Without a doubt, the most popular of the health agencies out there, and the one with the most far-reaching influence, is the World Health Organization, WHO. Often its sphere of influence is so vast that it does not have the time or the means to review every last product on the market. As such, you may not be able to get what the WHO has to say about a new anti-wrinkle cream that has just hit town.

A little closer to home, and one of the more active and controversial federal health agencies in the United States, the Food and Drug Administration, FDA, often has something to say about everything new. The FDA assures the safety of food, pharmaceuticals, cosmetics, and medical services through legislation and licensing programs. If you want to read a relatively trustworthy review of some new anti-wrinkle cream product that just hit the scene, search for what the FDA has to say.

There are loads of other agencies that often review these products for their own specific reasons. The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS); the Public Health Service, which is a smaller arm of the HHS; the National Institutes of Health, which is the medical research arm of the Public Health Service; and the Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) that maintains national health statistics and prevents disease outbreaks.

If you need to learn about any anti-wrinkle product or treatment, you know what to look for. Don’t wait until you have hurt your face or your skin by it before you reach out. The best anti-aging skincare products often get the best reviews.