The Story Behind Fungi First Aid Cream
As with many of the products I make at Pop Pops Pantry, Fungi First Aid Cream wasn't developed because I was looking for another product to sell. I developed it because I needed it myself.
For more than two years, I dealt with persistent sores and severely irritated areas of skin. I had been to dermatologists and tried prescribed creams, but in my experience, some of those creams only seemed to irritate the area further. My skin became increasingly sensitive and thin, and I still wasn't getting the relief I was looking for.
I was already a huge believer in mushrooms and had spent a great deal of time working with mushroom tinctures. That led me to a simple question:
If these mushrooms contain so many interesting natural compounds, what could they offer when incorporated into a topical skin cream?
That question started my research.
I began studying different mushrooms and their traditional uses, their naturally occurring compounds, and how mushroom extracts and infused oils were being explored for topical applications. After researching different combinations, I decided to concentrate on Lion's Mane, Reishi, and Chaga
But choosing the mushrooms was only the beginning.
I still had to figure out how to turn my mushroom concoction into a cream that I would actually want to put on my skin every day. I experimented with the mushroom-infused ingredients and worked on developing a cream base that would spread easily, absorb well, moisturize the skin, and allow me to incorporate the mushroom ingredients in a practical topical form.
That process eventually became what I now call Fungi First Aid Cream.
This wasn't something I developed overnight. It came from research, experimentation, adjustments, and, most importantly, my own experience using it.
Today, Fungi First Aid Cream is something I personally use every day. For me, it provides the soothing, moisturizing skin relief I had been searching for when this whole project began.
What started as a personal problem became a personal mission:
Develop a mushroom-based topical cream I would be comfortable putting on my own skin every single day.
Mission accomplished.
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