Comments on: Answers to Poll #28 Beauty Science or Bull Sh**?

By: Is Avon’s Anew Hiding Hyaluronic Acid? | Beauty Secrets Blog

Is Avon’s Anew Hiding Hyaluronic Acid? | Beauty Secrets Blog — Wed, 28 Jan 2009 21:03:10 +0000

[...] This claim implies that the hyaluronic acid in Anew delivers a similar benefit to an injection treatment. This is obviously not true. Injectable fillers plump up wrinkles from the inside out by filling them in with hyaluronic acid or other polymers. Topical creams and lotions have a superficial moisturizing but they do not penetrate the skin and do not have any long lasting effect on wrinkles. So Anew may be a very good moisturizer (which is important) but Avon should not be comparing their topical cream with hyaluronic acid to the injectable version as a ploy to get you to buy it. (As a side note, you may want to read this previous about injectable wrinkle fillers like Restylane causing arthritis.) [...]

By: Liz

Liz — Thu, 26 Jun 2008 17:53:00 +0000

My boyfriend is British so I knew the one about British men had to be false! Although I recently got him to use the men’s Clinique facial scrub. I think living in Los Angeles is having an effect on him.

By: thebeautybrains

thebeautybrains — Thu, 26 Jun 2008 17:11:28 +0000

You’re right, that was a typo.

By: Janis

Janis — Thu, 26 Jun 2008 16:08:23 +0000

Eew. British guys aren’t coming out of this one too well …

By: Stephanie

Stephanie — Thu, 26 Jun 2008 14:36:48 +0000

When I scroll down to the poll on the right-hand side of my screen, it says 60% of the people voted for “Relaxing your hair can make it stronger” as being fake, not 7%. Are some votes not being counted or is it a typo?