How Effective Are Anti Wrinkle Face Creams?

by Kathleen P. Walsh

Fed up with no result yielding anti wrinkle face cream, I have seen many people resort to collagen and Botox injections, chemical peels, laser treatments and microdermabrasion. Over time, I have noticed face wrinkle creams come and go.

Most marketers like to get in and get out, quickly, before they have to listen to customer complaints. I have never seen a guarantee on an anti wrinkle face cream, until recently.

I have read about individuals who had bad reactions to expensive anti wrinkle face creams that had a designer name on the bottle. They brought it back to the stores cosmetic counter and after much explaining were able to get their money back. However, that is not because the designer guaranteed that his product would work. It is because the store wants to keep your business in other departments of the store.

There are also several face wrinkle creams that provide free samples. What can be discovered from a small sample tube? I do not believe very much can be determined from a sample. Honest companies will speak about true performance studies. Which of the following claims sound more possible? Brand-X anti wrinkle firming cream gives results right away, and long lasting benefits. If it sounds too good to be true, then more likely it is.

After 18 days of use, volunteers skin was 42% firmer. Sustained moisture retention improved by 14% over 18 days. Skin cell proliferation increased by 160% in as little as three days. While these results are exciting, they also sound realistic. Simply the percentages sound like scientific results.

Indeed, several companies give refunds on bottles, which remain unopened, but how will you know if it works if you cannot try it? Most companies are aware that their anti wrinkle face creams do not work, however they use little gimmicks so that you notice an immediate result from the free sample you receive.

Once you discover that purely cosmetic result, you will probably order their anti wrinkle face cream and then you will be stuck with it. You notice that the instant results you saw are not long lasting and the cream costs too much money to use on a daily basis. Definitely, the treatments that were talked about up above in the opening line are temporary also, however with the right combination of ingredients, you can better your skins health over time. You will appear younger than you really are, no matter how old you may be.

There are many thoughts about what causes wrinkles to appear in the first place. One popular theory is the constant facial expressions we make. However, presently, dermatologists are claiming it is free radical damage. If you are looking to repair molecular damage, you need a bit of time and anti wrinkle face creams that have antioxidants. Antioxidants have been proven in thousands of clinical studies to fix all kinds of free radical damage inside and outside of the body.

I would recommend that you search for an antioxidant-rich anti wrinkle face cream that is guaranteed to work. You can appear younger for life if you make the right selection.

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October 10 2009 | Skin Care | No Comments »

The Secret of making Age Spots Disappear Naturally

by Kathleen P. Walsh

Time marches on, and, sooner or later, you realize its marchin across your face."Dolly Parton in Steel Magnolias. Every one of us is at some point going to have to face the battle against aging skin problems, but what is there that we can use in order to make sure that we are successful in the war that we wage? A lot of us are plagued with problems such as unsightly aging spots on skin that make us self conscious that other people that see them think that our best days are behind us.

If you've tried to find a solution to your aging skin problems, there is no doubt that you have tried the products by sold by the major cosmetic companies. Most of us have been conditioned to believe that the more reputable the company, the better their anti-aging products. Frankly, I have never found any of their collagen products to be effective and they seem to think that's the only solution.

And so far as aging spots on skin are concerned there is also really nothing that will qualify as an effective treatment. What many people end up doing is simply trying to cover them up, but most of us just simply have to learn to live with them as there seems to be no viable solution in sight. With all that we know about why skin ages you would think that there would be more effective products in development.

Collagen as a topical treatment for aging skin problems is pretty much pointless. It cannot be absorbed by the skin because it is too thick and just ends up lying on the surface. Of course the cosmetic companies still put it in their products because somehow we continue to believe it will work and buy the products that are advertised to contain collagen.

People with fair skin are more prone to aging spots on skin as they age. These spots are actually brought about by too much melanin in the skin caused by over exposure to the sun. Fair, delicate skin is more sensitive to the damaging UV rays of the sun, and thus those with light complexions have freckles and age spots.

The best way that I have seen for dealing with aging skin problems is to use the anti aging skin care products that have been developed by a company in New Zealand. They use both Functional Keratin and Phytessence Wakame sea kelp extract in their products, which elevate collagen and elastin production and increase the amount of hyaluronic acid that your skin has.

They manufacture a product call Extrapone Nutgrass that works really well on aging spots on skin. This product inhibits the melanin production and skin actually lightens in the area of the spots. The skin that has darkened suddenly disappears and a more even skin tone replaces the unattractive age spots. These are products that really can do something about aging skin.

Aging is hard enough to cope with and so are its affects on the skin without finding some help along the way. I was thrilled to have found something at last that would work where all other products failed.

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