PERSONAL HEALTH : Preventing That Reptile Look

What do you get when you mix water, Vitamin E, organic herbs and honey with lipids and humectants?

Hand and body lotion, of course.

Last year, Americans shelled out $475 million at pharmacies and discount stores for “mass market” moisturizers, in hopes of keeping skin from taking on that reptile look. (And this doesn’t include the millions spent at department or specialty stores, or the big bucks paid for face-only products.)

Which moisturizers work? Which don’t? Read on.

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