Dermatologist Review of Z. Bigatti

Z.Bigatti® is a somewhat mysterious boutique skin care line that has evolved over the past ten to fifteen years. Although details are scarce, Z Bigatti is reported to be the result of one man’s personal endeavor to create a multi-faceted facial cream. Reportedly, his goal was to produce a facial cream that improved the appearance of aging, problematic and dull skin. Z Bigatti developed its multifaceted cream and then created a complete skin care line around it so that the signature cream could be optimally incorporated into an exclusively Z Bigatti skin care regimen. The founder of Z.Bigatti’s vision was to inspire ‘an entire age-defying skin care line dedicated to the preservation and improvement of beautiful skin worldwide.’

In the early 1990’s, the low profile founder and owner of Z.Bigatti® watched a program commemorating America’s triumph of placing a man on the moon. Reportedly, as he watched the program, he wondered, “If we can send a man on a miraculous journey like this, why can’t we create a facial cream that truly makes skin more youthful and vibrant?” From the Z Bigatti founder’s perspective, at least, skin care products were viewed in the 90’s as likely to benefit substantially from carefully directed research and development.

Z.Bigatti’s founder grew up in a department store family and worked closely with cosmetic distributors. This stimulated his desire to pursue development of the ultimate skin care treatment. He had traveled the world and never found a product that for him produced its promised results. With a team of cosmetic chemists and dermatologists, he set upon his mission to make a facial cream that would ‘defy age.’ Through years of research, the Z Bigatti team concluded that a skin treatment must contain several top-quality active ingredients and highly refined extracts to deliver desired results and improve appearance. After five years of continuous laboratory development and refining, their multi-faceted facial cream, Re-Storation® Skin Treatment was launched, and the marketing phrase ‘luxury skin care’ was selected. During the past seven years, the company has sought to develop a reputation as the ‘most luxurious skin care company in the world.’ Z.Bigatti® now markets the Re-Storation® Skin Care Collection, a comprehensive skin care line featuring several result-orientated products that address all areas of the face and body.

Z.Bigatti® is a boutique skin care company which claims to focus on quality, not quantity. Z Bigatti claims that it spends more time and financial resources than competitors researching and developing every product bearing the Z.Bigatti® name. Z Bigatti also says that each product in their line takes years, not months to develop. The company claims to only use the highest grades and most effective ingredients available worldwide. The Z.Bigatti® Re-Storation® Skin Care Collection entered the market in 1998 and is an interesting product line that contains a blend of enzymes, antioxidants, botanicals, fruit extracts, amino acids and vitamins. Z Bigatti believes that they have particular expertise in ingredient selection for their products. Naturally, ingredient selection and formulation are the cornerstones of skin care product development. The company also uses a cold press process for extraction of botanicals which is more difficult and expensive than heat processing but in many cases results in more pleasing and effective extracts for use in formulation.

Z Bigatti is certainly an intriguing skin care line. The product line is very pleasant and cosmetically elegant. Fortunately the Z Bigatti team has avoided excessive fragrance. In fact, many of the products even lack a transient fragrance. I have experienced the line and have been generally pleased with it in terms of the products themselves, the regimens for which they have been suggested and the choices that the company has made for packaging. I have noticed, however, that the company is, at least from my perspective, not only ‘luxurious’ but also somewhat mysterious. This may simply be the way this reputable company has chosen to market its products but I am optimistic that more detailed information about these fine products will be developed for consumers as the brand continues to grow and evolve.