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Anti-Aging Skin Care: What You Need To Know

April 22, 2009 by RLuve  
Filed under Skin Care

Understanding how the body ages is the first step in identifying the most effective practices for anti-aging skin care. If you are aware of what causes the skin to age, it is far easier to find the appropriate products. Your knowledge will arm you with the confidence to choose products with the right ingredients to fulfill your skin care needs. This is always a better option than blindly following what everyone else is doing.

There are three main reasons and causes of wrinkles and aging skin.

The first cause of aging skin is something called oxidization. This occurs as we age because molecules in our body begin to become unstable. Known as free radicals, these molecules have a significant impact on our cell behavior and have been attributed with all sorts of illnesses. Antioxidants are one of the biggest weapons to combat the damage caused by free radicals. So, any product you choose to use needs to replenish and instill antioxidants into the skin.

The second greatest reason for aging skin is the reduction in our bodies ability to produce collagen and elastin. Collagen and elastin are the building blocks of healthy, firm skin. This includes it’s connection to facial tissues and bone. With the aging process the ability of the body to produce elastin and collagen is greatly diminished. This leaves us with thinner,less firm skin.

Third, the production of hyaluronic acid which is responsible for regulating the growth and renewal process of our skin slows. This causes our skin to appear more aged, dry, and more wrinkled.


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These three causes of wrinkles and aging skin need to be considered when buying skin care products. If you are not addressing these and making sure that the ingredients in the products you use are able to address these skin factors, then you are not getting the maximum results possible from your skin care.

In sum, you want to make sure you choose products that are able to fight back the signs of aging by focusing on ending and replenishing these causes of aging.

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