Bests & Worsts Reviews from Amazon

After reading so many five-star reviews, I started out with high hopes, but for me, this product does the opposite of what I expected from those majority reviews and the description advertised. Every day for three weeks I carefully followed all directions that came with the product. In the first few days, although I was disappointed that my skin seemed drier, instead of smoother, I thought I should faithfully continue, in order to give the product a fair chance. When my face became more dry, rough, and leathery--more wrinkly!--than ever before, I decided I should stop, as I feared the apparent damage might become permanent. Fortunately, when I went back to using Curel Ultra Healing lotion, my skin smoothness and softness was immediately restored to pre-180 Serum state, and I did not have to waste time with some application ritual nor go through the process and expense of reordering a tiny bottle of serum every couple of months. I am relieved that I did not pay so much for this product that I would bother to send it back for a refund, but this experience has lowered my confidence in positive customer reviews at Amazon. On the positive side, this product reminded me to pause, self-reflect, chuckle, and recalibrate my level of vanity.