There was a room just for slicers, and a machine used for scaling fish that looked like it would do vicious things if you got a hand caught in it. In the street Acme trucks idled, waiting to take the dayâs production all over the Northeast. Photo via Getty Images by Ron Antonelli/Bloomberg Back in his office, at a small round conference table, Caslow talked to me about his familyâs company, and about the unexpected surge in the smoked fish business.
1 Retin-A is applied topically and comes in both cream and gel forms. 2  It also comes in a variety of strengths: the 0.025% cream is for general skin improvement, the 0.05% cream is designed for reducing wrinkles and fine lines, while the 0.1% used widely for the treatment of acne and blackheads.
Other experts are equally enthusiastic. Susan Weinkle, a dermatologist in Bradenton, Florida, calls retinoids skin careâs heavy lifters. âI tell patients that regardless of how much time or money they have, sunscreen and a retinoid are the most important anti-agers to use,â she says.Between 2007 and 2010, product launches nearly doubled.) What is surprising is the active ingredient thatâs touted in the vast majority of these potions: good old retinoids. This class of vitamin A derivatives has been used in skin care since the â70s.