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Firming Aged Skin by Boosting Skin’s Collagen Content

vrosenbaum — Fri, 18 Feb 2011 15:59:24 +0000

Firming aged skin can be difficult because of a lack of collagen. Here you will learn about the role played by the simple protein and what you can do to increase your skin’s collagen content.

Collagen is a major component of the skin’s elastic fibers. The fibers give your skin the ability to “snap back” into place after a pinch or stretch. The fibers are located in the skin’s dermis layer.

Soluble collagen is also found in the skin’s epidermis, the outermost layer. There is serves to make your skin’s appearance less translucent. You can’t see through it.

The body produces collagen through a complicated process that took scientists decades to unravel. … Read Full Article

Hydrolyzed Collagen in Anti Aging Skin Care Products

vrosenbaum — Mon, 17 Jan 2011 14:55:17 +0000

Hydrolyzed collagen is an ingredient commonly found in anti-aging facial creams and body lotions. Cosmetic companies continue to include the ingredient and make numerous claims concerning the benefits. Problem is there are no proven benefits.

Collagens are simple proteins made up of only a few amino acids. In the human body, they are classified as “structural” proteins, meaning they are used by the body to create various structures.

The proteins are abundant in young, healthy firm human skin. Along with the protein elastin, they make up the skin’s elastic fibers. It is the elastic fibers that allow the skin to snap back into shape after being stretched out.

The fibers can be … Read Full Article

Nutrients That Can Tighten Skin in Both Supplements and Topical Creams

vrosenbaum — Mon, 25 Oct 2010 13:10:09 +0000

Omega-3 fatty acids are nutrients that can tighten skin according to a recent study. If you want to see the best results, I recommend you address the problem from the inside out and from the outside in.

The inside out has to do with the foods that you eat and possibly the supplements that you take. Omega-3 fish oil was used in the study above. A popular dermatologist has suggested that eating salmon every day could do the same thing, but that could get expensive.

Atlantic salmon is affordable, but it is known to contain relatively high levels of PCBs, an environmental pollutant that causes cancer and birth defects. Wild Pacific Salmon … Read Full Article

100 Natural Skin Care Tips – More or Less…

vrosenbaum — Tue, 07 Sep 2010 13:13:19 +0000

I originally wanted to provide 100 natural skin care tips in this article. All together there are more than a dozen tips.

The most important is to moisturize, and repeat. In fact, you can repeat that as many times as you like to make up the difference between the number of tips provided here and one hundred.

I have seen people spend thousands of dollars on anti-aging treatments of all kinds. They spend hundreds of dollars on various skincare products. They try different name brands, use exfoliants, toners, masks and concealers. The product they overlook most often is a moisturizer.

Dermatologists agree on this subject. Failing to use a good moisturizer is … Read Full Article

Over the Counter Wrinkle Remedies – Sorting Through the Latest Fads

vrosenbaum — Mon, 12 Jul 2010 13:36:30 +0000

Over the counter wrinkle remedies may contain a number of ingredients or only one. Hyaluronic acid has become a popular choice for creams and lotions, but doctors say that it does nothing when applied topically. The reason for its inclusion in cosmetics has nothing to do with its effectiveness.

Hyaluronic acid, collagen, elastin and an assortment of synthetic fillers will stretch out wrinkles when they are injected into the deepest of the skin’s layers. The injections are widely advertised. They have different brand names. You have probably heard some of them.

They are available at day spas, dermatologist’s offices and from cosmetic surgeons. They range in price from $400 to $1000 per … Read Full Article

Natural Way to Tighten Skin – Increase Collagen & Elastin Production

vrosenbaum — Tue, 25 May 2010 16:02:41 +0000

There aren’t many natural ways to tighten skin. While exercise can tone muscles and building muscle can stretch out the skin’s layers to the point of causing stretch marks, exercise does not contribute to the production of collagen and elastin fibers or stimulate other processes that would improve the skin’s firmness.

Exercising is good for your body in many ways. It can help to improve the skin’s health and appearance by balancing hormonal levels and perspiring can help to keep the pores clean. But, if you want to improve the skin’s tightness, what you really need is an anti-aging cream. Luckily, some of the best ones contain only naturally occurring ingredients. … Read Full Article

What is Xtend TK?

vrosenbaum — Wed, 14 Apr 2010 17:58:00 +0000

When this rather new substance hit the market in 2006, it was not clear to many what Xtend TK was or what it could do for consumers. It is now obvious that Xtend TK is without a doubt this decade’s most important breakthrough in skin care. Ample science and field results solidly support its success.

Xtend TK is a bio active form of keratin that supports your skin regeneration. Xtend TK mainly contains Bioactive Keratin which is a natural substance extracted directly from sheep’s wool.

New Zealand sheep are among the most prolific wool producers in the world. Not surprisingly, Xtend TK was originally developed in New Zealand and it is sourced … Read Full Article