In today's world, people are living longer lives due to better eating habits and exercise. We want the outside of our bodies to match our insides by reducing the appearance of aging, such as wrinkles. It's important to look youthful when you feel youthful.
Aging causes a reduction in the skin's ability to produce elastin and collagen, hence causing wrinkles. It's important to find an anti-aging cream that will help rejuvenate the production of elastin and collagen, and remove dead skin cells. Therefore, you will want to purchase the ones with specific ingredients that will help do this. Some of the ingredients you want to look for are:
- Alpha Hydroxy Acid is an exfoliant that eats away dead skin cells. It is derived from fruits and you may see on the label as citric acid (vitamin C), glycolic acid, lactic acid, malic acid and tartaric acid.
- AlphaL Lipoic acid reduces fine wrinkles over time and works as an anti-inflammatory.
- Acetyl Hexapeptide - 3 - is one of the best anti-aging ingredients a product can have. It works similar to Botox injections, but is used topically. Also, under the trademark name Argireline.
- Hyaluronic Acid is found naturally in our bodies and helps hold moisture in our skin.
- Matrixyl helps stimulate the skins production of collagen. Some studies showed it improved wrinkles by 50% and fine lines disappeared completely.
- Retinol is form of Vitamin A that serves as an antioxidant. It helps to rejuvenate skin cells and is one of the most effective ingredients in anti-wrinkle creams, today.
- Glucosamine is one of the best nutrients for skin rejuvenation.
If the anti-aging cream you purchase has one or more of these ingredients, then you are probably getting a good product. Before buying any anti-wrinkle cream, check out their website and see if they offer a trial sample. You want to beware of fancy packaging; it can cost you a lot more money and it's not a guarantee the product is any better.
Top Rated Anti-Aging Products
These are some of the top rated anti-wrinkle cream products on the market. They were rated for their effectiveness, how fast the product started working in reducing wrinkles, its skin cell rejuvenation abilities, and the smoothness of your skin. This is their average rating after combining the scores:
- Replexion - Excellent
- Rejuvinol - Very Good
- Alphaderma CE - Very Good
- Hydroderm - Good, but rated excellent on skin smoothness
- Axotone - Very Good
- Kinerase - Good, but rated very good on the time it took to reduce wrinkles and for the skin's smoothness.
- Dermitage Anti-Aging System - Excellent
- Olay Regenerist - Very Good
Keep in mind there are many great anti-wrinkle creams on the market and these are just a few of the really good ones. There are many different skin types so one product might work better for one person than another. You may have to try a few different anti-wrinkle creams to find the one that is best for you.
