Anti Aging Products

Have you been swayed recently into buying a specialized anti aging skincare product? What was it that motivated you into doing it? Was it any of the following?

* Cost

* Packaging

* Agreed with the sales person who painted it the best product since sliced bread

* The marketing campaign that is used to advertise it. i.e. did it have either a gorgeous male or female star as the main face that endorses it?

Whatever your reasons were I bet you didn't ask yourself the following question before you bought your last tube of cream.

This question is the most important one that you should ask yourself before you go purchasing anymore skincare products and it is:

"Is this skincare product safe for me to use?"

This question is overlooked by many of us but it is a vital question that needs to be answered as it relates directly to our health and well being. The answer to the above question can be easily found on the skincare label of the jar or tube.

You're probably saying, "You must be JOKING! - Have you ever tried reading one of those things?"

I understand entirely what you mean. You need a chemistry degree to know what goes into each tiny tube or bottle and that is exactly what the manufactures are hoping for.

If we were to understand what all the ingredients were we would be shocked and wouldn't want to buy anymore anti aging skincare.

But a little simple research soon reveals what some of these ingredients are, if not all of them.

Below is a typical ingredients list on a jar of shop bought anti-aging skin cream:

aqua,

cyclopentasiloxane,

squalane,

glycerin,

behenyl alcohol,

arachidyl clucoside,

cetearyl alcohol,

petrolatum,tocopheryl acetate,

cetearyl glucoside,

aluminum starch octenylsuccinate,

butyrospermum parkii,

C13-14 isoparaffin,

laureth-7 polyacrylamide,

retinyl palmitate,

bht polymethyl methacrylate,

dipalmitoyl hydroxyproline,

avena sativa kernel oil,

ethylhexyl methoxycinnamate,

disodium deta,

sodium hydroxide,

tricaprylyn,

parfum,

2-bromo-2- nitropropane-1,3-diol,

dichloroenzyl alcohol.

arachidyl alchol,

So what does that list of ingredients mean? Let's just look at a couple of them to give you the picture of why my question on safety is so important.

Cyclopentasiloxane - is made from sand and residue that can stay in the body for five years. It helps your skin to feel silky.

C13-14 Isoparaffin - is a gelling agent. It is a mixture of mineral oils derived from petroleum.

Petrolatum is a mineral oil with a jelly like consistency that coats the skin and blocks the pores preventing them from breathing properly.

It also causes bacteria to clog the pores as well as lots of other problems including promoting sun damage, and interfering with the body's own moisturizing mechanism. Basically it can lead to chapping and dry skin.

Another really bad ingredient is Parfum. Artificial aromas can be made up of 300 or more different chemical ingredients. Many of these substances are toxic but there is no regulation that makes skincare manufacturers list what exactly is in each aroma.

If we were presented with a menu that looked like this in a restaurant we would walk out in disgust and refuse to eat it. Yet, and this is the important bit.

Because your skin is porous whatever you massage into it or splash all over it will be partly ingested by it and the components of the mixtures will enter into your blood stream and will be delivered to other major organs.

Over the years the toxicity levels will continue to build up and eventually could lead to skin conditions, allergies and even diseases like cancer.

This particular disease has been found in samples of women's malignant breast tissue where a very popular skincare preservative - parabens was the common factor in each breast sample.

By Karen Graham

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