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Active Ingredients

Pentapeptide-3

Often labeled as: Vialox

The intense expression-line relaxer.

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Overall Safety Safe
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Pregnancy Safety Safe
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Comedogenic (0-5) 0 / 5
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Irritancy (0-5) 0 / 5

๐Ÿ”ฌ How It Actually Works

A synthetic pentapeptide that works as a competitive antagonist at the acetylcholine receptor. It prevents the muscle contraction signal from landing, deeply relaxing expression lines.

๐Ÿ’– Why your skin loves it

Reduces the depth of crow's feet and forehead lines significantly.

๐Ÿ’ก Pro Tip

Apply directly to areas of dynamic movement.

โš–๏ธ Myth vs. Fact

The Myth

It freezes the face like Botox.

The Science

It provides a mild, topical reduction in muscle twitching, not full paralysis.