Healthy Natural Skin

Monday January 09th
Facts And FAQs On The Best Firming Lotion
Did you really think that the price tag on the so called best firming lotion is the only indicator that it might actually do the job it is supposed to do? Well, a friend of mine only goes for the very expensive items and thinks nothing about paying $300 for a beauty or skincare item. But most of us normal mortals are on tight budget so we are watching the price tag a little bit more carefully.

But what about the ingredients that are in these products? Now, one of the really essential ingredients in the best firming lotion will be collagen. But of course collagen that is fully bio available to our skin is not easy to find at all. There are lots of versions which will not even be molecularly suitable for our epidermis and will remain mostly on the surface. That is not much good. We need something which will get down to where the collagen resides in our dermis (the second layer) and something which is so similar to our collagen that it will kick start it into action. That would be ideal.

Actually this ingredient does exist, but first, let me tell you about some research done at the Nagoya City University Medical School about smoking and collagen. We all probably know that smoking produces loads and loads of free radicals (about three million in every puff of smoke you inhale!).

But did you know that smoking also depletes our store of vital collagen which is the one agent together with elastin which keeps our skin smooth, firm and supple? The researchers at that medical school found that smoking can deplete our collagen supplies by as much as 40% ?

This is also evident when you look at smokers’ skin and realize that they are missing some vital elements all caused by their habit. The skin is dry and rather papery, their vocal chords ruined and they will have more than their fair share of sagging skin too. Not a pretty sight!

But maybe giving up smoking is not enough and anyway, most people do not take up the habit and still need the best firming lotion on the market.

Another FAQ is about whether collagen can actually be topically applied. As I mentioned above it cannot because of its molecular structure. But is there an ingredient which can actually help to regenerate our own collagen supply ? Can it really help it to grow so that our skin will not sag, droop or become like dry old paper?

Fortunately, a type of functional keratin, actually derived from sheep wool has been developed using cutting edge technology. This ingredient is known as Xtend TK and it is hitting the cosmetic world by storm. It is no exaggeration to say that this is just one of the cutting edge ingredients which will really give you the best firming lotion on the market to-day. Isn’t it time you got up to speed on this one?