Word: creams
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Coffee ice cream with butterscotch...
...cosmetics, hope and hype have always been the rulers, and truth the rude beggar at the gate. Americans have long recognized that fact -- and dismissed it. "Oh, I know it probably doesn't do everything they say it does," admits Evelyn, a San Diego secretary, while purchasing some skin cream at a Nordstrom counter. "But it makes my skin look and feel better, so I'll keep buying...
...which are produced regularly by the body's metabolism. These highly volatile substances -- oxygen ions are one example -- react with cell membranes, and over time the radicals may play a role in various ailments and the aging process itself. There is evidence that at least one radical-fighting skin cream, a vitamin-A derivative called Retin-A, stimulates skin-cell production, but it is sold only by prescription. Another prescription product, Lac-Hydrin, contains 12% lactic acid, one of a class of compounds called alpha-hydroxy acids. These chemicals seem to help combat dry skin...
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