An Effective Skin Tightening Remedy Finding the Right Ingredients
By: Valerie Rosenbaum
Submitted: 2010-04-12 15:45:39 | Word Count: 513
If you want to find an effective skin tightening remedy, you just need to know what ingredients to look for. This article provides the ingredient information that you need.
The causes of lost firmness include loss of the fatty tissue layer, decreased production of elastic fibers and low levels of hyaluronic acid. Free radical damage, usually caused by overexposure to the sun, complicates matters. Then, there is always genetics to consider.
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Some of these problems can be addressed easily, with a nourishing topical cream. Others, such as genetics, cannot.
Loss of the fatty tissue layer is something that a cosmetic surgeon can take care of by injecting fillers. But, the appearance is not very natural looking. Many people are dissatisfied, particular sense they often pay a great deal of money for the service.
There are side effects, as well. Bruising at the sight of injection is one side effect. Irritation is another. But, the most frustrating is when the fillers harden beneath the skin’s layers and form bumps.
In order to dissolve the bumps, doctors use more injections. So, there is more pain and more costs, when all the patient really wanted was an effective skin tightening remedy. At best, the injections should be a last resort.
Decreased production of elastic fibers is something that can be addressed with topically applied creams. Researchers typically refer to it as stimulating collagen production. A number of different ingredients have proven beneficial for that purpose.
One of the most effective is a patented compound called Functional Keratin. Keratin, itself, cannot be patented, because it is a naturally occurring protein. The processes used to soften keratin, without rendering it inactive are patented by the KERATEC Company in New Zealand.
Judging from the clinical trials, Functional Keratin is an effective skin tightening remedy. After 18 days of use, the studies showed a 42 improvement in the skin’s elasticity or tightness.
Functional Keratin works in several ways to improve the skin’s appearance. First, it pulls moisture into the skin’s layers, which plumps it up. Second, it stimulates the production of new skin cells, which is something that normally slows down with age.
Along with the new skin cells come more antioxidants, which help to reverse free radical damage and prevent further damage from occurring. Although it may not be the only ingredient that you need, it is one that you cannot do without, if you want an effective skin tightening remedy.
One of the other effective ingredients is wakame kelp extract. It addresses the issue of low levels of hyaluronic acid by inhibiting the enzymatic activity that normally breaks it down.
Hyaluronic acid is responsible for the skin’s smoothness. When the levels become low with age, smoothness is lost, along with one’s youthful appearance.
To stimulate the production of elastic fibers, it seems that all we need do is apply some nutrients, primarily proteins and antioxidants. So, the most effective skin tightening remedy is more like a nutritional supplement than anything else. It’s just one that you apply to the outside of your body.
Author Resource:-
Valerie Rosenbaum has been researching holistic skin care products for the past several years in order to find out which are the most effective skin firming products available today. To learn more visit http://www.defendyourskin.com
