Tuesday, October 28, 2008

Home Remedies For Anti Wrinkle Creams

By Julie Samtsonn

In the search for anti-aging solutions and anti wrinkle creams, some home remedies have been suggested as miracle cures for a fraction of the price of the more expensive items available today. There are many ways to approach the skin aging and wrinkling process that starts naturally as part of aging. It can also be exacerbated by other things, like overexposure to the sun, many people are trying various products with good outcomes.

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.

There are many testimonials that this method works. How it works, is what needs to be looked at. In the original formula of Prep H, that was made back in the 30's, it contained Biodyne, (which is also called LYCD, live yeast culture developments), and shark liver oil, which has strong antioxidant powers and is used in some cancer treatments, due to the slowdown of cell turnover. Over 10 years ago, the FDA banned these ingredients in Prep H and today's formula now contains phenylephrine, which is a type of astringent. However, people that are still using it in anti aging and wrinkle treatment still claim that it works, so it may be that the other ingredients it contains, such as mineral oil, petrolatum, corn oil, lanolin and thyme oil, which are all emollients, may be the ingredients that are showing wrinkle reduction.

In the past, olive oil was often suggested as a home remedy to prevent aging and wrinkles. Shark liver oil can even now be created synthetically from a mix of olives, rice and wheat germ. Tons if its use as either an anti aging or anti wrinkle cream can still obtain the original Preparation H from Canada, that formula still contains Biodyne or LYCD, as well as shark liver oil and is often cheaper to purchase than other treatments that include these ingredients.

Cocoa Butter products also have been touted as good skin rejuvenators, and this is found in many anti-aging cream formulas, as well as many sun exposure products. In summary, it would appear the benefits might come from the intense oil content of the products and emollient properties. There are some anti-aging creams and anti-wrinkle creams sold on the Internet, that claim to contain LYCD's or shark liver oil, but not like the original Prep H formulation. Preparation H in its present form has a blood vessel constrictor, which is what minimizes the swelling effect. It is not recommended that it be used in the eye area over a pro-longed period of time. - 15255

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