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Archive for December 4th, 2009
The Role of Antioxidants in Anti Aging Natural Skin Care Products
Author: Anti Aging Expert
It’s hard to miss all the stories and articles about antioxidants these days. They’re boasted as being the answer for everything from curing or preventing cancer to preventing wrinkles and other signs of aging. Antioxidants work by attacking free radicals in our body, but then what are free radicals?
Aging is caused by a sequence of events that starts with exposure to sun and pollution. This exposure increases the release of molecules called free radicals into our skin. These free radicals attack the collagen in our skin that is responsible for keeping skin lifted and plump. This destroys your skin’s support structure resulting in a more aged appearance by causing skin to sag and form wrinkles.
Antioxidants are nutrients that attack free radicals and destroy them before they can do any damage. Some antioxidants are even credited with increasing our production of collagen. That means younger looking skin.
That brings us to the best anti aging skin care that you can get for your skin. There are plenty of natural skin care products available and choosing what’s right for you may be simplified if you look for those that offer antioxidants in their formula as opposed to those that contain collagen.
Although collagen is what our skin needs to keep it looking young, using products that contain it to apply topically may not give you the best skin care available. Your skin can’t absorb collagen through the surface, the molecules are way too large to permeate the skin’s surface. You can have collagen injected into your skin, which is both painful and expensive. This collagen usually comes from animals(such as cows) or from human cadavers. The best way to improve your skin’s appearance is to use skin care products that contain antioxidants which will increase your own body’s production of collagen.
Some vitamins, including C and E, are considered to be free radicals. One of the antioxidants shown by research to be a strong defense against free radicals is Idebenone. CoQ10 is another. Not all women can use products with some of the stronger antioxidants, especially if they have sensitive skin. These women should be careful when beginning a skincare regimen with products that contain these ingredients until they determine that their skin doesn’t have a negative reaction and that it is the best type of skin care for them.
A lot of times, natural products are the best choice. When it comes to anti aging skin care products, natural is definitely the best. Using antioxidants to increase your body’s own production of collagen not only uses your body’s own system of production, but also uses antioxidants which are the natural stimulus for production.
When you have a choice to make, choose natural skin care products so that your body can use its own defense system to improve the appearance of your skin without the effects from harmful chemicals.
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