Nobody likes wrinkles. In fact, we hate wrinkles. They're no longer something that proves we're wise and worldly. All they do now, at least according to the media and the boatload of products on the market, is confirm that we're starting to sag.

And what about those anti-wrinkle products? Just how well do they plump up our worry lines and crows feet? If you listen to the commercials on TV, they work miracles. But if you listen to reality - surprise! - they barely make a difference.

According to a new study conducted by Consumer Reports on nine drugstore to high end face serums, the effectiveness of even the most expansive brand was close to nothing.

"After six weeks of use, the effectiveness of even the best products was limited and varied from subject to subject," claims the Consumer Report study. "When we did see wrinkle reductions, they were at best slight, and they fell short of the miracles that manufacturers seemed to imply on product labels."

The fact that high priced "miracle products" don't actually work miracles shouldn't be a surprise to anyone who has even a moderate BS meter, but the sad fact is, the more desperate woman are (because let's be honest, women are the ones who are constantly told to fear "the sag"), the more willing they are to throw away hundreds of dollars on creams, serums, and masks that are basically high end moisturizers.

According to Consumer Reports, even though those bright and shiny celebrity-filled commercials claim that their products work better than surgery! "The Food and Drug Administration, which oversees cosmetic safety and labeling, doesn't require manufacturers to test the products for efficacy, let alone test for whether they meet their claims."

What can we take away from this fairly obvious report? As always, if it sounds too good to be true, it probably is. Especially when it comes to products pushed by celebrities who'd opt for plastic surgery over something sold at Walgreens any day.