Why Environ?

Why has Essentially Skin chosen Environ?

Environ is particularly suited to the harsh Northland climate. The sun has a massive detrimental effect on the skin and this was the best skin care range in the world to help combat the effects that sun damage does to your skin and to repair the damage that has already been done.
Ageing is a chronic disease that needs daily treatment starting before the visible signs show, after all prevention is better than cure.

As we get older, more intensive treatment is required. Daily treatment using the Environ® range will help reduce and delay the signs of photo-ageing.

At Essentially Skin we are passionate about your skin's wellbeing. We continually educate and inform our clients about the effects on our skins, from the harsh Northland sunlight.

We are fully trained to advise you on any skin issue you may have! Book in for a FREE Skin diagnosis where we can advice you on how to look after your skin!


More on Environ......

Since ancient times, mankind has attempted to make cosmetics to improve the skin and to hide the visible effects of aging. The bitter truth is that, for the most part, cosmetic creams remained simple old-fashioned moisturisers offering "Dreams of Youthful Skin" wrapped in progressively more modern and more expensive containers.

The introduction of vitamin A into the formulation of skin care products heralded a new era in the treatment of sun-damaged skin. Although some sosmetic houses were using very low doses of vitamin A in their skin care products in the 1980's, Dr Des Fernandes, a prominent Cape Town plastic surgeon, was the first person in world to introduce vitamin A in high effective doses. This range established Environ as a leader in skin care.

The Environ skin care range was first formulated as a result of Dr Fernandes' misfortune when he attempted to treat the melanoma of two young, charismatic patients, who both died before they were twenty-three years old. Such a horrifying experience leaves an indelible scar on one's life as a doctor. For this reason, he started to study the mechanism of skin cancer and the skin - and thus Environ was born.

The cosmetic manufacturing company, Environ Skin Care (Pty) Ltd., was founded by Dr Fernades in 1990 and he soon expanded its number of products into a full skin care range. Environ skin care products are manufactured under strictly controlled laboratory conditions at the Environ factory in Cape Town, South Africa.

The company is owned by Dr Des Fernandes and his sister, Mre Val Carstens. It now has an extensive distribution network throughout South Afica and exports to more than thirty countries worldwide.

Dr Fernandes has specialised in the field of plastic surgery in which he has gained the respect of his international peers. After a long career in the commercial world, Val Carstens joined her brother at Environ Skin Care (Pty) Ltd. as its CEO, bringing with her a wealth of business experience that she has used to engineer and build Environ into the company it is today.