The Best Anti Aging Cream

Choosing the Best Anti Aging Cream

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When you shop for an anti-aging cream at your local department store or pharmacy, you may be confused by the bewildering number of choices. You will definitely want the best anti aging cream available, and Consumer Reports suggests that it will contain the following properties:

· Emollients, in the form of plant oils, mineral oils, shea butter, cocoa butter, petrolatum, silicones or animal oils (including emu, mink and lanolin)These lubricating ingredients soften and smooth theskin while helping it to retain moisture. Experts say jojoba, squalene and lanolin are the best emollients because they have the greatest similarity to sebum (the skin's natural moisturizing agent), and are the least comedogenic (pore-clogging), and are the most compatible with the skin's biochemistry alpha hydroxy acid (AHA) products should help remove the dead outer layers of skin, leaving your face with a fresh, younger appearance.

· Water-binding agents are ingredients that keep water in the skin. Humectants (including sorbitol, glycols, glycerins and sodium PCA), which attract water to the skin, are important for skin damaged by sun and dehydration, but they won't help your skin retain water.

· Vitamins and antioxidants, including vitamins A, C and E, get mixed reviews from experts. Some say these ingredients seem to have the ability to aid cell turnover, healing and dehydration.

· Alpha hydroxy acids (AHAs) and beta hydroxy acids (BHAs) have been shown to clear pores and remove dead skin, resulting in smoother, moist skin. The best AHA products are glycolic acid and lactic acid; malic, citric, and tartaric acids haven't been shown to be as beneficial to the skin. BHA is salicylic acid. AHA increases sun sensitivity, so sun protection is an absolute necessity if you're using an AHA product.

Experts Also Say:

The number-one cause of skin aging and damage is sun exposure. Therefore, the best anti aging cream should have minimum SPF 15, and should include UV protection with titanium dioxide, zinc oxide, or avobenzone. Otherwise sunscreen should be worn any time you are outside, regardless of how long you will be out. Sunscreen and other sun-sensitive ingredients (like AHA) create the difference between moisturizers labeled as day or night moisturizers.

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