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Face-Lift In A Jar?
More Effective Than Makeup But Not As Powerful As Drugs, Today's Cosmeceuticals Promise To Turn Back The Clock On Aging Skin. How To Separate the Truth From The Hype.
TIME Magazine | Aug. 14, 2000 | Christine Gorman
An insightful and illuminating look into recent advances in wrinkle-fighting skin care, an emerging science labeled cosmeceuticals. The article describes and relates relatively positive effects by a group of female " participants" that tested various products by Lancome, Creme de la Mer, Estee Lauder, and Aveda. The conclusion, the science of anti-aging skin care is exploding, and big research dollars are being expended to find, isolate, and deliver high-tech skin care ingredients. Some of these cutting-edge skin care ingredients include derivatives of Vitamin A, hydroxy acids, Vitamin E (alpha-tocopherol), Vitamin C, and esters. It also discusses the new delivery mechanisms being developed by skin care companies, such as " photosomes" , sugar molecule encapsulated alpha-tocopherol, among others. An excellent early article, you'll need to subscribe to TIME Online, or research it at your local library.
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