The vernix or vernix caseosa, is a white sebaceous wax that covers the skin of the fetus from around the twentieth week. Its purpose is to nurture the baby’s skin and protect it from wrinkling in the watery amniotic fluid.

The simple fact that babies are usually born with absolutely smooth skin, clearly demonstrates the perfection of the protective barrier created by the vernix. Nature tends to be perfect.

And so we wondered what results could be achieved by creating an emollient of natural constituents that closely simulate the vernix. Could it provide an equally safe and effective barrier for a baby’s skin after the birth?

It took us over two years in the Cellex-C laboratory before we knew for certain, but we can now tell you that emulating nature’s formula was a very good idea indeed.

Our product is called Aqua-Vernix Baby Moisturizer, and it is a skin protectant like no other.

We don’t believe there is a better way of guarding against extreme skin dryness caused by deterioration to the skin’s lipid barrier. As you may know, lipids are the fat-like substances that build the barriers protecting the skin from moisture loss.

Unfortunately lipids are gradually stripped away simply by frequent bathing and the daily use of soap. The consequence of severe lipid loss is increased moisture loss, and because dehydrated cells function poorly the immune system of the skin may then become impaired.

And so begins the scaling and irritation typical of dry skin—along with the worry of a heightened vulnerability to infection entering through the skin surface. Lipid loss is not a trivial matter.

Aqua-Vernix Baby Moisturizer helps forestall this decline by being absorbed into the damaged lipid barrier and exerting its own powerful lipid matrix that covers the gaps in the skin barrier, locking in the moisture and re-hydrating the skin cells. It works extremely well.

What’s more, Aqua Vernix is wonderfully safe and easy to use even on newborns. The cream has a unique texture and smoothness that seems very comfortable and familiar to babies.

Perhaps they’ve used it before.