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How to Choose the Best Anti Aging Cream?

Posted by Mom Mag in Health

The quest for younger looking skin has become increasingly popular during recent years. Collectively, we spend billions of dollars each year on different ways to keep our skin looking young and beautiful: from non-invasive anti aging creams to more invasive procedures such as Botox injections and plastic surgery.

Our skin is in constant contact with our external environment and forms a barrier that protects us from microorganisms, heat, cold and UV radiation. Skin needs moisture, collagen and elastin to stay flexible and smooth. As we age, the moisture, collagen and elastin content of our skin decreases. In particular our facial skin and hands, which are exposed to the elements the most, will show more signs of aging: fine lines and wrinkles, age spots, sun damage and other blemishes.

For many people, invasive surgical procedures are not an option for budgetary and medical reasons. And if you decide you would like to have younger looking skin, how do you decide what anti-wrinkle cream you should choose?

Anti-aging creams are aimed at moisturizing the skin, increase the levels of elastin and collagen and to repair any damage that resulted from overexposure to the sun. The overall end result should always be skin that has more moisture and shows less wrinkles and fine lines.

As a customer, you have many different anti wrinkle creams to choose from: creams that are aimed to fight wrinkles on the entire face or more specialized creams that target specific areas, such as an eye cream that reduces wrinkles and crow feet around the eyes and simultaneously treats dark circles under the eyes.

No matter what anti aging cream you choose, there are a number of popular anti aging ingredients such as special peptides, antioxidants and herbal extracts that can be found in many high-quality anti aging creams:

• Collagen: Collagen is an important skin structural protein that gives the skin it’s smooth flexible appearance. As we grow older, the amount of collagen in the skin decreases, which results in wrinkles and fine lines. Many anti aging creams contain hydrolyzed collagen, which is an enzymatic break-down product of collagen-derived protein and is rich in the amino acid hydroxyproline
• Hyaluronic acid: Hyaluronic acid is a large polymer consisting of sugars, abundant in connective, epithelial and neuronal tissue. It is one of the major components of the extra-cellular matrix, where it promotes cell proliferation and migration. Hyaluronic acid promotes moisture absorption and retention
• Coenzyme Q: Coenzyme Q (CoQ10, ubiquinone) is an oil-soluble benzoquinone that is structurally similar to vitamin E and vitamin K and is mainly found in the mitochondria (where it is a part of the energy generating electron-transport chain). Since Coenzyme Q is a powerful antioxidant (it can transport electrons), it has gained popularity as an ingredient in anti wrinkle creams
• Antioxidants: Many anti-aging creams contain antioxidants such as Pomegranate and Acai Berry extract to protect the skin from free radical damage
• Lacto-ceramide: Ceramides limit skin irritations and are important for the skin’s barrier function. Ceramides found in anti aging creams (lacto-ceramide) are mostly synthetic and have powerful moisturizing and regenerating properties
• Vitamin A: In anti-aging skin care, vitamin A derivatives are often used to promote skin turnover and to stimulate collagen production, leading to a more youthful appearance

Everyone can have younger looking skin. Eat healthy, reduce the impact of the environment on your skin and use high quality anti aging products such as creams and lotions to further enhance your skin. Learn about each active ingredient and determine if the ingredients can produce the rejuvenating effect you desire.

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