Recently, I was evaluating the ingredients in an inexpensive age spot remover. I became interested because it was advertised as a hydroquinone-free solution. It turned out that there was nothing of proven benefit in the product and it contained many hazardous ingredients. Yet, it was supposedly recommended by dermatologists.
Consumers need to learn how to protect themselves when they are buying skincare products. Terms like ?dermatologist recommended? are not regulated. Any company can make the claim, whether they have or have not consulted with a dermatologist. If a dermatologist allows a company to use his or her name, you can bet that they are being paid to endorse the product. Trusting paid endorsements is a mistake.
The inexpensive age spot remover that I mentioned contained an ingredient that has only been tested by the manufacturers own laboratory. There are no independent studies to support the company's claims.
Supposedly, a chemical called undecylenoyl phenylalanine inhibits melanin stimulating hormone. Basically, undecylenoyl phenylalanine is a compound that contains castor oil and phenylalanine, an amino acid. While castor oil is a nourishing ingredient, due to the fatty acids it contains, there is no reason to believe that phenylalanine would provide any benefit to the skin's health. There is also no reason to believe it would inhibit melanin stimulating hormone.
Melanin stimulating hormone is released within the body. So, production could only be inhibited by something that was introduced into the body, not applied to it. It is possible to inhibit melanin production, with creams that are applied directly, without using an age spot remover that contains the hazardous, but expensive, hydroquinone. The ingredient to look for is an extract from the cyperus rotundus plant. One proprietary name for the extract is EXTRAPONE. It is a highly effective ingredient that has been shown to reduce pigmentation in as little as two weeks, but most people really don't need it.
What everyone really needs to do is avoid exposure to the sun and use a nourishing night cream that contains Shea butter, coenzyme Q10 and Functional Keratin. I should say; that is what anyone that wants to look younger needs to do.
Think of these spots as sun damage. Damage that is done during the day is repaired at night. As we get older, the reparation processes slow down, but those three ingredients have been shown in numerous studies to stimulate the reparation, in several ways.
Shea butter has long been recommended as an age spot remover. It works in four to six weeks. In recent independent studies, coenzyme Q10 was found to reduce sun damage by over 30% after six weeks of use. Functional keratin is a basic protein that makes up over 90% of the skin's cells. It has been shown to stimulate the production of replacement cells by as much as 160% in as little as three days.
The regular use of these ingredients will reduce wrinkles and increase firmness. Those are things that no age spot remover can do. Why not do more for your skin's health and appearance? All that you need to do is look for the right ingredients.
Having trouble figuring out what the best age spots treatment is? Trust me when I say that you are not the only one that is searching for an effective method for removing these unsightly marks. The problem is that despite the fact that there are many products that are available; the majority of them simply don't contain the type of ingredients that you need to be successful.
The use of low cost chemical ingredients in skin care products is nothing new. The major cosmetics companies have been following this practice for a very long time, and despite the fact that these chemical agents that they commonly use have been proven in studies to cause all manner of physical ailments. These ailments include various forms of cancer.
The best age spots treatment will not contain ingredients that have the possibility of causing harm to a human being. All natural ingredients cost more money for the companies to use however, because of the fact that they require more processing. This is the primary reason that the major corporations tend to avoid using them.
It is truly a shame that a multi-million dollar corporation would endanger the well being of its loyal customers by refusing to spend the small amount that is needed to make their products safe. Unfortunately, this is the way of the cosmetics world. Even the bleaching agents that they use in their age spot formulas can cause you harm, and the worst thing is that they don't work the way that they should.
The bleaches that are commonly used in what many of these companies would dub as their best age spots treatment will not remove these blemishes, because this is not what bleach is designed to do. The chemical tends to spread, and to soak into the area around where it is applied. Its primary benefit is for use on large areas of the skin that suffer discoloration.
Liver, or sun spots, cover too miniscule an area for bleach related treatment. What will happen is that when it spreads beyond the boundaries of the dark spot, it will whiten the surrounding skin to an equal degree. This chemical bleeding will leave your dark spots just as visible as they were at the beginning of the treatment, and will also cause your skin to take on a splotchy appearance.
The best age spots treatment will utilize a safe, all natural ingredient that is designed in order to blend the varying tones of your skin together. Extrapone Nutgrass Root Extract from India is such a compound. You will discover that through the use of products that contain this ingredient your skin will take on a much more even, balance appearance.
You cannot depend on the better known skin care companies to provide you with the best age spots treatment. What you have to look for is one of the companies out there that care enough about quality to go that extra mile. One that believes that ingredients such as Extrapone Nutgrass Root Extract, are what people should expect in their products.
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