Anti-wrinkle Creams Or Pro-wallet Fold?
June 15, 2009 by Susan Tanner
Filed under Skin Care
A new dawn has come in the anti-aging fight. Throughout the span of time, women have used a wide variety of products to try to keep their skin youthful and supple. Though there are a wide variety of products available for anti-aging treatment, it’s difficult to tell if they are going to work.
Throughout time, women and men alike have used natural treatments to fight the effects of aging. In ancient Egyptian times, the queen Cleopatra used natural remedies to stay young, plants which include aloe and cucumbers, healing ginger root, and the common skin treatment jojoba oil. Ancient rituals to reduce the effects of aging used plants to try to heal and stimulate the skin.
The modernly available forms of anti-aging products and facial creams incorporate modern science technology with ancient anti-aging secrets. Some companies offer products with diamond dust to expose the soft young skin, while another option is the wrinkle injection and cream called Botox.
The American anti-aging cosmetic industry is a 1 billion dollar a year industry, and men spend thirty percent of that pie. If you walk into any grocery store, you will see a crazy number of cosmetic products available to treat your any skin complaint or wrinkle. The success of each products is another nail in the coffin for modesty and rationality.
Even some monks in Massachusetts have offered a divine way to stop your skin from aging, at the low, low, price of $65. In this day and age of limited anti-aging science, a tube blessed by the divine is just as likely to reduce your wrinkles as any standard anti-aging wrinkle cream.
Can we really turn back the hands of time? Not yet,but it seems there is no limit to what we will do to remove the batteries and freeze those hands. Wrinkle creams tout exotic ingredients and never before used secrets to explain away the price tag of a months salary. Some, however have taken it to an extreme.
In modern times, it’s a good idea to watch what your wrinkle cream has in it, because some cultures use crazy ingredients such as viper venom, bird poo and the slime from snails to try to stay the effects of aging on the skin. Other cultures use fruits such as orange, pomegranate, cherry and banana to treat skin damage as a result of aging. There is no end to the ingredients that might be present in your little vat of wrinkle cream.
Forget expensive spa treatments; all your skin really needs to stay young looking is a good moisturizer, a good sunscreen and some basic care. If you have puffy eyes, throw a cucumber on your eyes and relax for a moment. Sip chamomile tea while you enjoy a mask of blended natural olive oil and granola. Stay out of the sun and make sure you wash your makeup off as soon as you’re finished wearing it, and you will find yourself enjoying years of youthful, supple and healthy skin.