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5 Important Ingredients of Anti-aging Products
May 25th, 2009 | 
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There are scores of anti-aging skin care products available in the market. But how do you know which one is the best for you? You may read countless reviews and testimonials but that is in no way a guarantee that you’ll have younger looking flawless skin as they claim. Most reviewers are handed over bucket loads of free samples to make them write good stuff.
Therefore, it becomes very important for you to know what goes in the making of a quality anti aging product be it a regular wrinkle lifting cream or be it an entire anti aging treatment.
Here are some ingredients that help reduce wrinkles and iron out fine lines on your face:
Green Tea
It has antioxidant properties that help ease out fine lines and reduce wrinkles on the skin. It is especially useful as protection against the sun and can reduce sun damage significantly. Actually green tea quenches the free radicals and reduces inflammation to exert sun damage protection rather than simply blocking the UVA/B rays. Thus, it enhances sun protection when it’s used along with sunscreen. Less sun damage means less likeliness to develop signs of aging.
Vitamin E
Vitamin E prevents redness and dryness of the skin by reducing the extent of sun damage. Its supplements are also known to decrease oxidative stress and blood pressure. Exposure to sun and its ultraviolet radiations, pollutions and smoke increases the production of free radicals. These free radicals further initiate oxidation process that damages cells, tissues and organs.
Coenzyme Q10
This is perhaps the most effective of all other ingredients. It combats the production of free radicals and increases the amount of oxygen supplied to skin tissues thus preventing skin damage. Actually our skin contains very less amounts of CoQ10 and therefore its unable to produce more collagen, elastin and other skin molecules. Moreover, depletion in the amount of CoQ10 in the skin can make you vulnerable to damage by free radicals.
CoQ10 actually reduces any such damage and boosts skin repair and regeneration.
Vitamin C
Vitamin C has reputation of enhancing the production of collagen in the skin. It possesses merits for wrinkle reduction and skin rejuvenation.
Vitamin C is essential for collagen synthesis in the skin. Collagen is a natural protein of the skin that prevents wrinkles and provides elasticity to the skin. When skin cells are supplied with vitamin C, collagen synthesis shows a dramatic acceleration. Also, vitamin C has antioxidant properties that reduce the damage by free radicals.
Hyaluronic acid
Hyaluronic acid is a natural protein in our bodies that keep the skin well moisturized. It has moisture-attracting properties that help nourish the skin and prevent the appearance of fine lines and wrinkles. In fact, when we are born our bodies contain ample amounts of hyaluronic acid but as we age, its amount recedes thus promoting the aging process.
Found in the deep dermis layer of the skin, it keeps the skin smooth because its water retention qualities. Moreover, it also contributes in repairing skin wounds. Hyaluronic acid helps maintain the collagen levels of the skin and provides it elasticity.
Dominique
The Best Hypoallergenic Anti-aging Products
Getting older. Most people would agree it’s a double-edged sword, meaning there are a lot of good things about it and a lot of bad things as well. You typically get wiser as you get older, and may experience some contentment about your life and the world like never before, but at the same time, when you look in the mirror you realize that this wisdom comes with a price! Is it any wonder that anti-aging products today are a multi-billion dollar industry? Getting older isn’t the problem; looking older certainly is! Probably no one wants to see the fine lines and wrinkles that are common with growing older.
And along with anti-aging, many people are concerned with hypoallergenic products and those that are made for sensitive skin as well. Regardless of how well any product performs and what it promises to do for your skin, if you’re very sensitive to the ingredients and even allergic to them, you’re just going to find that while you have fewer wrinkles, you have more breakouts and irritation as well. Thankfully there are many anti-aging skin care product lines that are hypoallergenic and made for sensitive skin as well.
One such product is Vinosource anti-aging wrinkle cream by Caudalie of Paris. This cream is made for dry skin and smoothes the appearance of fine lines and wrinkles with antioxidants such as grapeseed oil and vitamin E. It is made without parabens, animal ingredients, or artificial colorings.
Another recommended anti-aging product that is also hypoallergenic is Harmonie Gentle Soothing Cream by Decleor. This cream is meant to calm sensitive and easily irritated skin with its balance of essential oils. It advertises that one application of it will immediately calm red and irritated skin by protecting it from harsh elements. It is fragrance free for those who are sensitive to these ingredients as well.
Arbonne is a company that has created its own line of anti-aging skin care products for decades now, always using only natural, botanical ingredients. Many women who try these products are so impressed that they actually become independent representatives!
Revitol also has a full line of anti-aging skin care products that are made without unnatural ingredients but rather with vitamins and other antioxidants. They are also relatively affordable and have their own program or skin care regimen.
Many of these products are available on their own website, or you can find them at stores such as Sephora or Macy’s. Of course, no matter what anti-aging product you try you’re going to want to give it a week or so before you give up on it – sometimes even the most natural, hypoallergenic product can still be a bit irritating at first. You need to give your skin a few days to get used to it before you decide whether or not it’s right for you.
Common Vitamins and over the counter products can help with aging such as Antioxidants, Vitamin E, Aloe Vera, Green Tea
Antioxidants can neutralize free radical by pairing up or binding with the free radical elections thus inhibiting them from damaging cells in the human body. Natural Antioxidants are abundant in vegetables and fruits such as, apples, blueberries, broccoli, cherries, cranberries, Grapes, spinach, and Spirulina a blue-green algae.
Vitamin E is also clinically proven as an effective antioxidant. It improves our skin’s moisture and content, but also has skin protection properties and is good in smoothing our skin.
Aloe Vera will help rejuvenate and tone the skin. A naturally cooling gel, the Aloe Vera ingredients work together to stimulate the blood circulation and naturally soften the skin.
Green Tea contains antioxidants that may protect against heart disease, several types of cancer, and skin damage. Used tea bags are good for the dark circles under the eyes.
Always consult your doctor before using this information.
This Article is nutritional in nature and is not to be construed as medical advice.
Hugh
Anti-Aging Skin Care: Why Can’t We Just Keep it Simple?
If you’ve ever tried to find a skin care product to deal with the skin care concerns of aging skin, you’re probably as confused as the average person. There are so many products and ingredients that tout increase in this, decrease in that , revitalized this and revitalized that and on and on and on. Many empty promises or over-hyped formulations.
In order to understand what anti-aging skin care products are intended to do, you have to first understand about what the aging process is for skin. Aging skin has the condition where the structural proteins that bind and support the skin, collagen and elastin, lose their resiliency and cohesion, causing the skin to wrinkle and/or sag. The body’s ability to produce new collagen and elastin also diminishes with age while the cells in the various layers of our skin decline and thin, loosing the ability to adequately maintain moisture. Without proper hydration, the healing mechanisms of the skin cease to function, adversely affecting the skin’s ability to receive nutrients and repair itself. The result is rough, lose, wrinkled skin.
Of course, we all want to have the best skin possible at any age and are searching for solutions to maintain our skins youthfulness. In our quest and with the constant marketing and advancements in skin care, it can sometimes be difficult to find an affordable and effective solution for great skin care. Read the rest of this entry »
Anti-aging Skin Care
The aging process begins when we enter the world and the effects of aging are evident in our bodies through out our lives. Beginning in our 20′s, the signs of aging start to become noticeable. Genetically programmed chronologic aging causes changes in collagen and elastin, the connective tissues that supply firmness and elasticity to the skin.
The genetic program of individuals is different, so the loss of skin firmness and elasticity occurs at different rates and different times in one individual as compared to another. As skin becomes less elastic, it also becomes drier and underlying fat padding begins to disappear. With the loss of underlying support by fat padding and connective tissues, the skin begins to sag; it appears less supple and wrinkles form. Although wrinkles, lines and age spots are formed by the natural effects of getting older, one way to prevent them from appearing early on in life is to avoid direct sunlight and use sunscreens with SPF’s 15 or higher. And, although most of us have some form of sun-damaged skin, there are ways to regain healthy, smooth skin. Read the rest of this entry »
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Anti Aging Skin Care Products: The Evolution
During the last 10 years more attention is paid to the anti aging skin care. Developments within this category were influenced by such factors as competition among the major brands, introduction of new technologies and new ingredients, as well as worldwide increase in demand for the so-called “rejuvenating cosmetics”. People have no intentions of putting up with aging. Today they are turning to alternative therapies and anti aging products; however, they will not spend money on products which do not produce the wished results.
First anti aging skin care products appeared during the late 1980s. The first liposome ingredient delivery system was part of first generation anti aging skin care.
David Jago, an expert in the market analysis for MINTEL, evaluates the changes, which have taken place since then: “At present, the special properties, ingredients and benefits of the products are clearly shown on the label. In the late 1980s, it was only said that those products were firming, softening the skin, reducing lines etc., but their functional ingredients were usually not disclosed. Todays press often informs us of specific ingredients and their benefits, thus contributing to the consumers education”. As a result, there appeared a category of skin care products intended for specific age groups or needs. Usually, women aim at making their aging skin look younger, or their young skin – healthier.