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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Lifestyle
Hannah Devlin Science correspondent

Boots No7 launches ‘breakthrough’ in skincare – but does science stack up?

Kathryn Louise Burns and Harpreet Kaur arrive at the No7 Pro Derm Scan launch party
Kathryn Louise Burns and Harpreet Kaur arriving at the No7 Pro Derm Scan launch party on 5 April. Photograph: PinPep/Rex/Shutterstock

The latest Boots No7 range, Future Renew, was launched this week to considerable fanfare, not merely a new face cream, but a “world-first breakthrough in skincare research”.

Since 2007, when a Horizon documentary on the science behind its Protect & Perfect range prompted an unprecedented consumer stampede, the Boots No7 team has been taking the “here comes the science bit” to the next level. Its latest collection of creams and serums was preceded by a presentation at the American Academy of Dermatologists’ (ADD) annual congress in New Orleans, and the launch took place, not at an exclusive hotel, but at the Science Museum in London.

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