抗衰老美膚科學問答

We asked you which ingredient was NOT currently said to provide anti-aging benefits and your responses were all over the place. Here’s the answers. Were you right?

1. Frog Skin - True
27% of you thought that scientists were not using frog skin for anti-aging properties but unfortunately, you were wrong. This article about bullfrog skin containing antioxidants suggests that it may have an anti-aging effect. I’m not a big fan of harvesting amphibians for cosmetics so I can’t encourage it’s use.

2. Cactus Spines - Fake
Only 17% of you thought this was the fake but it was. There is no raw material company selling cactus spines as a natural, anti-aging ingredient. However, based on the Beauty Brains community of poll answerers, maybe they should. Most people believe that this is a reasonable ingredient to give an anti-aging effect.

3. Apple Stem Cells - True
This one tricked the most people. 34% of you thought this was the fake but it’s real. A company name Mibelle Biochemistry has introduced an anti-aging ingredient based on apple stem cells. Who knew apples had stem cells too?

4. Snake Venom - True
22% of you thought this one was fake but you were mistaken. Indeed, one cosmetic raw material company is marketing Syn-ake, a peptide derived from snake venom. I remain skeptical about this one as it is too conveniently similar to botox.

如果我們問你時下哪些物質不被視為能夠抗衰老，你的回答可能就如同下面所列出的一樣。以下就是答案，你對了嗎？

1.青蛙皮膚——正確

你們中27%的人認為科學家們不會用青蛙的皮膚來抵抗衰老，但不幸的是，你們錯了。這篇關于牛蛙的皮膚含有抗氧化劑的文章表明它可能有抵抗衰老的功效。我不是一個熱衷于使用兩棲動物來美膚的人能，所以我不敢使用這一方法。

2.仙人掌的棘——錯誤

你們中只有17%的人認為這一說法是錯誤的，但它的確不正確。沒有一個原材料公司會將仙人掌棘作為自然的抗衰老的物質出售。然而，根據美麗大腦社團所作的投票結果顯示，這些公司可能應該出售仙人掌棘，因為多數人認為它是一種有抗衰老功效的物質。

3.蘋果核的細胞——正確

這個小把戲欺騙了你們中的大部分人。你們中的34%認為這是錯誤的，但其實這個說法是正確的。一個名為Mibelle生物化學的公司最近就引進了一種以蘋果核的細胞為原料的抗衰老物質。

4.蛇的毒液——正確

你們中22%的人認為這是錯誤的，但并非如此。事實上，一個化妝品的原材料公司正在銷售一種名為Syn-ake的產品，其中的肽元素就是從蛇的毒液中提取的。我對此仍持有懷疑態度，因為這實在是和肉毒桿菌毒素太相像了。