We asked you which ingredient was NOT currently said to provide anti-aging benefits and your responses were all over the place. Here’s the answers. Were you right?

1. Frog Skin - True
27% of you thought that scientists were not using frog skin for anti-aging properties but unfortunately, you were wrong. This article about bullfrog skin containing antioxidants suggests that it may have an anti-aging effect. I’m not a big fan of harvesting amphibians for cosmetics so I can’t encourage it’s use.

2. Cactus Spines - Fake
Only 17% of you thought this was the fake but it was. There is no raw material company selling cactus spines as a natural, anti-aging ingredient. However, based on the Beauty Brains community of poll answerers, maybe they should. Most people believe that this is a reasonable ingredient to give an anti-aging effect.

3. Apple Stem Cells - True
This one tricked the most people. 34% of you thought this was the fake but it’s real. A company name Mibelle Biochemistry has introduced an anti-aging ingredient based on apple stem cells. Who knew apples had stem cells too?

4. Snake Venom - True
22% of you thought this one was fake but you were mistaken. Indeed, one cosmetic raw material company is marketing Syn-ake, a peptide derived from snake venom. I remain skeptical about this one as it is too conveniently similar to botox.

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如果我们问你时下哪些物质不被视为能够抗衰老，你的回答可能就如同下面所列出的一样。以下就是答案，你对了吗？

1.青蛙皮肤——正确

你们中27%的人认为科学家们不会用青蛙的皮肤来抵抗衰老，但不幸的是，你们错了。这篇关于牛蛙的皮肤含有抗氧化剂的文章表明它可能有抵抗衰老的功效。我不是一个热衷于使用两栖动物来美肤的人能，所以我不敢使用这一方法。

2.仙人掌的棘——错误

你们中只有17%的人认为这一说法是错误的，但它的确不正确。没有一个原材料公司会将仙人掌棘作为自然的抗衰老的物质出售。然而，根据美丽大脑社团所作的投票结果显示，这些公司可能应该出售仙人掌棘，因为多数人认为它是一种有抗衰老功效的物质。

3.苹果核的细胞——正确

这个小把戏欺骗了你们中的大部分人。你们中的34%认为这是错误的，但其实这个说法是正确的。一个名为Mibelle生物化学的公司最近就引进了一种以苹果核的细胞为原料的抗衰老物质。

4.蛇的毒液——正确

你们中22%的人认为这是错误的，但并非如此。事实上，一个化妆品的原材料公司正在销售一种名为Syn-ake的产品，其中的肽元素就是从蛇的毒液中提取的。我对此仍持有怀疑态度，因为这实在是和肉毒杆菌毒素太相像了。

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