Skin Doctors Instant Facelift
FULFILLED
- Moisturizing
- Anti-aging
- lactic acid
- paraffinum liquidum
- petrolatum
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Formula review
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What does the product description say?WIMJ summary
This product contains serine. This ingredient might be able to help reduce and prevent fine lines and wrinkles, improve skin elasticity and firmness, but there is not enough evidence that it actually works.
| Ingredient | Effectiveness | Concentration | Irritancy |
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MEDIUM
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MEDIUM
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Promise
What does the product description say?WIMJ summary
This product can help improve hydration of the skin with the two types of ingredients.
The first type is called “humectants”:
these ingredients help attract water.
When humectants are on the surface of the skin, they “pull in” the moisture from the outside environment, or from
within deeper layers of the skin. The following ingredients in this product do the job:
allantoin, glycerin.
This product also contains ingredients called “occlusives”. They help reduce the speed with which our skin loses moisture to the outside environment. These ingredients also help soften the upper layer of the skin, so it feels less tight and nicer to the touch. The following ingredients in this product do the job: dimethicone, isopropyl myristate.
The following ingredients in this product are especially good for supporting the skin barrier and helping with the hydration level: paraffinum liquidum, urea
| Ingredient | Effectiveness | Concentration | Irritancy |
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HIGH | | | |
HIGH | | | |
HIGH | | |
Potential irritants
| Ingredient | Irritancy | Skin Benefit |
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| acacia senegal gum | | |
| glycol stearate | | |
| acrylates copolymer | | |
Ingredients by volume
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Plain old water
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One of the best moisturizing ingredients. Naturally present in skin. It attracts water to the upper layer of the skin working as a humectant
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An emollient that helps soften the skin. Could be comedogenic
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Skincare resources
Scientific Sources
- Glycerol and the skin: holistic approach to its origin and functions
- Final Report on the Safety Assessment of Acrylates Copolymer and 33 Related Cosmetic Ingredients
- A review on the extensive skin benefits of mineral oil
- Dimethicone as a protective ingredient in topical medications
- Final Report on the Safety Assessment of Dimethicone Copolyol