Condition: Shingles
A virus, Varicella zoster, which causes chickenpox, also causes shingles. Once you have had chickenpox, the virus lies dormant in your body. Certain triggers, such as stress, immune deficiency from AIDS, chemotherapy or radiation and certain cancers can reactivate the virus resulting in an outbreak of shingles. Approximately 10-20% of the population will experience shingles at some point in their life. It is most common in adults over the age of sixty and those who contracted chickenpox before the age of one. Given an aging population, it is theorized that over half of the population eighty years of age or older will contract shingles. Shingles is medically termed Herpes zoster however it is not the same as the herpes virus that causes mouth sores or genital herpes.
Shingles begins with sensitivity or shooting pain along a nerve usually on one side of the face, neck or torso followed by the development of a rash. The rash is characterized by small red patches that blister. The rash spreads for approximately four days before the blisters will pop and ooze, forming small sores that will then crust and eventually heal. Shingles is contagious until the blisters have crusted. Shingles can be characterized by pain with no appearance of a rash. However, if a rash does develop, taking a wellness approach can help speed the healing of the blisters and prevent scar tissue from forming.
The Wellness Solution
Keeping your skin "In the Malibu Mode" can help improve the appearance of skin affected by shingles.
The first step uses the original nature-identical, fresh-dried, preservative-free 12% L-ascorbic acid form of vitamin C and 1% zinc. Because this vitamin C is freshly activated you receive 100% of its benefits and are assured of the proper form and concentration of the vitamin and zinc which is proven in clinical studies to gently, yet effectively kill bacteria on skin. Malibu C's revolutionary dispensing system guarantees quick and easy activation to assure ingredient integrity, stability and freshness.
The second step provides a superior wellness moisturizer that is free of parabens, propylene glycol, DEA, and fragrance and is specifically formulated to help improve the appearance of skin affected by redness and inflammatory skin conditions. Our wellness approach can:
- Soothe inflamed, irritated skin
- Alleviate the appearance of redness
- Naturally enhance healthy cell renewal
- Help normalize the appearance of skin affected by bacteria
- Scavenge free radicals known to exacerbate inflammatory skin conditions
The Malibu Wellness Solution
Step 1: Malibu C® Zinc C Serum
Step 2: Malibu C® Sensitive Skin Oil-Free Moisturizer
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I gave my client a Zinc C Serum and then came back in two weeks. The shingles were all dried out! Thanks for such an amazing product that I can share this story with such success!
K.C.
Aptos, California
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I had a good experience with the EC Mode® Zinc C Thera-Serum! I got shingles a week and 1/2 ago and I kept putting Zinc C Thera-Serum on them. The doctor said it is very strange, but whatever I was putting on it, it was keeping the shingles contained to one area and not spreading to other areas of my body!
Wendy J.
Utah
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