Women's Health Blog

Everyone knows that smoking is extremely damaging to health. Quitting is a really difficult task, but it should be considered due to the effect it can have for you health and skin. Smoking can cause many different types of cancer and also lead to heart disease, hypertension, and stroke in addition to speeding up the signs of aging. Parallel to excessive sun exposure, smoking is the leading cause of wrinkles and premature aging which is why aging skin care is needed.

Smoking Equals Skin Damage

When you smoke, whether directly or indirectly, free radicals are formed. Free radicals cause the havoc throughout your system by provoking cell damage and disease. This in hand produces an enzyme that breaks down collagen, decreasing the elasticity and strength of the skin. Furthermore, blood flow is restricted in the capillaries in the skin inhibiting oxygen and nutrients to properly nourish skin cells. Smoking reduces the body’s supply of vitamin A and inhibit the absorption of vitamin C; essential vitamins to health and protection. Continue reading ‘Anti-Aging Skin Care – How Can The Effects Of Smoking Cause Skin Damage?’ »

You probably have heard the word “collagen” tossed around in the beauty and cosmetic circles. Collagen is naturally produced by our bodies and is what gives our skin its elasticity. Unfortunately, as we get older, the body produces less and less collagen, the skin begins to lose elasticity and wrinkles begin to appear. So the easy solution is to get more collagen into the skin – right? Well partly, not all you have seen about collagen and skin creams that include collagen are correct. Here are some basics to consider when finding a product that will actually work.

Collagen molecules are actually too large to penetrate the skin. Buying a skin care product that includes collagen is going to do very little for you. All you can expect is for the cream to sit on the surface of your skin, and at the end of the day get washed off. The collagen goes down the drain with your money.

Collagen injections might be something else you have heard about. This costly and painful procedure has shown to last for a few months, but then you have to head back to the doctor for another treatment. Not only that, but some of the collagen used for these injections are derived from cow and pig proteins. Yuck! Continue reading ‘Anti Aging Skin Care – Collagen, The Myths and Truths You Need to Know’ »

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It is an alarming fact for all of us in the middle ages of thirties and forties, that wrinkles, fine lines and saggy skin is catching up on us everyday. It becomes difficult to accept this new, but unfortunate development in the mirror and we look out for the best anti aging skin care treatment products.When you are young, your skin produces them in normal quantities. However as you get older, their production reduces. The result is that skin lines and wrinkles start appearing. By using quality anti aging skin care treatment products regularly, your skin once again produces collagen and elastin in normal levels. Hence starts to look young and healthy.To give an example, the best anti aging skin treatment would not contain ingredients that are synthetically or chemically based. These types of ingredients can be harmful to the consumer’s health, and should never be included in any cosmetics product. They also won’t do a single positive thing for your skin.

Look for sites online that show you the research that proves the effectiveness of the ingredients that are used in skin care products. You should also pay careful attention to the concentrations that have been shown to be effective as well. Again, the major skin care brands will claim to use these ingredients, but there is not enough of a concentration to allow the ingredients to actually be effective in their product. When you are armed with this kind of information, you can make an informed decision on the products that you will use on your skin.Acrylamide, dioxane, fragrance, mineral oil (including petrolatum and paraffin wax), parabens, polyethylene glycol (PEG), triclosan. A book could be written about these items, and I plan to do a complete article on them soon, but for right now, please trust me: these are best avoided, especially since the best anti aging skin treatment products won’t even consider using them.

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