What To Look For In Anti Wrinkle Creams And Lotions

Daily we are bombarded with information on anti wrinkle creams and lotions making it difficult to make a good sensible cost effective decision on what to buy. Hopefully these few tips will help.

They talk about moisturizing, hydating, emollients, anti-oxidants, nutrients, natural oils, skin cell regeneration and rejuvenation... but what does it all mean?

Understand about ingredients - and what they are supposed to do for you!

Emollient? - Emollients have 3 fundamental properties:

*   Occlusion- provide a layer of oil on the surface of the skin to slow water loss, thus increasing moisture      content of the stratum corneum, (the epidermis - outer skin layer)
*   Humectant- increase the stratum corneum's water holding capacity
*   Lubrication- provide additional slip across the skin

Any top quality natural anti wrinkle creams and lotions must include a good mix of natural emollients. The higher the amount of active ingredients the better.

Anti-oxidant? - Oxidation a chemical reaction that produces free radicals, which cause oxidative stress. This chain reaction is responsible for damaging skin cells.  
 
Check the ingredients label to make sure there are several different natural antioxidants included in the product.

Nutrients? - Nutrients generally are any type of food or source that can supply energy and support metabolism. Vitamins, minerals, proteins, fats, carbohydrates, water, oxygen, amino acids are some of the many types of nutrients available.

Again make sure the skin cream ingredients label on your next purchase has plenty of nutrients.

Cell Growth? - You can't expect a skin care anti wrinkle cream to be much good unless it has substances that are proven in scientific clinical trials to stimulate new protein skin cell generation. 

There are only a handful of natural skin care products that have this capacity to produce keratin, collagen and elastin skin cell growth.

Because these three proteins are responsible for your skins underlying structure, strength and elasticity, it's imperative they are present in a natural skin care cream. These are the ingredients that can plump and thicken your skin, resulting in removal of fine lines and reduction of deep wrinkles.

Hopefully, you now have a little bit better understanding about emollients, antioxidant, nutrients and cell generation. At my website I go into more detail on these issues and discuss more about anti wrinkle creams and lotions that can contribute to you having younger, smoother looking skin.