Bio-Oil PurCellin Oil Facial Treatment Products

by Bio-Oil

• One two-ounce bottle of special skincare formula that reduces appearance of scars and stretch marks, and improves uneven skin tone
• Revolutionary PurCellin Oil improves spreadability of ingredients and allows targeted absorption
• Clinically proven to reduce appearance of scars and stretch marks
• Unique formula includes mix of plant oils and vitamins; moisturizes skin and improves tone
• Non-acenegenic and hypo-allergenic

Product Description

Size: 2 oz

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Bio-Oil is an award-winning specialist skincare product that is clinically proven to improve the appearance of scars, pregnancy stretch marks, and uneven skin tone. Thanks to PurCellin Oil, a proprietary laboratory copy of the preen gland oil of ducks, Bio-Oil is also effective for many other skin conditions such as aging and dehydrated skin.

Bio-Oil features: Clinically proven formula to reduce appearance of scars and stretch marks. Moisturizing and enhancing vitamins and oils. Non-acnegenic and hypo-allergenic ingredients. Proprietary PurCellin Oil that helps targeted absorption into the skin.

The Bio-Oil formula comprises a special mix of plant oils and vitamins. View larger.

PurCellin Oil allows for targeted absorption into the skin. View larger. View complete list of ingredients.

Specially Formulated With PurCellin Oil
Bio-Oil includes the breakthrough ingredient PurCellin Oil, a recreation of the preen gland oil of ducks. During preening, a duck secretes oil from its preen gland and distributes it over its entire plumage in the familiar twisted-neck action that one often associates with ducks. This oil creates a thin, non-greasy layer on the surface of the feathers without which water would not pearl off and the bird would struggle to swim. This ingredient acts as a delivery system for Bio-Oil's other ingredients, improving spreadability and allowing for targeted absorption into the skin.

Also, because oil contains no oxygen, it provides an exceptional storage environment for vitamins. Bio-Oil includes many beneficial skin ingredients such as Vitamin A, Vitamin E, calendula oil, lavender oil, rosemary oil, and chamomile oil. This mix of plant oils and vitamins has been clinically shown to be beneficial to the skin.

Effective on Scars and Stretch Marks
Bio-Oil helps improve the appearance of all types of scars and is also highly effective in helping maintain elasticity of scar tissue on joints and other high-mobility areas, including stretch marks. Ideal for pregnant women, particularly in their second and third trimesters, Bio-Oil is the product most recommended by UK pharmacists to help reduce the appearance of scars, stretch marks, and pregnancy stretch marks.

Great for Skin Tone and Dry Skin
Bio-Oil helps improve the appearance of uneven skin tone caused by excessive sun, hormonal fluctuations, or skin-lighteners. Sagging and wrinkled skin that is associated with aging also benefits from Bio-Oil. Much wrinkled and sagging skin is caused by the weakening of the collagen and elastin support system in the dermis. Bio-Oil helps soften and smooth the skin, making it more supple and reducing the appearance of wrinkles.

Bio-Oil also does a wonderful job at moisturizing and has sufficient moisturizing properties so as to render an additional moisturizer unnecessary.

Non-Acnegenic and Hypo-Allergenic
Bio-Oil is a non-acnegenic and hypo-allergenic product, meaning it has a decreased tendency to cause allergies and acne, and it is safe for use on sensitive skin.

Product Description

Bio-Oil is a specialist moisturizing oil that helps improve the appearance of scars, stretch marks, uneven skin tone, aging and dehydrated skin. Bio-Oil has won 126 skincare awards since its global launch in 2002. It is America’s number 1 selling multiuse skincare oil.

Product Details

• Product Dimensions: 6 x 5 x 4 inches ; 3.2 ounces
• Shipping Weight: 3.2 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Shipping: Currently, item can be shipped only within the U.S.
• ASIN: B000VPPUEA
• UPC: 891038001004 079181100441
• Item model number: PACIFIC189878
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (654 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #258 in Beauty (See Top 100 in Beauty)
  • #7 in Health & Personal Care > Personal Care > Skin Care > Body > Moisturizers > Oils

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

249 of 306 people found the following review helpful

1.0 out of 5 stars Just wasn't for me August 13, 2010

By omg

Size Name:2 oz

I bought this stuff and used up one bottle (lasted about 2 months). At first I used it on my face for hyper-pigmentation and scaring left over from acne and on parts of my body for stretch marks. I ended up getting several huge cystic nodules from it on my face. Also it made my face very greasy and constantly looked wet. So it wasn't good for my face but I decided to keep trying it for stretch marks. I used it diligently for 2 months like it says on the bottle and took before and after pictures. There are no noticeable differences.

I do not want to recommend that people do not buy this product because it seems some people have had great results with it. I googled it and it turns out that bio-oil is made with mineral oil which is a petroleum based byproduct. I did some more digging and learned that contrary to popular belief Mineral oil is not comedogenic (pore clogging) but it does however produce a suffocation effect on your skin and makes it unable to absorb nutrients and to detoxify itself. Which pretty much renders the nutrients in this product useless. There are some pretty bad reviews out there for this stuff made by professionals. Now having said that I will admit that I am no doctor, and I like to think that the people who made this know more about this stuff then I do. After all there has to be something good about it if so many people have had positive results. My advice is sure go ahead and try it, why not. Its cheap. But I would suggest to only use it on your body NOT your face. That area is just too delicate and sensitive and I just wouldn't risk it. Also do not forget to do a patch test first! I cannot stress this enough.

I had some success with fading stretch marks by using a microneedle roller or sometimes called a dermaroller.... They are expensive but I bought one off of ebay pretty cheap. Then buy some non oil based and non-comedogenic nutrient serum (I'm currently using babyface products also sold on ebay). The roller and the serum combined has done wonders for me. Read more ›

61 of 74 people found the following review helpful

5.0 out of 5 stars works well for stretch marks May 22, 2012

By Melanie Murdock

Size Name:4.2 fl oz.

I have lost ALOT of weight over the past year by seriously improving my eating habits, working out three times a week, and taking that Raspberry Ketones supplement for energy and more so to suppress my appetite. I lost 60 pounds which was great but my stretch marks actually got worse!

I have tried a few different products and found this to be one of the most effective for the price. I still use retinol cream on my face (Retinol Cream (Vitamin A) - 2 oz. + FREE St. Ives Renewing Collagen Elastin Advanced Body Moisturizer Gift Set) as nothing else I've tried has been able to keep my skin as firm and healthy looking but for the rest of my body (especially my belly), Bio-oil is simply the best thing I've done for lessening the appearance of any stretch marks.

I noticed results within the first month, skin is much more smooth and firm. The stretch marks are not completely gone but I think within another month it should be history.

134 of 183 people found the following review helpful

4.0 out of 5 stars Results Came Faster than I Expected April 3, 2008

By George McAdams VINE™ VOICE

Size Name:2 oz|Amazon Vine™ Review (What's this?)

UPDATE 2: Bio-oil continued to work, and it actually helped the scar area look all the same when I got some sun on it this summer. I did find a picture of the original injury (it's not for the squeamish, but it will show how long my original was. UPDATE: It has been a little over three weeks since I started using Bio-oil. In fact, I stopped using it four days ago to see if the positive results were only temporary. While I was using Bio-oil on the liver spots, not only did the spots fade, but other nearby spots (2.5 inches away) faded, too, even though they were not applied directly with Bio-oil. The spots came back after two days of not using Bio-oil, not as dark, as they were, but they did come back. My forehead scar has continued to disappear even after I stopped, so I am going to continue putting Bio-oil on it. Not only has the scar tissue turned from being reddish to now looking like the my regular skin color, the area of the scar which was a little higher is now decreasing to where I can hardly feel the any rise in the area. I will update this review in another 2-3 weeks, and try to take some pictures of the scar. The pictures I took three weeks ago didn't show as much as it really looks like, but it did show the higher rise. I'll post whatever the final pictures look like and compare them to the original wound (really bad looking) and those from three weeks ago, along with the final pictures in two weeks.

When I saw this product offered to "Vine" participants, I thought it would be one that my wife, who is a fair-skinned blond, could use. She applied it to a place on her arm for several days before I asked her about it. When I looked at her arm, I could immediately tell where she had used it for that area was smoother looking and even felt smoother....

This got me very interested in Bio-Oil, and I thought I'd use it on a scar on my head near my hairline and on a "liver" spot (or is it called an "age" spot?), and I have been very pleased with the results.

The scar is a little over two inches long in the shape of an "L," and for the three years I've had it, almost an inch of it was still reddish and has looked like it was still healing. The doctor who treated me told me to put Neosporin on it, and it would heal without much of a scar. Well, he was wrong. Now, in the week that I have been using Bio-Oil, the red part of the scar has decreased in length to where it is only 1/4th of an inch in length. The liver spot on the back of my hand has decreased in color to where it is difficult to find.

Like one other reviewer, I am going to post a follow-up to this review in several weeks to let you know two things: 1) Did both areas, the scar and the liver spot, continue to improve, and 2) What happened once I stopped applying Bio-Oil, for it is one thing for a product to work, but it is even better if the product produced some sort of permanent result.

NOTE: The results are in. The liver spots came back after I stopped applying Bio-oil, but the scar stayed healed, and I am posting two pictures. I hate to say it, but after I got such great initial results, I didn't apply Bio-oil on a regular basis, so your results with the liver (aging) spots may be better. Of the two pictures, one shows how the scar looked after the doctor treated it and had me use Neosporin. That picture was taken in 2005 after it had been healed for a year. The scar was still very visible and looked this way even three years later before I started using Bio-oil. The second picture was taken just a few days ago. I am pretty confident I could have had even better results, but I'm just not used to treating myself for anything for more than three weeks. Read more ›

8 of 10 people found the following review helpful

2.0 out of 5 stars A letdown July 15, 2011

By LufiaX7

Size Name:2 oz

Plus
-It really hydrated my skin on the areas I used it
-It smells great
-It doesn't stain my sheets when my skin, where product was applied, came into contact with said sheets

Negative
-It's very greasy
-It did absolutely nothing for my old scars and stretch marks; I expected it to at least fade them to some extent, but after applying it twice a day, until the entire bottle was used up, nothing happened for me
-When I used it on my face to even out the appearance of my skin, it really only succeeded in causing my face to break out

It turned out to be a $10 moisturizer, but I can soften my skin with cheaper products.