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    picardia: 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 moist... more »
    lisas: THIS is why I mark every "anti-aging" ad on Facebook as "thumbs-down: offensive". more »
    anastasia beaverhousen: 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 hate... more »
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    MerryLilly: Water, SPF, moisturizer, fruits/veggies, smile. Yep, I think that would work. more »
    lalaland13: 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... more »
    tscheese: My anti-wrinkle serum is called gravy. To be taken internally. Keeps my cheeks nice and round so the wrinkles can't show up! more »
    clonie: 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 ce... more »
    Diziet_Sma: I just don't get how all this crap they say isn't illegal. For the fuck of shit, it is ALL LIES. more »
    fol_de_rol: 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 ... more »
    apricotta: I HAAAAAAATE that mannequin ad. I don't want to look like molded plastic, thanks. And anyway, if they're demonstrating their products supposed effecti... more »
    The Queen of No: 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 ma... more »
    LaFemme: 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. Whitenin... more »
    Aesop's Foibles. YES.: Oh, GREAT!!! All my appearance prayers have been answered!! Hallelujah!! Here, cosmeceutical peddlers, here's all my money! Take it and bestow your mi... more »
    sciencerules: I am not in the habit of taking beauty or medical advice from a Ken doll. more »
    linnyt is a walking cliché: does l'oreal make olay products? their packaging is too similar for my old, tired brain to distinguish one from another. marketing fail. more »
    the dodo, the cuckoo, and the nene: "Freckles aren't cute anymore??" wtf? I happen to enjoy my freckles, thank you very much. more »
    Rooo sez BISH PLZ: Andie is beautiful - and perhaps I'm jealous; I had to get swiftly rid of a boy who wouldn't shut up about her - but didn't she used to be able to smi... more »
    SomeAuthorGirl: Neutrogena: a tesseract for your face. more »
    megnificent: Whatever, Dr. Perricone. The only Nicholas I'm going to buy an anti-aging potion from is Nicholas Flamel. He doesn't look a day over 400. more »
  • #badvertising

    Sick & Twisted: "Anti-Aging" & "Cosmeceutical" Ads

    Not only is the completely false and made-up term "anti-aging" loathsome, the ads associated with "anti-aging" products are, without fail, offensive, cruel and chock-full of misleading language. Let's take a look, shall we? More »