Review: Platinum Stem Cell Elixir

Annabel Rivkin finds a product to believe in 
Annabel Rivkin23 August 2018

I don’t know how I feel about expensive skincare.

But I do know that the more I catch sight of myself unexpectedly — in my phone when I accidentally reverse the camera without being selfie-ready, in lift mirrors, etc — the more I want to believe that skincare works. I’d always slightly rather go to a needle genius like Dr Suha Kersh at 23 MD clinic because I can see the artful results and that reassures me that the time is well-spent. But, if I decide that I’m in the mood for a pricey product, I’ll use Sarah Chapman’s Platinum Stem Cell Elixir. Yes, it costs £136. The thing is, I believe in it. I do.

This stuff targets the skin’s matrix to recreate skin tension through restoring mitochondrial dynamism and providing a lifting action. In other words it fights the dreaded sag and helps reinforce the architecture of the skin. But what I really noticed was an improvement in skin texture and inflammation. I was immediately less red around the T-zone and my skin felt… less raw and ragged. Less troubled. Less careworn. Less cross. Brighter. And plumper — thanks to collagen-boosting peptides.

And let me tell you something else. Sarah Chapman is an incredibly nice woman. Some years ago one of my best friends went to see her at her busy clinic for a peerless facial. This friend had a one-year-old and a tiny baby, so you can imagine the exhaustion. After the facial, Chapman tucked her up, left her on a treatment bed in her very busy clinic for an hour and a half. To sleep. Just so you know.

Platinum Stem Cell Elixir (sarahchapman.net; 23md.co.uk)

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