The Best Anti-Aging Creams

Understanding Anti-Aging Creams

There probably isn't a person on the planet who doesn't dream of a youthful, smooth complexion that lasts a lifetime. Most believe, however, that it's only great DNA that determines a person's luck with radiant skin. Fortunately, that's a myth because skin care experts have proven that a combination of two powerful anti-aging skin creams can help maintain an enviable complexion.

The two magical ingredients are retinol and vitamin C, and both are affordable and available under a number of over-the-counter brands of wrinkle creams. Both formulas contain anti-aging power and are ideally suited for all skin tones and skin types.

Beauty science has discovered that repeated application of retinol and vitamin C showed a significant reversal of skin changes induced by both general and chronological aging. A study was published in NCBI.

Anti-aging creams with retinol have been developed for improving the appearance of fine lines and wrinkles, age spots, skin texture and tone.

Retinol is like prescription cousin Retin-A in that it's a vitamin A-derivative. Retinol exfoliates dead skin cells and spurs the growth of new collagen and elastin.

Oprah magazine is a major fan of retinol's complexion benefits.

Vitamin C is another excellent ingredient to choose in one's arsenal of favorite anti-aging creams. Topical vitamin C is also called "L-ascorbic acid" and plays a key role in brightening the skin tone, keeping wrinkles at bay and diminishing their depth, firming the skin and maintaining added protection against the damage of free radicals.

Vitamin C is hard to keep "stable" in wrinkle creams, so choose one that comes in an airless or opaque container. Topical "C" degrades when exposed to oxygen and sunlight.

Two great skin creams to try include Paula's Choice Clinical 1% Retinol Treatment and Murad Essential-C Daily Renewal Complex.