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Another scam warning.

I got this email yesterday:

i tried acnexus, it made my face worse, i cant figure out how to get my money back or contact them. have people complained to you about them before?

I had never heard of Acnexus before, so I decided to look into it.

What I found smells the like the biggest scam of the millennia to me.

After a little digging I found that Acnexus is marketed by an obscure company in Utah called Garrett Devore Labs or GD Labs.

Little more digging revealed that this is a really ‘diverse’ company. It seems they market

• Weightloss pills
• Acne products
• Wrinkle creams
• Anti-aging products

If that product range doesn’t get your alarms going then I don’t know what will.

First Better Business Bureau has an unsatisfactory rating with Garrett Devore Labs with many unanswered and unresolved complaint. The BBB report also has address and phone number (in case you need them).

http://utah.bbb.org/WWWRoot/Report.aspx?site=139&bbb=1166&firm=22213772

Second there are at least two very pissed complaints at RipOff Report.

http://www.ripoffreport.com/reports/ripoff146848.htm

http://www.ripoffreport.com/reports/0/245/RipOff0245808.htm

The whole operation seems a little dodgy. From what I’ve read it seems that Acnexus arrives in a plain package with no:

• Invoice
• Brochure
• Promotional material

You simply get the bottles and nothing else. The labels on the bottles also had obvious spelling errors, which now have been corrected.

The company claims Acnexus has been a big hit in Europe and is just entering the US market. Funny enough, I live in Europe and haven’t heard anything about them. And Google search reveals absolutely nothing about Acnexus in Europe.

Next the lifetime money-back guarantee might not be as solid as advertised. As this poster at acne.org forum found out.

I got it from the acnexus website. I e-mailed them about getting my money back and they said that because of rock bottom pricing, the lifetime money back guarantee is no longer in effect. So for all of you who ordered this product from their website thinking you were gonna get your money back like I did, think again!!

Here’s another post at the same forum:

My concerns were with the seller’s false claims so there seems to be something wrong with all this. For that reason, I wouldn’t trust what is in the bottle. In fact, only God knows what’s in it! I purchase allot on the net and I have never been more skeptic of a product before. Many other people on this board saw weird things with it: product shipped from Utah (not Europe), stamps on the box (major companies don’t use stamps), no invoice, no “thank you” note, spelling mistakes on bottle, incomplete instructions to use product, no ways to reach seller by phone (you can only live messages and hope to be called back), and so on. There is not even a return policy on acnexus.com “because of bargain price of 50% offered” but the product always sales at 50% (???).

If you are interested there’s a long Acnexus thread at acne.org forums.

As many posters on that thread pointed out it seems the people behind Garrett Devore Labs post fake reviews of their products on different review sites.

I can’t say for sure, but it seems to me that at least these sites are associated with GD Labs:

• http://www.pricesexposed.com/
• http://www.acnecuresrevealed.net/
• http://www.sybervision.com/reviews/reviews.php

The glowing reviews on those sites are so obviously fakes that my computer probably reeks of scam a full week after visiting those sites. So consider yourself warned before entering.

They also peddle their wares at Ebay with many angry customers complaining about them.

Based on my research it seems to be that GD Labs is behind at least these acne products:

• Bruunhause
• Asso Bar (supposedly contains gold)
• Oxycerin
• Orovo
• Acnetin
• Zyporex
• On The Spot
• Juliets 3 Step Acne Solution
• Biodermazen
• Lipovox

The websites for all those products are both dubious and alarmingly similar.

My guess is they just formulate (cook up) one product after another, invent exotic sounding name for it and put up a website to market it.

Based on everything I’ve seen I wouldn’t trust GD Labs even with a rusty old penny. If you’ve been scammed and can’t get a refund file a chargeback with your credit card company.

Don’t use acne creams during pregnancy or breast-feeding.

The newspaper Hindu writes:

“Acne is a common problem faced by millions of women especially those who are pregnant. But use of anti-acne creams is completely avoidable as it can lead to abnormal babies even if taken one month prior to conceiving,” says Shivani Sachdev Gaur, a consultant gynaecologist with the Fortis Hospital.

“The cream gets absorbed from the skin, goes into the mother’s bloodstream and passes through placenta into the bloodstream of the foetus,” experts say.

I don’t like alarmism, so let me give you another perspective also.

One review study of the safety of topical acne treatments concludes:

Used appropriately, the above-mentioned drugs deliver, at most, miniscule amounts of active ingredient into the circulation. Clear-cut links to systemic toxicity in humans are practically nonexistent…

Caution is advised in special circumstances, such as during childhood, pregnancy, lactation and concomitant therapy with other drugs, because relevant studies are lacking. Animal data support avoidance of many topical agents, particularly known teratogens such as retinoids and salicylic acid, in pregnant women. Salicylate avoidance is advised during lactation, because aspirin use carries the risk of bleeding disorders in nursing infants.

Topical acne drugs: review of clinical properties, systemic exposure, and safety.

Most studies on the transdermal (through the skin in medical speak) absorption of topical acne treatments show the absorbed amounts are not clinically relevant. Meaning they are not linked to any visible symptoms.

Take that with a grain of salt.

Just because a drug doesn’t produce visible symptoms doesn’t mean it’s safe.

All of us carry more than 700 synthetic chemicals in our bodies. Nobody knows the combined health effects of these chemicals.

Short-term we are fine, but the cumulative effects over long-term can lead to disaster. Only a complete fool (or a person with a medical degree) would claim these chemicals have nothing to do with skyrocketing cancer rates.

These acne creams are one more drop in the bucket. Someday that bucket will overflow. And that’s when the shit really hits the fan.

If you want permanent freedom from acne, you need to start emptying the bucket instead of filling it.

Luckily that’s simple. I’ll take you by the hand and show you how to do it in Clear for Life.