The major goal of anti oxidant is to reduce wrinkling. It is must to know what wrinkles are, how they are caused, how they can be prevented.

Exposure – UV rays:

The major cause of wrinkling is UV rays exposure. The mechanism of action of UV rays is that they enter the cells of our skin by crossing the cell membranes. Then, they alter the structure of cell membrane, cellular proteins, cellular DNA. Due to protein damage, a cellular protein elastin is also damaged which results in reduced flexibility. Wrinkling mainly occurs around ayes, so the anti-wrinkle creams are not anti oxidants. They actually repair the damaged skin by the sun.

Gravity produces a downward force:

Gravity produces a downward force. As we age, skin is pulled downward by the gravity, which causes increased wrinkling. The elastic fibers are weak, so they cannot support our skin against gravity. As a result, the skin looks older and more wrinkling occurs.

Smoking promotes wrinkling:

It is a trend to smoke for a mature look. Smoking produces look that you it seems that you are quite aged. It produces wrinkles. It also damages elastic protein and also cuts oxygen supply to the cell. Comparing a smoker and a non-smoker of the same age, the smoker looks much older than the non-smoker. So smoking less may help to decrease wrinkling.

Age and wrinkle decreasing products:

There are many products in the market which claims that they are anti oxidants and help to decrease wrinkles. But in fact, many of these products do not make any change or rather are harmful. They are present in the market just for making money. They are not even approved by FDA.

Researches proved that most of the anti aging and anti-wrinkling products produce soothing and moisturizing affect. This may provide short term effect against wrinkle. But in fact, they do not help to decrease aging or wrinkling.

Tretenoin- an anti-wrinkle cream… does it really work?

It is a cream that contains retinol. It is indicated for sunburn and wrinkles. Its mechanism of action is that it builds up collagen which in turn produces elastin and increases elasticity. Other creams are also in the markets which have retinol and works as wrinkle decreasing creams. It has not been proved yet whether these products are really effective or not. Still these are used and sold like peanuts.

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