The

Pseudoscience
of Skincare
Pseudoscience
• The word pseudoscience is derived from the
Greek root pseudo meaning false and the
English word science, from the Latin word
scientia, meaning "knowledge".
• It is consists of statements, beliefs, or
practices that are claimed to be both
scientific and factual but are incompatible
with the scientific method.
 What is the S&T issue all about ?
“The Pseudoscience of Skincare”

• Skin tech is the very definition of pseudoscience. Companies that make skin
tech devices use statements and practices that scientists use but don’t follow the
scientific method, especially when it comes to replicating or challenging results
• The “experts” they employ to help legitimize their products are not scientists
but celebrities, aestheticians, and, often, dermatologists not involved in
legitimate scientific research or with their own brands to market.
• The “evidence” that beauty tech devices “work” is often measured in terms of
whether or not the client sees improvement, a less-than-objective measure of
efficacy.
• No matter how much you spend, you’re still going to get old
The Pseudoscience of Skincare
What factors or events led to the
introduction of this S&T ?
- Mostly it occurs by means of
influence of society
- Concern over premature aging and
excessive vanity of appearance
- The obsession with beauty
What ethical dillemas does the
introduction of the S&T assigned to
your group pose?
- There exists a confluence of fact-twisting
forces: lots of money to be made by
manufacturers and providers, huge advertising
campaigns that deploy vast quantities of
pseudoscientific gobbledygook, a lack of
independent research and information, and
consumers who desperately want the products
to do for them what is claimed and that is
called "Beauty-Industry Efficacy Bias" dillema
The Pseudoscience of Skincare
Why is it important to question the
moral and ethical issues surrounding
the assigned S&T ?
- Because it have great impact in society
and individual
- To identify what is not true and to not
be deceived
In this face of new S&T
innovation , why is it important to
study Science , Technology and
Society ?
- To be able to know the different
processes of knowledge , and how
innovative technological processes are
developed, and increased.
- To understand the analysis of modern
science and technology in interaction
with social, political, economical and
cultural processes of change.