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picardia
04/20/09

In reply to Sick & Twisted: "Anti-Aging" & "Cosmeceutical" Ads
If you want to prevent wrinkles:

1) Don't smoke.
2) Don't tan.
3) Start wearing sunscreen daily while you're still young.
4) Use a simple drugstore moisturizer if you need one.

The rest is noise, and marketing.
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mysterygirl
04/20/09

@picardia: And you can do all of these things and it still might not work. There's tons of factors that come into play, a lot of which you can't control.
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lisas
04/20/09

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THIS is why I mark every "anti-aging" ad on Facebook as "thumbs-down: offensive".
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anastasia beaverhousen
04/20/09

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I worked in this industry for 2 years as a copy writer. I was told to lie, lie and lie some more. Anything to get women to buy our products. I hated it...
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Diziet_Sma
04/20/09

@anastasia beaverhousen has sparkly vampire fever: Hey, we all have to pay the rent. I used to work for Cosmo!
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berlitzfrench
04/20/09

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Diziet_Sma
04/20/09

@berlitzfrench: HA!
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MerryLilly
04/20/09

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Water, SPF, moisturizer, fruits/veggies, smile. Yep, I think that would work.
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mysterygirl
04/20/09

@MerryLilly: Smiling?! Then you'll get smile lines!!! So knock that off immediately.
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MerryLilly
04/20/09

@mysterygirl: Heck. I knew there was something wrong with my prescription
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lalaland13
04/20/09

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I saw the creepy young mannequin ad in a mag, and a few pages later, an ad for cigarettes.

Not that ads have to match up with each other at all, but I was still far too amused.
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tscheese
04/20/09

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My anti-wrinkle serum is called gravy. To be taken internally.

Keeps my cheeks nice and round so the wrinkles can't show up!
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la.donna.pietra
04/20/09

@tscheese: Also, to be used in conjunction with the skin-brightening effects of box wine. Keep those nice round cheeks pink and glowing!
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Diziet_Sma
04/20/09

@tscheese: Mine's called butter. Works a treat - I was chatted up by a 20-year-old on Saturday night. I am 41; I asked him to guess how old I am - he said 23*. This is no word of a lie!

*Although, there were mitigating circumstances - the bar had very low lighting and he was extremely inebriated and horny.
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la.donna.pietra
04/20/09

@Diziet_Sma: There's our solution: pass out beer goggles to everyone. I like it much better than slathering on expensive hyaluronic-who-knows-what.
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Diziet_Sma
04/20/09

@la.donna.pietra: Ha! Beer goggles and butter for all!
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clonie
04/20/09

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I love that my boyfriend yells at anti-aging commercials on tv. He doesn't care if I get wrinkles, he doesn't care if other women have them and he certainly doesn't care if he has them.
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Diziet_Sma
04/20/09

@clonie: I love that he does that, also. He's a keeper.
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Diziet_Sma
04/20/09

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I just don't get how all this crap they say isn't illegal. For the fuck of shit, it is ALL LIES.
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Rooo sez BISH PLZ
04/20/09

@Diziet_Sma: Have you looked at what comes out of the FTC and FDA lately? There are holes in some of those statutes you could drive trucks through.

Remember, these are the agencies that brought you fen-phen.
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Hana Maru, used up old slutbag on the pole
04/20/09

@Diziet_Sma: Some of it is actually illegal. It's just not the FDA's priority.
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fol_de_rol
04/20/09

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I stopped taking these things seriously in my teens, when they rattled on about "the fluid found in young skin." In my case, the fluid found in young skin was the stuff found in whiteheads. You want more of that on your face, feel free. I'll pass.

I also laugh when they tell you you can have the skin you had at 20. No thanks, I'll take my 31-year-old "mostly pimple-free and a few wrinkles" over 20-year-old "pizzaface (and still a few wrinkles from worrying about whether the pimples would go away."

I did, however, just switch to a sunscreen with SPF 30 and antioxidants. So maybe I'm not as jaded as I claim to be.
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la.donna.pietra
04/20/09

@fol_de_rol: Nothing wrong with preventing skin cancer. That's what I tell myself.
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apricotta
04/20/09

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I HAAAAAAATE that mannequin ad. I don't want to look like molded plastic, thanks. And anyway, if they're demonstrating their products supposed effectiveness then why are they putting it on a mannequin? It's offensive AND illogical.
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Rooo sez BISH PLZ
04/20/09

@apricotta: I think they figure it worked for American Apparel.
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The Queen of No
04/20/09

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It's all bullshit, right? The only way to combat facial aging (wrinkles, lol) is just to use SPF and keep your face moisturized.. right? My mom has made a hobby out of using these anti-aging products. I'm pretty sure she's dropped tens of thousands of dollars over the past 20 years on them and I don't think they've worked a bit. She used baby oil on her face as a teen and in her 20's and sunbathed the shit out of herself. I think I've learned from her. Prevent the damage, that's all you can do, I'm pretty sure.
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mysterygirl
04/20/09

@The Queen of No: I think there are only two strategies that all dermatologists would agree on: Vitamin A to exfoliate and build collagen to help improve wrinkles, and topical antioxidants (like L-ascorbic acid, which is stabilized Vitamin C) to prevent sun damage / help make your sunscreen even more potent. Other things vary derm to derm. Also, you'll have fewer wrinkles if you have oily skin, eat a good diet, stay out of the sun, don't drink or smoke, don't move your face much, and have parents who didn't wrinkle.
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la.donna.pietra
04/20/09

@The Queen of No: Prevent the damage and have good genes to begin with. I managed to do neither, and am now (mostly) blissfully content that no cream is going to make my poor acne-scarred skin look any better. Saves a lot of effort and money, honestly.
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LaFemme
04/20/09

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I am a product whore so while I think some of these ads are kind of weird (really just the last one) I don't have an issue with the products. Whitening cleansres and creams have been CRUCIAL to me getting rid of old acne scarring, and I would love to try that twisty DDF moisturizer that looks like it could be good for large pores without being oily.

Seriously though, for wrinkles and skin tone, people should stop wasting money on so much of this stuff and just go for the big guns at your dermatologist. Some Retin-A or Tazorac will turn your skin around like nobody's business, and it wont end up costing as much as trying a ton of these things.
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Rooo sez BISH PLZ
04/20/09

@LaFemme: What's a Tazorac? Is that like a tesseract?

('Cause as we were discussing upthread, both of those are supposed to turn back time.)

And once you use Retinol, don't you have to use, like, SPF 12987345 or never leave the house again? Like Hotel California?
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LaFemme
04/20/09

@Rooo sez BISH PLZ: Ha, no it is an acne medication that is also used for anti-aging. I am on it now, for acne and I suppose, for aging (I plan on continuing use as it is working well and I don't want to zits back!) It makes you peel like crazy in the beginning, but really, really improves your skin tone after a few weeks; like people are shocked how good your skin looks. That turnover is supposed to help with fine lines and wrinkles as well, which seems totally believable based on my own results. You do have to wear sunscreen, but I have always worn an SPF 30 moisturizer daily, so I don't think it is that big of a deal. I am super duper fair and I haven't had any issues, though I also don't sit outside and bake.
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Schm
04/20/09

@LaFemme: Agreed. I've said this many times on here before, but I'm not quite sure why it isn't more popular. It's a fucking miracle cream, and if you have insurance the copay is only like $5. I would never buy any of these expensive "anti-aging" creams, because I'm positive none of them could hold a candle to Retin-A.

@Rooo sez BISH PLZ: You just have to wear sunscreen, but it's not a huge deal. You can still go outside and live your life normally, just without tanning. That'll be better for your skin anyway.
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Aesop's Foibles. YES.
04/20/09

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Oh, GREAT!!! All my appearance prayers have been answered!! Hallelujah!! Here, cosmeceutical peddlers, here's all my money! Take it and bestow your miracle products upon my ugly old face and decollette!!! And my sagging, stretchy bum!!!! And my saddlebags and cellulite! Your science-y wonders will surely restore my mug and body to their former glory! And I will sally forth into my thirties with the body I was born with!!!!Take that, inevitable aging process! Hah!

/piss
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sciencerules
04/20/09

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I am not in the habit of taking beauty or medical advice from a Ken doll.
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