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Anti-Aging Foods

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What is the best skin care products to use for African Americans.?

I have oily skins and acne blemish spots on my face. I am looking for a skin care product that works best for my skin so that I can clean the acne blemish spots. Please help!

Ambi skin care or Carols daughter skin care are good for african
american

What facial cleanser and moisturizer will keep my face shine-free the whole day and keep all blemishes away?

I have been using mary kay for the past few years, and it worked pretty good, except I got the odd blemish. For the past month and a bit I’ve been using clinique and it keeps all acne away but my face is shiny about an hour or so after I use it. What facial cleanser and moisturizer will keep my face shine-free the whole day, not dry out my skin and keep the blemishes away?

If you want to stick with Clinique, get their green toner. I think it’s called clarifying lotion? It’s a cloudy green. It contains 0.5% beta hydroxy acid (BHA). BHA will dissolve the oil in your pores and make your skin look less shiny. Also, make sure you’re using their dramatically different moisturizing GEL and not the lotion.

If you want new products, check out this acne guide here: http://juliakazan.blogspot.com/2008/07/good-article-on-how-to-get-acne-under.html

Do brains really gain a wrinkle when we learn something new?

One of my old science teachers in 2nd grade said that on her first day.

"You get a new wrinkle each time you learn something. At the end of the year you will all have very wrinkly brains."

Is there any research into this? Anything proven?

No, it’s not true. Your brain is pretty much the same shape as when you were born, it just gets a little bigger as you grow up.

The surface of the brain is where the cell bodies are, so the bigger surface area there is, the more cells. Human brains are wrinklier (generally speaking) than animal brains for this reason. However, cells are so tiny that gaining or losing several thousand isn’t going to change the shape of your brain at all.

I hate it when teachers make stuff up just to sound cute…some people don’t seem to realize that little kids are very literal-minded!

Is it bad to start using wrinkle cream when your 20?

I’m a skin care freak. I don’t have wrinkles or anything, I just want prevention besides the everyday sunscreen etc etc. So is it bad to start using wrinkle cream at this age?

It’s never too early to use wrinkle cream.

But you need to make sure you are using the right product.

If you really a skincare freak, you should consider protect your skin from inside out. It’s proved that our skin can be damaged from the outside factors, such as pollution, UV ray, chemical, etc. And there is no way we can prevent our skin from being expose to such an environment. Smoking, pollution, UV ray, chemical, stress, our diet, etc all contributes free radicals in our bodies and they can have severe damage to our body cells, include skin cells, that’s the reason why scientists believe antioxidants are the best anti-aging solution.

One of the best antioxidants scientists have discovered are called OPCs. OPCs inhibit the body’s enzymes that break down collagen. OPCs help collagen repair and rebuild correctly which can reverse damage done over the years by injury and free radical attack. The breakdown of collagen is what causes our skin to lose its elasticity which in turn causes wrinkles, stretch marks and other skin problems. OPCs can help keep skin elastic, smooth and wrinkle-free.

As OPCs support collagen production in the skin, an increase of smoothness and elasticity is the natural result. Such an effect was objectively measured in women aged 40 years and older. Skin smoothness was increased after three months as measured by 3-dimensional topography. Likewise, increased skin elasticity was recorded with a special instrument (cutometer). It requires patience until skin cells have renewed significant amounts of collagen to show visible effects. It is essential to continuously take OPC-3 to keep skin cells at their peak vitality.

It’s always good to protect your skin from early age. Prevention is always better than treament.