Thursday, January 1, 2009

For Wrinkle Creams, Trial And Error Is The Best Method

By Jen Hopkins

Even as the United States population grows older on average every year, we still worry about signs of aging. Many other cultures see aging as an honor, but in the United States, elders are looked down upon, so Americans continue to throw money down the drain on expensive products so they can retain their youth.

Women are particularly susceptible to worries about again. While signs of aging such as crow's feet or grey hair may sometimes make a man look mature, American society views women's signs of aging as a handicap. As a result, women live dreading old age, and do everything they can to stop aging from progressing.

All sorts of options are available to women, from meditation to acupuncture to cosmetic surgery. New outpatient treatments allow patients to visit a doctoras office and have minor surgery all in one day. Sometimes people can even go back to work the same day! However, many of these measures are painful, inconvenient, time-consuming, or expensive. The most popular solution for aging skin is still the oldestiaa good anti-aging cream.

The nightly ritual of applying wrinkle cream has comforted many women for decades. The wrinkle cream feels good against your skin, and after it soaks in, you can feel it working. When you get up in the morning, your face is softer, more supple and with fewer wrinkles than the night before, giving it a more youthful appearance.

The most difficult part of using wrinkle cream as an anti-aging method is finding a wrinkle cream that works. There are many different things that you need to consider when researching the best wrinkle cream for you. Different wrinkle creams work best for different women, so it's important to treat your skin like an experiment, and take careful notes on what ingredients are in the products that work best for you.

A womanas skin type is the most important factor in determining which is the best wrinkle cream for her. Dry skins tend to drink in the moisture from heavier creams, while oily skins can be overwhelmed by creams and need a lighter lotion.

Chemical sensitivities are another important issue to consider. Sensitive skins may not be able to tolerate fragrances, colorings, or certain harsh ingredients. Acne-prone skins need a product that is non-comedogenic. Even a label that states a product is non-irritating, non-comedogenic, or hypo-allergenic is no guarantee that a product will not cause problems. Each woman has to let her skin be her guide.

Price is not a good way to determine whether a product works or not; an inexpensive drugstore product may work better on your skin than something bought at a high-end retailer's cosmetics counter. It all depends on your skin and what works for you. You need to be just as active in taking notice of your skin's reaction to expensive designer cosmetics as you do with drugstore brand products, because you never know how your skin will react. - 16036

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