Anti-wrinkle pill cuts crows' feet by up to 30 per cent

An anti-wrinkle pill which can reduce crows' feet by up to 30 per cent could be available to buy from next month, British scientists claim.

Early results from trials on 480 women suggest that taking the tablet three times a day can help shrink wrinkles from the inside.

 The pills, which boost the body's production of collagen, a protein which gives skin its tone, are set to be launched by Unilever at 44 spas in Britain, Spain and Canada next month.

 Permission from drug regulatory authorities is not required because the pills are not advertised as benefiting health and contain extracts which are already approved for use.

 Full results from trials have not yet been published, but preliminary findings published in the New Scientist magazine were described as "intriguing" by independent scientists.

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SOURCE Daily Telegraph

How to Prevent Ageing? A Question.

Written by Rosina

Oh to be 40-whatever again! With all the advances in our knowledge of how aging takes place, the Human Genome Project, and the switching mechanisms for longevity/aging genes, those in their 40s and 50s are positioned to live considerably longer, in great health, and looking a whole lot younger, provided they continue to take good care of themselves now. Those in their 60s and older too, if they are particularly attentive.

So, if I were 40 again, here's what I'd do:

1. Around this age, hormone levels begin to decline rapidly. Not just the sex hormones, but all hormones, including HGH (Human Growth Hormone). Regular deep sleep and daily exercise will help with HGH—with the use of secretagogues such as Ageless Ultramax Gold perhaps—but the sex hormones will continue to wane. Progesterone is the first to go, often leading to estrogen dominance and weight gain, particularly around the abdomen. If you have a doctor familiar with the use of bioidentical hormones, you can get her/him to check your levels and prescribe if necessary. Failing this, there are many online labs that will test for you.

2. Regarding the skin, what you do now can either maintain the integrity of collagen and elastin, or destroy it. Of course, you wear a sunscreen every day. How about this? I apply mine the moment I wake up, then go down to read the paper and make breakfast. After this, I have a shower and reapply it.

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Have scientists finally found the facelift in a jar? Cream claims to get to the root of wrinkles

It's hailed as the magic beauty ingredient that can take years off your face.

And collagen, the skin-plumping protein said to smooth out laugh lines and crow’s feet, seems to be in most anti-wrinkle creams on the market these days.

But what if it were possible to target your skin’s own ‘collagen factory’ and coax it to pump out more of its own?

That’s the claim, at least, of a cream which is being touted as the first to get to the root of wrinkles.

Its makers say it will be the first anti-ageing cream to pinpoint the collagen-making cells which are vital to youthful skin.

Rubbed into the skin once a day for eight weeks, it tricks ageing skin cells into pumping out levels of collagen normally seen in a much younger body. This plumps up the skin, reducing the depth of wrinkles, according to its makers L’Oreal.

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Collagen skin creams a waste of money, 'say scientists'. Well, they have been saying it for years

You know my least favourite journalistic cliche? It’s not “romp”, although I’m pretty sure nobody outside of the pages of the red-tops has ever “romped” with a member of their preferred sex. I don’t even know how one romps; I imagine one it involves playfully hitting one another with pillows. And it’s not “a friend of the [alleged romper] told The Daily Intrusion [after we gave them £10,000]“. It’s “scientists say”.

So I winced this morning reading the phrase “expensive collagen creams are a waste of money, scientists said today.” The story is, apparently, that the wrinkle-smoothing claims of various ludicrously overpriced skincare products are nonsense, because the collagen molecules they contain are too large to be absorbed through our skin, and therefore sit uselessly on the surface of our skin until we next wash.

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Cream of the crop: Want to be sure your anti-ageing cream isn't just snake oil? Look for the ingredients that really work

We are obsessed with looking younger. We spend £600 million a year on anti-ageing face creams and this figure is set to rise as yet more products enter the market.

But with a vast array of lotions and potions competing for our cash, how can you be sure the cream you are buying is not just a gimmick? The answer is to look out for the proven ingredients that can really halt skin ageing.

Here are the ‘super-ingredients’ that you should be scanning for ...

RETINOL

A form of vitamin A, retinol is a tried and tested wrinkle reducer. This powerful ingredient exfoliates the top layer of the complexion and stimulates the production of skin-firming collagen.
With consistent use, sun-damaged or slack skin can gradually become smoother and tauter —– six months is the norm.

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Fighting Wrinkles With Lasers Scientifically Unraveled

Laser pulses enable skin rejuvenation, as research at Eindhoven University of Technology (TU/e) has shown. Laser treatment introduces heat into the skin. Under the influence of heat shocks of 45°C, skin cells produce more collagen. This is the protein that gives the skin its firmness and elasticity. Susanne Dams describes this process in the dissertation for which she gained her PhD degree from the Biomedical Engineering Department at TU/e.

Laser treatment is quite common in the practices of beauticians and dermatologists. Although the technique has been widely used for many years, its impact and the underlying processes are still to be unraveled.

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Will a Wellay Skin Laser lift and firm the skin?

Yes. Low level laser light therapy with a Wellay @home skin laser will rejuvenate your appearance and lift and tighten your skin.  With regular, daily use of the Wellay anti-ageing skin laser you will notice improvements in your skin tone and skin texture over time.

When the skin laser is placed on your skin, each wavelength penetrates and heals different levels in the skin tissue, promoting collagen synthesis and healthy skin. Collagen is largely responsible for skin strength and elasticity, strengthens blood vessels and plays a role in tissue development.

The Wellay @home skin laser restores the tone and elasticity to your skin, thus rejuvenating, lifting and tightening.