The authenticity of products which claim to slow the effects of the ageing process has been thrown into doubt.

A team of scientists from University College London have published a report which states there is "no clear evidence" to suggest that such skin care treatments work.

Published in the Genes and Development Journal, the study was particularly critical of products which utilise antioxidants to combat the ageing effect of 'free radicals'.

Leader of the UCL team, Dr David Gems, commented: "The fact is that we don't understand much about the fundamental mechanisms of ageing - the free radical theory has filled a knowledge vacuum for over 50 years now, but it doesn't stand up to evidence."

He added that if superoxide does play a part, it is only a small role as oxidative damage is not a "universal, major driver of the ageing process."

In other news, the market research firm NPD recently published a report stating that women typically increase their consumption of anti-ageing products between the ages of 35 and 44 years old.

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