by Julie Samtsonn

You probably have heard of anti-oxidants and free radicals, but do you know what they mean, what they are, how they affect the skin, or why anti-oxidants are discussed like a miracle drug in anti-aging and anti wrinkle creams? Well, it takes a fundamental uunderstanding of the aging and wrinkling process, so you can understand how anti-oxidants and free radicals affect the skin.

Skin cells break down and are then replaced naturally. Additional damage is caused by things like smoking, which strikes at the cell's DNA. Your skin cells will store a delicate balance of Vitamin A, Vitamin C and Vitamin E and when everything is in balance work together to maintain the skin's youthful appearance, oxidants and free radicals work against this delicate balance and combined with natural aging can encourage older-looking, wrinkled skin.

With regard to oxidants and free radicals, it is considered that as age progresses, the essential Vitamins can be reduced from the skin cells due to toxins in the cells, these toxins are fundamentally oxidants, or free radicals. So it is considered that if you consume enough anti-oxidants, they should fight off these oxidants that deplete the vitamin levels of the skin cells, and cause dead, dry skin cells that cause older or wrinkled skin.

In the anti-ageng cream circles they believe in a topical application of anti-oxidants, often used as a green tea extract. It has been discussed that in drinking green tea and black tea, a person can take in 10 times the anti-oxidants that can be found by eating fruit and vegetables. This has been shown when taken internally, but, by applying topically, it will probably have an affect on the skin cells that are on the surface or have absorbed these anti-oxidants.

It could be argued that the best way to fight antioxidants and free radicals would be by drinking a lot of tea, especially green tea and black tea. Many individuals are drinking up to 10 cups per day, to fight off the toxins that attack skin cells, and in fact, not only from aging or wrinkling, but also from cancer cell attacks. Scientists have proven that green and black teas contain more antioxidants, than oolong tea, citing the improved skin youthfulness found in Japan and China cultures that drink a lot of tea.

Anti aging creams are definitely banking on topical applications having a similar effect, but it's still very early as far results are concerned. Needless to say, though, makers of anti-aging or wrinkle cream are convinced that a topical application will have a similar effect on toxins, oxidants and free radicals.

Perhaps, using anti-oxidants as a cure or prevention in aging and wrinkling, could be more of an internal process. It is advised to drink green and black tea on a regular basis, as there is ten times the anti-oxidants that are found in equivalent measures of fruits and vegetables. It is unknown what benefits topical application can offer other than short-term.

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