Anti-Aging Treatment

1. Use treatments formulated with clinically proven ingredients.
2. Make sure your products contain effective concentrations of active anti-aging ingredients.
3. Layer your products to address different aging skin symptoms. For example, use a treatment proven to diminish wrinkles, one that eliminates age spots, and another to treat dark under eye circles. 
   Learn more: Layering technique for the best skin care treatment regimen

We've complied a detailed summary of the specific benefits of the most effective Anti-Aging Ingredients to look for in the best anti-aging skin care treatments to ensure you get the best results for all your aging skin symptoms.

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Anti-Aging Ingredients

• Argireline:
  Firms and tightens sagging skin, reduces fine lines and wrinkles.
  Learn more about: Argireline "The OTC Alternative to Botox"
  
  
• Allantoin:
  Significant moisturizing, and skin softening properties that also works to promote healthy cell renewal.
  Learn more about: Allantoin .
  
  
• Alpha-Hydroxy Acids (AHA):
  These natural acids found in nature are proven exfoliants that stimulating skin repair, increase collagen production, increase skin thickness, improve skin elasticity, diminishes acne, improves skin texture and skin tone while decreasing enlarge pores. 
  Learn more about all the AHA's that includes: Glycolic acid, lactic acid, malic acid, tartaric acid and citric acid  
  
  
• Alpha Lipoic Acid (ALA):
  Combats free radical activity to restore skin health, calms inflammation, reduces puffy under eye dark circles, diminishes fine lines and wrinkles, stimulates skin repair and treats minor scarring.
  Learn more about: Alpha Lipoic Acid
  
  
• Beta Hydroxy Acids (BHA, Salicylic Acid):
  A highly effective exfoliant; especially for acne prone and oily skin types will similar rejuvenating properties as the Alpha Hydroxy Acids (above).
  Learn more about:  Beta Hydroxy Acid   
  
  
• Coenzyme Q-10 (Ubiquinone):
  A potent antioxidant that accelerates skin repair by containing and actually reversing skin damaging free radical activity.
  Learn more about:  CO Q-10
  
  
• Collagen:
  Firms, tones and works to plump the skin. The clinical research has been quite promising, however, the challenge has been to ensure that topical collagen products reach the cellular level in order to provide the best results.
  Learn more about: Collagen 
  
  
• Copper Peptides:
  The family of peptides are very powerful antioxidants stimulating skin repair while working to reduce fine lines and wrinkles as well as to firm and tone.
  Learn more about: Copper Peptides  
  
  
• DMAE (Dimethylaminoethanol):
  Skin firming properties working to reduce fine lines and wrinkles while improving moisture content; promoting plumper looking skin.
  Learn more about:  DMAE     
  
  
• Eyeliss: 
  Reduces under eye bags and puffiness.  Diminishes fine lines, tightens and firms.
  Learn more about: Eyeliss  
  
  
• Green Tea:
   As an antioxidant, promotes skin healing by decreasing inflammation, treats under eye puffiness, believed to help reduce fine lines and wrinkles, and reduce large pores.
  Learn more about: Green Tea
  
  
•  Hyaluronic Acid (HA):
  Improves the skin's moisture retention thereby plumping sagging skin, reduces fine lines and wrinkles.
  Learn more about:  Hyaluronic Acid
  
  
• Hydroquinone:
  Used as a skin lightening ingredient for hyperpigmentation (dark spots) to bleach age spots.
  Learn more about: Hydroquinone 
  
  
• Kinerase & Kinetin (N6-Furfurladenine):
  Decreases wrinkles and fine lines, improves skin tone, and retards cell aging.  A gentler alternative to Vitamin C. 
  Learn more about: Kinerase and Kinetin
  
  
• Liposomes:
  Improves skin hydration, reduce fine lines and wrinkles, while improving skin texture. 
  Learn more about:  Liposomes  
  
  
• Pal-KTTKS: 
  The active ingredient used in Strivectin to reduce fine lines and wrinkles.
  Learn more about: Pal-KTTKS
  
  
• Palmitoyl Pentapeptide (Matrixyl): 
  Stimulates collagen production at the DNA level, improves skin elasticity, repairs sun damaged skin and diminishes wrinkles.
  Learn more about: Palmitoyl Pentapeptide
  
  
• Tretinoin- A form of Vitamin A (Retinoic acid- Retin A / Renova):
  The strongest of the Vitamin A's (usually only available by prescription).  An powerful exfoliant that targets the reduction of both wrinkles and fine lines, increases collagen production, smooths skin texture, increases skin thickness, improves elasticity, improves acne and scaring.
  Learn more about: Tretinoin
  
  
• Retinol- A form of Vitamin A:
  Similar effects as tretinoin (above), though a slightly less potent version of Vitamin A Available over-the-counter in strengths up to 1% concentration.
  Learn more about:  Retinol
  
  
• Retinyl Palmitate- A Vitamin A derivative:
  The most non-irritating form of the Vitamin A's with similar effects to both tretinoin and retinol (above).
  Learn more about:  Retinyl Palmitate
  
  
• Spin Traps: 
  A promisingly powerful antioxidant that neutralizes skin damaging free radical activity and promotes cell regeneration.
  Learn more about: Spin Trap
  
  
• StriVectin:
  Although originally formulated to treat stretch marks, StriVectin now is remarketing itself as a revolutionary wrinkle treatment.
  Learn more: About Strivectin
  
  
• Vitamin C (L Ascorbic Acid):
  A potent antioxidant that increases collagen production, promotes heal, minimizes hyperpigmentation, reduces fine lines and wrinkles while minimizes scars.
  Learn more about: Vitamin C
  
  
• Vitamin K:
  Treats broken capillaries and bruising; dark circles under the eyes and spider veins. 
  Learn more about:  Vitamin K Skin Care
  
  
• Vegetal Stem Cell:
  Using the rejuvenating properties of natural plants, stem cell therapy is thought to rapidly promote cell regeneration. 
  Learn more about:  Placenta Skin Care Therapy