Anti-Aging Skin Care: Why Can’t We
Just Keep it Simple?
ByKaren Reiter
If you’ve ever tried to find a skin care
product to deal with the skin care concerns
of aging skin, you’re probably as confused
as the average person. There are so many products
and ingredients that tout ‘increase in this’,
‘decrease in that’ , ‘revitalized this and
revitalized that’ and on and on and on. Many
empty promises or over-hyped formulations.
In order to understand what anti-aging
skin care products are intended to do,
you have to first understand about what
the aging process is for skin. Aging skin
has the condition where the structural
proteins that bind and support the skin,
collagen and elastin, lose their resiliency
and cohesion, causing the skin to wrinkle
and/or sag. The body's ability to produce
new collagen and elastin also diminishes
with age while the cells in the various
layers of our skin decline and thin, loosing
the ability to adequately maintain moisture.
Without proper hydration, the healing
mechanisms of the skin cease to function,
adversely affecting the skin's ability
to receive nutrients and repair itself.
The result is rough, lose, wrinkled skin.
Of course, we all want to have the best
skin possible at any age and are searching
for solutions to maintain our skin’s youthfulness.
In our quest and with the constant marketing
and advancements in skin care, it can
sometimes be difficult to find an affordable
and effective solution for great skin
care.
However, what you need to know is that
it doesn’t have to be that complex (as
many of the product name suggest!). What
you should consider is that what any skin
care program should be is simple. That’s
it, just simple. The results that we all
want are simple: soft, smooth, clear,
radiant, younger-looking skin.
Too much of the time now days, skin care
marketers are trying to convenience consumers
that they need formulations that no average
consumer can understand, or day and night
products, or formulations that highly
successful, well-known personalities would
use. If you think about it, how many products
do you currently have in your storage
that were purchased because of these marketing
strategies?
With these types of advertising, there
are so many re-touches and questionable
representation of the product effectiveness
because the personality also receives
so many other types of services and procedures
that impact the condition of skin that
you really cannot know the true results
that the highly marketed products will
bring.
The positive side of the situation is
that there are constant and ever evolving
advances in skin care and we all have
the option for our skin condition improving
with age.
If you are looking for a skin care program,
there are some guidelines you may want
to consider when making your skin care
choices:
Protect your skin while you are in the
sun and extreme weather. Use proper protection.
Drink lots of water. It’s so important
for proper skin hydration and keeping
your body clean from toxins and other
chemicals that could cause adverse reactions
in your skin.
You should know what you are using on
your skin. If you can’t pronounce the
majority of the ingredients or there are
more than 5 or 6 ingredients, then it
may be too complex for what your skin
actually needs. Skin care that uses these
types of formulations are full of fillers,
coloring, preservatives, and chemicals
that are not beneficial for your skin
and come with a high price where the consumer
is paying for the filler more so than
the active ingredients. These types of
ingredients are only needed to fill up
the bottle and make it appealing to smell
or touch. Sometimes products will contain
multiple active ingredients but in order
to formulate these ingredients, it requires
that other ingredients be added. You end
up paying for something your skin cannot
use. The cheaper ingredients are filling
up the bottle. Try a similar approach
to how you would choose your food (skin
is ‘live cells’ and needs nourishment).
Watch the labels and choose products with
skin healthy formulations where the active
ingredients are 80% of the ingredients.
You should use a good and effective cleanser.
This is the most important step in your
skin care process. Many cleansing products
do not leave your skin feeling smooth
and deeply cleansed. Find a product that
goes deep into the pores, provides light
exfoliation and conditioning, and does
not leave any residue. Applying moisturizers
and treatments on top of skin that is
not completely clean will just make the
problem worse by clogging pores and showing
a rough, uneven skin texture.
You should be able to adjust your program
to meet your skin’s daily needs. If you
can’t adjust the use of the products to
match what your skin needs on a particular
day, are you really getting what you need?
Your program should be able to hydrate,
heal, and renew your skin. You should
see this gradual improvement everyday
and not have to wait 30 to 60 days for
results. It’s like watering a plant. A
plant that needs water as a critical nutrient
will respond immediately to the water
being absorbed through its roots and perk
up within a few hours. Watch your skin
for a week or so and you’ll know how effective
the program can ultimately be for your
skin care needs.
You should be able to quickly go through
your regime. It should not take more
than 5 minutes. A skin care program should
include the steps to cleanse, exfoliate,
treat and/or moisturize. You should be
able to pick and choose what you need
based on you skin’s current condition
for that day.
You should not be able to feel the product
on your skin. In order for skin care
to really be effective, it must penetrate
the skin cells. Product sitting on top
of your skin is product that is not penetrating
the skin layers. Products with fillers
and other unnecessary, complex formulations
will may not get deep or directly enough
to provide the treatment and results you
are looking for. You should not know that
you are wearing your skin care.
You should feel comfortable with makeup
optional skin. If your skin care is really
working, your skin will improve and you
will not want to put makeup on it if you
don’t have to. Most skin problems are
correctable to a large degree. You should
be able to go out feeling confident that
your skin is at its best (with minimal
makeup) no matter what your age is. Also,
by using makeup less, you are giving your
skin more time to repair and restore itself
without the interruption of other product
chemicals on your skin.
About The Author
Karen Reiter is a certified, advanced
skin care specialist who works with a
number of skin care companies and has
her own client based. She is recognized
for her consistent service and skin care
advice to improving skin conditions. Karen
Reiter provides consultation for skin
care rejuvenation. If you are looking
for an effective natural skin care system
that delivers what it promises, consider
the Natural Treatments for Skin care Rejuvenation
at Comforts of Home Spa on http://www.comfortsofhomespa.com.
These products deliver fast, effective
results for dramatically improved skin.
It features some of the most intensive
and pure formulations for hyaluronic acid,
argireline, oxygen serum, glycolic acid,
Vitamin C, squalene oil, and Vitamin E.
