Anti Aging Moisturizers – Creams or Serums

With the requirement for anti wrinkle skincare products at an all time high, beauty product makers are perpetually improving their approaches of yielding moisture plumped, young skin. Anti-wrinkle creams are the mainstay - a blend recipe founded on the time-tested moisturizers.

The newer product is the serum, an over-the-counter variation on products that were originally used by aestheticians and dermatologists for advanced skin care. Now you can purchase either type at prices ranging from department store to discount store levels.

Creams are calming, luscious and manufactured to offer the additional moisture that premature aging, excessive sunshine and environmental toxins leech from the skin over a period of time. No more the huge generic glass container on your grandmas dressing table that was applied the entire body from head to toe, today’s anti-wrinkle creams are customed manufactured for the face and neck.

Creams also come in formulations that are suitable for dry, oily or combination skin types. Selecting a cream for your skin is highly important. Retinal - the Vitamin A derivative - is found in creams at all price levels.

Of course the more costly creams have a greater amount of retinal A than the lower-priced products. Aloe Vera, Vitamin E and grape seed oil are likewise popular additives in anti-aging cream moisturizers. Cream moisturizers for day-wear must have a high sun protection factor (SPF), although night creams don’t necessitate this characteristic.

Serums are getting much attention in the anti-aging market for their claims of faster, visible results than creams can deliver. As with anti-aging creams, the essential ingredients in most serums are Retinal (Vitamin A) and peptides. 

It’s the delivery of peptides that are speedily assimilated into the skin that contributes the visible changes. Peptides act on the collagen levels, which cause the skin to appear plumped and make wrinkles to be less evident.

Sustained application of these serums is absolutely essential to induce collagen production. Erratic use of serums will not produce notable results. High-grade serums tend to cost more than creams.

Some serums have a two-step process compared with cream that you simply apply to the face. Another claimed advantage for serums is the inclusion of an ingredient – argireline - which works on the skin much like Botox, but without the toxin.

Argireline is a dependable way to relax the muscles, which removes facial lines. Serums with large concentrations of this ingredient claim up to 25% decrease in fine line and wrinkles after 30 days of sustained use. Argireline is also said to turnaround sun damage effects on skin.

The selection of creams against serums for anti-wrinkle skin care is for the most part a question of price and convenience. One way to have the best of both situations at a price savings is to use a serum for a few months to attain the sought after wrinkle decrease and then change to an anti-wrinkle cream.

If that works well to sustain your visible skin improvements, then you have a combination skincare regimen at a lower average cost. You can add back the serums for a month several times a year to further results.

Or, you can carry out your own feasibility study. Apply a serum for 30 days and take a close-up photograph of the effects. Then change over to a cream for the subsequent 30 days and take a picture of the skin. Compare these closely to see whether serum or cream is the best anti aging cream product for your skin, your budget and your every day beauty regime.