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Nov 14, 2007 9:16 am US/Eastern
Consumer Report: Facial Creams Tested
NEW YORK (CBS) ―
In your quest for the fountain of youth, you may be swayed to buy a product or two - but before you shell out big bucks on a face cream, CBS 2's Consumer Reporter, Kirstin Cole, has the results of a new study that put some to the test.
You've seen the commercials, promising you doctor's office results of younger skin without using a knife, a needle or a laser. But what can you really get from a jar and what's just marketing hype? There are hundreds of creams available to women. ShopSmart magazine put 9 of some of the most popular to the test. They recruited 200 women to road test them for 12 weeks.
"We had technicians look through high-powered microscopes to see if fine lines were diminishing," said Lisa Freeman, Editor-in-Chief, ShopSmart Magazine. So which, if any, can actually reduce wrinkles? One of the best, according to Freeman, Olay Regenerist three part system for $57. "It's not that expensive you can get it at the drugstore and everyone seems to like it," said Freeman.
Up next? "The second best performer was Lancome and that was about $200," said Freeman. Lancome Paris Renergie day and night cream also tested well as a favorite face firmer. But before you wrinkle your nose at ever going to a dermatologist's office again, know that while these products do work, the most you'll get is a smoothing of fine lines and it was a subtle result, a result confirmed by medical experts.
Manhattan Dermatologist, Dr. Debra Jaliman, says moisturizers and face creams are key to a good skin regimen but it's medically available drugs like botox, line fillers and lasers that will address deeper crevices. "We can turn the clock back about 10 years," said Dr. Jaliman, who suggests looking for ingredients like retinol and penti-peptides because they help stimulate collagen production. "Those are the things that are active ingredients that are going to make a really big difference in your skin," said Dr. Jaliman. Now, one of the least effective products according to ShopSmart's study, the very expensive, La Prairie Cellular cream for $335, proving the higher the price, does not always equal the best results.
For the complete list of products tested in the study, click
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