5 Responses to My Hypothesis – Schoolcookiemonster

1. swim1903 says:

   January 26, 2022 at 8:58 AM

   I really like how you brought up the point that not a lot of people are educated on their skin and how just little changes could help improve their skin. I feel like both changing their lifestyle such as their diet and what skincare products they use will definitely directly effect how their skin looks and feels.

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2. davidbdale says:

   January 31, 2022 at 5:32 AM

   The best research on your topic is likely to be quite scientific, provisional, complex, and contradictory, schoolcookiemonster. There’s plenty of material available for study that go way beyond the Top Ten skin care tips that might come up as a response to a simple Google search. I went looking for the most specific recent study at Google Scholar, and got this, along with 9000 others, in less than a tenth of a second.
   https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2352647519301157

   Here’s a quick sample of how technical the results can be:
   To date, few studies have explored the effect of isotretinoin on androgen levels, and the results of published studies are inconclusive and at times conflicting. We identified that 3 months of therapy with low-dose isotretinoin resulted in significant decreases in levels of serum total testosterone, prolactin, and DHT but increased DHEA levels. The remaining fold changes in serum hormone levels were not significant.

   Like all feedback, this is meant to begin a conversation, Cookie.
   I am eager to hear your reply.

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3. schoolcookiemonster says:

   January 31, 2022 at 8:55 AM

   I agree and do think skincare is a more scientific and complex approach to this 3,000-word essay. I’m not sure I want to go into genetics and hormones in my essay but rather look into the effects different ingredients have on different skin types as well as the controversy there is to some products that dermatologists prescribe not working effectively. I was also wondering if I could use videos as well as articles as my resources for this essay. Thank you for the feedback it has been very helpful.

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4. davidbdale says:

   February 1, 2022 at 11:18 AM

   There seems to be plenty of academic material available for even a narrow search such as
   [dermatologist prescribed acne remedy]. I got nearly 1000 sources at Google Scholar for articles “since 2018” using that search string.

   https://scholar.google.com/scholar?as_ylo=2018&q=dermatologist+prescribed+acne+remedy&hl=en&as_sdt=0,31

   Here’s a research hint for Google Scholar.
   I added part of the word ineffective (just the +ineff) to the search bar to capture results for four words: ineffective and inefficient and ineffectiveness and inefficiency.
   The bonus for doing that was a beautiful list of “Related Searches” that you might not think of on your own:

   

   Your thoughts?

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5. schoolcookiemonster says:

   February 6, 2022 at 6:41 PM

   Thank you for the feedback I do think that narrowing down this topic to the root is what will really make it an interesting read at the end of the semester. Thank you for also showing me how to use google scholar because I have never heard of it before and it seems like a useful tool to use for my counterintuitive essay.

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