One Truth 818 serum review - Self-experiment before and after results
Our One Truth 818 serum review - Does One Truth 818 serum really work?
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In this review of One Truth 818 serum, we have put their ‘Anti-Ageing Serum’ to the test over a 6 month test period to thoroughly evaluate One Truth 818 before and after.
We’ve previously introduced our readers to their ‘telomerase activating’ skincare product One Truth 818 Anti-Ageing Serum , through an exclusive interview with their Co-Founder Rachael D’Aguiar.
Their unique claim to be practicing ‘scientific skincare’ is backed by independent laboratory analysis of their products on actual human subjects. We of course really like that they have this scientific backing as there simply isn’t much science behind most skincare products at all.
As we covered in our interview with One Truth 818 Co-Founder Rachael, their approach to ‘scientific skincare’ is what sets their brand apart from many others.
Hear from Rachael about what this term means and how their business approaches ‘science’ in this video from our instagram.
One Truth 818 does appear to be different, and so naturally, our Founder Nick wanted to put their products to the test. In this post, we present the results of our 6 month ‘n of one’ experiment with the One Truth 818 Anti-Ageing Serum.
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One Truth 818 serum review using a Visia Scanner
Nick getting his follow-up Visia scan at NextHealth LA.
As we have previously demonstrated with the topical supplement OneSkin OS-01, our recommendation is that you research local skin clinics and ask them if they have a Visia Scanner.
We’ve previously covered this technology in earlier posts, and we are a big fan.
This device provides quantifiable metrics (pore size, skin redness, texture, etc) and are inexpensive to access (often a clinic will do this for you for free as a part of an initial consultation).
A Visia scan generates a “TruSkin Age” of your face, which we call your ‘Aesthetic Age’ or how old you look, based on a unique proprietary algorithm.
Self-experiment guidance
In order to know if One Truth 818 really works, we suggesting purchasing some of their product (be sure to use our discount code ‘longevityblog’ to save 20%) and then doing the following:
Keep your skincare regime unchanged except for adding One Truth 818 (control your self-experiment)
Get both before and after scans from a Visia unit at a nearby skincare clinic
be sure to use the same ‘prep’ routine before each scan
do with with a clean face
use the same products you used in the before image in the after image
Run the experiment for at least 3 to 6 months
Compare the results, focusing on both:
the TruSkin Age
wrinkles, texture, spots and UV spots (as reported by Visia unit)
We are going to walk you through how our Founder Nick did this with One Truth 818 and look at his before and after results.
One Truth 818 serum review before and after with pictures
He was very excited to try out One Truth 818’s Anti-Ageing serum using the above process.
Nick applied the product to a clean face each morning and evening with approximately 95% compliance over 6 months.
And, according to the Visia Scanner One Truth 818 improved his aesthetic age by 6 years.
Nick also continued to use OneSkin OS-01 on his face during this time, but only at bedtime for once per day application and just prior to applying the One Truth 818 serum.
Beyond this overall improvement, we are also able to see what metrics improved, let’s take a closer look at the results!
Visia Scanner metrics as reported by Campbell Scientific
Visia scans report on 8 key metrics, which are used to determine your TruSkin Age and track the impact of skin care treatments over time.
Some of these metrics are more responsive to a given intervention than others. So it is important to know which of these metrics to pay attention to when you’re self-experimenting.
Using abridged descriptions from the Campbell Scientific FAQ page and bit of input from skincare specialists, we decided to track four metrics in this self-experiment with OneSkin OS-01:
Wrinkles : Wrinkles are furrows, folds or creases in the skin, which increase in occurrence as a result of sun exposure, and are associated with decreasing skin elasticity. This skin feature has the greatest variability from image to image as it is highly dependent upon the facial expression of the client.
Texture: Texture is primarily an analysis of skin smoothness. Texture measures skin color and smoothness by identifying gradations in color from the surrounding skin tone, as well as peaks (yellow) and valleys (blue) on the skin surface that indicate variations in the surface texture.
Spots : Spots are typically brown or red skin lesions including freckles, acne scars, hyper-pigmentation and vascular lesions. Spots are distinguishable by their distinct color and contrast from the background skin tone. Spots vary in size and generally have a circular shape.
UV Spots : UV spots occur when melanin coagulates below the skin surface as a result of sun damage. UV spots are generally invisible under normal lighting conditions.
We’ll now progress through the results from each and discuss. In each a ‘lower’ score (number below the image) is considered ‘better’ with respect to the TruSkin Age and overall skin health.
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One Truth 818 serum review - Wrinkles
One of the most important metrics that our audience want to see improve is of course wrinkles.
So what did the Visia Scanner reveal in the before and after data?
An approximately 40% reduction in wrinkles, particularly in the deep crease areas on Nick’s forehead. Both the depth of these wrinkles and their observability improved over the course of the six month self-experiment.
One Truth 818 serum review - Skin Texture
Moving onto our next metric, we analyse skin texture.
Anecdotally, Nick felt a noticeable improvement in his skin texture while using One Truth 818. This (along with the improvements in pores and spots) were predicted by Rachael in our interview with her. Watch this post from our Instagram (also embedded in the post) to hear more.
The before and after scans reveal a 20% improvement in skin smoothness/texture on Nick’s face.
For the ‘textures’ analysis, the score for texture is calculated by analysing all of the “peaks (yellow dots) and valleys (blue dots)” on the skin surface.
We observed a dramatic improvement in skin smoothness/texture after 6 months, and to us, this looks like One Truth 818 improved skin texture for Nick.
One Truth 818 serum review - Spots
One of the most widely recognised signs of skin aging are age spots.
These brown/red skin ‘lesions’ (including moles and freckles) represent hyper-pigmentation, and are one of the areas that One Truth 818’s telomerase activating effects should be most notable.
For Nick’s before and after results with One Truth 818, there is a strong signal that it is helping!
There was a 20% improvement in age spots on Nick’s face, with reduction in the number of age spots after six months of treatment.
One Truth 818 serum review - UV spots
Finally, the One Truth 818 before and after results for UV spots.
The Visia scanner uses a special UV imager and a flash of UV light, to highlight this damage which is otherwise invisible to the naked eye.
These spots result when melanin coagulates underneath the skin and lead to visible damage at the skin’s surface over time. UV radiation is very damaging to your skin.
While there was not improvement in UV damage, Nick was very grateful to see the existing damage remain stable while using One Truth 818.
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Click to enlarge the before and after results for pores.
While Nick can’t directly confirm that One Truth 818 is lengthening his telomeres, he does feel it supports his skin health.
As one extra take-away, we also saw a 25% reduction in enlarged pores, which was one of the claims that Rachael made about One Truth 818’s positive impacts in our interview with her.
The proof is in the data! And One Truth 818 will continue to be part of his skincare ‘stack’ in addition to OneSkin OS-01.
We are here to support you to conduct your own self-experiments to see what longevity technologies work best for you!
Will you conduct your own test with One Truth 818? Please share your results with us!
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