Skin Care Boons


What Makes A Wrinkle Cream A Winner?

by Jen Hopkins

Why are some wrinkle creams better than others? More than that, how can an ordinary person without a beautician's license or a degree in chemistry possibly sort through all those confusing words on the label and chemical names as long as your arm? After all, you don't want to grab just any wrinkle cream from a store counter or a seductive web page and take your chances.

You should realize that there are experts who actually know what makes some anti-wrinkle creams better than others, much better than you know yourself, so following their advice would be the best option. Just as you would have a better chance of picking the best dress for a special night out after consulting a friend with a keen sense of fashion for advice, you will also be able to choose the most appropriate anti-wrinkle cream with professional advice.

Many people have a favorite cosmetologist who has been styling their hair for years and some have already used these professionals for make up and skin care advice, but others forget that 'cosmetologist' really does mean training in skin care as well as how to do a hairdo, give a perm, or do a dye job. Some salons carry a special line of cosmetics and may have wrinkle products to recommend. Of course, if they have an exclusive line, that's what they will likely suggest!

Asking professionals to learn the differences between anti-wrinkle creams would cost you the same amount as the health and beauty magazines you bought, which you can read at libraries, or an easier alternative is to read it from their website. A few magazines regulary have articles comparing different health and beauty products, most of it is designed to stop wrinkles and aging of your skin.

Your friends who are older are very knowledgeable of anti-wrinkle creams and getting rid of and preventing wrinkles before they start. There's no need to be nervous about getting information from them. Compliment them on how great they actually look and they will tell you everything they know.

Regarding all the technical chemical names, you can do your own research about them. However, an easier option would be to use anti-wrinkle creams with more natural ingredients which you can easily understand yourself. Products with natural plant ingredients and vitamins work better and you will understand what "Vitamin E" is without help from a chemist or a scientist.

It is best to learn what the main ingredients are in every decent anti-wrinkle product. Other than night creams, they should all have a strong enough sunscreen to give proper protection from harmful rays of the sun. It would need to be with an SPF of 15 but there are other women who prefer SPF 8, etc.

The product should also have ingredients for protecting your skin from loss of water, an ingredient that produces even augment hydration of your skin would be preferable. Ingredients such as hyaluronic and hydoxyl acids, protein and peptides, antioxidants, different exfoliating substances, and nutrients that work deep within your skin. By carefully examining the labels, and doing some reading and research, and by asking experts the appropriate questions would help you to decide the best anti-wrinkle cream.

Jen Hopkins has worked in the eye wrinkle cream industry for years. She maintains websites about anti wrinkle creams and anti wrinkle skin care. If you want to contact her, you can use the contact for at one of her sites.

Published September 9th, 2008

Filed in Beauty, Health

BIOCUTIS skin care products:

Moisturize and stimulate the renewal of dead and dyeing cells. Restore the capacity of the skin to hold in water from within.

Replenish the lipid barrier of our skin thereby impeding the penetration of allergens and toxins.

Induce the reproduction of antimicrobial peptides on the surface of the skin and within the skin follicles contributing to control microbes.

Digest keratin plugs and debris and unblocks clogged pores allowing for the outflow of sebum to the surface where it lubricates and protects the skin instead of causing injuries to the cells lining the follicles and an inflammatory reaction of the body to repair the lesions.

Signal the immune system it is being taken care of and does not need to fire its immune responses and overly react to minor injuries thus avoiding the loss of tissues that characterizes deep acne scarring.

Prevent scarring and remove scars from accidental injuries and post surgery; stria marks; abnormal hypertrophic and keloid scars; keratosis pilaris; actinic keratosis scales by the breakdown abnormal, dysfunctional and damaged tissues into their amino acid components while stimulating their replacement with new healthy skin structures.

Vanish redness and dryness, relieves eczema and dermatitis, reduce psoriasis scales and most types of skin blemishes.

Repair skin damaged by glycolic peeling and other chemical peels, dermabrasion or laser resurfacing.

By strengthening the skin they relieve the dreaded side effects caused by retinoic drugs, Isotretinoin (Accutane),  that make the skin thinner while taken in to halt severe nodular cystic acne.

Reduce and heals skin fragility and is an antioxidant that helps to reduce the damaging effects on the dermis of sunburns and excess exposure to solar radiation.

Help to heal blisters, bruises, wounds, and the consequences on the skin of ionizing radiotherapy or radiodermatitis.