Anti Aging Face Cream - Collagens Natural Anti Aging Face Cream

Your skin begins aging because of the loss of two vital elements - collagen and elastin. As you grow older, the rate of production of collagen and elastin gradually slows down. As a result of the lack of adequate amount of collagen and elastin, the outer dermis layer loses its ability to replenish itself thereby affecting our skin. This affects the elasticity of your skin and it begins to look dull. You simultaneously notice the appearance of wrinkles and fine lines on your skin. To prevent your skin from aging, you often use various types of anti aging face cream.

There are several companies that make and sell various brands of collagen anti aging face cream claiming that they are capable of preventing your skin from aging. But several scientific studies have revealed that the skin cannot tolerate direct infusion of collagen by any method. The fact of the matter is that collagen molecules are too big for being able to penetrate into our skin. It is, therefore, obvious that collagen anti aging face cream can be of little real use.

Any natural collagen anti aging face cream is, for all practical purposes, gelatin. Earlier, gelatin was prescribed to make your skin look better. But it served no real purpose, just like a collagen cream doesn't. Whatever change any collagen anti aging face cream can bring about is just cosmetic and nothing else. Such a cream may only temporarily give you a better look, but that too may not be completely safe for your skin. A collagen face cream may cause allergic reactions and redness on the skin.

If you take care to read the ingredients labels of these creams, you will find that most such creams contain only a very small amount of collagen. Most of the available brands are made of water mixed with petrolatum, glycerin, mineral oil or some other "oily" solution. The used ingredients are listed in descending order of concentration, if there is no ingredient that can be called an active pharmaceutical. In that case, the ingredient as well as its concentration will be on top of the list.

Now if you go through the collagen face creams, you will notice that collagen is listed way behind many others on the list. In one particularly popular brand, collagen is placed 24th, below all the artificial preservatives and petrochemicals used.

It has been found that it is much better to use a face cream containing functional keratin instead of collagen. A cream with functional keratin can stimulate the formation of new cells, replenishing those that have been lost with the passage of time. On the other hand, a collagen cream does not include the nutrients that are required to stimulate the growth of cells, or anything else for that matter.

A natural collagen anti aging face cream is not capable of making the fibers that lie in the dermis stronger. Such a cream can only make your face appear shiny. All in all, it is never a wise move to purchase a collagen face cream to make your wrinkles disappear, or to make your skin firmer or to stop the aging of your skin. There are better options to achieve the same goals and you can easily try them.

• John Palsson
• 27/03/2009, 6:59 AM
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