Little Known Vitamin P Can Lessen Facial Spider Veins, Rosacea, and Varicose Veins.

Business Editors/Health/Medical Writers

HADDONFIELD, N.J.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 25, 2003

Now an aesthetic treatment for facial spider veins and varicose veins is starting to gain some notice -- a cream containing the little known Vitamin P.

Vitamin P is part of the vitamin C Complex that includes rutin and citrus bioflavanoids.

It is present in citrus fruit peels, grapes, peppers, black currant, bilberries, buckwheat, rose hips, and other plants, that in mammals maintain the resistance of capillary walls to permeation and changes of pressure.

In 1937, Dr. Albert Szent-Gyorgyi from Hungary won the Nobel Prize in Medicine for isolating vitamin C. In the course of doing this he discovered and dubbed the bioflavonoid substances vitamin P, for permeability.

He discovered that among the bioflavanoids, rutin and citrus bioflavanoids plus hesperidin have particularly beneficial effects on capillary strength and stability, and may also protect these blood vessels. They are vital in their ability to increase strength of the blood vessels and to regulate their permeability.

According to Stephen Strassler, founder of Reviva Labs in Haddonfield, New Jersey and one of the first licensed Aestheticians in the USA, "By strengthening capillaries, vitamin P helps improve their elasticity and helps resist future damage. In addition, vitamin P improves circulation and helps decongest clogged capillaries found in spider veins."

The best benefits for the elimination of facial spider veins are obtained by the utilization of the bioflavanoid family both internally with vitamin C Complex tablets or capsules that includes rutin, citrus, and or hesperidin; and externally with a topical vitamin P cream. Vitamin C Complex tablets for internal use are found in Health Food Stores; as is Reviva Labs Vitamin P Day Cream.

Vitamin P can also help lighten rosacea's ruddiness or spider veins as it helps battle further capillary damage by strengthening blood vessels and helping to alleviate congestion.

For an easy, safe, and inexpensive alternative to treat varicose veins, Vitamin P with rutin and citrus bioflavanoids utilized internally and externally can strengthen vein walls, boost circulation, and can even combat the swelling of ankles and lower legs.

In addition to vitamin P's, rutin and citrus bioflavanoids, topical vitamin P for varicose veins in the legs should include a potent hesperidin complex plus a special horsechestnut extract.

The main healing compound horsechestnut is aescine which is very effective in strengthening vein walls and very significant in promoting vein integrity.

"Their action in blood vessels is one of cleansing and stimulating vessel strength, tightening up leaky capillaries, and promoting the return of access body fluid to the bloodstream for recirculation or elimination. This is how it reduces swelling and inflammation around veins that have been stretched out or damaged," says Amanda McQuade Crawford, a medical herbalist and part owner of the California School of Herbal Studies in Forestville, California.

For information on Vitamin P Day Cream and Varicose Veins Lotion contact Reviva Labs, Inc., Haddonfield, NJ at 1-800-257-7774, or visit online at www.revivalabs.com.

Reviva Labs, Inc. has been the skin care authority for over 30 years, providing the public with among the finest skin care products in the world. Reviva works closely with several European laboratories that specialize in products for professional skin care salons. Reviva's skin care products are sold internationally, as well as domestically in health food stores and professional skin care salons.