The TRUTH About La Mer - Dermatologist Review 

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The moment he said “Bullsh*t”. Instant Subscription. I had a shopping cart on a website worth of 411€ in expensive skincare. Thank you for helping me see the damage Marketing has done to me in the past month.

you should've so much more subs and views. As someone who has worked over 20 years in the high-end skincare industry...I can assure you it's ALL marketing. Not just La Mer, but all luxury brands. What they really sell is an "illusion" - most people think if it's expensive it's also more effective. To be fair, the majority customers buying these skincare products are wealthy and don't know where to spend their money, or they buy it just so everyone can see the jar in their bathroom. It's about prestige and showing of your money.

The difference in reviews between a medial expert and the beauty "gurus" is night and day. I thoroughly enjoyed all 30 minutes of this-- Subscribed!

Omg i love this. I laughed so hard throughout the critique. Though I am now in science, this totally reminds me of my college days in critical theory in college. (Basically analyzing the heck out of everything written, published, marketed, and sold. You're great, keep making these!

Thank you for this!!! Hilarious and also informative. Thank you for looking out for the consumer and calling out misinformation, disinformation, and misleading advertising. New subscriber!

I was surprised this video doesn't have 1M views.. Thank you for making it informative and fun to watch! Subscribed!

I am so grateful for the video you made being completely transparent about skincare - even though I knew the truth about it all, I still sort of fed into the marketing of certain brands. As you explained, the reality is that the majority of skins issues are solved by a very simple process. First, by addressing internal health (dehydration, hormonal imbalances, diet, alcohol, smoking/vaping, medications that impact skin appearance, etc) and then looking at external factors that impact skin health (intense exercise, current skin regime, weather, sun exposure, pollutants). From there, all the issues can be easily addressed using OTC skincare ingredients and medical grade products. No one needs to spend hundreds or thousands of dollars on multiple products that do the exact same thing! I'm grateful I saw your video, because it serves as a very important message in our consumerism culture. I'm excited to see your future content! :)

This is amazing. Thanks for being so genuine!! Also, after watching your retinoid video I bought differin gel and I'm so happy with the results. Thank you.

Absolutely loved this video, you know how to keep our attention! Can’t wait to see more 🥳

You are the most hilarious and honest doctor i have ever seen in my life. I love you! Subscribed!

Thank God I discovered you. Your content is both educational and fun.

I have just recently become interested in improving my skin care routine. I have watched dozens of RU-vid videos from various dermatologists that are popular on here and pump out videos on regular basis. Based on their recommendations, I had my Amazon cart filled with numerous products to get started. Now that I have watched this video and you other one titled Why I Quit Skincare Videos, I have deleted every product from my cart and plan to make better choices. I thank you for saving me hundreds of dollars that I could make better use of. You are a natural in front of the camera and very genuine. Everything you say makes absolute sense and now I will look at ads more critically. I would love for you to do a video on how much the sun damages our skin and what sunscreen products are best. Thank you for your content and for making me laugh out loud!

I heard that Creme de la Mer is amazingly similar to Nivea. And I must say I don't understand that a lot of high end brands still put their products in these kind of containers. I always go for a tube or a pump with my moisturizer to keep it fresh ( no air and no fingers in the product like in a jar ).

I just recently found your channel.. 👏🏾👏🏾 well done, I’m loving your content. I’m surprised it’s not blown up yet as the information you give is gold. Keep up he good work.

You're like the male version of Dr. Dray 😄 I love it!!

I love how you roast the crap about of La Mer and pointed out every bullshit they put out. This is public service announcement. Btw, that vaseline infused with jellyfish extract sounds amazing!

I'm so happy I've discovered your channel today!

You are the best channel to get the truth about products and I love how you break it down with looking at the claims and marketing. Thanks

Super cool! Thanks for the tips Dr. Usama Syed!

I bought a jar of LaMer some years ago and used the whole jar and guess what? It wasn’t any better than a $10 moisturizer. I took the jar back to Nordstrom where I bought it and got my money back. They weren’t happy but I insisted. I will never again fall for a “miracle” cream like that. And yes, that advertising is a load of garbage. Why do we enrich companies like that with our hard earned money? It makes me so angry.

amazing story teller. please do more such video.. loved the narration

I hit subscribed within the first few minutes! Hilarious and informative… so worth my screen time! Thank you😜

Wow 😂 I can’t express how much I loved this video! You are hilarious and I am so glad that all the marketing BS is being called out finally 😂 Subbed!! Please do more of these videos!!

Very helpful. Love the humour used. Thank you

Came from Ali's channel! I love the structure of this video and am amazed by your sense of humor! Though I might've enjoyed it a slightly little more (it's already super enjoyable) if you have edited it into a shorter video

Everything else aside, I'm dying @ the wrestler announcement bit. ❤ On topic, I got a wee tiny (like 1 gram?) size bottle of it as a sample-with-purchase deal... I was SO excited because all I knew was "people love it" & the general idea that it's "so bougie" & out of my price range. Then I used it, & each time I tried it broke me out with like a freckling of shallow pimples. Miraculous bummer.

The majority of its price is due to the exclusivity tied to them, I say. I heard the experience of purchasing their products used to be very boutique-like or something but then again this was often the case for many luxury products. Another thing I heard is that La Mer's sale in the west has decreased despite the overall increase in sales for La Mer and this is because most of the purchases was made in Asia, specifically in China. This is only something I heard but I say this sure explains the increase of exposure of celebrities using La Mer products in the past 3~5 years.

This was so so helpful! Thank you! Please do Skinceuticals next.

I found your channel from this La Mer video. I used to only use drugstore stuff like Neutrogena and no-name genetic brands. But as I started to use RU-vid more, I started to see people using crazy expensive skincare products and it's almost like if you don't use it, you are not "with it" enough. I have worked in an environmental testing lab and in finance so the science and finance side of me see through the BS. But the imaginary/hopeful side of me wants to believe there is a magic broth or quick solution. I also found that there are a lot of 'get-rich-quick' videos/books/products on financial freedom. It's almost like the 'magic cream' for finance. I have worked with companies that give stock options (including NFT type of companies) and most of the time, stock options go to zero. the options will only be valuable if the company makes it. also in finance, you tend to get a taste of luxury settings (ie. people giving you invitation to VIP events and chocolate with gold flakes on it etc.) and you suddenly feel poor because I can't afford to do these things everyday yet I feel like I should aspire to it. it's exactly the La Mar lifestyle experience when you work in finance. and many of my high finance friends suffer from mental illness. I do agree that "passive" income is important. I also went to Imperial College London for a course (I started to follow you on LinkedIn - Stella P. Tsa is me). Thanks for your videos. I feel like my brain is suddenly more clear from your videos. Eventhough I have a MSc. Finance degree but I never aimed for the highest paying jobs in finance (private equity/investment banking) like my classmates with the same degree. I aimed for world-saving jobs like sustainable investing /endowment fund jobs that don't pay well. my next career step has to be something that pays the highest possible for my education, something I am good enough at and doesn't make me mentally/physically ill over the long-term.

So true even if one is able to buy such expensive products even then he/she shouldn’t. Great video we look forward to seeing your great content 👍

Thank you for the very entertaining breakdown of La Mer. Please do more content like this!

Dude, I laughed so much and so loud - my cat came into the bedroom to check on me :D pretty awesome content, amazing sense of humor and something pretty rare these days - common sense and using your brain. I really enjoyed watching your videos and am looking forward to watch more)))

Great personality. Thank you. Love hearing what I try to tell my friends.

I received a good size amount of La Mer crème and lip balm. The person was I’m guessing was showing off that they could gifted it all away to me. At the time I didn’t know it was super expensive facial cream. I used it sparingly and it lasted me about 2 years. I never looked into getting more once it ran out. I enjoyed your analysis of the cream and it’s origin story.

😂 This reminds me of something one of my friends told me a few years ago: she bought a tub of this stuff and it made her break out quite horribly (which I’m now thinking may have been because of the lanolin). So she went back to the ‘skincare consultant’ to complain, and they sold her another super expensive product to supposedly deal with this “rare but known issue”. 😂 Now what I want to ask you (but I suspect I already know the answer) is whether eye cream is just face cream in a teeny tiny container.

Finally RU-vid algorithm recommend me a AWESOME chanel! Keep it up with the amazing videos!

I really enjoyed this video. Very enlightening and entertaining. So much fun. Cheers from Australia 😄🇦🇺

Love your sense of humour. A delicate balance of pedagogy and not-quite sarcasm. 🙃👍

The comment about “give them some credit, they will let you pay it in parts they’re not animals” 😂

Subscribed because of your brutal no bullshit honesty! Love it - more please. The internet is full of woo woo these days and its boring

Great Video ! Can't wait to see more

Uranium, very concentrated energy 😂😂😂 how to destroy a brand story in one video. Love it!

La Mer is a hard no and feels like a layer of Crisco. My routine: CeraVe cream in the winter, Neutrogena fragrance free gel-cream in the summer, and tretinoin .5 mixed with CeraVe cream at night. Supergoop! Unseen Screen every day of the year, rain or shine. UV rays are always present.

Thank you for your honesty 🙏

Thanks for your video! Good job 👍🏻

Great video...subbed immediately!! Although, I fear for your safety... u be safe out there. Some of these big corps are not going to like you exposing them like this

Love your presentation style - hugely entertaining. Made me laugh out loud a few times. Carry on making these informative & hilarious videos x

Awesome video - I always suspected as much!

Docter, could you make a video about a productive haircare routine like moisturisers, conditioner’s, shampoo and all the extra stuff like the oils? An routine where we could stick to for a very long time.

Loved the podcast!

Amazing video! Soo interesting ! I am someone who sometimes fall for what the influencers recommend and tend to splurge.. on things I can afford Ofcourse! but blindly splurge! Would love to watch more!

Love your honesty, subscribed 👍✨

His brutal honesty made me an instant subscriber. Thanks, doc ✌

I really hope you could make more videos like this and enlighten our confused souls in the sea of directing marketing strategies. After this video I realised this brand can be an example of how our society is messed up honestly 😂 thank you so much for your informative and knowledgable content!

I wanted to see what the hype was about so I bought the smallest face cream and I was shocked it had fragrance in it. Skip a few years I go to Sephora and the lady selling it was telling me to get it, but I said I don’t like it because of the fragrance, she replies, “fragrance? What fragrance my dear, it’s all seaweed there’s no fragrance.” And I’m like 😑 the audacity.

Please don’t stop making videos like these. Yes, there are many skin care videos but not many with your honest opinion.

I absolutely love this video, thank youuu

Basically La Mer is just an expensive moisturiser for rich people. It is a pretty good moisturiser but it’s way way too expensive. I love how he just use common sense to analyse the La Mer video.

I laughed through this whole thing. So great !!

Spot on assessment Dr Usama!

Wow. This so needed to be said & you said it well. I fall for the marketing so many times, even though I know a lot of it is just a type of ASMR for my consumer brain. I can't afford La Mer (& wouldn't buy it if I could) but I've heard someone say that Nivea is a dupe. I got my tin of German-made Nivea for about $12 and it lasts for months. Really glad to see someone with credentials talking about all this. I've subbed.

Omg thanks I found this channel. You are the best

I loved the review, liked and subscribed! Thank you for the efforts. Another one I heard is clarins, contianing gold. Another fermented product I know is SK II essence. People swear by it. But can't get wrap my head around the magic they say it performs

As always, understandable and useful to make a decision 👍. 👍

I enjoyed this way more than I thought I would😅 Love how you simplified and explained their big twisted words.

First 30 minute long video I've seen in a while - was super funny!

BTW, thanks to your recent interview, I’m ditching Tiege Hanley, going back to Cereve, and picking up a retinol! Please do a video on retinaldehyde. I’m looking at Mae Love’s Moonlight brand retinaldehyde. Is it just hype, or is it just as good as retinal without the sensitivity issues?

Great video. Someone watched my video on la mer and told me about your channel. I totally agree with your conclusion. I do like fermented skin care and you can purchase kelp bioferment (fermented seaweed just like la mer) and pair it with an inexpensive moisturizer like Nivea(which actually has a lot of the same moisturizing ingredients as as la mer) all for a fraction of the price.

very informative video! thoroughly enjoyed it🤣🤣

I wish that more people would find and really listen to you!

Love your honesty and your podcast ❤❤

I had a tiny sample from a beauty box in ‘16? & after 1-2 nites of using it, my husband complimented my complexion! He never does as I have rosacea now. That’s why I’m researching dupes. I’m gonna try the Mario B. seaweed moisturizer & also the La Roche moisturizer, based on dermatologist dupe videos.

yelp, I was gonna buy it. I appreciate the raw honest review and your hilarious commentary. I wish you had continued reading more articles about the cream. I was laughing so hard! :D

Wonderful deep dive into a crazy product

Saved me lots of money!! Thank you!!

Thank you and love it!

Here from insta! Although I rarely watch RU-vid videos (I find them too long) I watched the whole thing cuz it was hilarious 😂

This is so hilarious I really love it never subscribed this fast lmaooo

Very interesting .explanations every detail is superior. Thk u doctor

I actually used the original which was one product only. Not really expensive but was very hard to acquire. Only made in small batches with waiting list. Original while not magic was a decent product. Estee Lauder tried for years to replicate unsuccessfully. Took years for them to acquire from now children of original owner.

Tbh, placebo should not be underestimated, its a very powerful thing. I have a rare eating disorder where my brain believes some food is dangerous, so when i eat that food it always ends up badly. I either vomit or get stomach pain or diarrhea because my body rejects it so badly. But opposite can also happen. If you believe so much that la mer is the miracle, who knows it might improve a lot since placebo also works physically not only mentally

WOW! Thank you for your truthful review!!! It's so REFRESHING to hear an honest doctor!!!! People will buy a rock if it's marketed correctly like LeMer ia marketed. Anyone can sell anything will great marketing. Also, thank you for the laughs.You are very funny without trying to be funny.

Great video!! Could you do a video on products for mens skin especially for different age groups.

I really enjoyed this video. Can you also do a review on the Avene products please?

I loved your reaction to the video. You could react to more commercials for skincare products. It would be fun.

30min video and I actually sat thru it. 😅 Great stuff!

Agreed! Fabulous video!!!!

I loved this!!! Do another one on Oil of Olay 😊

Love your channel for the brutal honest truth and facts! I've known for years La Mer is overpriced and totally hyped up common moisturizer. I'm glad I talked my sister out of trying it. Saved her a lot of money and disappointment.

Really interesting video, thank you! 😅

Details, Fantastic & funny ! A few of my friends bought it & i always do researc. Glad I found your clip. Lol 😊

ThIs video was FANTASTIC! Thank you so much for delving into the devilry that is marketing. It's a shame that there's frequently just a kernel of truth to these products. Please keep doing more reviews! Products that are worthy will find new customers, and those that are overhyped won't dupe us out of $$$!

Great video!!!!!!! Finally, honest reviews!!!!!!!!!!! Just subscribed this morning and can't wait to watch ALL of your videos!!!!!! Bonus: I laughed out loud!!!!! 🤣😍😊🥰

This video is so good! 😃

Love the brutal honesty

I been using La Mer for years, I love and see the benefits. I use to use the face wash, cream, tonic and lip balm and lotion. Now I just use the lip balm which does miracle during our cold winter seasons and the gel cream. I get compliments from my skin always. It works for eczema too. I use the mask too. Its the only product that does not breaks me out. I tried Clarins, LanColmn, Olay and Esteee LAuder

Honesty, knowledge, humor and witt, good and smooth delivery on top - i am wowed! Amazing video, best out there.

I laughed so much watching your review 😂 As a marketer, I think things this brand is doing should be criminalized if people have this degree of I don’t what allowing them to issue statements like that.

Love this. Give me a big tub of cerave over La Mer any day!