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Which anti-ageing products really work?

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Ramblingrose22 Sat 04-Jun-16 10:34:12

Anti-ageing products are big business and there are so many to choose from!The price tags can vary from cheap to outrageous, as are the claims about what some of them can do for you.

Bearing in mind how expensive some of them are, has anyone found any that really work? If so, please tell us which ones!

Is it really possible to make wrinkles or age spots vanish simply by taking pills or slapping on cream?

Are skin peels the answer for age spots or Botox the only solution for wrinkles, short of having a face lift?

JanT8 Tue 07-Jun-16 20:22:26

gettingonabit, which face exerciser do you use? I love 'products', not sure if any of them work better than others but I will continue to use them! My downfall is, I love the sun, so brown and wrinkly does it for me! Having said that, for a 'nearly 70 year old' I don't think I look too bad!

gettingonabit Tue 07-Jun-16 20:30:27

jan I have a device called Oralift which is a kind of mouth guard made specially by a dentist. It was hideously expensive, and I got it made in a mid-life-crisis moment several years ago. It's easy to use and lasts for ever. I think it works it'd better. grin. I tend to use it in the car.

I also buy the devices you get on Amazon; gismos you put in your mouth and exercise with. I think they work too, but they're poor quality so need to be replaced often.

I also have s Slendertone Face which I haven't used as I'm afraid of itgrinblush.

I've had a treatment called Genie which stimulates the muscles and lifts them.

I think all of these things work if you give them a chance.

gettingonabit Tue 07-Jun-16 20:33:17

Meant to add that another benefit of the exercises is that more blood flows to the face taking more oxygen there, so skin and hair improve too. And the lifting effect makes the skin less wrinkled too.

brunswick Thu 09-Jun-16 17:01:56

Bit late. But none work. As someone already said look at your mother and you will know what your skin will be like in later years. All the money women spend on expensive beauty products is futile. It is genetic. I dont and never have spent money on creams and potions. I use E45 lotion as I am allergic to perfumes etc. But even before I was allergic, I wouldnt spend a lot of money on creams. I look ten years younger than I am, always being told I cant believe you are 72, etc etc. when young, people thought my mother was my sister and my grandmother my mother. Celtic skin. Very lucky. Dont even take my make up off every night. Dont waste your money. Just use creams that are not expensive to cleanse and moisturise.

Ana Thu 09-Jun-16 17:07:06

Hard luck for those of us whose mothers died young then! confused

Just have to hope for the best, I suppose...grin

gettingonabit Thu 09-Jun-16 19:36:09

You don't really need to spend much, though, if you don't want to. And sometimes it's worth splashing out a bit for a product that's not necessarily better, but just nicer to use.

jinglbellsfrocks Thu 09-Jun-16 19:42:42

My granny had lovely skin. But she never went outside in late life. Well, only down the back steps to the lav. Everyone's skin needs some protection. Most, probably all, day creams have spf 15. I'm using Simple at the moment which I bought at the airport because I had forgotten to pack any of my usual. Seems fine.