Argireline and other Hot New Ingredients

I recently got a call from a close friend. "Have you ever heard of Reclaim with Argireline?" I hadn't. Apparently, it's a new product in the Principal Secret line from actress Victoria Principal. I hadn't heard much about the line, good or bad, so I looked up the key ingredient in a few different sources. Apparently, Argireline is the trade name for acetyl hexapeptide-3, but it is not of the promising peptides that have taken the skincare industry by storm. The manufacturer is touting it as a Botox alternative, but that's a stretch, at best. There is very little evidence to support it's claim as a muscle relaxant, and it's safety is questionable, at best. So I told her to turn off the infomercials, and instead to focus on skincare products with proven, effective ingredients, like:
alphahydroxy acids
tretinoin or retinoic acid (Retin-A or Renova)
peptides
hydroquinone

If Argireline was the miracle ingredient it is touted as being, it would be cropping up in every other skincare product. Some of the new, hot ingredients are unproven and worse, potentially unsafe, so until there is more evidence, save your time and money!