Doctor-Recommended Crème de la Mer

Monday I shared with you the antiaging skin care recommendations made by dermatologist Dr. Jeanine Downie on the Today Show. For the 50s and beyond, she recommended Skin Medica TNS Regeneration Systemand Estee Lauder’s Crème de la Mer.



I was quite impressed by what I learned about SkinMedica’s TNS line (see Wednesday’s blog); but not so with Crème de la Mer. Yet people love this stuff. Estee Lauder can’t keep up with the demand. This cream rates 4 stars (out of 5) based on 11 user reviews posted on Amazon.



The ad copy for Crème de la Mer says it "may be the greatest moisturizing cream you’ll ever apply to your skin; hyper-rich in concentrated ingredients ranging from sea kelp, calcium, magnesium, potassium, iron, lecithin, Vitamins C, D, E and B12, plus oils of citrus, eucalyptus, wheat germ, alfalfa and sunflower." I’ve read elsewhere that each jar takes three months to make and involves a bio-fermentation process and zapping the fermenting sea kelp with sonic waves. This just had me going “huh?”



I wonder – could millions of devoted users be wrong? Is there really some sort of alchemy going on with the sea kelp? In any event, if you’d like to give it a try, I recommend you buy it in the large size (500 ml/16.9 oz.) and save almost 50% per ounce.



P.S. My friend Jackie proofed this blog and then told me she received a jar of Crème de le Mer as a gift from a friend with flawless skin who swears by it. Jackie concurs it is absolutely the best antiaging moisturizer she has ever used. Hmmm, maybe there is something to this fermented, sonic-wave-bombarded sea kelp.



Tags: antiaging skin care, Dr. Jeanine Downie, Crème de la Mer