Skin care myths - anti wrinkle tips and prevention methods

If you want to keep your face looking youthful and wrinkle-free, it will help enormously to develop a good skin care routine for prevention. There are a million and one different anti-wrinkle lotions and potions on the market, and choosing the right one for you can be a long and expensive road of discovery.

To narrow down the various options, firstly take a good look at your skin. Is it dry? Is it oily? Is it a combination of the two? Once you have established this, you'll be reducing the number of suitable skin care products by two thirds immediately.

The next thing to consider is the age and current health of your skin. Young skins or those that have developed very few wrinkles over the years will probably respond better to light lotions and treatments where as the heavier, specialist anti-wrinkle creams are more suited to aging, deep-lined skins.

Adding to the confusion of course, are the plethora of so-called magical ingredients that pharmaceutical companies add to their products. Whilst some of these components have been proven to reduce wrinkles and benefit the skin in general, some are unfortunately little more than a publicity stunt to get you to buy the products in the first place.

Listed below are some of the biggest myths from the world of wrinkles and skin care:

Creams containing collagen

Collagen, like the toxin that is used to create Botox®, can not enter the skin through application of a facial cream. This is because its molecules are simply too large to infiltrate the skin's epidermis; the only way to get it below the surface where it is needed is to have it injected.

Vitamin enhanced anti-wrinkle preparations

Whilst vitamins, in particular vitamins A and C, are vital for the health and youthful appearance of our skin, the extent to which creams containing these substances actively improve wrinkles is largely unknown.

Expensive creams

With some things in life, the more you pay the better the product. Where anti wrinkle creams are concerned, this is not necessarily the truth. Most over-the-counter creams are surprisingly similar, so before you part with the best part of $100 for a skin care product, check to see whether a less expensive brand contains the same 'age defying' ingredients.

The best anti wrinkle skin care products are those prescribed by your doctor or dermatologist, as these will contain a higher concentration of retinoid creams like Retin-A and Tazarotene.

© The Pink Fridge Online Magazine 2008 - Anti Wrinkle Tips

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