Dermatologist Shereene Idriss breaks down non-surgical wrinkle treatments. Tretinoin is the gold standard topical, while peptides like Argireline offer only temporary results. Facial patches such as Frownies can help, but reducing facial movement remains key.
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I don't mean to be the bearer of bad news here, but does anything really replace Botox? A you can choose to not emote. And I'm not saying this in a facetious way, but it's the reality. Okay? If you don't want to get lines, try not to emote as much and try to keep a flat face. Number two topicals over the counter. They're never going to make your wrinkles fully disappear. I mean, tretinoin is the best. It's the gold standard that's going to help improve your collagen production so that your skin appears smoother over time, but it's not going to make your wrinkles disappear. There are certain peptides, like argylline, I always say it wrong, which is supposedly going to help to smooth your muscles because they block muscle contraction very superficially and very lightly and very temporarily, but again, it's not going to help. And then you have things like patches, like frownies, which I've tried and quite frankly, I've hated, but they've been around since 1889. So if you take my theory that everything great was once new, but not everything new is great, then maybe this is super old, that it has to have some level of greatness to it, but I personally have never experienced it or seen any benefits from it.
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