How we read sources

What this site is

MenoDerm is consumer information on skincare and menopause, separately and together. It is not a clinic. It is not medical advice.

There is no shop here. No product to buy.

How sources are chosen

We choose sources by clear criteria. Peer-reviewed or equivalent primary literature. Relevance to menopause, skin, or both. Prefer human data when human work and animal or lab work both exist. Name the era and the design limits, including older observational and implant-era papers, so the frame stays honest.

What “foundational” means here

A foundational paper anchors how a Moment is framed. Foundational does not mean settled forever. Foundational does not mean a product claim.

What we do not claim

We do not sell products. We do not tell anyone to start, stop, or change hormone therapy. We do not invent a face endpoint when the paper measured another site. We do not name a sample size or a biopsy site when the abstract does not give it. Soft hedges stay soft.

How Moments and Completeness relate

A Moment is a lived situation with an honest science frame. Completeness goes deeper on paper honesty: design, site, numbers, and limits. This methodology page holds the rules that sit above both.

Update cadence

This page updates when our selection rules change, not every time a new paper appears. Fresh science still passes the Science STOP gate and a quarterly scan. The COO owns that scan trigger.

Corrections

When a site, a number, or a frame is wrong, we prefer a clear fix over a quiet rewrite.

Example of how a correction lands: Brincat 1987 is the verified thigh structure paper. Brincat 1985 is the same implant-era family; the abstract does not name the biopsy site. Keeping those apart is the fix. It is not a new science claim.