Top 10 Ingredients to Look for in Anti Aging Creams
Thursday, February 4, 2010
No matter what the press says about the adverse effects of some of the anti-aging creams on the market women never get scared. Women always turn to anti aging creams or treatments at some point in time. From the dawn of time mankind was fascinated with this tabu subject: stopping the process of aging or even reversing it. There is nothing in this world that will stop man, or more correctly said women, to try to prevent or even reverse aging. Men are also defending the anti-aging creams or using them in privacy.
Facial aging will give us wrinkles and sagging skin. You should know better than anyone else how your own skin ages and what to expect decade by decade. If you want to look younger then you need to decide what facial aging you can resist and what you have to accept as part of aging gracefully.
Many anti aging creams keep the promise of reducing the obvious signs of aging. Those who desire to keep a youthful look despite their age are very pleased. Natural aging is a normal genetical complex process which is by definition always irreversible. Age spots, facial wrinkles, fine lines, sagging skin and many others are aging symptoms that usually appear when we are not yet ready to handle them. Anti aging creams do not turn back time but instead they help delay the aging process.
Careful though, there are many creams on the market that help remove aging signs but at the same time they harm the body. Most creams use active ingredients that can negatively react when absorbed into the body causing various diseases and maladies. To enumerate few of these: the worst one: cancer, other skin diseases, acne, etc. Thus it is very important for someone to know how to check the prospects of an anti-aging cream for the right ingredients. By doing this you can choose which cream to use and which not.
Performance can be without consequences. Some of the most powerfull anti-aging creams are dependably safe and overall the anti aging skin care product doesn't have any bad ingredients. For several decades researchers and scientists from around the world have continuously worked trying to find the best anti-aging cream ingredients. In order for the cream to preserve a youthful appearance and still be safe for continued use the scientists had many restrictions. As of today, the following ingredients are the top 10 commonly used ingredients to look for in an anti aging cream.
Antioxidants are widely used in anti-aging creams. Aging symptoms and signs seen on the skin are catalyzed by free radicals generated naturally by the body during metabolism, after long exposure to harsh sunlight, smoking, bad dieting etc.
It is known from medical research that these free radicals are the ones responsible for many aging symptoms as free radicals destroy and mutate youthful skin cells. The antioxidants to look for must be naturally derived from common food items and they must be able to neutralize the free radicals as well as protect your skin against the diverse aging effects of the free radicals. The best among these antioxidants include Vitamins E, C and A.
Vitamin E reduces wrinkles and fine lines while Vitamin C activates the growth of the collagen (responsible for keeping the skin tight and not sagging) and helps regenerate the cells faster.
The best anti aging creams (Gerovital Plant) also have as an active ingredient ascorbate tetrapalmitate combined mostly with Vitamin C. The Ascorbate tetrapalmitate penetrates the body through the skin and helps in skin repair as well as by killing bacteria. Ascorbate tetrapalmitate aids the skin to keep moisture. The moisture then acts as a barrier on the epidermis to prevent future skin infections.
Ingredients derived from pure vitamins E, C and A are used in the best anti-aging creams. Retinol, retinyl acetate, retinyl palmitate, provitamin and retinyl linoleate are all very helpful and safe to use in retaining skin health and youthful look.
The rest of the anti aging cream ingredients to look out for are alpha-hydroxy and beta-hydroxy acids which help the skin to get rid off dead cells and also stimulate the production of elastic fibers, healthy collagen and the moisture-attracting glycosaminoglycans molecules. Always keep in mind that, acidic ingredients can irritate the skin and should therefore be applied on top of a good sun and UV skin protection.
