The Ugly Lies About Body Creams

Are you following the quest to remain eternally youthful? Join the club! The first problem about aging is that it is going to affect every cell in our bodies but our skin, which is our largest organ, is going to be the most obvious and visible target.

Body creams are going to be our first line of defence as we refuse the more expensive and invasive treatments such as surgery, injections or other treatments which will leave us with a large hole in our bank accounts and a long phase of recovery which may demand a lot of patience.

As we age, our skin dries up as we are no longer capable of producing the cells which can keep it hydrated and that applies to the whole body. That is why hydration from both within (water, fruit and vegetables) and externally (applying body creams) is so important.

Sagging skin which is no longer firm and supple will be subject to a lot of onslaughts from elements of pollution in the air, from over exposure to the sun. That may have happened at some point in the past during our foolish youth or more recently as we forget to make sure there is a build in sunscreen in any beauty product, such as body creams, we happen to be using.

The one essential element in keeping suppleness and elasticity is of course collagen. Did you know that we actually lose about 2% of this precious protein every year after the age of 20 in the areas which are exposed to the sun? One of the ugly lies about body creams is that they contain collagen but it cannot penetrate the skin unless there is a special ingredient which I will tell you about below. This has been developed in New Zealand for use in body lotion and creams.

Have a careful look at the label of any body creams you may be tempted to buy. Forget the testimonial from a VIP you admire and spend some time examining the ingredients on the actual product or on their website. Make sure that the synthetic substances such as mineral oils (petrolatum and paraffin wax) are not present. Look out for all natural products which might include such things as Phytessence Wakame, (a Japanese seaweed) Shea Butter and Natural vitamin E.

Another one of the ugly lies that cosmetic companies like to shout about is the fact that their research laboratories are cutting edge. Their research budget is probably miniscule and their publicity budget is astounding.

The company that has discovered the secret ingredient which can actually help to regenerate the collagen all over your body is not well known but it is dedicated to producing high quality body lotion and creams which are second to none. Why not click through to find out how this secret ingredient works.

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Anti Aging Hand Cream Review to Help You Choose the Best Product

Finding the best anti aging hand cream is hard, but also easy, hear me out on this and I will explain.

Many so called anti aging hand creams do not really have to be made, because just using a normal lotion will suffice for your hands. Our bodies contain the same skin all over, except for maybe on our face, where in some cases it is a little bit thinner, like for example under our eyes.

But in general, the same cream that you use for your body, can be applied as an anti aging hand cream. That takes us to my next point, how do you know if an anti aging hand cream is of high quality?

The first thing I usually do is I check the ingredients, and this might require some research on your part. You will have to learn more about what ingredients do what.

I know that almost everyone is short on time nowadays, so here is my list of ingredients to avoid:

- Acrylamide (can cause breast tumors)
- Alcohols (dries your skin)
- Dioxane (causes cancer)
- Fragrance (can cause depression, and irritability)
- Mineral oils (can cause acne, dry skin and irritation)
- Parabens (can cause cancer, allergic reactions and rashes)

Those are just a few that I tend to look out for, they may also not use those same names, because the skin care companies are getting more and more clever. They know that we are educating ourselves, yet they refuse to clean up their products.

These kind of ingredients are mainly used because they are cheap, and they help the cream preserve well, so they can keep it in stock for years.

The next step is to find the best natural skin care product, and only contains ingredients that are proven to give results. I can only speak from personal experience, so I will tell you the ingredients that I use for good results.

- Cynergy TK (a new breakthrough ingredient)
- Phytessence Wakame (A Japanese sea algae)
- Manuka Honey (full of enzymes and antioxidants)
- Grapeseed Oil (antioxidants and vitamins)
- Nano-Lipobelle H-EQ10 (A special form of Coenzyme Q10)

If you want to know more about what I use as anti aging hand cream to get good results, visit my website for the follow-up article.

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An evolution of the cold compress, wet wraps are a new way to help alleviate the inflammation, itching, and pain associated with eczema. Studies have shown that skin is hydrated and calmed through wet wrap therapy and children with severe atopic dermatitis (commonly referred to as eczema) showed significant improvement when other therapies had failed to provide much needed relief.

One week after the start of therapy, these children experienced a decrease in itch by 74%, leading to better sleep and less overall stress. These improvements lasted for quite some time after the treatment in the study was ended (for study purposes, the treatment lasted two weeks). Hand eczema has also shown considerable improvement through wet wrap therapy. Your dermatologist may feel like this form of therapy is appropriate for you or your child, so you may want to ask about it.

Wet wrap therapy is a process of wrapping wet bandages around areas affected by eczema symptoms. There are sometimes differences in treatment, so your dermatologist may not repeat the exact steps to the basic technique given here:

The patient will soak in a warm (not hot) bath with unscented, dye free bath oil.

A good moisturizer is applied to the wet skin over the whole body. Moisturizers need to be cream or petroleum jelly based and preferably dyes and fragrance free. If you cannot find a moisturizer that lacks fragrance, test in on a small area of the skin before you apply for large areas of skin, allergic reactions can cause further severity of the flare up. Do not use lotions as most lotions have an alcohol based that actually dries the skin, rather than hydrating it.

Medication is applied to the affected areas.
Bandages which have been wet with either warm water or a warmed moisturizing agent are wrapped around the affected area. The can be used on any part of the body as long as the patient is not unduly bothered by them. The face is sometimes a problem in young children, but older patients will usually tolerate the inconvenience in order to alleviate the suffering.

Dry bandages are then wrapped over the wet bandages as a way to seal in moisture.

After about two weeks of doing this every day, you can cut applications back to every other day and sometimes every two days, but the therapy should be continued in order to continue to see the results.

Wet wrap therapy is not only an unobtrusive way to provide a number of benefits to eczema sufferers. These include: Better sleep (due to decrease in irritating symptoms), less itching, reduced inflammation, reduced redness, reduction in the overall amount of staph bacteria found on the skin’s surface, and more moisturized skin.

Cons to wet wrap therapy are as true as the benefits. Like any type of medication or therapy, there are things that people have not liked about it. Some of these include:

Children have trouble sitting still while the bandages are applied.

Many children, especially younger ones, tend to remove the bandages, not giving the treatment enough time to help with deep moisturizing of the skin, which is the basis of the entire therapy and the reason the symptoms are so well controlled.

Much patience is necessary for the application of bandages on children with eczema.

It is not a fast process. You will have to plan the time to accomplish the therapy each day.

In treatment of very young children cotton pajamas are recommended rather than actually bandages for both the wet part of the wrap and the dry part. Keep in mind that you or your child may get chilly while the process is happening. You may want to keep a warm blanket close at hand.

Something to consider is that this therapy not only works for the dry skin of eczema patients, but can also relive rough, dry feet and hands (and any other part of the body that is dry and/or rough. You may want to wrap you child, then wrap your own feet. Your child will feel more comfortable if you two can share this experience, forming a common bond between you.

Louise Forrest
http://www.articlesbase.com/non-fiction-articles/amazing-new-relief-for-eczema-patients-113445.html

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