G16 Skin Repair Dry Skin & Ichthyosis Treatment Cream - Outstanding Results in 2 Weeks

That's my headline because those were my thoughts as I took a chance on this lotion for my 5yr old son and saw the results. He has ichthyosis vulgaris. We are EXTREMELY fortunate that his major effected areas are his legs & scalp. He does not have it in his hands and feet as I understand others who suffer from this do. Still he does have the dry "river bed" look to his torso and upper arms and his skin is rough due to the dry skin hanging around and not sloughing off. His forearms get scales but not as dramatic as his legs.Okay, that covered... I followed the directions for children and used 1 part SR lotion to 2 parts aloe based lotion. I used Southwest Sunshine's Herbal Gel for that. I would actually use the gel all over, let that soak in and then use our mixed SR & gel to cover the rest of him. I only did his legs first just to see how it went. We did it morning and night. It has a lovely light lemon smell to it. Much better smelling than prescription stuff we've tried (yucky steroids). He did tell me it would get tingly/itchy so I'd rub it in quickly and place his pants right over it so he could scratch a bit over the fabric. That feeling he said only lasted a couple of minutes. I have no experience with it on my skin to compare to what he said as 1) I didn't want to waste a drop of it absorbing into my hands so I wore gloves and 2) they say wash it off if that's not an effected area and gloves made sense to avoid that.Holy crap if those scales didn't start to come off like magic! In about 10 days we really started to see it flaking. In the bath tub the water was full of little flakes! Which never happens. We could scrub and scrub and it was nothing like this. Anyway, day 20 and it's like all new skin! Sure we can see up close that he has a bit of a "pattern" to his skin, but now if he hasn't had lotion put on, it just looks like lightly dry skin. We're maintaining it with the Southwest Sunshine products, using SR only twice a week to keep it up. Probably perfect for a kid, not sure about an adult.This lotion was been worth every penny it cost to air mail it here to the US!! We're now applying the SR lotion to his trunk and arms - we're in the peeling stage, and it's amazing already how much better it's all looking. I do not have the condition myself, but as a Mother, being able to touch your child and feel that baby soft skin little kids are "supposed" to have, literally makes me tear up to feel that on him! We told him applying lotion will be like brushing your teeth - we have to do it every day to keep it healthy. It's been hard for him to understand why he's different, but now it won't show. So when it gets warmer out and he wants to wear shorts, this year he won't notice he's different. This year, no one will ask or notice. This year he can just be a kid and not worry. And that's why we've affectionately renamed the lotion from SR standing for "Skin Repair" to "Super Rad". Because if you ask my 5 year old, that's what is is - Super Rad Lotion :) One GRATEFUL Mama with tears in my eyes as I type! Buy this, you won't be sorry!

The first time I bought this product it took a month and a half to arrive and I bought it from the original manufacture, thought I'd done got ripped off but it finally arrived now I can buy off Amazon and sometimes they have it here in the US, Don't know why the FDA won't approve this so we could get it through our insurance because it works great. Might be a little bit of a burn for the little ones right off but I'm sure they could get through it too enjoy life and not feel the hurt of ichthyosis in many different ways!

Just received this lotion and it reminds me of the lotion dermatologists used to prescribe as it has that distinct aroma, I just applied it after doing a test spot yesterday afternoon and all is well so I'm going ahead...man they sure don't give you much huh? I may have alternate between this and my other stuff I use during the week.Will update for all you ictyoisis sufferers out there as maybe through teamwork we can at least live a normal life!Update June 2025...used this on and off for over a yr and find it not that effective in winter but spring the dead skin just peels off though exposed sensitive skin so be careful but will maintain this lotion in my shelf and pray someday the price will drop.

The product works. I’ve used this product for about two weeks so far. The condition of my skin along my legs has cleared dramatically and it’s given me a new sense of confidence that I’ve never enjoyed before. The skin won’t just fall off on its own. You will need exfoliation. I’ve found that after bathing and lighting drying my skin, using an exfoliating bar or sponge of some sort will remove the flaking skin over time and in a matter of weeks with regular use. Why the product is expensive, a little application of the product to the skin daily after bathing goes a long way along with your other moisturizing products. I am impressed.

I had been using item since August 2019 to treat ichthyosis which I have had for many years. I will describe the results of using G16 in terms of pre-March 2020 and post-March 2020 (era of pandemic). This is because it seems the formula changed after March 2020. The bottle dimensions changed, and the lotion I received was much thinner than previous orders.Prior to March 2020, I could see improvement using the lotion twice a day. I can categorize the improvement as about 60% improvement. I even sent the manufacturer before and after pictures since they promised in writing that I could get one bottle half price for doing so. Got nada - nada - from them, despite sending the pictures again to them. That did not deter me.However, for the order that was received about May 2020 (I ordered 2 bottles for about $160), I noticed the bottle shape had been redesigned, and that the lotion consistence was now very thin - almost like coconut water (so it seemed to me). The instructions stated to shake the bottle well before each use. I did so, but that action did not improve the consistency of the lotion.Most of the good reviews for this product are BEFORE March 2020, before disruptions as a result of the pandemic. After March 2020, the positive reviews seem to decline.From my experience, not only was the post-March 2020 product TOTALLY INEFFECTIVE, but use of the lotion actually made my skin worse than before, substantially worse. I had read some other reviewer stating that their skin condition got worse after using the G16 lotion; I was skeptical at the time and couldn't imagine how that could be possible. But from my experience, I can relate very much to what they stated. Sadly, similar thing happened to me. To pay $80 x 2 for that piece of junk is an absolute travesty, IMHO. I am baffled as to how the "updated" product passed Qual control, due to the rigorous tests supposedly performed during QC.