Designer Alexander Wang has skin that glows as if lit from within. But don’t begrudge him that. The man works for it! Alexander follows a complex skincare regime day in and day out. It’s not your standard cleanse, tone, moisturise type of situ either. Alexander’s skincare programme includes a range of exotic ingredients such as sheep placenta. Yes. Sheep placenta.

“I’m a diva when it comes to skin care,” he announced at a New York fashion event this week.

“I use a lot of placenta and a lot of stuff that smells like it shouldn’t be put on your face . . . Things that really burn your face and make your face really red. But then you wake up in the morning and you’re like, ‘Oh s*&^ … I look amazing!’ ”

In Australia skincare products that include sheep placenta are common. They sell mainly in chemists and duty free stores where they’re popular with Japanese and Chinese women, many of whom believe they can brighten skin.

Many of the creams and lotions claim they can refine skin and boost collagen, but there’s little evidence to back these claims up.

Turns out there isn't much evidence to back up these claims either.

"Placenta creams are in the same category as creams with stem cells," dermatologist Patricia Farris told beauty.

"None of them have been tested, and nobody has even looked at what's in them very scientifically."

It might also pay to consider that none of the major beauty houses produce a range that includes sheep placenta. This is likely because they’re yet to see the benefit outweigh any kind of risk. That said, they may very well get on the bandwagon and in the very near future.

And when and if they do, Alexander Wang will be the first person to say ‘I told you so’.Read more at:http://www.marieaustralia.com/formal-dresses | http://www.marieaustralia.com/bridesmaid-dresses