I've been using the products for 5 years and never posted. I experienced a drop off of effectiveness for treating my shallow acne scars and scarred pores with the SRCPs. Note that I am 43 years old, and these acne scars are really old. I recently switched to Super GHK, and I am seeing a marked improvement in my skin texture within in just a few days.

Here is my regimen:

Morning:
After washing, apply Super GHK
Wait a few minutes, apply Emu oil

Evening:
After washing and waiting 30 minutes, apply Retin-A .05%. Wait 15 minutes, spot treat with Super Cop x2.
Once in a while, Lactic Acid peel 40% left on until feel burning sensation (time varies depending on skin's level of irritation).

-Kat

Question but Super Cop 2x is SRCPs not a GHK-Cu. Is this an identical skin care regimen and product use you followed years prior as described (40% lactic acid and retin-a) with the exception of Super GHK?

Product change often will elicit an effect on the skin (even shampoos on hair) and does not necessary mean GHK worked better on your skin than SRCPs.

Can the skin irritation from using retin-A and/or the concurrent use of retin A, lactic acid, and srcps and/or the chemical interactions from co-using these three actives and the inactive ingredients from these actives be more likely contributing factors to your diminishing effects rather than the efficacy of either SRCPs or Super GHK themselves on your skin as you may be suggesting?

JW - All good questions. My regimen has been the same for a year, with the exception that I was using Super CP Serum, not Super GHK Serum. I was disappointed in my results until I switched to the GHK.

Thank you, Kat. Very interesting.

Several new and experienced SRCPs users reported positive strong skin remodeling effects as well as scar reduction and scar-less wound healing and repair mostly while not on a retinoic acid regimen (or some kind of mix and matching SRCPs and retinoic acid use) or any regular overall use of potent peels even with an intense use of SRCPs with an antioxidant oil.

It seems there is also a repeating pattern that SRCPs users who tend to experience some adverse net effect or reportedly prefer GHK over SRCPs are users using some version of retinoic acid or high strength chemical peels concurrently and who generally do not suggest any regular use of antioxidant oils.

This pattern makes some sense since retinoic acid tend to make the skin more sensitive to other cosmetic ingredients and environmental factors including wind, temperature, and ultra violet rays and that SRCPs being the more breakdown-resistent and chemically stable copper protein than GHK.

Because I have used SRCPs and antioxidant oils to both heal and repair wounds for scar reduction as well for overall skin rejuvination with undeniable visible results, I would be more inclined to postulate based on what you offered with your comparison experiences with GHK and SRCPs as well as my own experiences of using chemical peels, low and high potency retinols, and SRCPs and my reading with respect to cosmetic dermatology that most of the perceived differences and reported preferences for GHK are not likely be due to the generation differences of the copper peptides themselves (at least not based on what is shared collectively and that would be consistent), but I would say the co-use of skin care products together in your case and many others are influential factors and variables.

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Dear katcar and JW:

Thanks for postings. That is very interesting.

Best Wishes,
-Skin Bio Team

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