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This is the only way I can describe how I felt the first time aneck creamlanded on my desk.

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Delmaine Donson

Great, I huffed.

Like women need yetanotherskincare category to complicate their already taxing and insecurity-riddled beauty regimens.

Recently, though, I looked in the mirror and noticed these odd-looking lines around my neck.

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What makes them different from your face moisturizer?

Does anyone in the world actually need a neck cream?

And, most importantly, will they sort out my creased bedsheet neck?

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Societys obsession with a supposedly aging neck and decolletage is nothing new.

This, says Payne, is in part due to distrust around the validity of claims.

However, explains Craythorne, a dermatologist and president of the British Cosmetic Dermatology Group, there are caveats.

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Therefore, in that instance, a dedicated cream for this area would be beneficial.

Aesthetician Jasmina Vico attests to this.

Facialist Vaishaly Patel concurs.

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Theres only so much a neck cream can do, she says wryly.

And it lasts three to four months.

And so exploring the more recent slew of neck creams might be a worthy starting point.

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But will any of these actually absolve me of my creasy neck?

It remains to be seen.

I cant stand people who say things like this.

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What can they be thinking?

Do they not have necks?

Still, if that changes, at least theres now a plethora of solutions that actually work.