Understanding The Ingredients In Your Anti Aging Skin Care Products

 

One of the first steps in building a useful anti aging skin care routine is to also understand the active ingredients that are prevalent in the more common products that are available on the market.  Whether you shop for your skin creams at the drug store or in an office store there are some similar important components and in many cases the biggest difference is just the concentration or the amount of that ingredient that’s in the product.  Here are some ingredients you will see and the results that they produce.

Retin An or Renova vitamin A- This is a particularly strong ingredient,but unfortunately many folks can find that these ingredients can also be very annoying to the skin.  Some concentrations of this ingredient may also only be available by prescription, and so it is frequently used to treat many of the deeper or more advanced cases of wrinkles and sun damage.

Alpha hydroxyl acid ( AHA ) or beta hydroxyl acid ( BHA ) - This ingredient is quite common in anti-aging cleansers and treatment creams it’s also infrequently listed as AHA glycolic acid.  Both ingredients haveexfoliating properties, and so they work to eliminate the top layers of dead skin cells, so you can uncloak the softer, fresher skin underneath.  If you have skin that is delicate or is prone to irritation you’ll need to start out at a smaller concentration since glycolic acids can increase sensitivity of the skin.

Vitamin C Ester- This antioxidant also aids the skin in producing collagen.  This alone makes it a natural choice for those wanting to improve the entire appear and feel of their skin.  Vitamin C also helps to give protection to the skin from free radicals or pollution that we are all exposed to daily.

Combining these products with the use of a sun lotion will serve to further protect your skin from the effect of aging and seriously reduce obvious wrinkles.Some of the best wrinkle creams contain one or more of these active ingredients.