After about two weeks — the quickest turnaround time of all the kits — I got an email notification that my results were ready. The report was broken up into four categories: skin aging, skin elasticity, appearance and skin health, and UV sensitivity. Most of my results were pretty obvious (like my higher likelihood of getting acne), but there were also a few wild cards I didn't see coming, including that my skin has a genetic advantage to looking younger "due to the natural ability of your cells to counter damaging environmental factors" and that I may get gray hair earlier than a whopping 92 percent of the population.
I did appreciate that this test offered a little insight into what these results might mean and the ingredients you can use to help treat these genetic predispositions. In the case of acne, for example, Orig3n offered up a few ingredients (benzoyl peroxide, retinoids, salicylic acid) that might be worth trying.
