Reverse the Aging Process with Natural Skin Care Products

Friday, June 25th, 2010 at 1:13 pm

When looking to de-age your face safely, natural skin care products are the perceptible choice. The newest cellular rejuvenation research has studied the use of compounds that occur in nature, principally antioxidants, vitamins and minerals.

Why the focus on nutrients? We have learned a great deal about what keeps people strong on the inside and what causes them to be sick. Somewhere along the way, skin care companies lost sight of the fact that the skin is an organ of the body. It needs the same things that the inside of the body needs. In some ways, it needs even more help.

Internal organs don’t have to cope with the damage effects of direct UV sunlight. The outside of the body is exposed. The face is specifically prone to photo-aging; fine lines and wrinkles caused by exposure to sun. We protect the rest of our body by wearing clothing most of the time.

A big sun hat and a pair of UV blocking sunglasses can go a long way to protect the face. The trend over the last several years has been to include sunscreen ingredients in every skin cream on the market. Why should we put a sunscreen in a night cream?

There is no reason and the high quality natural skin care creams do not contain sunscreen ingredients, because most of them were never tested for safety. Even the effectiveness of the sunscreens has been questioned, because the SPF evaluation process is inaccurate. Sunscreens only work is you reapply them several times a day. What is the point of putting sunscreen in a day cream or body lotion that you apply only once daily? There is none.

The conscientious producers take a different approach by choosing anti-oxidant rich formulas to prevent photo-aging. Natural skin care products containing the antioxidant coenzyme Q10 can not just protest against sun damage, they can actually reverse it.

Coenzyme Q10 was hailed years ago as something of a fountain of youth. It can be applied topically or taken orally, but the molecules included in natural skin care creams must be smaller. Otherwise they won’t penetrate the skin’s pores into the deepest layers of skin. Technology can improve what nature has provided. Look for a skin cream with this ingredient for naturally younger skin.