Holistic Anti-Aging Regimes for Time-Defying Flawless Skin

If you want to look 18 when you're 30, then you had better begin your anti-aging regime now. Anti-Aging is not only for old ladies as aging is a process that is carried forward since the day you went into the sun without slapping on sunblock like your mother told you to. Pity, but the situation is still salvageable.

There are many types of anti ageing skin care products, which I will elaborate on later, but for those who love natural skin care, you will be pleased to find that vitamin C and are the main ingredients in anti-aging skin care and collagen production. They are called anti-oxidants because of their very nature-they prevent your skin from being oxidized by harmful environment free radicals.

Unfortunately, vitamin C is a relatively fragile anti-oxidant and may very well be easily oxidized itself if you leave the jar open. If you use your creams consistently and generously (which you should), then you shouldn't fear that your cream will spoil before you get to the bottom of the jar. Do beware of the fact that as vitamin C is so easily oxidized, unscrupulous manufacturers sometimes try to use Vitamin C derivatives, which is not as effective or as stable as Vitamin C itself. Do check before you make the purchase.

There are other anti oxidants besides the ubiquitous vitamin C and vitamin E. There are the lipoid acids, glutathione, and many more. Nonetheless, they function the same way, and that is to reduce oxidant stress on our skins. Vitamin E is a very powerful anti oxidant that is often added to massage oils to prolong their life and also to provide a anti aging benefit.

Of course, it is more expensive than Vitamin C and it can be found in Evening Primrose Oils, leafy vegetables and legumes. Carotene helps to combat the free radicals found in the environment and lipoids help reverse damage already done to your skin. Components of Vitamin B like B2-12 are also utilized for speeding recovery of the immune system.