DermaSeptic Skin Infection Treatment.

FAQ - Frequently Asked Questions

Q: How do I use DermaSeptic?
A: DermaSeptic is an electronic skin care device. You simply apply a very small amount of KlearGel (special conductive gel) to the sore and the pure silver tip and hold the device against your skin. The only thing you will notice that the green LED light will begin to flash. The flashing green light indicates that you have made proper contact with the skin and that the device is working.

Q: Will I feel anything?
A: No. You should not feel any sensation. In very unusual circumstances, clients have noted a very, very slight tingling. This is not a problem.

Q: What if this doesn't work for me?
A: We have experienced a very low return rate of products where the customer used the DermaSeptic. (Some people return the product before they try it.) We recognize that not all products are for everyone. Therefore, we provide a 90 day satisfaction guarantee. Call us (888-303-3388) and we will provide you with directions for returning. If there is a problem with a defective unit, we will fix or replace the unit during the first year. (Batteries are not covered in this warranty.) Please see our guarantee for additional details.

Please note - if you purchased the product from a retailer or a catalog and are dissatisfied, you will need to return the product to them for a credit or refund.

Q: How does DermaSeptic work?
A: Silver is the active ingredient in DermaSeptic. Ionic silver is a natural anti-microbial that inhibits viral and bacterial infections. The DermaSeptic electronically perfuses silver ions directly into the infected tissue. Because this is delivered under the skin, it can't be rubbed or washed off and will therefore remain effective for many hours - killing virus and bacteria as they try to grow.

Q: How often and for how long should I hold the DermaSeptic against the infected area?
A: This depends on the area of the body where you are using it and your personal sensetivity.

For cold sores, the recommended dosage is 3 minutes every 6 hours until the inflammation ceases. Once the inflammation has subsided, the frequency of treatment can be reduced.

For herpes, it is recommended that you start treatment as soon as you feel the tingling - the tingling that indicates the start of an outbreak.

Warts; by their very nature, have a notable amount of tissue built up, it will take your body some time to reduce the tissue mass. Warts can take from a week to a month to fully disappear. Remove the wart tissue with a dissolving product before treating with the DermaSeptic. This reduces the depth of penetration necessary for the DermaSeptic and allows more effective reduction of the virus. We suggest that you apply the DermaSeptic for 10 minutes twice a day until the tenderness or growth stops.

Please note that everyone's skin is different and the sensitivity varies from one part of the body to another. Therefore, your application time may vary.

In the case of cold sores or herpes lesions, we have seen some customers stop an outbreak with a single 3 minute application. Other users have lesions so intense that they require applications every few hours for an entire day to stop them. We've seen Plantar's warts that disappeared with just a few applications and warts that took weeks just to stop growing.

Users in field trials and customers have reported that short (3 minute) applications of the DermaSeptic at regular intervals seems to be far more productive than long applications spaced many hours apart. The optimal interval depends upon the severity of the out-break. Some users apply the DermaSeptic every hour for the first few hours and then every three hours for the remainder of the day. This seems to stop the virus before it can cause a visible lesion in most cases.

The HSV is a relatively aggressive virus and we would recommend applications of 5 minutes every 3 hours to start. In areas of cosmetic concern such as the face, you would be better off using 3 minutes every 12 hours to reduce the risk of "browning" the skin. If the condition does not respond favorably within 24 hours, then it is probably not likely virally or bacterially induced and this treatment will not be helpful.

Q: What if I get a gray-brown discoloration?
A: In some people, if the device is held in place for too long, there can be a gray-brown discoloration of the skin. This will fade in several days and is in no way harmful you or your skin. This is simply a buildup of silver in one location.

Q: What sort of research and testing were involved in the creation of this product?
A: Klearsen utilized the capabilities of Bacterin Laboratory of Bozeman, Montana, for the initial review of the technology utilized in the product. You will note in the Research and Testing portion of this site, that Bacterin reports "the Klearsen Corp. technology is superior to all commercially available anti-infective coating technologies."

The University of Colorado Medical School, Denver, Colorado, began a double blind, placebo controlled clinical trial of DermaSeptic in Fall 2003. The results will be available in May 2004.

Q: How much is too much?
A: One common denominator is that our products are designed to put the ionic silver in the place where it is needed and only where it is needed. This allows us to use thousands of times less active agent than an oral antibiotic or antiviral. What this means to the user is that they can be far less concerned about "taking too much" than they would be with most common medications.

This product is a tool with which you can positively improve your health. Like any other tool, the work that they can produce is somewhat dependent upon the hand of the user. Work with these tools to find the dose that is appropriate for you. If you have questions or comments, as always, we would be glad to answer them by E-mail, phone or regular mail.

Long applications of the DermaSeptic won't harm you, but they can leave a brownish-gray discoloration of the skin. This "stain" will go away in a day or two and is likely less objectionable than a throbbing open lesion, but it can usually be avoided by short applications at more regular intervals.

Q: Can you tell me more about Cold Sores, Fever Blisters and Herpes?
A: Cold Sores, Fever Blisters and Herpes are caused by the herpes simplex virus. It is estimated that 45 million Americans are plagued by this pesky virus. The virus most often lives in the nerve ganglia of your brain and travels down the nerve cells to the skin to multiply. When this migration occurs, the sufferer can usually feel the trouble brewing as a "twinging" feeling at the lip or around the mouth where the lesion is going to form.

Once the virus arrives at the skin, it tears open the skin cells and robs them of cell machinery in order to replicate. This is what causes the damage and the large unsightly sore. The damage can be extensive and can take your body many days to repair.

It is best to stop the virus from replicating at the point when you first feel the migration to the skin. In this way, the tissue damage is minimized and the healing time is greatly reduced. Remember, although the DermaSeptic will kill the virus, only your body can repair the tissue. The more damage that is done before the virus is killed, the more time it will take for your body to repair the tissue.

The desire to stop an out-break before it causes skin damage requires one to kill or "inhibit" the virus at a point when it is well below the skin. It is this reason that anti-viral salves have less success than systemic anti-virals. The skin tends to keep the salves on the out-side where they cannot reach the virus. The DermaSeptic penetrates the skin to reach the virus at a very early stage.

Q: Can you tell me more about warts?
A: A number of our customers are using the DermaSeptic to rid themselves of persistent warts. This can be accomplished quite effectively in most cases. Recognizing the correct protocol for using the DermaSeptic and diligence are key to a successful outcome.

Although the term "warts" was originally intended to describe a tumorous growth condition which is caused by a virus, over the years it has been stretched to encompass a much greater set. It is now used to describe virtually any small tumorous growth on the skin. The importance here is that the DermaSeptic will kill the underlying virus which is driving a wart, only if it is virally induced. Warts that are not caused by a virus or fungus will not be effected by the DermaSeptic. Of course there is usually no way to know the "root" cause of the wart, but if it persists after treatment, then it is probably not virally induced.

The very issue that causes the wart to re-appear after the conventional means of removal have been applied is what causes it to be so vulnerable to the silver iontophoresis therapy provided by the DermaSeptic. Simply removing the tumorous growth does not rid the skin of the virus which precipitates the growth. The wart simply grows back. Recurrent or spreading warts are usually a good indication that the DermaSeptic is an appropriate means of therapy as it will kill the underlying virus.

The wart itself is a relatively difficult to penetrate piece of flesh. In order for the DermaSeptic to reach the root of the wart and kill the virus at the base, the ions must migrate through the skin. Clearly, the less skin that they have to migrate through, the more effective the therapy will be. We suggest using some sort of commercially available dissolving or wart removing product on the wart until it is reduced to the point of being even with the surface of the skin.

Once the bulk of the tumorous skin has been removed, a course of treatment with the DermaSeptic will be far more effective as it will require less time for more of the ions to actually reach the root of the wart where the virus is thriving. Applying the DermaSeptic for 10 minutes a day to the wart should kill the virus in the root within a week or two.

If the wart is a relatively new and soft low-profile growth, it is not necessary to remove it before therapy. The older and harder the wart is, the more difficult it is for the ions to penetrate it and get all the way to the root where they are needed to combat the virus.

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