Yes, there are absolutely skin products that improve the skin. If you read the article, they mention tretonoin (originally marketed as Retin-A), a retinoid, is

Yes, there are absolutely skin products that improve the skin. If you read the article, they mention tretonoin (originally marketed as Retin-A), a retinoid, is frequently used as a skin rejuvenating agent. It has genuine medical uses; softening fine lines is a happy side effect more than anything. It's a prescription cream. There's also urea (also called carbamide), niacinemide and many others that modify skin biology in subtle ways. As the article mentions, many of the beauty treatments are in fact not creams, but things like laser treatments.