Product details

 

Solubility: water

Suggested percentage: No data available - up to customer's discretion.

Storage: Cool, dry place. Do not freeze. Keep away from light and moisture!
Country of origin: China

About GABA

 

GABA is water soluble and it is therefore easy to use.  However, Freeze 24/7 mixes GABA with Gynostemma (jiaogulan extract). 

 

" Freeze 24/7 was created solely around a new method of teaming GABA,
which does not penetrate skin, with Gynostemma, a plant extract that
does. The GABA "programs" the Gynostemma to mimic its muscle-relaxing
properties." Source: Cosmetics Break the Skin Barrier By CLAUDIA H. DEUTSCH

 

Jiaogulan is NOT easy to dissolve (I have tried this in ethanol and propylene glycol), although I have had some promising results when using Dimethyl Isosorbide as a solvent. 

 

Paula Begoun's opinion

 

"GABA (gamma aminobutyric acid/ gamma amino-butyric acid) is an amino acid synthesized in the brain that acts as a neurotransmitter inhibitor and is associated with reducing the incidences of seizures and depression (Source: Advances in Experimental Medicines and Biology, 2004, Volume 548, pages 92-103 and Archives of General Psychiatry, July 2004, pages 705-713).

 

Cosmetic companies use GABA in products claiming to relax muscles topically, thus sparing consumers from going through Botox® injections. However, GABA has not been proven to relax muscles and reduce the appearance of wrinkles or expression lines when applied topically. Cosmetic companies are hoping consumers will associate the topical application of products containing GABA with its internal function of controlling the manner in which nerve impulses fire.

 

There is no substantiated research proving GABA works in this manner when applied topically, and if it did, it would be cause for alarm. If GABA worked as stated and you applied it to your entire face, what's to stop it from affecting the muscles around your mouth, jaw, or neck? If it really relaxed muscles upon application, consumers would see more skin sagging, not to mention problems controlling the (relaxed) muscles in your fingers (assuming they come in contact with the product).

Lastly, the whole nonsense of using GABA in cosmetic products is refuted by the fact that GABA does not work alone to exert its (internal) effect on nerves. It requires many other substances (substances that are not present in the products containing GABA) in order for it to prevent nerves from being triggered and causing muscles to relax." Source: Cosmetics ingredients dictionary

GABA (Gamma-aminobutyric acid) is said to have wrinkle relaxing properties. It is often use in cosmeceutical products that are intended to reduce the appearance of wrinkles or expression lines. However, there is no substantiated research proving GABA works in this manner when applied topically, and if it did, it would be cause for alarm.