Anti aging skin care treatment
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The anti aging skin care guide is usually created by a cosmetic company. Of course, you may be inclined to believe in the integrity of their claims regarding their anti aging skin care treatment, but more likely than not, they are only interested in your purchase.
One of the best anti aging skin care guides that I came across was created by a dermatologist. The original was not easy to understand, so I’ll give you an abbreviated version and cover the highlights.
It’s not easy for the novice in the field to grasp some of the terms in the dermatologist’s guide, but the anti aging skin care treatment that he recommended actually made absolute sense. It does not contain recommendations like the ones you are likely to see on TV or at the cosmetic counter, but it stresses the importance of taking care of the skin’s health, and the end result would be the prevention of skin related problem and an improved look.
It is logical for a dermatologist to write an anti aging skin care guide, but its not very common. They don’t always “believe” in the effectiveness of topically applied anti aging skin care treatment. Like many doctors do, they have a tendency to focus on drugs, injections and other more mainstream medical ideas.
Albert Kligman, a medical doctor and dermatologist, believes that by taking care of the outermost of the skin’s layers, the health of the inner layers will be taken care of. He recommended different treatments for different conditions. But, for each ingredient, he believed that the manufacturing process needed to be very precise and detailed or the end result would be an ineffective product. The fact that many times an anti aging skin treatment is rendered ineffective is because the process is wrong, even though the ingredients could be right.
In his anti aging skin care guide, Dr. Kligman recommended some ingredients called peptides. They are very small particles of amino acid proteins found in the skin. These amino acids he recommended are hyaluronic acid and keratin.
Companies have tried to use keratin, but the inability of the manufactures to work with the peptide chains rendered them inactive. “Functional Keratin”, that is created using a patented process, is the only keratin that has active peptide chains and induces the production of collagen. It also helps in the reduction of wrinkles and fine lines, working on the skin from the outside in.
Hyaluronic acid increases firmness, but it is quickly destroyed through an enzymatic process that occurs in the skin’s layers. The best anti aging skin care treatment contains an extract from Japanese kelp that blocks the enzymatic process, so levels of hyaluronic acid natural rise.
Another ingredient Dr. Kligman recommended in his anti aging skin care guide was grape seed extract, because they are free radical scavengers. Grape seed oil is also an effective moisturizer and creates an invisible layer that keeps in moisture. Moist skin has less of a tendency to crack and wrinkle.
The Dr. suggested also that anti aging skin care treatment should contain special compounds that change the light’s reflection, so that a person sees immediate results. This is basically for psychological gain. Many people become very depressed with their appearance.
Functional Keratin has demonstrated to have the ability to reflect the light, but there are two main reasons why it is a better choice. First, it improves the skin’s health and second it is not just a cosmetic like other compounds. A complete anti aging skin care guide would be extensive and include a lot more information, yet this can be sufficient information to lead you in the right direction.
