Here are my predictions for younger looking skin this year and beyond:
1. Instant facelifts. Yep! Quick-lift skin creams based on extreme cooling technology have already been created by space agency scientists and cosmetic chemists. This instant wrinkle reduction product, which claims to reduce wrinkles by over a third within 60 minutes, is headed for the public market this year.
2. Human Growth Factors. Not human growth hormone (HGH), but human growth factors (HGF) are a big focus for most big anti-aging skincare companies. HGF can be applied topically and have a large impact on collagen production as well as skin repair. The technology is here, now. The con with HGF is that it has an awful smell. In clinical trials with the product, patients reported their faces smelling like "wet, dirty dog" when they were wearing it. How badly you want wrinkle reduction?!
3. Stem cell technology. Stem cells offers both hope and controversy with their unique ability to protect and repair skin tissue. Russian anti aging researchers are now using stem cells harvested from your own body to renew your skin. The problem: it's very expensive, besides being illegal in most of the civilized world. Regardless, at $30-40,000 a pop, it's way beyond the reach of most of us.
4. Skull lifts. It turns out face lifts aren't enough. It appears that the bones of your face sag with age, contributing to that aging look. Just when you thought that it's just your skin that goes south with age! However, there is good news: Research is developing injections to prevent the bone sag rather than using the knife to correct it.
5. Super-anti-oxidants (Idebenone) and Acetyl Hexapeptide-3. Try saying that fast without stuttering. A LOT of wrinkle reduction creams boast having Hexapeptide, but what they don't tell you is that it is in amounts so minute that your skin will never know. There are, however, anti wrinkle creams on the market that do get it right, giving you dramatic, actual wrinkle reduction. For more info on this, visit http://antiagingreviews.com
