Skin Firming Lotion

by Skin Care

Sagging skin is a common problem especially as we get older and the skin begins to lose its elasticity. Skin firming lotion can help provide a solution to this problem by restoring the elasticity. However you need to be careful regarding which skin tightening creams you choose as some actually contain dangerous ingredients that can harm your skin and even lead to cancer. Here are the ingredients you want and the one’s to avoid when searching for the correct skin firming cream.

Good Skin Firming Ingredients
Of course all natural skin care ingredients are always going to be the best for you and this is no different when choosing the best skin firming lotion. Natural butters and oils provide deep moisturizing, while other ingredients help to shed dead skin cells, provide antioxidants to reverse aging, reduce redness and inflammation of the skin and help to restore the skins elasticity. Below are 5 of the essential ingredients for any good skin firming cream or lotion:

Elastin – This is what makes the skin pliable and flexible. As we age the level of elastin in our skin declines, causing sagging, wrinkles and dryness. Replacing the elastin lost to aging can help to reverse the aging process and make the skin firm and pliant once again.
Collagen – This is another substance that declines as we age and replacing it can make the skin more durable and strong, preventing damage and restoring suppleness and firmness to the aging skin.
Seaweed Extract – Maybe surprisingly to some, seaweed extract has amazing healing properties and helps restore the skin and reduce inflammation that can make the skin look red and puffy. It also helps add moisture back to the skin and combats the effects of aging.
Shea Butter – One of the most popular skin moisturizers, Shea butter promotes deep hydration of the skin as well as protecting from loss of moisture and damage from the elements. It is one of the best moisturizing compounds available.
Vitamin E – Vitamin E has been shown to be critical to the health of your skin. Adding it to skin firming lotion aids in the prevention of cell and tissue damage while making the skin look and feel smoother as well as helping to reduce inflammation and damage from free radicals.

Bad Skin Firming Ingredients
You may find that some of the firming creams and lotions you use feel quite oily and take a long time to absorb into your skin. If this is the case, look at the ingredients carefully and I will bet you will find that some type of petroleum oil id listed. It might even be labeled as mineral oil, but in any case it is quite bad and you want to avoid any skin firming lotion that has petroleum oil as one of its ingredients.

Liquid petroleum is a byproduct of the oil refining process and while it may feel similar to the oil that your skin produces, it is really dramatically different. What makes it so dangerous though is the fact that during the refining process it can easily become contaminated with other chemicals. These other chemicals are often linked to cancer and cosmetic companies are not required to test for their presence meaning that you could be getting a large dose of dangerous chemicals with your skin tightening product if it also contains petroleum based ingredients. Imagine the damage that could be caused by rubbing this into your skin every day.

While fragrances may make the skin firming lotion smell wonderful, they do nothing to help improve the effectiveness. They should also be avoided for several reasons. Some fragrances are irritating to some users and can cause rashes, redness, sneezing and irritate your eyes. While they may smell nice, they are also harmful to your health and since they add nothing to the firming properties of the lotion there is no good reason to have them in your skin firming cream.
Finally, avoid any skin firming cream that has parabens listed in its ingredients. This is a preservative that has been scientifically linked to breast cancer in women because of the way that it mimics the hormone estrogen. Definitely something you don’t want getting into your body and it should be avoided at all costs.

Best Skin Firming Lotions
Since you made it this far along in the article I know that finding the right skin firming lotion is important to you. You may have already done some looking and if so you know that there are quite a few creams and lotions available, but you need to know which ones are the best. Your best skin firming lotion choice will be determined by your own skin type, but below are 4 skin firming lotions that I have found work very well and don’t contain any dangerous ingredients.

Palmer’s Cocoa Skin Firming Lotion – This is a nice non-greasy product that has cocoa butter as its base ingredient giving it a heavenly chocolate smell without the chocolate guilt.
Vaseline Intensive Active Firming Deep Lotion – This is an all purpose skin firming lotion that contains ingredients that not only restore firmness to your skin, but also combat other signs of aging such as wrinkles, dryness and age spots. It also contains an SPF5 formula to protect you from dangerous UV radiation.
Jergen’s Skin Firming Toning Moisturizer – Best for people with sensitive skin, this product is hign in emollient rich moisturizers and seaweed extract. It not only firms, but hydrates and helps to improve your skins texture and appearance.
Nivea Body Skin Firming Lotion Q10 Plus – In addition to other skin firming compounds this one adds the enzyme CoQ10 which is a strong antioxidant that declines with age. This decline can result in the body producing less collagen and elastin, which are both critical to skin elasticity and firmness.

You don’t have to take my opinion as gospel though. Looking around the internet for reviews of these products will lead you to the same conclusion I came to, that skin firming lotion can and will improve the look and feel of your skin.

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