Our Technology
Antibiotic ointments fight the infection. The skin still has to rebuild itself afterward. That's the part RadiQuell is built for.
Amplifying antioxidants, absorption and bioavailability.
The short version
How RadiQuell works
Vitamin E TPGS carries the active ingredients through the skin barrier, faster and deeper than ordinary vitamin E can.
Antioxidants quell the free radicals that stall healing and drag out inflammation.
Vitamin C, E and zinc arrive in a form the body can use immediately, which is what new tissue is made from.
Preservative-free, a short ingredient list, and nothing in it a dog can't safely lick off. Why it's safe
Built on Vitamin E TPGS, a delivery ingredient very few topical products use. How TPGS works
How RadiQuell Helps
RadiQuell aids at all four stages of healing by creating an optimal healing environment and supplementing the body's natural skin-repair systems.
1. Hemostasis & Clotting
Once the skin is breached, the body seals off the area: vessels narrow, platelets clump, proteins form a mesh over the clot, and a scab forms. Damaged skin repairs best when it is kept moist and covered, but the blood has to clot first.
How RadiQuell helps
Once a stable clot is formed, RadiQuell's water-soluble form of Vitamin E, called TPGS, creates a uniform film that equalizes water content over the area and provides a barrier. Squalane, another ingredient, also aids with moisture retention. This makes the wound bed more hospitable for the body's repair process.
2. Inflammation, Cleanup & Oxidization
White blood cells flood the area to destroy bacteria and clear debris, producing free radicals in the process. Inflammation is necessary, but if it drags on, oxidative stress lengthens healing.
How RadiQuell helps
RadiQuell's Vitamin E TPGS transports its fellow ingredients into the skin at a rate and level that cannot be achieved by normal means. Lavender oil provides inflammatory support; vitamins C and E quell free radicals and rebalance oxygen levels in the wound area; zinc is critical for building collagen.
3. Proliferation & Revascularization
Once the area is cleared, fibroblasts build a temporary collagen matrix and new blood vessels form to bring oxygen and nutrients.
How RadiQuell helps
Two crucial components for tissue repair are Vitamin C and zinc, and without them no new tissue can be made. RadiQuell's Vitamin E TPGS transports both deep into the skin at a high rate and efficiency, where they serve as cofactors for the enzymes that make collagen.
4. Remodeling & Scarring
The temporary collagen is replaced with stronger, more orderly Type 1 collagen, excess capillaries fade, and the scar flattens and lightens. A wound kept moist throughout healing tends to scar less.
How RadiQuell helps
Because RadiQuell provides ample, even moisture to the area, it creates the ideal environment for repair, and the bioavailable Vitamin E, Vitamin C and zinc give the body the best building materials to form new tissue faster.
After just over two weeks of application: "about the cleanest scar I've ever seen."
Read the case study"Dogs don't lie. It either works or it doesn't, and this does."
Dr. Karen Stone, veterinarian, after trying the gel on dogs in her practice
Why It's Safe
No preservatives of any kind.
Nothing in it a dog can't lick off.
Each component has a purpose. Nothing is there because it's popular.
Vitamin E, vitamin C, zinc, squalane, lavender oil.
Current Good Manufacturing Practice, the pharmaceutical standard.
[Human line: the same section, with its own wording.]
Supplying Antioxidants
The relationship between antioxidants and free radicals is fundamental to who we are as a company. The "AOX" in our company name is shorthand for "antioxidant," and "RadiQuell" was born from our efforts to counteract (quell) free radicals.
Free radicals play a devastating role in compromised skin, damaging cells and stalling the healing process. All of our products seek to maximize antioxidant efficacy, minimize free radical activity, and make sure the skin gets the nutrients it needs exactly where it needs them.
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Free Radicals 101
Content unchanged, condensed here. What free radicals are, where they come from, and why controlling them matters for skin repair.
Antioxidant 101
Content unchanged, condensed here. What antioxidants are and the two main types.
Amplifying Absorption
Compromised skin has a hard time getting the antioxidants it needs, which prolongs inflammation, pain and irritation. So one of our prime focuses is improving the rate and level of nutrient absorption into the skin.
Vitamin E TPGS physically encapsulates and transports its fellow ingredients through the skin barrier, deep into the epidermal and dermal layers, in a way that isn't possible for normal Vitamin E. It also provides an even moisture barrier across the skin and offers its own powers as a natural antioxidant.
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What is Vitamin E TPGS?
Content unchanged, condensed here. D-alpha-tocopheryl polyethylene glycol succinate: a plant-derived form of vitamin E that acts as a solubilizer, emulsifier, delivery-support ingredient and source of vitamin E activity.
Boosting Bioavailability
Bioavailability describes how "ready-to-use" a substance is once it makes it into the body and reaches the place where it will be used. We combine select ingredients with Vitamin E TPGS to create products the body can use more quickly and completely to support superior skin health.
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Bioavailability 101
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How We Formulate
To help the body with its mending process, we must provide the nutrients it requires in forms it can readily use. We use ingredients that complement each other, that make a real difference, and most importantly, that the body understands. Every ingredient is sourced from providers operating under cGMP, and we keep the ingredient list short and understandable. Each component has a purpose.
Professor Emeritus, East Tennessee State University. PhD in Nutrition. Eighteen years at Eastman Chemical in research and technical service. Co-inventor of AquADEKs for cystic fibrosis. U.S. patent for the formula, 2021.
Background
How Skin Heals
The skin is the largest and one of the most vital organs in the body, for mammals, reptiles, birds and beyond. When any of its layers are compromised, whether from a cut, burn, hot spot or scratching at a rash, the body senses a threat and a synchronized four-stage process begins.
Stop the bleeding
The cleanup crew
Start the building
Finishing touches