| If you want to look young, don't spend a
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| | "The women used a test product on one
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| fortune on anti-wrinkle creams. A study
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| | side of their face and the lab's standard
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| shows that the cheaper brands work just
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| | moisturizer on the other side for
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| as well - if not better - than the more
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| | comparison. A high-tech optical device
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| expensive ones.
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| | was used to detect changes in wrinkle
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| This was the verdict of Consumer Reports,
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| | depth and skin roughness," Goldsmith
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| a monthly publication of the non-profit
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| | said.
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| consumer research group Consumer Union
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| | Results were disappointing and showed
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| that recently tested different products
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| | that the effects of most anti-wrinkle
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| to determine whether or not they could
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| | creams were barely noticeable.
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| fight wrinkles.
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| | The small study, however, was criticized
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| After 12 weeks of testing, researchers
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| | by some dermatologists. Dr. Tina Alster,
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| found that the best performer cost only
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| | a dermatologic laser surgeon from
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| $19. However, none of the products they
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| | Georgetown University Medical Center in
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| tested was able to significantly reduce
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| | Washington, D.C., and a member of the
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| wrinkles.
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| | American Academy of Dermatologists, said
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| "The top-rated products smoothed out some
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| | it was difficult to conclude from such a
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| fine lines and wrinkles but even the best
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| | limited study that these products did not
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| performers reduced the average depth of
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| | work.
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| wrinkles by less than 10 percent, a
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| | "People would love to believe that cheap
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| change barely visible to the naked eye,"
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| | products are the same as the more
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| according to Belinda Goldsmith of
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| | expensive ones, and I may pooh-pooh
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| Reuters.
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| | someone paying $500 for a cream, but I do
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| "The tests revealed that, on average,
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| | see the value of some of the luxury
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| these products made little difference in
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| | brands which are science-based. But it is
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| the skin's appearance and there's no
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| | a cautionary tale that people should be
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| correlation between price and
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| | looking at the ingredients rather than
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| effectiveness," a spokeswoman for the
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| | just at the packaging," she said.
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| magazine said.
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| | Still, some women said they would
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| For its tests, Consumer Reports chose
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| | continue to use anti-wrinkle creams if
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| several popular brands priced from $19 to
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| | only because it gave them the illusion of
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| $355. The creams were used by 17 to 23
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| | being beautiful.
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| women aged between 30 and 70. The
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| | "I've never really believed these creams
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| services of a European laboratory were
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| | would stop wrinkles, but they make me
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| used to recruit the women and evaluate
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| | feel and smell good," said Amira Thoron,
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| the products.
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| | a 36-year-old New York teacher.
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