How To Improve Skincare And How Cistanche Effect On Anti-oxidants And Anti-aging

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Skin Care | Principles of Anti-aging

The type of wrinkles

Wrinkles can be divided into 4 basic types, depending on why they occur:

Intrinsic wrinkles: Wrinkles are caused by natural aging of the skin, also known as orthostatic wrinkles. When the skin is tightened, the wrinkle lines disappear.

Dynamic wrinkles: wrinkles caused by expressions. At first, it appeared with the expression, and later, it also appeared without the expression. Such as crow's feet, forehead lines, nasolabial lines, etc.

Actinic Wrinkles: Wrinkles are caused by sun exposure. Most of these wrinkles are caused by the loss of moisture and collagen in the skin, and once they occur, they are irreversible.

Gravitational Wrinkles: Wrinkles caused by gravity. Gravity can cause the skin to sag or create folds, such as double jaws and neck wrinkles.

There are many reasons for wrinkles, such as sun exposure, heredity, lack of estrogen, disordered work and rest, unhealthy diet, smoking and drinking, environmental pollution, etc., which can be divided into internal and external factors of the body.

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The prevention of wrinkles

1. What we can do---

Develop good living and eating habits for the greatest and longest-lasting effects.

Proper exercise and stretching can not only enhance physical fitness but also delay the formation of wrinkles, especially dynamic wrinkles, and gravity wrinkles.

Eat more foods with antioxidants (vitamin C, vitamin E, selenium, carotene, lycopene, coenzyme Q10), such as fried tomatoes (lycopene), blueberries, grapes, soybeans, green tea, etc.

2. What skincare products can do ---

UV radiation resistance (sun protection)

Protects the skin barrier (moisturizes)

Antioxidant (scavenge excess free radicals)

Promote cell proliferation and metabolism (exfoliation)

Antioxidant

Representative components of antioxidants: vitamin C, vitamin E, selenium and its compounds, coenzyme Q, lycopene.

Antioxidant principle: scavenge excess free radicals. One of the functions of free radicals is to induce transcription factors (such as AP-1 and NF-κB) to increase the expression of matrix metalloproteinases (MMPs), one of which is collagen. Enzymes can make collagen gradually lose its original properties, the skin loses its elasticity and appears wrinkled and sagging.

The generation of free radicals in the body mainly includes the following aspects: the body's own metabolic process, damage caused by external factors such as ultraviolet rays and environmental pollution, poor living, eating habits, and poor regulation of emotions and stress.

Common Antioxidants

Vitamin C: Vitamin C is the most common antioxidant component, which has anti-oxidant, anti-wrinkle, whitening, and anti-inflammatory effects. The body's intake of vitamin C depends on foreign food, but there is basically no problem of vitamin C deficiency. It is currently believed that oral vitamin C does not increase its content in skin cells, so if you want to work on the skin, you have to start with topical products.

Vitamin E: The most well-known of the fat-soluble antioxidants are vitamin E, but the way in which vitamin E exerts a greater effect is to synergize with vitamin C to increase the antioxidant effect.

Polyphenols: like resveratrol, green tea extract, lycopene, curcumin, etc., have antioxidant properties

Coenzyme Q10: Coenzyme Q10 is an ingredient found in high levels in fish and shellfish and has also been found to have strong antioxidant properties. Studies have shown that under UVA irradiation, CoQ10 can penetrate into the skin and inhibit the activity of collagenase, thereby slowing down the degradation of collagen. At present, coenzyme Q10 is still mainly an auxiliary ingredient and helps other ingredients to achieve better results through the synergistic effect with vitamin C and vitamin E.

About the synergistic effect of antioxidants

The synergistic effect is an important factor for antioxidants to work efficiently. The synergistic effect of antioxidants mainly includes five components: vitamin C, vitamin E, glutathione, coenzyme Q10, and lipoic acid. For example, the so-called free radical means that the atom will have an unpaired electron around it (with a weapon, destroying it everywhere), and when an antioxidant component (such as vitamin E) has the ability to confiscate the weapon of free radicals, You will also be limited and unable to continue to function. However, vitamin C and coenzyme Q10 can restore vitamin E to an antioxidant state by donating an electron, which is to form a cycle. The interaction of several antioxidants is called a synergistic effect.

Others

Rebuild skin extracellular matrix

The dermal extracellular matrix (ECM) contains many protein matrix components: structural proteins (collagen, elastin) and adhesive proteins (fibronectin, laminin). A decrease in the content and quality of ECM is also an important feature of skin aging, so rebuilding the ECM is also away. Oral collagen does not work, as collagen peptides, salidroside, ginseng, and other extracts may be more effective, they can promote the division of fibroblasts and can promote their synthesis and secretion of collagen. Representative ingredients: active mode, Rhodiola, ginseng, astragalus; passive mode, collagen peptide, elastin peptide, hyaluronic acid.

How Cistanche Helps Anti-aging

The unique phenyl propanol sugar of Cistanche is an effective ingredient for anti-aging and has an obvious anti-aging effect on the pituitary gland, gonad, thymus, and other parts of the human body.

Introduction to medicinal materials: It is the dry fleshy stem with scaly leaves of Cistanche deserticola Y.C. Ma or Cistanche tubulosa (Schrenk) Wightr, a perennial succulent parasitic herb of Lidangaceae. Mainly produced in Inner Mongolia, Gansu, Xinjiang, Qinghai, and other places. More than spring seedlings are excavated when they are not unearthed or just unearthed and are dry. Cut into thick slices and use raw or wine.

Beauty Efficacy: Invigorating the kidney yang, nourishing the essence and blood, and maintaining the appearance.

[Beauty method] It is used for deficiency of kidney-yang, deficiency of essence and blood, and haggard face. Cistanche is sweet and moist, nourishing but not greasy, warm but not dry. It is a commonly used product for tonifying kidneys and strengthening yang, nourishing essence, and nourishing blood. It can be used together with Dodder Seed, Rehmannia glutinosa, Angelica Sinensis, velvet antler, and other products to warm the kidney, help yang, nourish the essence and blood, etc.

[Usage and Dosage] Decoction, 10～15g. Decoction in large doses alone, up to 60g.

Precautions for use: Contraindicated for those with yin deficiency and excessive heat, loose stools, and constipation due to gastrointestinal heat.

[Note] This product is sweet and warm, moisturizing, and not dry, it is a mild product for nourishing kidney yang, nourishing essence, and blood, and can warm yang and moisten dryness. Because of its gentle tonic strength, it has the name Cistanche (cold). It is mainly used to treat impotence, infertility, soreness and weakness of the waist and knees, weakness of muscles and bones, and constipation due to deficiency of kidney-yang and essence and blood.

Therefore, Cistanche deserticola is used as a beauty and health care product. This product has the functions of tonifying kidney yang, nourishing essence and blood, and maintaining beauty. Although the medicinal power is moderate, it can be taken regularly.