<story><title>The only skin care that works? science video response (2020)</title><url>https://labmuffin.com/the-only-skincare-that-works-according-to-science-asap-science-video-response/</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>_gohp</author><text>I need something to reasonably explain to my wife that all these things don&amp;#x27;t work, the brand indoctrination is profound and the credit card bills hefty.
Any good study on all the things that don&amp;#x27;t work?</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>goostavos</author><text>I think if you&amp;#x27;re coming at it from an angle where you&amp;#x27;re going to sit your wife down on the couch, show her some studies, and then wait for the &amp;quot;thank you for clarifying my thinking!&amp;quot; to roll in, you&amp;#x27;re doomed to fail &amp;#x2F; upset your SO.&lt;p&gt;I think the personality types you generally find in tech, which are so focused on what we can produce &amp;#x2F; output, don&amp;#x27;t understand that &lt;i&gt;consumption&lt;/i&gt; is a perfectly valid hobby or interest for people to have.&lt;p&gt;I&amp;#x27;d wager very few people actually buy the miracle claims on the products. I think they instead just find it fun. I gave my SO a lot of crap before realizing that some people just find stewardship of an object enjoyable. There&amp;#x27;s a whole subculture related to it. The ownership, displaying, and usage _is_ the hobby.</text></comment>
<story><title>The only skin care that works? science video response (2020)</title><url>https://labmuffin.com/the-only-skincare-that-works-according-to-science-asap-science-video-response/</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>_gohp</author><text>I need something to reasonably explain to my wife that all these things don&amp;#x27;t work, the brand indoctrination is profound and the credit card bills hefty.
Any good study on all the things that don&amp;#x27;t work?</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>nostromo</author><text>Check out Examine, they also cover skin care topics.&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;examine.com&amp;#x2F;topics&amp;#x2F;wrinkles&amp;#x2F;&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;examine.com&amp;#x2F;topics&amp;#x2F;wrinkles&amp;#x2F;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;examine.com&amp;#x2F;topics&amp;#x2F;skin-quality&amp;#x2F;&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;examine.com&amp;#x2F;topics&amp;#x2F;skin-quality&amp;#x2F;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;examine.com&amp;#x2F;topics&amp;#x2F;skin-elasticity&amp;#x2F;&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;examine.com&amp;#x2F;topics&amp;#x2F;skin-elasticity&amp;#x2F;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p&gt;... among others.&lt;p&gt;Unfortunately there&amp;#x27;s not a lot of great science out there, which is crazy given that the cosmetics industry is nearing $0.5T annually.</text></comment>