It seems like at least one person in every household is out there looking for some sort of wrinkle cream, eye cream or anti-aging treatment. Yet the fact still remains that very few people actually know how these creams actually treat wrinkles. While there are many different types of wrinkle treatments, ranging from instant and temporary wrinkle creams to long term, therapeutic wrinkle treatments that will actually eliminate wrinkles in the long run. For purposes of this article we are going to focus on what it takes to treat them long term.
A wrinkle is little more than a wound to the skin. Think about it like this, if you fall down and scrape your knee, your body jumps into action and grows new skin cells to heal the wound. A wrinkle, however, is different, it requires the same skin cell growth to heal it; however the damage is not significant enough to trigger your skin’s growth mechanism. This is compounded by the fact that as we age we have a reduced ability to grow new skin cells.
Skin cells are grown and then they divide, which is called regeneration. When we are young we have plenty of skin cells growing and regenerating all the time. This keeps the elastin and collagen count very high in your skin. These structural fibers maintain the skin’s firmness and lack of wrinkles. The problem is that our skin cells can only divide a certain number of times, so as we age our ability to maintain wrinkle free skin is dramatically impacted. This slowed growth and regeneration rate is the reason we start to see fine lines and of course wrinkles and sagging as we age.
The only way to treat this issue is to ensure that you stimulate new skin cell growth on a regular basis. New skin cells can then divide and begin the process all over again. But without stimulating new skin cell growth, our skin will continue to age, and the damage we incurred over the years will show more and more in our face. There are a few ways to stimulate that skin cell growth and a few name ingredients that have proven to do so efficiently.
Far and away, Matrixyl has proven to be the best active ingredient at treating this process. Matrixyl is a copper peptide and the clinical studies of this product can be accessed and read easily online. While many wrinkle creams may contain Matriyxl, or some other less effective version of the ingredient like Matrixyl 3000, not all formulas are created equally. The active ingredient is fantastic, but it is the formulas of theses creams or serums that deliver the active ingredients to the cellular level. What that means is that not all wrinkle creams containing Matrixyl are created equally, you still want to find the one that has the best reviews.
Understanding what is causing the problem tends to help consumers with making the right purchase decision. There are many anti-aging products out there, some that will treat wrinkles, and others that focus on the prevention of aging. If you don’t know what type of treatment you are looking for, it stands that you could very well wind up spending your hard earned money on a product that is not even designed to do what you want. Knowledge levels the playing field, and we hope that this information is helpful to you in your pursuit to heal wrinkles.