Thursday, January 1, 2009

What Is The Best Anti Wrinkle Cream? It Depends On You.

By Jen Hopkins

The population of the United States grows older on average every year; however, aging is still seen as a devaluing event that Americans struggle to avoid. Although other cultures honor the wisdom of their elders, Americans look down upon their elders as weak, and they are willing to spend any amount of money in order to retain the appearance of youth.

Of all, women are the most susceptible to social pressures to avoid aging. Although men's signs of aging, such as crow's feet or grey hair, can be seen as more mature and therefore more valuable in society, a woman's aging is considered to be her decline. As a result, women live their lives dreading old age, and doing everything they can to keep from aging further.

All sorts of options are available to women, from meditation to acupuncture to cosmetic surgery. New outpatient treatments allow patients to visit a doctoras office and have minor surgery all in one day. Sometimes people can even go back to work the same day! However, many of these measures are painful, inconvenient, time-consuming, or expensive. The most popular solution for aging skin is still the oldestiaa good anti-aging cream.

The nightly ritual of applying wrinkle cream has comforted many women for decades. The wrinkle cream feels good against your skin, and after it soaks in, you can feel it working. When you get up in the morning, your face is softer, more supple and with fewer wrinkles than the night before, giving it a more youthful appearance.

However, it is still a struggle for many women to find the best wrinkle cream for them. Many factors determine which cream works best for each woman, and no two women are the same. It is best to experiment and even take careful notes, to determine which cream is best.

The most essential factor to consider when examining different wrinkle creams is your personal skin type. Dry skin tends to drink in moisture, but oily skin can become irritated if you use heavier lotions or creams on your skin. If your skin is oily, you may need to try a lighter facial moisturizer.

Make sure you carefully observe which chemicals your skin is sensitive to. Sensitive skin may not be able to tolerate fragrance, color or many other irritants that commonly appear in skin moisturizing and wrinkle creams. Beware: even a label the states that it is non-irritating, non-comedogenic or hypo-allergenic will not help you; everyone is sensitive to different things, and there may still be ingredients in products labeled hypoallergenic that will irritate your skin. Let your skin tell you what is right for you.

Price is not a good way to determine whether a product works or not; an inexpensive drugstore product may work better on your skin than something bought at a high-end retailer's cosmetics counter. It all depends on your skin and what works for you. You need to be just as active in taking notice of your skin's reaction to expensive designer cosmetics as you do with drugstore brand products, because you never know how your skin will react. - 16759

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