Dear tyubik.Solntsezaschitnye creams: whether to pay extra?

Before you leave every time we wondered how much to spend on sunblock. Maybe one that is more expensive, it is better protected from harmful UV rays? And in general, whether or not to overpay thousand rubles for a "brand" creams?

The mercy of the sun

For a tube of cream that says SPF, you can pay 50 rubles., And can be, and five thousand. How do you know whether or not to pay? Independent expert organiztsaiya "Rostest Moscow" and the program "Environment" (First Channel) conducted an interesting experiment.
Three sunscreen - for 100, 500 and 1000 rubles. - Checked with the help of a special installation that mimics sunlight. All creams had the same rate of protection from the sun - SPF 15. This means that the vehicle must be 15 times to reduce the harmful effects of ultraviolet radiation. Cream smeared on the glass and sent them xenon.

- It turns out that the cheapest cream has a protection factor of 12, which is about 20% lower than the claimed "- says Vladimir Chuprakov, chief of metrology "Rostest Moscow" . This means that the manufacturer had no right to promise the consumer protection 15 SPF. Creams of 500 and 1000 rubles. It turned out to be exactly the same degree of protection. Tests have shown that they reduce the harmful effects of sunlight 13, 5 times. Given the uncertainty of the device, experts believe that both of these have declared cream manufacturer properties.
What conclusions follow from this experiment? Price still provides a guarantee that the claimed SPF-factor corresponds to the real. If you buy a cheap cream is necessary to take a greater degree of protection (at least SPF 30) - given that the real figure is probably lower.

Not all that expensive, smoothes

And what with the usual anti-wrinkle creams for women who are ready to throw away a fortune? Domestic funds promise a smoothing effect based on plant extracts, and Western and Japanese attracting advanced technologies that cost several times more expensive to consumers. To test these promises, the first channel in conjunction with the Central Clinical Hospital of the RAS held clinical trials. In the experiment, compared Import cream for 1029 rubles. and Russian for 82 rubles. - 12 times cheaper!

The packaging of both creams is written, that means providing anti-aging, reduces wrinkles and fights the signs of aging. Only the expensive cream promises to deal with problems at a cellular level, and ensures cheap lifting effect thanks to extracts of herbs.
The CDB Sciences carried out a unique testing - profiling. Special device accurately determines the size and depth of crack any coating, including the skin. The experiment involved a group of women older than 40 years. Within two weeks, twice a day, they were applied to the left side of the face cream is cheap, and the right - way. Experts measured the wrinkles on the faces of the participants before and after the ex-tal.
- The results showed that after applying the cream cheap existing wrinkles become more flat, smoothed, compacted, and the overall appearance of the skin became significantly better - he says Lyudmila Gurochkina, Head. CDB Sciences laboratory . With the availability of Russian cream for all participants on the left side of the face wrinkles were reduced by 10%. According to doctors, the effectiveness of the cream proved. But on the right cheek of each of the women participating in the experiment, the wrinkles were reduced by an average of 6, 5%.

- This means that about half of the participants applying cream worth more than 1 ths. Rub. or it does not give any result or the effect was negative - comments Gurochkina. Here you have the expensive Western formula!

It turns out that the road does not mean effective. Choosing a wrinkle cream, it is necessary to focus not on price but on the composition. Tests showed that the wrinkle reducing agents with sea buckthorn and royal jelly. Also, beauticians recommend herbal ingredients such as ginkgo biloba, Centella Asiatica, Ivy, catechins in green tea, red grapes. They contain antioxidants and phytoestrogens, which prevent skin aging. And cosmetologists are advised to empirically find out what ingredients are right for you.

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