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1. R1 and R2 Bring Real Relief In Radiation Treatment?

2. What Happens To Your Skin Before and After Radiation Treatment?

Radiation treatment uses high energy rays like x-rays to treat disease inside your body. But to get to the right place, these rays have to pass through your skin. As they do so, they heat the skin and attack healthy skin cells, which break down and die. This may make your skin sore, leading to dryness, itching or peeling. If your skin gets too sore, it may delay your next treatment. Skin repairs itself quite quickly, but if you are having treatment almost every day, your skin cells simply do not have enough time to grow back between treatments.

3. Why R1 and R2 Have Been Developed?

Water-Jel Technologies, who have developed and manufactured R1 and R2, are world experts in the treatment of wounds. R1 and R2 is their answer to the problem of treating the side effects which can occur on the skin during and after radiation treatment. You can read about the clinical evaluation as well as what patients say about R1 and R2 below.

We believe you will enjoy similar benefits.

4. Step 1: R1 Cooling Gel with Lactokine™ - What R1 does?

The R1 cooling Gel has a special ingredient called Lactokine that contains milk-based proteins called cytokines. These detect damaged skin cells and trigger the natural healing process that provides healing nutrients to your skin. Your nurse will put the gel on your skin as soon as treatment ends if this is practical. Or you will be able to apply the R1 yourself as soon as it is convenient.

R1 instantly cools any burning or irritation and gives lasting pain relief. You do not need to rub it in. You should let it soak in, which may take about half an hour. As it does so, it puts moisture back into your skin and protects it against inflammation.

R1 is free from fragrance, parabens, benzenes, metals and antioxidants.

5. Step 2: R2 Soothing Lotion with Lactokine™ - What R2 does?

The soothing R2 Moisturising Lotion also contains Lactokine. R2 Soothing revitalizes skin damaged by radiation treatment. It protects while it moisturizes skin throughout the day and night.  Use it daily throughout radiation therapy and after to incorporate its soothing and nurturing benefits into your daily skincare routine.

You simply apply this like a body lotion to your skin where you have had your radiation treatment. The R2 continues the pain relief of the R1 Cooling Gel. It makes your skin smoother and helps stressed skin heal and repair itself faster. It also helps protect you from the damaging effect of UVA and UVB, so you can go out and about as usual.
You should gently apply R2 Moisturising Lotion to the affected area 3-4 times a day, at bedtime or whenever your skin feels tight or dry.

R2 is free from fragrance, parabens, benzenes, metals and antioxidants.

6. Lactokine

Lactokine™ Fluid is a milk-based network of activated and stabilized signal molecules which vitalize the skin's own protective system and stimulate regenerative skin functions for the regenerative care of stressed skin. It protects the skin through cell revitalization.

Lactokine™ Fluid is produced from regular milk. Milk stands for healthy nutrition at all times and contributes to our daily health by its natural properties. It contains a variety of nutrients, the quality of which is unsurpassed by other nourishments. The most important of these are high-quality protein, easily digestible milk fat, valuable vitamins A, D, E, B2 and B12, folic acid, as well as the mineral calcium.

Lactokine™ Fluid is designed to stimulate the skin's re-generative cell functions. The active shows measurable responses in cell culture tests, such as increase in cell vitality and stimulation of protein synthesis.

Lactokine™ Fluid increases the energy level of cells and counteracts the formation of the inflammatory mediator Prostaglandin E2 (PGE2). The stimulatory influence on cell functions can be achieved directly when an active ingredient such as Lactokine™ Fluid consists of signal or messenger molecules which can reach the cells via cell receptors.

The most important signal or messenger molecules are cytokines. Cytokines are able to detect imbalances inside the skin cells as a result of negative external impacts. The inter action between cytokines, cells, and the natural environment of the cells – the extracellular matrix – is responsible for a well-balanced condition. Milk contains nearly the whole spectrum of cytokines, however, in an inactive latent precursor form. Lactokine™ Fluid contains, beside other milk proteins, milk-derived cytokines, activated by a specific production procedure.

7. What Happened In The Clinical Evaluation

The faculty Hospital Ostrava in the Czech Republic carried out a clinical evaluation with two groups of patients. The first group was having radiation treatment to their head and neck, the second to their pelvis. Before using R1 and R2, all the patients had already had some radiation treatment. In the first group, many had had a painful reaction on their skin with some having serious skin distortion. The second group also had painful damage to their skin and some also had infections.

When both groups started using R1 and R2 there were immediate changes for the better. As the R1 Cooling Gel was applied, they all noticed a slight stinging for about 1 minute where their skin was most sore. After that, they felt a real cooling effect and significant pain relief.

The gel took about half an hour to soak fully into the skin. Later, when they used the R2 Moisturising Lotion, the pain relief continued. They carried on using the lotion whenever their skin felt tight and dry. In both groups the skin began to repair itself. All patients were able to continue their treatment without interruption.

PDF Documents;

Czech Rep Faculty Hosital Ostrava 9-15-10.pdf
Czech Rep Faculty Hospital Ostrava Final.pdf
Czech Rep Faculty Hospital Ostrava.pdf
Czech Rep Košice AJ.pdf
Czech Repub Jihlava_AJ.pdf
Extract from clinical studies.pdf
Germany University Hospital Heidelberg 15-02-2011.pdf
Germany University Hospital Heidelberg 24-06-2011.pdf
Norway Oslo University Hospital.pdf
Norway Oslo Abstract R1R2.pdf

8. What Patients Say

“After applying R1, I immediately felt a cooling relief. This relief and reduction of pain were significant, and the subsequent pain was negligible. After applying R2, my skin felt additional hydration.”

“After two days of applying R2, the treatment area was still red, but there was no pain. Then the redness faded and the skin started to heal. After applying R2, I could feel a significant change to the dry skin area.”

“Both products were very easy to use, and I could apply them myself without any problem. After using R2 for a while, my skin was supple, soft and flexible. I don’t know of any similar product specifically designed for radiotherapy wounds, and no one (pharmacists, doctors) could recommend anything to me, but this product did work. Now I can recommend it.”

“Application was very easy, and I could apply both products without any problem. R2 could be a wonderful help for all people with dry skin — not just those treated by radiation therapy.”

9. What Healthcare Professionals Say

During radiation treatment, high-energy rays pass through the skin to treat a particular disease in the body. Radiation penetrates skin cells, which break down, causing skin reactions.
Skin reactions occur most often in the second or third week of treatment, and reach their peak in the last week of treatment or one to two weeks after the end of treatment. Reactions may make the skin sore, leading to dryness, tightness, itching or peeling. If the skin gets too sore, patients often delay or even cancel further treatments.

To help make the skin feel more comfortable during and after radiation treatment, radiation oncology teams suggest using the Waterjel™ Advanced Skincare System. This new 2-Step system cools the treated area, soothes redness, inflammation and burns, moisturizes and builds skin defense and contains clinically tested Lactokine, which helps promote healing.

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