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FOOD FoR THE SKIN — An Absorbing Report — SKIN FOOD FOR THE Absorbing — An Report — To maintain or repair our skin we need to feed it externally as well as internally, according to this pharmacist. hat you are about to read, you will either accept, scoff at or dismiss as sheer lunacy. This is quite acceptable, as it is the way of humankind. I was once like that until I realised that everything, and everybody, is but an expression of infinity, and therefore needs to be respected and understood. My adventure in life began in the kitchen. I was fascinated with food at an early age, but did not realise how it would ultimately affect my life until I finished my pharmacy degree. At my mother's insistence, I set out to develop a skin cream that would treat her dishpan-ravaged hands. Being the smart, fresh graduate, I simply put together different products to provide her with a poly-approach preparation, but this attempt was met with scorn and abuse. She was quite frankly not interested; she wanted a fresh approach, one that would ensure the natural regeneration of the skin to its normal, healthy state. The challenge was to create a topical preparation, preferably a cream, incorporating fresh eggs. It seemed that my grandmother, an experienced hairdresser, had developed such a formula that not only regenerated skin but hair as well. Unfortunately my grand- mother was deceased and her formula went with her. I could only rely upon my intuition, powers of observation and universal intervention to create this extraordinary product. After two years of experimentation, the Healfas NMF product was born. Simply put, it was a combination of fresh eggs, nut oils, sugars and fats in a specially designed base that allowed complete expression of all of its ingredients, especially the foods. These were the active ingredients; they breathed life into an otherwise dead formula. The final product was in essence a food, and with all of its qualities. The name "Healfas" was derived by combining the English word "heal" with the Latin word fas, meaning "divine law" or "natural law"—pertaining to healing in this case; not forced or influenced healing, but natural healing. The letters "NMF" were added, these standing for "natural, mending factors". Healfas NMF is a natural source of regeneration. At last my mother was happy, but I did not realise how happy I had made her. Being a very curious women, she experimented with the product on all sorts of ‘accidents’, cuts, abrasions, burns and infections as well as on wrinkles, fingernails and for hair condition- ing, and she found it to be absolutely brilliant. I dismissed all of these claims because I considered them nothing more than the ramblings of a very proud and supportive mother. Some years later I found myself in business in Yanchep, a coastal town some 60 min- utes' drive north of Perth, which is famous for its crayfish and fishing industry and its Atlantis Marine Park. Once again at the insistence of my mother, I designed a simple label for the product and started to sell it from my pharmacy. The locals embraced the product warmly, and the glowing testimonials started to flow. Stories of the resolution of dermatitis, eczema, psoriasis, nappy rash, shingles, cold sores, diabetic ulcers, burns (to about partial second-degree) and sunburn, plus accelerated fingernail and hair growth in women and animals (dogs, horses, cats) and even control of certain skin cancers, were delivered on a weekly if not daily basis. The Sunday newspa- per ran a small article on the discovery and the local TV station repeated it. I could no longer act as the bumbling, absent-minded professor. Now I had to under- stand what I had discovered. I knew that: 1. The product worked topically by supplying complete nutrition. 2. The product worked beyond topical layers to deeper tissues, this being deduced by its ability to stimulate hair and nail growth and also reverse rheumatoid arthritis in the hands of one elderly male. 3. The product either influenced skin physiology, did not influence skin physiology or possessed a unique carrier mechanism. by Maurice J. Czarniak BSc, BPharm, FPS © 1999 Czarniak Pharmaceuticals Pty Ltd 8/71 Manning Road Manning, WA 6152, Australia Telephone: +61 (0)8 9450 4180 Fax: +61 (0)8 9349 0596 E-mail: info@czarniak.com by Maurice J. Czarniak BSc, BPharm, FPS © 1999 Czarniak Pharmaceuticals Pty Ltd 8/71 Manning Road Manning, WA 6152, Australia Telephone: +61 (0)8 9450 4180 Fax: +61 (0)8 9349 0596 E-mail: info@czarniak.com APRIL — MAY 1999 NEXUS - 23