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January 9, 2012, 6:18 pm Today = Tonight
The idea of getting a botox beauty treatment without = the=20 needles appeals to many, and now there are plenty of products that claim = to do=20 just that.
Applied directly, these beauty lotions and potions say they can = remove the=20 wrinkles, and get rid of the blemishes in almost no time.
Finding an anti-aging product that does what it claims to do can be a = tiring=20 and expensive process.
Australian's spend $5 billion a year on beauty products, and now = there's a=20 brand new range to hit our market, claiming to cure our most common skin = conditions.
More stories from Today = TonightOne even claims to get rid of wrinkles without the needles.
In our quest for beauty Australians splash out more than $13 billion = on=20 products every year. That's almost $600 per person, making beauty one of = our=20 largest retail sectors.
Every year new products hit the shelves, but just how many of these = newbies=20 will do the job?
Today=20 Tonight's latest beauty stories
Australia's newest antidotes to aging claim to cure everything from = acne to=20 eczema, wrinkles to scars. But are the claims all hype?
Noaleen Dennis is in her 50s. She says she's been saved from years of = wrinkles thanks to sleeping patches.
=E2=80=9CAll they are is little squares of paper. They're a natural, = unbleached=20 paper, with some vegetable gum. You wet them down with some rosewater = spray,=20 adhere them to your face, and sleep with them overnight,=E2=80=9D she = explained.
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The patches were recommended to her as a teenager by a relative = overseas, and=20 today she's still smiling - albeit with less wrinkles.
Finally Frownies have found their way here, claiming to beat any = lotion or=20 potion by holding your skin taught when you're asleep at night, so by = day your=20 wrinkles are smoother. Some say they could even work better than = botox.
Another range to hit the shelves is the Essential Stuff product line, = which=20 includes hand creams, foot balms and body butters, containing the = healing=20 antioxidant found in pomegranates.
Horticulturalist Lynne Hawkes used to be ashamed of her aged and dry = red=20 hands - but not anymore. =E2=80=9CIt actually does what the product = claims to do - it=20 softens your skin,=E2=80=9D she said.
Next in line is a remedy for those with sun-damaged skin and=20 pigmentation.
Noleen Wood was prescribed a medicated cream to strip back her skin, = but=20 treating that problem caused another.
She needed relief, and found it in a natural product which she says = cleared=20 her skin in days.
=E2=80=9CEvery product from the shampoo to the face creams, the oils = and serums are=20 amazing,=E2=80=9D Wood said.
Director of Simplicite Skin Care David Lyons says =E2=80=9Cwhat the = products have are=20 cosmetic active nutrients, and they're there at very high level. So many = ranges=20 have such small amounts of these ingredients as to be totally = ineffective.=E2=80=9D
Another product promoting plant oils is the Tamuskin range which = claims to=20 treat eczema.
Savanna Juhbeen had exhausted her chemist in the search for a = treatment,=20 until a friend recommended this one.
Dermatologist Dr Michael Freeman says that while all the new products = contain=20 ingredients which will assist in skincare, in his opinion you're better = off=20 waiting for them to be properly trialled - like any product.
=E2=80=9COf the moisturisers, the Tamuskin is the most moisturising. = With the=20 antioxidants, it=E2=80=99s hard to know which one of them will be more = effective. The=20 one with most potential, if people are prepared to work hard, are the = frownies,=E2=80=9D=20 Dr Freeman said.
According to him, for maximum results, you'd need to wear them by = day, and=20 teach yourself to relax your facial muscles.
Contact=20 details- Essential Stuff - http://www.essentialstuff.com.au/
- NTS Health -
- Frownies - http://www.frowniesantiwrinkle.com.au/
- Simplicite - http://www.simplicite.com.au/
- Skin Centre - http://www.skincentre.com.au/
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