Product Review: Neutrogena Anti Oxidant Age Reverse Eye Cream


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  Neutrogena Anti Oxidant Age Reverse Eye Cream ($16.95, Amazon.com) claims to neutralize skin-damaging free radicals, crow’s feet, puffiness, and dark circles. Yet how effective do the ingredients indicate the eye cream really is in treating these signs of aging? What are the antioxidant sources in this product? Neutrogena Anti Oxidant Age Reverse Eye Cream contains three antioxidant sources: Soybean Extract, Feverfew Extract (Chrysantemum Parthenium), and Vitamin E (in the form of alpha-tocopherol). Interestingly enough,... read more

Spotlight On: Soy Extract


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Soy extract first became popular in skin care in 2004, when Johnson and Johnson purchased rights to the ingredient from the AMBI brand. Since that time, many companies have jumped on the soy extract bandwagon, adding the ingredient to their formulations. However, is the ingredient safe and effective? What are some benefits to using skin care products with soy extract? According to Johnson & Johnson, soy contains small proteins, soybean trypsin inhibitor (STI), Bowman-Birk inhibitor (BBI), amino acids, essential fatty acids,... read more

How to Get Rid of Enlarged Pores


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Photodynamic therapy decreases the size of the pores by emitting light at a wavelength corresponding to a peak of the porphyrin excitation spectrum in tissues, which generates a therapeutic effect. Many women covet smaller pores. Yet, pore size increases with smoking, sun exposure, and age. According to Mount Kisco, New York dermatologist David E. Bank, M.D.: “UVA rays and free radicals degrade collagen, the skin’s support fibers, and decrease elasticity. The goal is to keep pores clean and at their smallest.” How can... read more

What Dermatologists Use On Their Skin…Part II


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I’m baaack! The following is a list of moisturizers recommended by four top dermatologists in the September 2007 issue of Elle magazine: *DermAvance Hyalogy P-effect night cream ($100, DermAdvance.com and sold in dermatologists’ offices). What a top derm says: According to Dr. Elizabeth Tanzi, M.D., from Washington, D.C.: “DermAdvance Hyalogy P-effect night cream uses nanotechnology to deliver ceramides, which are skin-firming lipids, and hyaluronic acid, a mega-moisturizer.” Based on ingredients alone: ... read more

Finals Week December 5-12

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Dear Reader, I am currently a student at the University of Pittsburgh, and I will be having final examinations and paper/project deadlines through Wednesday, December 12, 2007. The blog will resume with new topics on Thursday, December 13, 2007. In the meantime, if you have any topics or questions you would like for me to research, please feel free to send them to futurederm [at] gmail [dot] com. I will do my best to address as many questions as I can! Thank you. Sincerely, Nicki read more

Spotlight On: Green Tea


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Green tea extract is quickly becoming one of the most common ingredients in skin care formulations, like in Replenix Topix Cream or Esteé Lauder Daywear (shown above). But how effective is green tea in topical moisturizers? Where does green tea come from? Green tea comes from the steaming and drying of the tea plant Camellia sinesis. Polyphenol EGCG as a Potent Antioxidant in Skin Care Green tea contains the polyphenol epigallocatechin-3-gallate (EGCG), which has been shown to have remarkable preventive effects against photocarcinogenesis... read more

What Real Dermatologists…And I…Use on Our Skin


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Recently, I received an e-mail from a reader wanting to know what I use on my skin, and specifically, if the creams featured on the upper right hand corner of the page are my moisturizers. Unfortunately, no; those moisturizers are a stock picture from another site! However, I have listed the moisturizers I use daily below, along with highly recommended products and the dermatologists who recommend them. …But First, Consider Your Type of Skin I have fair, normal skin that tends to get oily in the T-zone. In addition, according to the... read more

What Real Dermatologists…And I…Use on Our Skin


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Recently, I received an e-mail from a reader wanting to know what I use on my skin, and specifically, if the creams featured on the upper right hand corner of the page are my moisturizers. Unfortunately, no; those moisturizers are a stock picture from another site! However, I have listed the moisturizers I use daily below, along with highly recommended products and the dermatologists who recommend them. …But First, Consider Your Type of Skin I have fair, normal skin that tends to get oily in the T-zone. In addition, according to the... read more