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ENVIRON®

Since ancient times, mankind has attempted to make cosmetics to improve the skin and to hide the visible effects of ageing. 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 cosmetic 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 one of the first people in the 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 23 years old. Such a horrifying experience leaves an indelible scar on one's life as a doctor. For this reason, he began to study the mechanism of skin cancer and the skin – and thus Environ® was born.

The cosmetic manufacturing company, Environ Skin Care cc, was founded by Dr Fernandes in I990 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, Mrs Val Carstens. It now has an extensive distribution network throughout South Africa and exports to more than 50 countries worldwide.

Dr Fernandes 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 cc as Environ®'s CEO, bringing with her a wealth of business experience that she has used to engineer and build Environ® into the company it is today.