Hydroderm is a well known name in the skin care industry, so I decided to do a head to head test. Hydroderm vs other skin care products. Do Hydroderm skincare and anti wrinkle products stack up?

Sad to say, Hydroderm anti aging products didn't make it past the first hurdle.

For one good reason. Hydroderm use paraben in their anti aging products.

I've written before about dangerous, or suspect ingredients in cosmetics and skin care products and anti aging products like wrinkle creams and face creams. There is no FDA supervision of the safety of the ingredients used in cosmetics, skincare and anti aging products, and so the big name companies can use, basically, anything they want in their anti wrinkle creams and face creams, regardless of whether it's proven safe for human use or not.

One chemical, or at least a range of chemicals commonly used as a preservative in skin care and anti-aging products is called paraben. Parabens are commonly used in most big brand name products.

If you read the information available at the cosmetic database you'll find that parabens are listed in their suspect ingredients list. At least one paraben rates an 8 on a scale of 0-10 of risk. 8 is called "high hazard".

So if Hydroderm uses parabens in their skincare range that factor alone would make me run a mile before using any of their creams on my skin. The Hydroderm vs other skin care products battle rules Hydroderm out immediately just from that factor alone.

However if you spend some time online you'll be amazed at the complaints against Hydroderm. The first complaint is basically that the product does nothing at all. That's common amongst skin care products, and you'll see that in regard to other big brand name anti aging products too.

However the complaints go way beyond that. Many customers call Hydroderm a scam.

Hydroderm offer a 30 day free trial of their products. Many of the complaints relate to the 30 day free trial. The complaints are that Hydroderm charge your account immediately the 30 days is up, and that if you don't want their products, as seems to be the case for many trying the 30 day free trial, you still get charged.

And complaints include that once this happens, or if for any other reason you have a problem and want to try and resolve it, it is just about impossible to contact the company to complain. And complaints are also that even if you do manage to contact them and they offer a refund eventually it never arrives.

Also that once they have your details you're bombarded by spam.

And that their skin care products are way over priced. Unfortunately price of skin care products is no indicator of quality. Some of the worst skin care products available can be the most expensive. And some of the best natural skin care products that work extremely well are price competitive.

And so on, and so on, and so on. I've read miles of complaints about Hydroderm.

So in our Hydroderm vs other skin care products battle Hydroderm fails miserably. Firstly I wouldn't let their products anywhere near me just because they have Parabens in them. Secondly I wouldn't even risk their 30 day free trial, given the range of complaints about their business practices.

Hydroderm vs other skin care products? Stick to other skin care products. There are some superb natural skincare products available with no dangerous ingredients, that work well, are reasonably priced and offer a money back guarantee for all customers.

Stick to high quality natural skin care products, give Hydroderm a miss.