Bests & Worsts Reviews from Amazon

There are some heavy hitters in the skincare world backing the ingredients in a premium-priced line of products sold by a well-known author and dermatologist. I can't speak for the original line of products, but having used this derma e product I must say it isn't for everyone. If you don't know what "milia" are, neither did I ——— because I didn't have any on my skin. But within the first month of daily use, that was what was sprouting on my cheekbones and forehead. And the nasty thing is, they don't go away short of spending hundreds of dollars at a dermatologist's office. Still convinced by the "experts", and hopeful that my experience had somehow been coincidental rather than causal, I repurchased this product a year later. Now I have a whole new crop of these tiny white bumps on my forehead and cheekbones, when nothing else has changed about how I care for my skin. I looked up how DMAE works when applied to the skin and in layperson parlance it causes skin cells to choke, essentially, on built-up moisture and debris associated with the skin turnover process. DMAE, when applied to the skin, slows down certain aspects of the cellular process. The slowing of cell turnover would explain how the skin thickens (plumps), but far from being an anti-aging property it may backfire in the long term. DMAE has entirely different internal benefits ——— it is thought to have anti-aging benefits for the brain ——— but at best the scientific jury is still out as to its usefulness and safety topically.