Where is it possible to find a wrinkle reduction cream that is reasonably priced and actually works? Good question! As we age wrinkle correction becomes important for our sense of well being, and so there are plenty of companies that prey on us with wrinkle products that smell wonderful but don't do much for our skin.
Finding a cream that smoothes winkles is something we all urgently need.
First thing I would say is, there are good wrinkle reduction creams out there.
What we need to do is simply do some research and know what to look for.
Skin care creams name their ingredients, so we can use these lists to quickly sort out what will deliver wrinkle reduction and what won't.
Natural ingredients are a good place to begin.
If you are like me, you would prefer to spray natural, organic weed control on your garden weeds, rather than dangerous, toxic chemical sprays.
Same with things I rub on my face and arms.
I don't want to mess around with questionable chemical additives in my wrinkle reduction cream.
Give me natural.
Sunscreen is another thing to look for on the ingredient lists.
Avoid it.
Lots of companies add them to their lines of wrinkle reduction and wrinkle correction products.
But there is some debate about their safety, especially as wrinkle creams are applied every day.
For example, lab tests on the popular sunscreen component, Octinoxate, show estrogenic effects, disrupt thyroid glands, and damage the mechanisms in our brain that assist signaling.
Something like Vitamin B5, on the other hand, is a safe ingredient in a wrinkle reduction cream.
Not only is it a natural sunscreen, it also enhances tanning.
Next thing to think about is, what do you want a wrinkle reduction cream to actually do for you? I know you want to reduce wrinkles that naturally creep into your once-youthful skin as you get a little older.
But specifically, you probably want a cream that will reduce those fine wrinkle lines, and at the same time give some firmness and elasticity to your skin and the tissue immediately below it.
The good news is that any creams which will actually do this will have been extensively trailed and certified by independent regulatory boards.
So you can look at the literature, as well as the ingredient labels on the tubes of anti-wrinkle cream.
One natural ingredient that has been tested and examined, and is just now coming on to the market, is something known as Functional Keratin, extracted with a newly patented process from the pure, clean wool of selected sheep in New Zealand.
This is an exciting breakthrough, because keratin rejuvenates the natural proteins collagen and elastin which together did most of the work in making our skin firm when we are young.
As we aged these proteins broke down and our skin lost its firmness -- we started to wrinkle.
There is no easy way to rejuvenate collagen and elastin.
But Functional Keratin can.
It's similar to natural keratin, found in your own skin, and to the basic form of keratin that has been extracted from dead animals using extreme heat and acid, and then used in many wrinkle reduction creams.
Personally I would not rub anything this savage on my face, even though it has a small, positive affect on wrinkles.
You can know a cream has this basic keratin from waste animal parts if your anti wrinkle cream proudly boasts 'hydrolyzed' ingredients.
Functional Keratin, extracted with a gentle, clean process, is the first form of keratin that will get into your skin and actually stimulate the proteins there.
As a result fine lines and wrinkles fade away and the body itself replenishes proteins and cells to restore a youthfulness to the skin surface.
Even more exciting, to me, it has been shown in clinical studies that Functional Keratin increases skin elasticity by up to 22 percent in just 24 hours.
There is no doubt this ingredient can bring about wrinkle reduction.
It's now available near the source, from a small but established skin care company in New Zealand.
Look for it on the Internet, and say 'goodbye' to wrinkles.