What is Canyon Ranch Age Transforming Concentrate Serum?

 

Canyon Ranch Age Transforming Concentrate Serum is a clinical strength cream gel made by Canyon Ranch. Canyon Ranch is a highly respected and admired up-market (or celebrity) resort spa that started in 1979 and is dedicated to innovative approach to health, wellness and holistic and integrative care that goes much further than just skin care. As they focus on balancing the body from both the inside and out they have come up with this skin care line to enhance what they are already trying to do for the body, mind and spirit. Canyon Ranch Age Transforming Concentrate Serum is the cornerstone to the whole line and is made out of quality ingredients that strengthen, nourish and repair the skin on a cellular level. This serum gives its anti-aging credit to the revolutionary ingredient Pro-NAD (which I will take time to explain in the ingredient profile). The claim made by Canyon Ranch is that this serum “will tap into the skins regenerative powers for the ultimate transformation. Lines begin to blur, elasticity surges and skin visibly transforms”.

 

Canyon Ranch Age Transforming Concentrate Serum Ingredient Profile

As mentioned above Pro-NAD is the revolutionary ingredient that sets this serum apart. Before Canyon Ranch revealed their skin care line they had been quoted to say that their products would “include something as revolutionary as sunscreen was when it was first identified as a skin saver” and this something was Pro-NAD. So what is Pro-NAD exactly and why is it so great?

Pro-NAD is a system for delivering niacin to the skin. Regular niacin is almost impossible to be absorbed into the skin. People have been trying to put niacin into skin care products for quite a while because they knew what great benefits niacin could have on the skin. Pro-NAD was developed at the University of Arizona and is the 1^st successful way to deliver niacin into the skin.  Next you may wonder what exactly is niacin and what does it do?

Niacin is a vitamin B complex that is able to increase cell turnover without weakening the skin barrier. Under clinical studies Pro-NAD has been shown to actually strengthen the skin barrier which means you will have a decrease in moisture loss and amazingly enough an increases photoprotection. 

Pro-NAD has also been chosen by the National Cancer Institute (NCI) of the National Institutes of Health for research and development as a skin cancer prevention agent due to the positive outcomes this ingredient and its innovative delivery system.

 

 Canyon Ranch Age Transforming Concentrate Serum Pros

• A product with a lot of research and a good name backing it
• Clinical strength
• Fast penetration and delivery system
• Good reviews

 

Canyon Ranch Age Transforming Concentrate Serum Cons

• Expensive
• No detailed ingredient list
• Canyon Ranch isn’t exclusive to skin care
• Markets to celebrities and others who have a lot of money to spend on skin care.

 

Final Thoughts

Canyon Ranch Age Transforming Concentrate Serum is quite an impressive compound. I was impressed by the reviews I read, the science behind this serum and the fact that this product comes from an overall wellness and health aspect. I was a little taken back by the price of this product. Canyon Ranch charges $150 for 1 fl oz and suggests that you should use it with their other products that are similarly priced to receive the maximum benefits. My first reaction to the price is wondering if they are charging more than what the product is actually worth because their clientele is made up of the high-rollers and celebrities that visit their resort and Canyon Ranch knows that these clients will pay high prices for their line. It is hard for me to spend money on a product that may be overpriced just because it can be. If I am going to spend $150 per 1 fl oz, I want it to be on a product that isn’t targeted to celebrity bank accounts but a product that will live up to the claims made. I would look into this product a bit more before making a final decision.