To be wary of buying a facial moisteriser that claims to alter the genetic structure of my skin cells?

[poshsinglemum]

I'm talking about that new cream by L'oreal. The youth code. Apparently these creams are the latest thing in beaty. They claim to interact with the genes that age us and alter them It all sounds very exciting and could work but AIBu to worry about the side-effects that such creams could cause in the long run.
I draw the line at protect and perfect.

The claim is on a par with "may reduce the appearance of wrinkles" - may not will, and appearance of wrinkles, not get rid of them.

V good legal advice combined with creative advertising department.

Oh it's bullshit.

These companies just make everything up. Like bifidus digestivum in Activia youghurts. And boswellox. Loada crap.

Look, this is a company which advertises Extreme Great Big Eyelashes Mascara or whatev, and then has in the corner 'eyelashes enhanced in post-production'. Make up comapnies think they can pull the wool over their eyes.

You would be just as well off with a cheap tub of Boots cream and oodles of sunblock.

That claim was written by Betty Swollocks surely.

I'd be wary of buying any product advertised like that as it would mark me out as a hugely gullible fool.

riven - we're working on it, ok?

I think I have already got worse wrinkles from frowning at their eyepoppingly pink website.

Sorry: twaddle. Best treatment for wrinkles is Photoshop.

Here's the sciency bit...

blahblahblahblah BUY THIS!! blahblahnonsense

I was trying to remember the name of the pentapeptides lady
She used to post here as well
Nadine Baggot
I thought she was a made up person as well as all the crap science guff produced on the TV

lol at pentapeptides

And cheryl cole advertising shampoo and conditioner, and she has extensions.
Bah humbug
DH thinks it's funny how it all makes me so cross

I make DH read those
Plus dissing their claims of "80% of women said their skin looked as if it had less wrinkles"
Show me your trial data, and then let me judge it, but no 8 people on the street in a survey does not constitute a RCT does it

Hence why I feel v smug using my £4 moisturiser (although still addicted to occasional use of Beauty flash Balm)

Oh, I am obsessional about the small print on the adverts. So much so that...and I can't believe I'm going to admit this...but I sometimes get a calculator out to work out either the percentage of people who thought the product was great; or actually how many people thought it was great according to the percentages quoted.

whoisaskingh, at least you haven't gone and looked up their actual trial data

[geek]

But, MrsBadger, I am always so impressed with your critical reading of the 'evidence' as I cannot be arsed, so keep it coming.

Well done, MrsB! Are you a medical doctor or a real doctor?

Anyway, 'tis all shite. That genomics paper

Also, L'Oreal are part owned by Nestle

Aaaah, Nestle, well that explains it then, evil evil baby-killing multinational

[rolls trouser, shakes hand, doffs cap]
I'm taking ds into the lab next week to show him off so will see if I can cop a look at the full text of both of the papers.