Calling Products “Pro-Aging” Doesn’t Change Their Message That Aging Is Bad

I’m done with the anti-aging product promises.

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In the late 1990s, my mom took me to the Clinique counter at Macy’s to see if they had any products to help my acne-prone skin. The white-smocked saleswoman seemed to have all the answers: a soap to remove impurities, a bracing toner to remove dead skin cells…