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Wednesday, December 19, 2007

By Using Anti Aging Skin Care Treatments You Will Uncover Remarkably Young Healthy Skin

by Daryl Plaza

By using Anti Aging skin care treatments you will uncover remarkably young healthy skin. It's inevitable that we'll all get older, but with a little luck and skin care products, we should be able to do so gracefully. Increasingly, every day, there are new anti aging skin care treatments on the market that will help with anti aging and rejuvenation. Although the visible signs of age begin to appear commonly around the age of 30 depending on the genetic factors involved and your lifestyle, many of these skin care treatments can help rejuvenate your skin. Some common antiaging skincare treatments include skin care supplements, and external skin creams and lotions that can help reduce signs of aging and assist in the rejuvenation of your skin's beauty. Supplements are an antiaging skin care treatment that you take internally, to help in the rejuvenation of your skin's beauty. These are various minerals, herbs and vitamins that help rejuvenate your skin and reduce wrinkles, dry skin and perhaps even sagging.As the largest organ of your body, your skin is both your protection and your mirror to the world. Therefore, it should be glowing and healthy, to reflect overall good health. Simply put, if you're healthy and vibrant, it shows on your face.

In addition to the supplements that you take internally, it also must do battle with the outside elements, so that the sun, wind and pollution, for example, can make it very difficult to keep healthy. Although young skin rejuvenates quickly and does not show the stress of this exposure to the elements, older skin does not rejuvenate this quickly and begins to show the stress it has undergone. As we age, cell turnover slows and skin wrinkles begin to appear. Skin also begins to lose its elasticity.

Proper antiaging nutrition and supplementation can help with this. To keep your skin healthy its youthful and radiant best, supply it with as much anti aging skin care treatments as possible. You need the proper amount of healthy calories that come from a balanced diet, including protein, fruits, vegetables and good fats such as omega-3s, as well as certain vitamins and minerals. In addition, you need adequate water to help flush out toxins and hydrate your skin.

Various nutrients can also affect your skin and hair's health. Extra-virgin olive oil contains an essential fat called linoleic acid that can help you maintain smooth skin and healthy hair. You should also strive to have a low-fat diet that has just the right amounts of 'good' fats, such as the omega-3s contained in fish oil or nuts, such as sunflower seeds, in it to avoid dry and scaly skin. Finally of course, you've got to drink enough water, to help flush out toxins and hydrate your skin. You should begin to see healthy results after a few weeks.

Are there skincare products out there that can help me?

There are many anti aging skin care products on the market that help with the antiaging process in many ways. They can help rejuvenate the skin by moisturizing it; as you get older, in general, your skin holds less moisture and can begin to wrinkle, sag and even get blemishes, so these topical moisturizers can certainly help. Some of these antiaging treatment companies add antioxidants purported to help cell deterioration and increase cell turnover, such as topical vitamins A, C, E. and D. This is supposed to help the skin increase in elasticity and also reduce dryness, which makes skin look fresher.

Some topical anti aging skincare treatments have also been developed in the form of masks or body massage oils.

For best effect, adjust your antiaging skin care treatment to your changing needs, as you get older. If necessary, visit a dermatologist to get some ideas of what you can do if what you have chosen is not working for you or if you need some assistance. More and more anti aging skincare treatments are on the market today, and their technology has greatly advanced. These days, aging skin has a variety of clinical treatments available to it to help you look your best as you age. If topical treatments are not enough, you can choose a more aggressive approach to antiaging treatment. In addition to topical treatments, there's also chemical and laser peel technology or even cosmetic surgery if necessary.

Skin care tips

·Anti aging antioxidants: Your diet should contain healthy fruits and vegetables; these have lots of naturally available antioxidants in them.

·Anti aging supplements: It may be very beneficial to add supplements proven to have antioxidant powers, such as omega-3 fatty acids.

·Anti aging skin moisturizer: To look your best, use an antiaging skin moisturizer. Keep your skin as healthy and moisturized as possible. It can also protect your skin from the environment and elements by providing a moisture barrier.

·Sunscreen: Use a sunscreen with a minimum SPF 15, with both UVA and UVB protection, to protect your skin from sun damage.

·Antiaging night cream: If you need a little extra help, antiaging night cream can help keep your skin moisturized at night and may even have certain substances such as retinol, to help reduce wrinkles.

·Exercise and diet: Drink at least eight glasses of water every day to stay well hydrated; you should also follow a good diet and participate in regular exercise.

Anti aging antioxidant treatments for your skin

Substances known as free radicals contribute to the aging process because they attack the body's cells and destroy or damage its DNA. Because of this, many antiaging skincare antioxidant nutrients have been added to many cosmetics. Major cosmetic companies add nutrients like vitamin C to their face creams, and some even include such substances as green tea extract.Antioxidant ingredients help protect against free radical damage and can help neutralize them. In addition, they can protect the skin from sun damage, which also contributes to free radical production.In addition, these creams also forum a protective moisture barrier to help the skin retain its elasticity and prevent dryness or wrinkles that may be caused by sun damage, as well as by aging in general.

When you're looking for an anti aging skincare treatment, you may be stunned by all you have to choose from. Just about every company is now jumping on the bandwagon with its antiaging treatments. Check the label to make sure that each product has levels of nutrients specifically beneficial to your type of skin. For example, if you have dry skin or the climate you live in is particularly dry or cold, you should choose a heavier cream more suitable for a harsh environment or dry skin. If your skin tends to be oily, then choose a lighter cream but one that nonetheless contains all the nutrients you need. This plus the proper nutrition and supplementation should help you look your best possible and perhaps maybe even reverse the aging process.

Daryl Plaza is a regular contributor to http://proactiveantiaging.com/ a informational based website on anti-aging, anti aging treatments, anti aging supplements and Anti aging skin care so that you are better informed for developing your antiaging health plan.



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Wednesday, March 21, 2007

Skin Care: Turn Back the Clock - or Just Your Wallet?

by Rebecca Prescott

Your skin is a very clever organ. No matter which in the arsenal of developments in anti aging skin care products are proudly emblazoned on the bottle and in the marketing literature, your skin knows the truth. And whilst it may play the game for a little while, plumping up nicely to give the appearance of looking younger, more even, and less lined, this is only a temporary, somewhat cosmetic ruse. It is actually a biological trick of the light, a chimeraic nod to the quest for youth. Don't be fooled.

Skin care is big business. And there's nothing wrong with that. But whilst its highly entertaining to browse through the shelves and try out the latest pedigree of skin cream, these foot soldiers in the war on wrinkles meet a somewhat tenacious and uncooperative foe in our skin.

Our skin. This multi-layered emissary to the outside world, bearer of our expressions, our joys, our grief. Guard against the invisible tide of micro-organisms that seek to infiltrate our body's first defence against disease and infection. This complex array of cells that every month regenerate and shed, within the constraints of age and the quality of our diet. Our skin is a hard worker and much unappreciated. Often barely nourished despite the money spent on technological promises, we still hope the dream of youth slipping away will be restored.

There is a way to slow the process of aging. But not by applying high tech anti aging creams. By understanding exactly what our skin is, we can find better ways of giving it what it needs. And consequently, we will find ourselves with what we want - more youthful skin.

Our skin is composed of 3 main layers. The outside layer that we apply our anti aging skin care products to is the epidermis. This in turn has 4 to 5 layers, depending on where it is in the body, and whether there is a lot of hair on it. The top layer of the epidermis, the stratum corneum, serves as a barrier. This is where the cells are continually shedding and where new cells are ultimately pushed up to. These cells have no blood supply, and hence no nutrients or oxygen carried in the blood reach these cells. They are essentially dead in that they cannot engage in the metabolic processes that living cells do. But they do serve very important functions. By creating an impenetrable barrier, they keep out bacteria and other micro organisms, and are thus part of the immune system. But this very function also serves to keep out most of the expensive ingredients in anti aging treatments. And no matter how well an ingredient performs in a laboratory test tube, that does not necessarily translate to reaching the deeper layers of your skin, where the real anti aging work takes place. Most skin care products work only on the stratum corneum, and that is their downfall as anti aging secret agents.

The next layer down from the top is the dermis. This is the layer where wrinkles develop. The dermis consists of living cells, and they are responsible for the structure, integrity and elasticity of the skin. Here collagen is regenerated whilst existing collagen is broken down in the monthly cellular cycle. The production of collagen slows with age and factors like smoking, sun exposure, stress and inadequate nutrition. Other skin nutrients like elastin and hyaluronic acid are found here. Hyaluronic acid for example, helps hold water. As the dermis is composed of living cells, it has a blood supply, which transport nutrients and oxygen to the cells. These capillaries also transport cellular wast like carbon dioxide away. Here you'll also find lymph vessels, sebaceous and sweat glands, hair follicles, and nerve endings for heat and cold.

Fibers from the dermis extend down and into the next main layer, the subcutaneous layer. They anchor the skin to it. The subcutaneous layer in turn attaches to organs like bone and muscles underneath. Here are nerve endings that are sensitive to pressure, blood, lymph vessels, fat cells, collagen and elastin. The subcutaneous layer thins as we age, which creates a more angular appearance.

Moisturizers achieve their temporary effect by trapping water already in the skin. They essentially act as a seal, they do not provide additional water or 'moisture'. The few products that actually work on the deeper layers of the skin are the Retin-A skin care treatments. Vitamin C, though popular, has not conclusively demonstrated that it can reach the deeper layers, the dermis. And even if it did, there is not enough evidence that it actually does anything there.

But the news is not all bad. We can do something, and its not rocket science. If we supply the skin with the nutrients it needs, with good, fresh fruit and vegetables, and good quality fats and protein, or even supplements as a boost. Then, and only then, will we stall the clock at a more agreeable hour.

References:
1. Tortura & Grabowski, Principles of Anatomy and Physiology, 7th Ed. (Harper Collins)
2. E Angyal, Gorgeous Skin (Lothian Books)

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Monday, March 12, 2007

Advancements in Medical Skin Care Provide Hope for Those With Sun Damaged Skin

by Ken Oleszek, MD

Sun exposure is the leading cause of photo-aging, the premature aging of the skin. Sunlight has a broad spectrum of light wavelengths, with the ultraviolet wavelength damages the skin the most. Colorado's high altitude provides less protection against these harmful rays, and this leads to more intense sun exposure. The high altitude also is drying on the skin. This dryness increases the appearance of wrinkles and fullness of the skin.

Ultraviolet light exposure over longer periods can lead to sun spots (brown spots), texture irregularity, facial redness/vessels and thinning of the skin, which causes wrinkles.

The mainstay of treatment is daily or multiple daily applications of adequate sunscreen.

Many medical treatments are used to treat photo-aged skin. Retinoids (retin A micro) smoothes the skin and makes the skin more healthy overall. A regular regimen of microdermabrasion and chemical peels improves texture, tone and can reduce brown spots and fine wrinkles.

Photofacials are the most popular treatment for brown spots (also age spots or sun spots) and facial redness. After a series of treatments, a dramatic improvement can be seen in skin texture and brown spots and redness.

Adding Levulan's photodynamic therapy to a Photofacial treatment has been a revolution for sun damaged skin, like so many have here in Colorado. Levulan will treat sun damaged skin by improving texture, minimizing oil glands and actually treating pre-cancerous skin lesions. Meaning, we can treat skin cancer before it appears to the naked eye. Anyone who has had skin cancer before can attest to the benefit of treating the skin cancer before it arises, thus preventing unsightly biopsy scars or excision scars.

For advanced cases of photo-aging, Rhytec's plasma skin regeneration is the treatment of choice. This treatment will take away the top layer of skin and allow new skin to regenerate, with better texture, fewer wrinkles and brown spots and some skin tightening as well.

Another option, Plasma regeneration, is commonly used for upper lip wrinkles, cheek wrinkles and advanced crow's feet.

Though the types of skin problems associated with sun damage can vary, there are many exciting treatment options to greatly improve your skin's look and texture. Check with your local medical spa to find out which of these treatment options are right for you.

Dr. Ken Oleszek is a Board Certified physician, Fellow in the American Society for Laser Medicine and Surgery, and is an expert in treating sun damaged skin. Find out more about Dr. Oleszek and his medical and dental day spa, La Fontaine Aesthetics Fusion Spa, by visiting his web site at www.DenverFusionSpa.com


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Sunday, March 04, 2007

My Simple Antiaging Skin Care Treatment Program To Delay The Aging Process!

by Dean Caporella

Why is the human race so hung up these days in maintaining their youthful looks for as long as possible? Antiaging skin care treatment is big business today and a major reason is the voracious appetite the baby boomer generation have in defying the aging process.

Responsible for just about every major trend in the last 50 years from fast foods to real estate, the baby boomer generation has embraced the concept of health and wellness during the past two decades and driven skin care treatment and health related products through the 'profit roof' for those savvy enough to 'catch this enormous wave' and ride it for all it's worth. What's it worth? Literally billions and still on an upward spiral!

Meet Antiaging Head On!

So, can we defy the antiaging process? Sure we can! As a forty something health fanatic I think I haven't done too badly and have fooled more than the odd person about my real age. There's no secret; just a simple skin care treatment program combined with regular nutritional intake.

As a professional broadcaster, I became conscious of my appearance and the need to maintain a youthful appearance for as long as possible. I was already exercising regularly: jogging and gym work but it wasn't until I discovered the drop in nutritional food value several years ago and the cell damage occurring within our bodies due to lack of proper nutritional replenishment that the light finally went on. And the irony was, while I was exercising, I was also speeding up the aging process. Strenuous exercise is a major contributor to free radical promotion within our bodies and unless one is taking optimal amounts of nutrition, then these damaging marauders will continue to 'chip away' within us and cause more and more cell damage.

An Antiaging Routine

So what is my simple daily antiaging skin care treatment program? Here it is:

1. Optimal amounts of antioxidant and mineral intake. You'll need to do a bit of homework here and find the best antioxidant products on the market. Here's a tip. You'll need to look a little deeper than the mainstream market.

2. A morning skin care treatment includes a facial daily cleanser, hydrating toner, a daytime protection emulsion and eye cream.

3. At night, the process is repeated with the cleanser and toner, a night renewal cream and the eye cream.

That's it! It's an antiaging skin care treatment program recommended to me several years ago and the key has been I've followed it 'to the letter.' The result? A very happy forty something!

Antiaging skin care treatment to this author means a combination of outer and inner body maintenance. You'll need to find what works best for you and when you do, stick to it!

Dean Caporella is a professional broadcaster. Follow a successful antiaging skin care routine and keep the aging process at bay. Get the latest antiaging news and reviews at:http://www.anti-aging-solutions.com


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