Consumer Watch Better Looking Skin Americans spend more than 9 billion dollars a year to make their skin look letter. But there are three types of products you can probably pass up, starting with supplement pills. The nutrients from those products do not magically travel to selected areas of the body, such as the skin. So therefore we don't place much validity to the manufacturers claim these products will result in improved skin. Dr. Laurie Polis says silicone strips can be useful, but you should be leery of claims made by silicone creams.
Silicone is available in a patch, a topically applied sheet, that is touted to reduce scars.
Those do work if applied nightly for weeks. The consumer needs to be aware however and beware of creams saying silicone within then would reduce wrinkle or fill in frown line because there's no science to back that claim. Some of the doctors we spoke to were skeptical. They said their patients were not improving at the same rate as they were on prescription drugs. And although moisturizers can make your skin feel soft and comfortable, don't overdo it.