If you’re new here, you may want to subscribe to my Newsletter. Thanks for visiting!Several skin product manufacturers are now promoting their skin products as anti-inflammatory. The theory is that skin aging is due to inflammation. It is clear that inflammation does play a role in aging. Disease states such as uncontrolled diabetes cause an [...]
Category Archives: Wrinkles
UV Light Harnessed For Anti-Aging?
May 19, 2010 – 10:05 am
Here’s a new twist on exposure to UV light. There is now a product that is touted to harness UV light for anti-aging. I do not really understand the blurb about the product. All I can gather is that the aim is to convert the energy form UV light into some other form of energy [...]
More New Ingredients In Anti-Aging Skincare
April 26, 2010 – 11:46 am
The latest round up of new ingredients for anti-aging skincare. From the company Mibelle which has several plant stem cell products, including apple stem cells , now there are stem cells from alpine rose Rhododendron ferrugineum. I looked the plant up on Wikipedia to see what it is. According to Wikipedia it’s common name is [...]
Non-Surgical Treatments That Improve Wrinkles Include Growth Factors!
March 24, 2010 – 1:19 pm
Which non-surgical treatments improve wrinkles and other signs of aging skin ? This is certainly a question that has all sorts of opinions. Half the new skin care products and many of the old ones claim to help reverse skin aging. Harvard Medical School, in their Healthbeat, has picked the non-surgical treatments that they think [...]
Lactobionic Acid: A New(ish) Less Irritating Skin Peel Agent
March 4, 2010 – 9:38 pm
Recently, there has been s search for acids for skin peel applications that are not as harsh as glycolic acid. A newish alpha hydroxy acid that is gaining some good reviews is lactobionic acid. Another alpha hydroxy acid that has been found to be less irritating, and is in a few products, is mandelic acid. [...]
How Effective Are Olay Pro-X Products?
February 16, 2010 – 10:08 pm
The Olay lines of products are widely available and widely used. There are several ranges of anti-aging products including Olay Pro-X. A yet-to-be published research study (Br J Dermatol 162:647-654, 2010) is reported in Cosmetics Design. This study suggests that using the Olay Pro-X line of products is as effective as using a prescription retinoid. [...]
Red Anti-Aging Sugar-Coated (Lycopene) Tablet For Skin
January 20, 2010 – 9:03 pm
How about an anti-aging sugar-coated tablet that slows aging of skin? A red pill that has a sugar coating is already available in parts of Europe and in South America. The pill is an extract of tomato, and is high in lycopene. The red color of tomatoes is due to lycopene. It is a carotenoid, [...]
New Product: Olay Anti-Aging Body Wash
January 12, 2010 – 9:31 pm
There will soon be a new body wash by Olay. This new body wash is aimed at the anti-aging market. The news item states that it is a 7-in-1 product. Presumably this means that it has 7 potentially anti-aging compounds and extracts in it. It is said to remove dead cells, improve elasticity of the [...]
Madecassoside: Effective Anti-Aging For Skin
January 7, 2010 – 1:06 pm
Madecassoside is a compound that can be extracted from Centella asiatica, which is often also called Gotu kola. Gotu kola is used as medicine and eaten throughout India and South East Asia, where it has different names in different areas. It has been used in Ayurvedic medicine for at least a thousand years. It used [...]