Our Story
Born From Necessity
Wellswood Skin Care is a family-owned company, born from the development of our flagship product — Wellswood Intensive Skin Therapy.
Our Journey
Why Your Skin Deserves the Best
My name is Lee-Anne and I am one of the founding Directors of Wellswood Skin Care, a family-owned company. Wellswood Intensive Skin Therapy was developed out of necessity. Whilst I was going through a very challenging and difficult time in my life I developed severe dermatitis on my hands. The skin on my hands was very dry, inflamed, cracked and bleeding. It was painful, very uncomfortable and embarrassing.
The doctors prescribed and recommended many different creams and ointments, but they were oily and greasy and didn’t work. It was really affecting my quality of life and the doctors were concerned that I was at risk of infection. So, I decided to draw on my pharmacological background to develop a product to help treat my skin.
- Family-owned New Zealand company
- Founded by a biomedical professional
- Natural, drug-free and cruelty-free
The Formulation
Simple Rituals, Powerful Results
I was able to develop Wellswood Intensive Skin Therapy because I have the required academic qualifications and a biomedical background with more than 20 years of experience working in pharmaceuticals, hospitals and healthcare in general. I spent many months researching various powerful skincare ingredients. After more than 18 months of trialling different formulations, I finally had a formulation which was not only natural but also healed my skin. I do not have any scars from where the cracks in my skin used to be and my skin is now soft and smooth.
Following the success with my own skin I started giving people with various skin problems samples of Wellswood Intensive Skin Therapy to try. We have had phenomenal feedback of our skin therapy having amazing results where people have used it for eczema, dermatitis, psoriasis, wounds, dry, damaged skin, burns and even with chemotherapy to treat the dry, inflamed and painful skin cancer therapy patients experience on their hands and feet.
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What We Leave Out
Free From Corticosteroids, Drug-Free
Our Intensive Skin Therapy cream is lovingly crafted from a scientific blend of New Zealand’s natural and powerful ingredients, enriched with Manuka Honey UMF 20+, pure New Zealand Lanolin and Vitamin E oil. Manuka Honey with a UMF 20+ has very powerful antibacterial, antiviral and antifungal properties. The Lanolin and Vitamin E oil are very potent moisturisers and help in skin healing. It is designed to moisturise, nourish, restore, and rejuvenate dry, damaged and inflamed skin.
At Wellswood we believe what you leave out is just as important as what you put into a skincare product. This is why Wellswood Intensive Skin Therapy is paraben, sulphate, phthalates, colour and fragrance-free!
Our Mission
“Wellswood Intensive Skin Therapy helped to give me my quality of life back. I understand that having problematic skin conditions can be incredibly challenging, debilitating and embarrassing, therefore my desire is to help as many people as I can to also experience symptomatic relief and healing of their skin. This is why my family and I decided to launch Wellswood Skin Care. I hope you enjoy using Wellswood Intensive Skin Therapy.”
Lee-Anne Wells — Founder