entire eye area.  So many of the eye creams and gels out there, only focus on one thing.  Either wrinkles, or dark cirles, or puffy bags.  Nobody except for Dermajuv seems to have figured it out yet..  We want an eye gel that ACTUALLY TREATS ALL EYE SYMPTOMS.

The other reason people might love the Dermajuv Eye Gel so much is because of the ingredient list… and the fact that it actually works.  The ingredient list on this eye gel reads like a “Future Hall of Famers” list for anti aging ingredients.   If you researched the web and found the most successful ingredient with scientific backing for Dark Circles, Dermajuv has it in Haloxyl.  If you did the same for Puffy Bags, Dermajuv has it in Eyeliss.  If you did the same for wrinkles, Dermajuv has it in Matrixl.

Based on all the reviews and comments that people send in, there is NO doubt that the Dermajuv Eye Gel really does work, in ALL 3 of its target areas.

Lets discuss some of the other important factors that makes a skin care company worth of our business.

Customer Service: The entire culture at Dermajuv revolves around serving and caring for the customer.  This is not one of those “hit and run” kind of sales operations.  The customer service agents on both the phone and their live chat sincerly want to help you.  They use the dermajuv products too, so they not only are there to solve problems and answer questions on your order, but they can give you advice on using the products too.

Refunds and Returns: Dermajuv offers a 30 day (from when you receive it) return policy.  They don’t do any of that “Free trial” stuff, where you have to hurry up and cancel your order, or else you’ll be billed every single month.  This is a no-nonsense company, who treats clients with respect and in our experience, VALUES THEIR CLIENTS LIKE NO OTHER.  If you want a refund, they give it to you… they do have a “restock” fee, but guess what guys.. this is totally fair considering that they can’t put the bottles back on the shelves after they send them to you.  It’s not clothes or toys they sell.

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Complaint Index: We have heard no complaints about Dermajuv, and they are in good standing with us.  You can read more on their blog, too, at this link for Dermajuv eye gel.

Click here if you want to buy Hydrolyze – BUT READ THE WARNINGS FIRST.

There is a very tricky part of the eye gel and wrinkle cream business.  This tricky part is that gels can say what ingredients they contain, without having to disclose what percentage of the ingredients are actually included.  For example, if a laboratory publishes results of a specific ingredient and shows that 90% of people experienced results with “x” ingredient, they will say that the test was done with a X% concentration of the ingredient in question.   Creams like Hydrolyze don’t always say what % concentration they include of certain ingredients, yet they publish the same result rates and images as the laboratory.  It’s shady and we don’t like it.

BEWARE – This is one of those “Free Trials” that keeps on billing you after you try to cancel. Although you can always dispute the charges on your credit card, we warn you to be very careful if you DO decide to try their “free” trial offer on their website. We learned that almost 100% of the customers who buy are charged at LEAST TWICE before they cancel your membership. We firmly believe that if a company provides a good product that customers want to re-order, there is NO need to trick people with a so called “Free” trial, or to charge their card over and over without consent. Bottom line, Be careful if you order this product.

Let’s talk about the ingredients that Hydrolyze contains - Matrixyl and Haloxyl.  These are fantastic ingredients for removing wrinkles and eliminating dark circles.   Our readers have experienced awesome results with these ingredients (in different products), however, Hydrolyze failed to deliver any results for us, and it seems for most of our readers.  It just goes to show that simply because a cream puts a minute bit of an ingredient into their gel, that the gel isn’t necessarily going to work.  We should have known this ahead of time, since Hydrolyzed sells for only about $49 a jar.   A higher, effective concentration of Matrixyl and Haloxyl would have priced the product at around $100 a jar.

Company Reliability:  We don’t see any posted Refund policy on thier site, which is cause for concern if you’re cautious about them standing behind their product.  Also, on their “about us” page, this company also sells Penis enhancement pills and Ephedra alternative pills.. so we had a hard time distinguishing them from the “quick hit and run” herbal marketers that we’ve encountered. 

Complaint Index:  We have received no direct complaints about Hydrolyze, although we don’t have a great impression, and the products didn’t fair well for us.

Our first curiosity was to see what the proprietary blend that DDF boasts about could actually work on dark circles and bags.  Dark circles are caused by “loose blood” particles that are floating around under the skin, and causing it to be discolored.  When we are presented by a product like DDF Erase Eye gel, that doesn’t tell us WHY or HOW their ingredients work, we’re a little skeptical, and frankly, rightly so.  We didn’t get much results with our testing.

What stuck out to us even more is the use of harsh parabens, which we hesitate to endorse in the formulation of eye products.  While their use is approved by governing bodies, these preservatives are not always the most healthy for your skin, and certainly not for the delicate skin underneath the eyes.  They are not proven to have a link between disease, but many people avoid them nonetheless.

According to their website, DDF Eye Erase Gel is a deep moisturizing product and it helps your skin retain proper levels of hydration but when it comes to the removal of dark circles, it just did not deliver for us in particular.  We spent a considerable amount of time researching for more information about this product, however we could only find limited information.  While the DDF product line is fairly well established, we were surprised to only find small excerpts about the product everywhere that we looked.  We spoke with many consumers who have used the product, as well as conducted our own independent testing and the results were all the same.  This is a quality eye moisturizing product due to its use of Hyaluronic Acid, however it just does not cut the mustard in dark circle removal.   It’s a decent, affordable moisturizer, that’s all.

Company Reliability

DDF is a fairly well established product line, although we were rather puzzled by the fact that there is such limited info about this product.  Even the company website offers less than 4 sentences on the product, which left us uncomfortable.  The obvious lack of a return policy did little to reassure us.

Complaint Index

We did not have any complaints about reactions, although some did claim to dislike wearing the product.   Most of the feedback that we received revolved around a dissatisfaction of results and our independent tests supported those claims.  Unfortunately, this just does not work, according to our personal experience.

We certainly endorse anti oxidants, but would rather have seen this product have combined some sort of therapeutic ingredients in the formula as well.  Obviously this is an attempt to make consumers purchase the other half of their eye products, effectively doubling the cost of their products. 

SkinCeuticals has two categories of products, products that prevent and products that correct.  While this provides consumers the options and freedom to choose the type of treatment they desire, the company intends on consumers purchasing two products rather than combining the two treatments into one bottle.  While marketing campaigns like this are not unethical, it demonstrates a clear focus on profits, vs. consumer satisfaction, which is a large concern of ours. 

Company Reliability

We take exception to companies that try to trick consumers or take advantage of them under the guise of ulterior motives.  Whether it is a mandatory auto ship program or separating treatment and prevention options in an obvious attempt to maximize profits, consumers are not the main focus.  And when you consider the cost of the products and the need for continued use, we prefer to work with companies that actually care about the well being of their customers. 

Complaint Index

Consumer complaints were relatively minimal for SkinCeuticals, however there were reports of lack of customer service.  We did not have that experience ourselves, but felt it important enough to notate.  Other complaints seem to revolve around the same issue we had, the blatant separation of products in an attempt to make as much money as possible.

The good news is that Eyelastin targets dark circles, bags, and wrinkles.. the three main problems with the eye area.  Too often, a so called “eye gel” only treats one of the three big symptoms. 

Eyelastin uses Argireline, Hyaluronic acid, and generic matrixyl, arnica, and synake.   These ingredients attempt to smooth, moisturize, “relax muscles” and reduce swelling.   They use the old “proprietary blend” curtain to hide behind, so we don’t, unfortunately, get to find out what concentration % the eye gel contains of each ingredient.

Truthfully, many “drugstore” type of eye gels that cost less than $10, contain hyaluronic acid and argireline, so we were left with the generic matrixyl, and synake to validate the cost of this eye gel, at $59.    We had hoped to see a better ingredient for directly addressing the dark circles and puffy eye bags, than the ones that Eyelastin contains.  In our opinion, besides the Matrixyl, it lacks any serious ingredients proven for circles and bags.

How it worked when we tried it was sort of disappointing.  We did feel a nice smoothing of the skin, and some minor wrinkle reduction.  There was virtually no improvement, however, on the discoloration or bagginess.  Perhaps the concentrations of the ingredietns was just a little too low to yield results in the short time we tested.   It appears that the consumers who commented, also agreed.

Customer Service:  The company offers a lot of information on their website about how to contact them, and plenty of email addresses and phone numbers.  Their physical address is plainly available.  They DO offer a 30 day money back guarantee, but charge a 25% “administration” fee.   We have NO PROBLEM with this, as there are too many consumers who commit “refund abuse” and try to get free products.

Complaint Index:  We have received no complaints about Eyelastin regarding the level of service or receiving the product.  Some consumers have reported being let down by the results of using the eye gel, but they seem to have been satisifactorily taken care of by the company.

Our Level Of Caution with this eye gel stems mainly because of their whole “sneaky” way of doing business.

You have no choice but to buy this product as a Free trial for 12 days, and then get billed $79 each and every month thereafter.  Of course, you have the ability to cancel, but it’s not always such a smooth process.  Almost everyone we spoke to got billed at least once, and most people took the hit about 3 times.    We just don’t think it is moral, and fair to consumers.

Besides that, let’s see if the eye gel works: Because peptides are very effective in the regeneration of skin cells, which of course is what heals wrinkles and restores skin’s firm, toned appearance, we were excited to see which peptides are included in LiftSP.  Surprisingly the combination of Argireline, Leuphasyl, Octapeptide, Matrixyl 3000, Tripeptide, and Seaweed Extract is rather ineffective. 

Perhaps it is as a result of the fact that the skin can only absorb a certain amount of peptides, or perhaps it is LiftSP’s focus on providing immediate results, but this product does not have many long term benefits despite including the ingredients to do it.  The use of Argireline does provide rapid wrinkle reduction, however those results fade shortly after, and Argireline has no documented long term results on skin.  The formulation focuses on relaxing facial tension and muscle activity to remove the appearance of wrinkles in the short term, and does so fairly well, however LiftSP cut corners when it comes to the long term treatment of wrinkles.  Generic ingredients are never recommended by us, and LiftSP is an example of why.  If you are looking for long term results, Lift SP is probably not for you.

Company Reliability

On the surface the company certainly seems to be a reliable one and is created by a doctor Stephen Jepson MD.  But as we looked around, we noticed that many of the photos that are used as proof of its results are located on many sites.  That was a concern for us, as well as the fact that we could not find any sort of refund or money back guarantee anywhere.  It appears to be yet another free trial and over charge marketing ploy, and we are skeptical to say the least.

Complaint Index

We did receive a few complaints about the free trial aspects as well as people who claimed it was ineffective for them.  While these complaints are somewhat common with free trial marketing, we just have an uneasy feeling about this product, and it displayed only limited results for us… very limited.

The importance of an eye cream or gel in the marketplace is often determined by the goals it sets for itself as to what it wants to be able to do for the consumer.   In the case of Elite Serum, they intend on being an important product to the industry, as their goals are lofty.  This product, designed primarily for the eye area, takes aim at wrinkles, dark circles, and puffy bags with a several pronged approach.

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High end ingredients: Haloxyl for dark circles, and Eyeliss for the bags can’t be surpassed.  Haloxyl works by breaking down blood particles that have seeped from the capilaries and cause the discoloration around the eye area.  On top of that, Eyeliss helps lymphatic drainage enough to the point where participants in the laboratory clinical trials made significant improvement in both the depth and fullness of their bags.

An antioxidant approach to wrinkles: Two of the most talked about ingredients, including the Oprah show and Dr. Oz, are Acai berry and Resveratrol.   Yes, these same ingredients that have been hyped up for overall health and weight loss, are also making claims to have good effects on the skin.  If you think about it, your skin is actually the biggest organ in your body.  While the amazing acai berry and resveratrol can toxify and have “anti aging” effects on the liver, lungs, kidneys, etc. SO CAN THEY effect your skin.  While removing toxins and allowing your skin to heal itself and regain its youthful look, the concept is that your wrinkles might lessen too.

Customer Service: We have visited the EliteSerum.com website where this product is sold, and have found that they offer service via both live chat (which they actually answer, unlike many companies) and a Toll Free number.  They offer a money back guarantee on their products too, which makes it much more comfortable to try them.

Complaint Index: Elite Serum has generated no complaints to our website, and we are in good standing with them.

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As with all products, we began our review by taking a look into the ingredients as well as the company’s reputation.  What we found was somewhat concerning to say the least.  First and foremost it seems that the Better Business Bureau has some sort of complaint against IQ Derma for their advertising methods.  Now, IQ Derma has appealed this and we all know that in order to receive a BBB review you must PAY them, so we do not put too much emphasis on this report.   However, it is certainly worth noting here for those consumers who place trust in the BBB.

What was concerning was that fact that IQ Derma keeps their ingredients somewhat private.  You can find the information if you take the time to spend hours backing into the formulas by following clinical information links, but it is not presented clearly as we would hope a quality product would do.  IQ Derma seems to make their formulation proprietary information rather that sharing the active ingredients with the public.  Again, quality ingredients provide quality results and a wrinkle company should be excited to share that, as it would only aid in the generation of sales.

IQ Derma is the latest in the Free Trial marketers that say little about why the product will work, and try to support their outrageous claims with “testimonials” of consumers that can neither be verified nor seem to be written by actual consumers.  It seems like they were written by marketing executives, which again leaves us uneasy.

Company Reliability
As we mentioned we do not want to make much out of the Better Business Bureau’s claim, however it does require notation.  With the exceptions of IQ Derma listed complaint with the BBB and their lack of sharing important ingredient information, we did not find or experience anything that gave us a bad impression of the organization.   We are hesitant of the free trial marketing when you do not know what the ingredients are, because that behavior usually results in a bad experience.

Complaint Index
Any formalized complaint is concerning, however many consumers seem to be very happy with these products and are loyal users.  We recommend that you make your own impression about IQ Derma.  Ours is that there are many other superior options out there to choose from, but if you are compelled to try RestorEyes, we recommend you do so.  Just be cautious of all the small print about the free trial.

Unfortunately, there is very little information on eyevive’s website that explains what each of their ingredients is, and how they work.  We hate it, frankly, when a company says their product uses a “proprietary blend” or “xyz technology” to accomplish what they claim their product can do.   This is exactly what we encountered when we dug a little deeper at eyevive’s website.

What do the CLAIM to do? Their website says that eyevive eye gel can reduce wrinkles and bags, increase firmness, less dark circles, and hydrate the skin.   Basically the same claim that every eye gel makes.  The difference is usually, in what ingredients a product uses to accomplish this.    On one page of their site, we found an ingredient list.  Without having a phd in science, we see that they have hyaluronic acid for hydration (which might lead to wrinkle loss), and Palmitoyl Oligopeptide (a generic matrixyl)  and Palmitoyl Tetrapeptide-7 (another peptide known to increase elasticity).  No ingredient listed is known to target puffy under-eye bags specifically.

We tried the product out, and our users had pronounced eye wrinkles and dark circles.  After 3 weeks, we felt that our skin was indeed more moist.  Similar was the feeling of using a decent drustore moisturizing cream.   It is non oily and is pretty comfortable to wear.   The wrinkles on our eye area, however, showed very little to no improvement.  Perhaps over much  more time, we could have seen some results, but we were not encouraged by the improvement in the amount of time we tested.

In regard to the elimination of dark circles, we were left flat.  The ingredient list of the product doesn’t show any ingredients that are scientifically backed and linked to the reduction of blood-caused pigmentation of the skin (dark circles), but we hoped that maybe we just didn’t KNOW about what their ingredients did.   After the 3 week test period, nothing at all had improved about our discolored dark circles.  Literally.    We were pretty disappointed, but overall, the cream was decent and felt like something we could continue to use.. just not with the hopes of removing our dark circles.   If the cream cost more like $19 or so, we could recommend it as a good moisturizer and a mild wrinkle smoother.  However, it’s in several price brackets higher, so we can’t give it the thumbs up.

Customer Service:

This is a good company who seems to care for its clients.  They offer email support, as well as phone and fax.   Additionally, there is a money back guarantee offered on their products, which can make it easier to try them.   We did NOT attempt to get a refund, however, so we don’t know for sure if they actually follow through on their “refund promise”.   Based on their history though, and the attentiveness we received over the phone, we feel that the company can be trusted.

Complaint Index:

We have received no complaints about this company.  Users of the eyevive product have expressed that they were less than pleased with the results, but that they didn’t feel ripped off, and that the company seemed to take responsibility for their products.

The Revitalizng Eye Gel from Avalon Organics is the lowest priced eye gel reviewed on our site.   For those of you hoping to buy an eye gel under $20, this is a really good choice.   Since you don’t buy this product direct from Avalon, it’s tough for me to give you a rating on customer service, or their guarantee.  Basically, this falls on the individual retailer that you purchase from.   Instead, I’ll go over how the eye gel worked for me, and hopefully my story can guide you a little bit.

What does it do? Well the eye gel claims to have a peptide complex and hyaluronic acid.   We love both of these ingredients.   Hyaluronic acid is a proven moisturizer that is very common in both expensive, and low priced eye gels.   It adds deep moisture to the skin, which is great for wrinkles.

The part about a “Peptide Complex” was more interesting to us.   The best of the best eye gels use peptides like matrixyl, haloxyl, or eyeliss… or something similar.   The thing is, creams or gels that contain these peptides cost usually around $100.   Avalon organics didnt reveal exactly what “peptides” are in its “Peptide complex” but we can’t really complain, since it costs like one-tenth of the the amount of the usual peptide based products.

Other cool ingredients: Licorice root and lavender.   I’m not sure if these ingredients are proven in any way to reduce wrinkles, dark circles, or puffy eye bags, but they are displayed as key ingredients right on the box.   Sounds more like marketing material to me, but the product DOES contain them, so i’m lettin gyou know.

My results: Basically I felt like I was using any old moisturizer.  I can’t say that my dark circles were reduced, or that the puffiness around my eyes became less.   I felt like my skin had some good moisture to it, and the product was comfortable to wear and was non greasy.  I could easily incorporate it into my daily skin care routine, although I personally didn’t see any immediate results from using it.

If this website was rating only eye gels in this price range, I would give Avalon Organics a much higher score than 50/100.  However, since the cost of a product isn’t a part of my rating system, I have to place Avalon Organics at a much lower score, based on how it worked on my skin and the scientific backup of the ingredients contained.