Anti Aging Skin Care Ingredients: Three Ingredients You Should Know Whether you're starting to look for the right kind of anti aging skin care treatment products for you, or even already started establishing an anti aging skin care regimen and haven't found the right fit of products yet, it's never a bad time to start learning about the important ingredients in your anti aging skin care products. Of course, not all skin care products are the same, just as nobody has the exact same skin, but everyone wants youthful, beautiful, healthy skin. So what ingredients should you look for in your anti aging skin care products?
Antioxidants
Free radicals, caused by environmental toxins and pollutants, are one of the major causes of aging on the skin, as they break down collagen and elastin that help keep skin firm. What are free radicals? They are oxygen molecules that form in your system and only have one electron instead of two. UV damage from the sun (as well as other environmental toxins and pollutants) cause free radicals to form. These damaged oxygen molecules then begin to fight healthy molecules in your body to try and "steal" the that second needed electron. This repeated cycle weakens the health of your skin and can cause you to look older. Antioxidants are one …show more content…
Found in beta-carotene, it's a Vitamin A antioxidant precursor. It's important because clinical studies have shown that retinol is one of the few anti aging ingredients that positively impact the production of collagen in the skin while also counteracting its breakdown. In other words, retinol is proven to improve your skin's firmness while reducing the appearance of fine lines and wrinkles. While retinol comes in multiple derivative forms, so make sure you do your research on how different products use different derivatives. Of course, Murad offers a number of anti wrinkle products that contain retinol to help reduce fine lines and wrinkles and help restore your skin to its youthful
Antioxidants
Free radicals, caused by environmental toxins and pollutants, are one of the major causes of aging on the skin, as they break down collagen and elastin that help keep skin firm. What are free radicals? They are oxygen molecules that form in your system and only have one electron instead of two. UV damage from the sun (as well as other environmental toxins and pollutants) cause free radicals to form. These damaged oxygen molecules then begin to fight healthy molecules in your body to try and "steal" the that second needed electron. This repeated cycle weakens the health of your skin and can cause you to look older. Antioxidants are one …show more content…
Found in beta-carotene, it's a Vitamin A antioxidant precursor. It's important because clinical studies have shown that retinol is one of the few anti aging ingredients that positively impact the production of collagen in the skin while also counteracting its breakdown. In other words, retinol is proven to improve your skin's firmness while reducing the appearance of fine lines and wrinkles. While retinol comes in multiple derivative forms, so make sure you do your research on how different products use different derivatives. Of course, Murad offers a number of anti wrinkle products that contain retinol to help reduce fine lines and wrinkles and help restore your skin to its youthful