I have read about face creams etc but it’s very difficult to identify the truth from the marketing. From what I can tell, the whole industry is nonsense and preys mostly on insecure women. It seems like there is no way to prove it since if the results are less than expected, the reply would be “imagine how much worse it could have been.” Maybe too many questions but is there any correlation between cost and effectiveness?
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Some of it definitely works (sunscreen, retinols, generic moisturisers), much of it *probably* works (AHAs, Vit C), and then you descend into the murky waters of *maybe*?
Keeping your skin in good condition consists of preventing UV damage (sunscreen), and keeping your skin clean and moisturised. You can supplement this with retinols – a form of Vit A that forces your skin to turnover new cells faster. This can be a bit of a devils bargain, as it can cause problems in other areas, but it definitely does what it purports to do – it will cause your skin to refresh itself faster, which clears blemishes and marks away faster.
Everything else is either a) assisting in keeping your skin either cleaned or moisturised in various ways, b) some sort of minor supplement, or c) probably snake oil.
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