Anti-Aging Cream: How Young is too Young?
I’m about to graduate college: a terrifying milestone and gratifying achievement. But that means I’m also at the perfect age, after all the stress and strain of university living, to start to see the wear and tear on my skin. I get puffiness and dark shadows under my eyes, and I know it’s because I don’t sleep enough. My skin is pale and sunburns easily, 
because I know I don’t spend enough time outside. But I’m about to graduate, and that means new changes, and hopefully a whole new way of taking care of myself: but does that include anti-aging and anti-wrinkle creams? What do they actually do, and does it help me now?
The trick is to know the active ingredient in the anti-aging or anti-wrinkle cream. Common ingredients include Retinol (a vitamin A compound that breaks down rogue oxygen molecules that stretch and weaken your skin into wrinkles), alpha or beta hydroxy acids (that are basically chemically-produced exfoliators that work off the old and dying skin and invigorate healthy skin growth) and Coenzyme q10, an enzyme that promotes energy production in the cells. All of these seem helpful, in general for good skin care. But while you’re young, I’d like to think that good sleep and healthy eating cannot be covered over by some fancy anti-wrinkle cream.
When you’re between the age of 20-30, good skin care is more about setting a healthy base layer than trying to “beat the years” with some anti-aging creams. Eat a healthy diet high in essential vitamins and nutrients, and drink lots of water to promote elasticity and skin cell repair; exercise to reduce cellulite and promote energy production and healthy muscles; wear sunscreen to reduce risk of skin cancers or early aging. All of these are things we neglect, on a day to day basis: what you do everyday is what defines your skin, your health, and your beauty. So take care of yourself. You’re worth it.
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