n your quest for the fountain of youth, you may be swayed to buy a product or two - but before you shell out big bucks on a face cream, CBS 2's Consumer Reporter, Kirstin Cole, has the results of a new study that put some to the test.
You've seen the commercials, promising you doctor's office results of younger skin without using a knife, a needle or a laser. But what can you really get from a jar and what's just marketing hype? There are hundreds of creams available to women. ShopSmart magazine put 9 of some of the most popular to the test. They recruited 200 women to road test them for 12 weeks.
"We had technicians look through high-powered microscopes to see if fine lines were diminishing," said Lisa Freeman, Editor-in-Chief, ShopSmart Magazine. So which, if any, can actually reduce wrinkles? One of the best, according to Freeman, Olay Regenerist three part system for $57. "It's not that expensive you can get it at the drugstore and everyone seems to like it," said Freeman.
Up next? "The second best performer was Lancome and that was about $200," said Freeman. Lancome Paris Renergie day and night cream also tested well as a favorite face firmer. But before you wrinkle your nose at ever going to a dermatologist's office again, know that while these products do work, the most you'll get is a smoothing of fine lines and it was a subtle result, a result confirmed by medical experts.
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