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Wrinkle creams: selling hope in a jar.

Consumer Reports

| January 01, 2007 | COPYRIGHT 2007 Consumers Union of the United States, Inc. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)Copyright

We've heard the claims: A "breakthrough in herbaceutical science" (Avon Anew Alternative). "Regenerate damaged skin" (Olay Regenerist). Have your wrinkles "virtually slept away" (Lancome Renergie). Americans spend more than a billion dollars a year on those wrinkle potions and others.

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In our first test of wrinkle creams (performed in partnership with--who else?--the French), we found that after 12 weeks our top-rated products did smooth out some fine lines and wrinkles. But even the best performers reduced the average depth of wrinkles by less than 10 percent, a magnitude of change that was, alas, barely visible to the naked eye.

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