Anti Wrinkle Creams, What to Consider

May 6, 2008

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So what should you be looking for in an anti wrinkle cream? Which factors are important? There is a good overview of what you should consider on the Mayo clinic website.

The article lists some of the major ingredients in wrinkle creams (retinol, hydroxyl acids, CoQ10, copper peptides, kinetin and tea extracts) and has a short paragraph about the probable mechanism of each.

There are several important points that are made.

- Price does not necessarily indicate a better working product. As they state, “Cost has no relationship to effectiveness.”

- You will probably have to use the cream for many weeks before you see any effect.

- Generally the effect only lasts as long as you use the cream.

- Prescription creams will usually have higher concentrations of ingredients.

- Often the creams are irritating to the skin.

- Many of the ingredients will make your skin more sensitive to the sun, so sunscreen is often recommended.

- As stated in the previous post Reduces Wrinkles by 50%! there is little published research that can be used to judge which ingredients are effective.

Think I will start to investigate this a bit more. I’ll post what I find.

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Written by Judith · Filed Under Life, Skin, Wrinkles