Caviar and Other Weird Skincare Ingredients

Metals and stem cells have the magic touch

By Wesley Oliver, Newser Staff

Posted Apr 12, 2009 11:36 AM CDT

(Newser) – As it turns out, the fountain of youth is flowing with all sorts of strange ingredients, and Forbes reveals the best of a bunch that could keep you looking young and radiant:

Caviar isn’t just for your palate: La Prairie’s Skin Caviar Crystalline Concentre uses the fish extract to make the skin more elastic and keep it wrinkle-free.

The stem cells of a rare Swiss apple found in M Cream Ultimate Lift slow down the aging process.
All that glitters might not be gold, but your skin will gain flexibility from Carita’s Perfect Gold Serum.
If Botox isn’t your thing, synthetic snake venom in UltraLuxe-9 Age Control Complex could be just the thing to get smooth skin.

Click the link below for more age-defying products of unusual provenance.

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From diamond dust to mother-of-pearl, today's beauty treatments are chock-full of unexpected ingredients. (Shutter Stock)

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Metals are good. It's a little too early to know their full effect, but a lot of metals, like magnesium, copper and zinc, are working within our bodies already and get depleted with age. Most people use them for a certain luminosity. - Yan Trokel, cosmetic surgeon

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Caviar and Other Weird Skincare Ingredients

Metals and stem cells have the magic touch