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.

real doctor, I don't know if that is how i would classify it
But am LOLing at you going into work to show off your baby and doing undercover work for MN at the same time

oh tis my raison d'etre

I did it with dd and a cranial osteopathy paper iirc

Will you need to go in disguise [excited]

My personal rule when buying ANY facial/hairwash stuff is this: If I don't understand the ad, I don't buy it. I also think it's INCREDIBLY patronising to think the marketing bods probably sat down and said something like this:

"Let's write some voice-over spiel that will sounds really sciencey and blind the little women that way"

No doubt they can supply a double-blind, peer reviewed RCT.

(Wouldn't dream of buying L'Oreal anyway, but still, there's a limit as to how patronised I'll be)

Can I join in with the secret handshakes? Far too lazy busy to go about collecting evidence though, well done MrsBadger.