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Anti Ageing Skin Cream, Is It Worth The Money ?

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Women, and even men of a certain age are constantly looking for a magic bullet when it comes to anti ageing skin care. In fact, women in the UK are spending around 100 million per year, trying to look younger using anti aging cream as a non surgical facelift. The real problem is, that by the time they become of a certain age, they are always playing catch up. You have to start when you are young. Are you listening teenagers and twentysomethings?

The major culprit, when it comes to skin ageing, is the sun but don't think that you are alright because you always wear your factor 30 when you sun bathe. This will help of course, but you are mainly dealing with UV-A rays. The real agents of ageing are the UV-B rays that come down whether the sky is blue or not. This means that you are being affected by these all year round.

So, unless you had a very knowledgeable mum, you have been affected by these ageing rays since the day you were born. In the school playground, out playing and now when you go shopping or go to work these rays are slowly ageing your skin. To be protected, you need to be wearing sun blocker at all times, not only on your face but also your neck and hands which are the most overlooked area. It would be a good idea to substitute your usual moisturiser for a good sun screen cream.

You will have seen countless advertisements for anti ageing skin care products on the television and in magazines, many featuring actors in white coats pretending to work in a hi-tech laboratory setting to give the impression that your cream is the latest in scientific discovery. It also will be trying to convey a sense that these preparations have been thoroughly tested, are safe to use and are extremely effective.

Many of the active ingredients being touted as 'new' or 'breakthrough' are really chemicals that have been known and used for years for other different conditions, usually in pharmacological circumstances. Because they have this history of use without nasty side effects, cosmetic manufacturers explore some of the other possibilities to the chemicals. As long as they can determine some minor improvement in a few guinea pig people, it is rushed out as the latest thing to combat ageing skin.

A typical type of ingredient is one that goes by the name of Retinol which is actually vitamin A. This has been known and used by the medical profession in the treatment of skin problems. It is used in a quite high dosage, which means it is only available on prescription from a doctor. The amount of Retinol you will find in any preparations you can buy, are going to be relatively small and therefore the effects will match. This doesn't mean that you may not derive some benefit from using it but you may be better off spending your money in food that is rich in vitamin A.

As with many of these preparations, there is a time aspect to them. The ingredients used are degraded by contact with the air and water. This means that as soon as the preparation is manufactured it begins to decay. This wouldn't be a problem if there was some kind of time stamp on the bottle so that you know when it was made or when it ceases to be effective because when you buy it, you do not know how long it has been sitting in the shop. Also, once you have opened the pot, it starts to degrade even more quickly so how you store it can be quite important.

Given that most of these preparations tend to be quite expensive and there is often not a lot in the jar, you may wish to consider making your own. The base can be an inexpensive moisturising cream which helps to take the other ingredients into the skin. There are many different recipes for anti ageing skin cream available and it shouldn't be too difficult to find the other constituents. When preparing your skin cream, you have to be very hygienic in all you do. Only prepare small amounts of the cream to ensure it remains fresh. As different preparations work on different types of skin you will probably have to do some experimentation until you find the one that is just right for you. When you do find the right combination, you will not only have great looking skin but you will have saved yourself a considerable amount of money.

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Author, Ian Richards has more great tips on non surgical facelifts and he has other important information on women's issues that are well worth investigating.