Anti-Aging

Aging!!! Does it frighten you too? When I stand before the mirror and compare my facial tone to that with twenty years back when I was a young chap in my college years. Options are many on the shelves to choose the best anti aging products.

Not all of us are the same.

Few of us are deep fried and some of us are just baked and rests are perfectly normal!!!
You know what I mean. Human skin is of three basic types – normal, dry and oily. Although many of us may have the combination skin, like certain parts with oily and rest with dry skin.
Some people are with the oily skin on their nose and foreheads while cheeks are dry.

Normal skin is the most favorable one and poses very few challenges for the anti aging therapy.

Dry skin tends to become flaky and feels a sense of dryness. Wrinkling, sagging and thinning easily come to the dry skin because of lack of moisture. Maintaining the moisture level is the major challenge for the dry skin. Miniaturization makes the dry skin elastic and supple.


Now, Oily skin types pose a completely different challenge. Here focus is on the pores to prevent from clogging.

Now while choosing the best anti-aging that suits your skin type I would suggest you to do your home-work first.

Just try these!!!
1. Read the Labels:
This is very important that you read the product labels from starting to end before buying. This is in your interest. Even make it a habit. Read the ingredients, read the actives. You can Google the actives and try to find any clinical data supporting the product claim. Also check if you had been allergic to any of the ingredients in the past. Choose the product depending upon your skin type. If you are oily type then avoid the product with waxy base. You decide your primary concern like anti spot, anti wrinkle or skin toner etc.

2. Be Realistic:
Don’t run after the flimsy advertisements. No body can turn you sweet sixteen overnight. Always remember there is a gap between a perception and reality. Your favorite celebrity endorsing any product brings you into a very different realm that is in far contrast with the reality. So while using any of the products trust your intuition rather then blindly following the exaggerated claims.

3. Do as directed:
When a product is developed in the laboratory of the manufacturer, they had to perform the number of tests to affirm its efficacy. This study may on the human subjects (Clinical trial) or on some replica mimicking the human tissue (In vitro). So the manufacturer knows the best method of using the product. So it is advisable that you follow the manufacturer’s directions scrupulously.

4. Go online
When selecting an anti aging product for your self, I will suggest going online. While shopping online you will have the convenience of choosing the product that suits you the best, no pushier sales girls/boys. You can quickly search for the product reviews; compare the prices across the stores. Do see the stores policy on the return of goods.

5. Use the same line
While using some specific brand or line of product try to streamline your other related skin care regiment according to that line of products. For example if a certain brand or therapy recommends using some products in combination, like anti wrinkle day cream and night cream, then you should use the same brand for both the usage. This is not to boost the sales of a particular brand but certain products are made and tested that way that it works best with that combination.

This is a comprehensive selection guide for all the anti-aging needs. As always, there is no substitute for eating healthy foods, drinking plenty of water and good night sleep. All these affects the aging process in a very significant way.