Wednesday, October 29, 2008

Anti Wrinkle Home Remedies

By Julie Samtsonn

In the quest for anti aging creams and anti wrinkle creams, there are some home remedies that have been declared as miracle workers for a fraction of the cost of some of the expensive items on the market today. With so many ways to attack the skin aging and wrinkling problems that occur naturally as part of aging, but may also be accelerated by other factors, such as over-exposure to the sun, many individuals are trying recommended products with good success rates.

As eye puffiness can pronounce skin around the aye area, it slowly stretches over time, and creates wrinkles when it constricts. For a long time, models have supposedly used Preparation H in the eye area to reduce puffiness, but it is not suggested by the drug's maker. Wyeth, recommend users do not get any near the eye or mouth area. The idea behind this use is the reduction of swelling when used as directed. It is based on the principle that keeping eye puffiness to a minimum will stop the skin from stretching, therefore, new 'un-stretched' cells slowly appear and give a more youthful appearance.

Despite the maker's reluctance to promote this type of use, there are many people who swear by its use to reduce puffiness around the eyes and the damage that results from such swelling. Just how it works is not rocket science, but does require a little reading to fully understand. The original formula of Preparation H dates back to the 1930's and contained a substance called Biodyne, also called LYCD (live yeast culture development) it also included shark liver oil, a substance with powerful antioxidant qualities and used to treat forms of cancer because it slows down the turn over of cells. These ingredients are no longer used, but people still say the cream works well as an anti-aging, anti-wrinkle treatment, so attention has been directed to its other ingredients such as mineral oil, petrolatum, corn oil, lanolin and thyme oil.

Before, olive oil was suggested to be a home remedy that caused wrinkle reduction. It has also been shown that shark liver oil can now be created synthetically from olives, rice and wheat germ, as additive in anti-aging creams and anti-wrinkle creams. Anyone can still buy the original formula Preparation H with Biodyne and LYCD as well as shark oil from Canada, and lots of people do, because it is still cheaper than many treatments that claim to include these ingredients.

Cocoa Butter products have also been suggested to combat the effects of aging and excessive sun exposure. Cocoa butter owes its rejuvenating effects to the intense oil content found in products. The Internet has fast become a popular place to source anti-aging creams or anti-wrinkle creams. On the Internet, products that contain LYCD's and shark liver oil are common, but do not have the same level of content as the original Preparation H includes. The current form of Preparation H include a blood vessel constrictor that minimizes swelling. Its maker does not recommend its use around the eye area for prolonged period of time. - 15465

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