Kelle Walsh

No.

My sources said that there's no correlation between cost and efficacy when it comes to skincare products.

Here's dermatologist Fane Fry who tests skincare products and posts results to her consumer guide called FryFace.com.

There is no correlation, not one bit, between how much you spend on a product and how well it works.

And all of my sources said is that you can get really good quality products at fair prices wherever skincare products are sold, like Walgreens, Target, even at the grocery store.

Now, that's not to say that expensive products are bunk.

There are certainly some brands that create

high quality effective skincare it's just that you don't need to spend a lot of money to get perfectly good products that will support the health of your skin and also offer some of those extra benefits that we seek

Over-the-counter skin products are really only going to do so much to improve the appearance of your skin.

They're going to moisturize it, which is super important for both the health and the appearance of your skin.

And some of the ingredients like antioxidants, exfoliants, retinols, they can provide some visible improvements over time.

But the changes won't be dramatic.

And you're also going to need to keep using these products to maintain those results indefinitely.

So you may notice that your skin looks a bit brighter, a bit fresher.

And that's not nothing, right?

I mean, that may be all you need to feel better about the way you look.

But it is important to know that these over-the-counter products are not designed to erase years from your face.

Here's what Michelle Henry says.

Now, there is a lot of research happening in the skincare space and specifically on how to maintain skin health at the molecular level.

And I'm told that over the next decade, there will be advances in ingredients and products to slow skin cell aging.