Round Shakey

The fashion industry and car manufacturers come out with new collections every year, so that consumers have been conditioned to expect something new and different every fall. This has conditioned buyers at department stores to want everything "new and improved", although "new" is not necessarily synonymous with "better"! A good example is covered with foam mattresses, adding some extra cushioning to the bed, first produced in the 1970s. Soon some company developed egg box covered with foam. Other companies copied, so he came up with another new idea, the superposition of three-zone mattress design of the egg box was square to the feet, rounded to the torso and head corrugated. The theory that the feet define different comfort of your head, well, Shakey at best. But consumers bought. The three mattress area became a marketing home run. So what retailers want next year? A five-zone mattress overlay, so that the calf could set different comfort of your thigh, which was different from the rear, unlike your torso, and different from his head. Of course, the notion was ridiculous, and I am pleased to report that consumers do not "buy" either.

In Skin care is difficult to know what is new and improved, or if the "new" and "improved" are mutually exclusive. So let's face the facts.

Many of the innovations are made for the sake of marketing, and not based on sound research. Some are voodoo science, some are marketing gimmicks, some are outright falsehood. Unfortunately, the business of skin care is so huge, it is difficult for the Federal Trade (or any other industry or government surveillance) to the monitor. So how do you know what you think?

• Understand the tricks played at "before and after." For example, in some photos, which emerge from the mouth, so you focus on the wrinkles around the eyes. But the difference reality is that in the "before" photo was smiling (which caused all the crows feet). In the later had a straight face, so it does not induce wrinkles around the eyes. Remember, if it sounds too good to be true, it probably is.
• Ask your dermatologist and / or beautician. They read newspapers and attend trade fairs, so that should be informed about the latest developments.
• If you're buying in a shop, ask to speak with the Cosmetic Department Manager, and obtain feedback. She sees a lot of brands of income (y), so it is better informed and more objective than a person against. It is also likely she has worked at the store for a longer period of time, and has had better training.
• Before buying a product, ask the retailer or site Web what their return policy is. Do you offer a satisfaction guarantee? If they do, which can be a serious red flag!

Zein Obagi, MD

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About the Author:

Zein Obagi, MD is the quintessential maverick of skin care. Twenty years ago he pioneered the concept of skin health and developed a line of medical skin care products that transformed aging skin. At that time, he merely intended to challenge the norms of traditional skin care. Instead he shattered the status quo.

Today his old ideas about skin health are no longer surprising; they've become mainstream. Around the world, his name is the unofficial synonym for results-oriented skin care. Now he's done it again with ZO Skin Health™– the first retail line of anti-aging skin care products that brings Rx-inspired, results-oriented technology to go above and beyond traditional cosmeceuticals. Today, his standards are still as high, but his philosophy isn't quite so controversial. Because beauty–and health–are two things the whole world can agree on.

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