Free Report reveals The True Secrets To Beautiful Facial Skin

Skin care treatments that are based on vitamin C

The use of anti-ageing skin care products continues to rise each year; when most of us can expect to live longer and have fuller, more active lives, this is hardly surprising. We achieve this with beauty products that synthesize the production of the protein collagen; collagen makes up approximately 25 percent of the total protein in the skin. Collagen is a member of another family of substances that aid in reducing the signs of ageing. this group is called antioxidants and apart from their cell repairing ability, they may be able to reduce the risk of cancer and heart disease.

One of the best known anti-oxidants is vitamin C and despite continual research,
no-one body involved can decide just exactly how much our body should consume on a daily basis. Skin care treatments that are based on vitamin C, pose the problem of becoming oxidized themselves as they come into contact with air during their usage.

To get around this some skin care treatments are based on derivatives of vitamin C which are more stable and less expensive. However, these anti-ageing skin care treatments are not as effective vitamin C based products, although vitamin E and lipoic acid are also anti-oxidants and have similar effects.

Found in human blood, vitamin E is not only an antioxidant but is designed to boost the immune system's resistance to illness; it has been linked to resistance to a number of conditions including certain types of cancer. Lipoic acid is found in every single human cell and helps provide energy; it can help reverse much of the damage caused to the skin by ageing.

Another group of products used to reduce the visible signs of ageing are phytochemicals which are compounds extracted from various plants and used in many anti-ageing skin care products. A secondary but more important use of phytochemicals is the effect they have on the prevention of some strains of cancer; these include:

• Prostate Cancer in Men
• Cancer of the Breast
• Cancer of the Colon

These are some of the most common (and increasingly so) cancers in the world today.

Other vitamins from the B group are also used in anti-ageing skin care like vitamins B5, B6 and B12 for example. This just goes to highlight just how complex and far reaching the whole field of anti-ageing skin care products is and why so much more research is required. Whilst a great deal has been learned about this subject, it is only the tip of the iceberg; with the number of genetic discoveries made in recent years, it is only a matter of time before conquering the effects of age is commonplace.