What is Gouri? Isn't that a singer?
The liquid collagen booster everyone is asking about
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The liquid collagen booster everyone is asking about
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"Gouri? Isn't that a singer?" We actually hear this in the consultation room from time to time. Yes, there is a singer with the same name. The Gouri we're talking about today is a collagen booster that prompts your skin to make its own collagen.
More and more people tell us "I'd like to try Gouri," and many want to know what exactly it is and how it differs from other skin boosters. Here is a short guide.
Gouri's main ingredient is PCL (polycaprolactone). PCL has long been used in dissolvable threads and some collagen boosters, but earlier products came as tiny particles. Gouri is PCL made into a particle-free liquid.
No particles means it spreads evenly instead of collecting in one spot. That is why concerns about clumping or nodules, which people worried about with particle-type products, are relatively lower. (Lower — not zero.)
Many earlier skin boosters worked by putting collagen directly into the skin. Gouri is different. Products like this are called biostimulators: they go into the skin and prompt your body to produce collagen on its own. (We've summarized the differences between skin booster types on our Skin Booster page.)
Collagen that is put in is absorbed over time, while collagen your own body makes becomes part of the skin's structure. That is why the change comes from the foundation of the skin.
In practice, many people notice a difference within one to two weeks. And as time goes on, the skin feels — how to put it — remarkably settled and calm. It's closer to reactive, unsettled skin quieting down.
Lifting devices such as Ultherapy and Thermage "lift," while Gouri "builds the foundation." Even when sagging is lifted, results are hard to hold if the skin itself is thin and weak. Planning the two together lets each cover what the other lacks.
We used to do what many clinics do: mix at a fixed ratio and inject it all at once. It keeps the procedure simple and easy to explain. But we concluded that applying the same method to everyone can't meet each person's skin concerns.
So now we use a custom approach based on one syringe, setting the dilution ratio, mixing method and injection technique for each area individually for every patient. Thin skin and thick skin, and areas with different concerns, each need a different way of injecting.
Indications, results and duration vary from person to person. Please decide on any treatment only after an in-person consultation with a doctor.
