Fab Find: Patricia Wexler M.D. MMPi Skin Regenerating Serum

If you take a second to lightly press on your cheek, you’ll notice a cushion that results in a little bit of a bounce when you take your fingers off of it.  You can partially thank your skin’s collagen for that suppleness, it provides the youthful fullness in our skin that we are fighting to protect every day to prevent the dreaded “sag”.  As we age, our skin loses it’s ability to produce collagen.  Major drag, huh?

While I don’t ever think any single skincare product is the cure to turn back the hands of time, I have found several that I think have helped me in my own personal battle of the sag!  I agree with Dr. Patricia Wexler– “Every skin is aging skin.” And then there’s the tried and true, “An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.”  Yep!  With those facts in mind, I tried out Patricia Wexler M.D. Dermatology’s MMPi Skin Regenerating Serum and I think it’s Fab Find worthy!

Upon opening up the jar, it’s pretty unique-looking for a serum:

With it’s dimethicone base, the serum has a pink jelly-like texture that provides a smooth slip to the skin. I didn’t detect any noticeable fragrance, so if you’re sensitive to scents it should be okay for you.  According to Dr. Wexler, MMPi Skin Regenerating Serum contains a complex that has been proven in lab tests to inhibit the damaging enzymes that naturally occur in the skin that breakdown it’s valuable collagen.

While using the product, I found it absorbed well–despite how buttery it feels when it’s applied.  After three weeks of use at bedtime under a moisturizer, I felt that it amped up my moisturizer’s power (with the first use), and that my skin started to appear brighter after about a week of consecutive use.  Both AM & PM use are recommended, but for my skin personally–I preferred using the serum only at night, because the serum, moisturizer with SPF, foundation primer, and foundation together seems like just a tad too much!  For drier skin types or more mature skin, I think it would be ideal.  I’m curious to see how it would perform with continued use, and I don’t think a 1 oz. jar could be any more generous!  Just a touch of the serum is enough for the entire face and just a little more for the neck.

I’m currently testing out the new Prevage Anti-Aging Serum, so I’ll let you know how that goes in a few weeks!

An editorial sample was provided by the company and evaluated to determine my opinion of the product in this post.  Please see the Disclosures page for further information regarding my policies for using editorial samples.