Home remedies for wrinkles? Most home remedies uses herbs and ingredients that are readily available at home kitchen. I have tried to combine these, some in varying formulation, to produce concoctions. In this article, I will share with you how I found my solution to my wrinkles problem.
How wrinkles develop
Many experts, however, have serious doubts as to the effectiveness and reliability of these home made remedies in our quest for solutions for skin wrinkles. We need to deeply understand how wrinkles are developed and how to combat them more effectively. Wrinkles are formed because the skin loses elasticity. The skin is firm and elastic because of the collagen bundles and elastin that hold together the fatty tissues underneath the skin. As we advance in age, we begin to lose substantial amount of collagen molecules. In fact, it is already established that a normal person will lose a third of the original collagen mass found in the body upon reaching the age of 45 years or so. After reaching 25, we start losing collagen content at the rate of 1.5% per year. Substantial reduction of collagen presence in the skin leads to wrinkles and sagging.
More about topical application
To evaluate if home made remedies for wrinkles are truly effective, we also need to look first at how topical application of those home remedies work. In the medical community, the effectiveness of a topical treatment is largely influenced by the ability of the treatments to be absorbed by the affected area of the body.
Granting that the ingredients do contain those long proven elements and substances that effectively treat a particular skin condition, it still remains to be seen how much exactly of those substances are absorbed by the skin. Some techniques call for direct intake of collagen or collagen producing agents. This is all right, though. Take in those substances orally and you help the body regenerate collagen from within.
But topical application of collagen is already considered ineffective. This is because collagen and elastin, another similarly helpful type of protein that makes the skin elastic, cannot be absorbed by the skin directly. To be effective, it must reach the deepest layers of the skin. The same principle works for those homes made remedies.
There is nothing wrong with using all natural ingredients. I, myself, am a serious proponent of their use to combat to attain a healthy living condition. The issue is not about the ingredients used, rather on the methods used to treat wrinkles. Some use egg white, yogurt, castor oil, vitamin E capsules, honey and lemon, among others. These ingredients are rich sources of vitamin E and many other essential elements. They are also good sources of anti-oxidants that fight the free radicals in the body. But why spend time mixing them in a vain hope of treating your wrinkles when you can just eat them?
All-natural skin care products are shown to be effective because they are scientifically formulated and designed for specific types of skin. Varying skin types require different skin care products. These creams are backed by years of research and widely accepted techniques. Home made remedies for wrinkles can be considered as secondary only. Well formulated creams and lotions take less of your time, are less messy, more convenient to carry, work faster and target areas more specifically. Most importantly, the molecular structure of those natural substances is too small that enables them to be easily absorbed even by the deeper layers of the skin.
Now, do yourself a favor and try to see any marked difference between the two treatment types. You find it out yourself, for I had already found mine.
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