Is Strivectin Better Than Botox
May 4th, 2007Stuggling with Strivectin: Izzy, Loulou and Aisha have all asked if Strivectin stretch mark and wrinkle remover cream really works. The Right Brain is soundly skepical: In case you’re not familiar with Strivectin, it’s a very expensive anti-wrinkle and anti-stretch mark cream that claims to be
Stuggling with Strivectin: Izzy, Loulou and Aisha have all asked if Strivectin stretch mark and wrinkle remover cream really works. The Right Brain is soundly skepical:
In case you’re not familiar with Strivectin, it’s a very expensive anti-wrinkle and anti-stretch mark cream that claims to be “better than Botox.” Is that possible? Hardly. We agree with the Cosmetic Cop who proclaims that while Botox injections can be painful, they’re not as painful as paying a ton of money for a product that doesn’t work!
Strivectin seems sketchy because they keep referring to their Clinical Research, yet they don’t provide a single reference to a single study. In fact, clicking on their “Clinical Research” tab just brings up a page that says, essentially: “golly gee, this stuff works. Honest!” Ok, we’re exaggerating, but if you read the website carefully it says “After reviewing and verifying the clinical data, an incredible 93% of subjects saw a significant, visible reduction in the appearance of stretch marks.” Huh? Does that mean they let the people in the study read their research studies, then asked them if the product works? It makes no sense!
Ok, let’s be fair: digging a little deeper does turn up a reference to one study that, according to Strivectin, “Using special image analysis, the study’s authors reported “significant improvement” in both the overall appearance of skin tone and wrinkles for those women using the peptide solution.”
But the Cosmetic Cop counters that with the following: “the only studies proving StriVectin’s benefits were paid for by Klein-Becker, the company that distributes StriVectin and the company that makes one of the product’s ingredients. So Klein-Becker switched gears and reported that many women “accidentally discovered” that StriVectin-SD was also an excellent anti-wrinkle cream.” So, until we see some of the actual research, color us skeptical.
The Beauty Brains Bottom line:
Extraordinary claims require extraordinary proof and Klein-Becker has not provided this kind of proof to show that Strivectin is actually better than Botox. Our advice is save your money.
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