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Do Topical Skin Care Products Really Work?

The Debate Over the Effectiveness of Topical Skin Care Products Rages On

There are many skeptics in the medical community who feel that topical anti-aging skin care products cannot possibly work.

Their argument is that nothing you can buy in a jar can produce the results of a Botox injection or plastic surgery.

WebMD recently published an article re-igniting this debate.

There is no mention in the article of the financial interests of either side. Effective skin care products can be had for as little as $20. A Botox injection costs about $400 and must be repeated every four to six months.

Collagen injections cost even more, between $400 and $700 and may need to be repeated as often as every three months.

The side effects, discomfort and possible adverse reactions to injections, chemical peels, laser treatments or plastic surgery can range from minor to fatal.

While you can get an allergic reaction to a topical skin care product, it is usually short lived and goes away when you stop using the product.

The scientists who create topical skin care products maintain that, although their products will not have as pronounced an effect as a Botox injection or plastic surgery, they do produce real results. In their view, topical skin care products are for those who would prefer to avoid costly injections or cosmetic surgery for whatever reason.

Dr. Loren Pickart, the scientist best known for his research into the use of copper peptides in skin and hair care products, feels that the new frontier in skin care will be in the cosmetic field rather than in the medical one. His opinion is that it is simply getting too costly and time consuming to get new drugs through the FDA approval process. Therefore companies are concentrating more on the science behind topical skin care.

And this science is developing rapidly. For example, a new delivery system allows the effective ingredients of anti-aging skin care products to penetrate the outer layer of the skin so that they can work on the underlying collagen and elastin.

Even some of the skeptical physicians concede that some of the more effective creams produce at least limited anti-aging results.

This is the list of products WebMD thinks are worthy of your consideration:

Olay Regenerist: Effective ingredient - palmitoyl pentapeptide-3.

Strivectin-SD: Effective ingredient - palmitoyl oligopeptide-3 (a.k.a. palmitoyl pentapeptide-3).

Principal Secret Reclaim Anti-Aging Night Cream: Effective ingredient - argireline (a.k.a. acetyl hexapeptide-3).

Wrinkle Control Intensely Lifting Eye Gel with Revolox: Effective ingredient - acetyl hexapeptide-3.

DDF Wrinkle Relax: Effective ingredient - acetyl hexapeptide-3, palimtoyl pentapeptide-3.

Avon Clinical Line & Wrinkle Corrector: Effective ingredients: "powerful exfoliants that include apple root extract, saccharomyces/pichia petone (a yeast complex), pomegranate juice and oxa acid."

Hydroderm: Effective ingredient: marine based collagen.

For more articles on effective topical skin care, please go to Effective Skin Care Ingredients.

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This article is for informational purposes only. It does not purport to offer medical advice.

 

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