A few people have noticed that Cutanix seems to have vanished off the face of the internet. Their web sites at cutanix.com, tvdepot.com are offline, and their corporate web site at bioformmedical.com no longer even mentions Cutanix. Also the other regular online stores for Cutanix DRL at Amazon, DermaDoctor and Skin-Etc have no stock.
So what has happened to this much loved product ? I haven’t had official word from BioForm, but a recent letter from the FDA looks telling.
The FDA is strict about what medical claims can be made on product packaging. If a product makes claims pertaining to a certain disease it must have acceptable proof to back it up and permission to make these claims. The FDA only grants this sort of permission if the product makers sponsor a New Drug Application and it gets approved by the FDA.
I for one am certainly hoping that BioForm will be able to address the issues with the labelling and continue selling DRL.
It would seem that in order to no longer be classified as a drug, labelling will need to be severly `dumbed down’ so that no specific claims are made about the products applicability. Those who have followed the story of the FDA and Rosacea-LTD will know that it can take some time before the FDA is happy with a product’s labelling.
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I am interested in the Cutanix product and have been following the issue with the FDA. Has any other product come online for sale containing the 4-ethoxybenzaldehyde ingredients? or are people obtaining this from skinactives and adding this to their favorite creams?
smb
I love this product. I have suffered from Roscea for many years. This is the ONLY product that clears my skin. Even Dermadoctor misbehaving cleanser does not do the trick.
HELP! Get it back on line!!
Hi Marie, I agree ! I am rationing my remaining tube in the hope that I can make it last. Thank goodness for tinted sunscreen is all I can say. The cetaphil moisturizer is not too bad, but not really a substitute for Cutanix.
I absolutely LOVE it, and was so happy to have found it, and was set to use it as my moisturizer for the rest of my life!! I don’t know what to do now…
I am so disappointed. Cutanix not only helps with Rosacea, it also helps with Psoriasis, which is what I use it for. It’s even better than the $600 lotion my dermatologist prescribed. 1 tube of Cutanix lasts me 6 month give or take, depending on flare ups. I’m scraping the bottom of the last tube I have, hoping it will last longer.
I, too, am very upset I cannot find the Cutanix. I had a CO2 laser procedure done a few years ago with terrible side effects and the only thing I have found since then that my face can tolerate is Cutanix. My face has become “allergic” to nearly all products, including sunscreen and all makeup. If anyone finds the Cutanix, I would appreciate knowing where to get it also.
I’m absolutely devasated that Cutanix is off the market. I, too, had vowed to use it for life. It’s the only product that helps my face. I’m rationing my tube right now. I even bought some Donell Rosacea therapy as an interim product, and it’s awful!!! No comparison to Cutanix. I hope they bring Cutanix back soon.
I have been searching for the Cutanix, is there a similar product???
Cutanix / sensitive skin gives relief to facial skin problems. It is a very good product.
I would think something that works so well would continue to be manufactured.
Hi Diane, sadly the only product that might come close is mixing the active ingredient yourself at SkinActives.
http://skinactives.com/products/ethoxybenzaldehyde.htm
davidp.
Well…I was reading about the demise..of Rosacea LTD. / Cutanix. Infact. I had purchased this product and found that it didn’t help at all. Not to bash it…but it’s no different then any of the other over the counter products. And like all the other products that are out there. It was very enticing….very aggressive Heck..I believed it!! lol And when I called Boney direct. They told me..that I wasn’t using the product correctly and not following directions. I must have drank 4 gallons of water everyday!! LOL So..as I have said before. Caveat Emptor. Buyer Beware!!
COME ONE SANSROSA!!!
Southerngulfhome
Just to be clear there is no demise of Rosacea LTD, it was Cutanix who stopped sales.
As far as Sanrosa is concerned, we have saying in the software industry something like “nothing ever works as well as the next release” - meaning that things always look promising when you don’t have it in your hand to play with. The reality when something arrives is often different to how you anticipated. So lets not diss what we currently know and understand too much until we know for sure what sansrosa is going to really give us.
regards,
davidp.
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