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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I’m a plastic surgeon and I explain it to patients like this. Our skin was designed to keep things out, it is our most protective organ. That being said, there are some things that work, even if most of it out there is garbage. .
The things we have evidence for: SPF is hands-down, the best anti-wrinkle cream. Use it every day. Use it if it’s cloudy. Use it if you work in an office. Use it if the only time you go outside is during your commute.
The next things that work include a retinol/retinal/retinoid.
collagen i’m not big on from a biochemistry standpoint but some patients anecdotally rave
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