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You can take two approaches with anti-aging. One is the superficial approach using skin care products, plastic surgery, dermabrasion and other soft surgery techniques, botox, spas, and anything else that tries to make you look younger without really changing anything else. The second is to take a systemic approach in which you the reasons for aging and treat the whole body to deal with the causes rather than to cover them up. The superficial approach is endemic in our society, fostered by massive companies that by using aggressive marketing and pervasive ads have made “youth is beauty” our new mantra.

However, the fact is that, except for those that medically need it, the superficial approach is mostly smoke and mirrors. Sure it may feed you ego and that in itself may help you out psychologically if you overly dependant on your looks, but it doesn’t really do anything all by itself for the real cause of your aging body and skin. After all think about how the body responds to injury. First of all it tries to heal the injured tissue but then the catabolic processes take over if the inflammatory stimulus is chronic. The chronic inflammatory response induced by many the cosmetics and processes is actually more counterproductive than it is helpful for decreasing aging because it can cause the tissues to deteriorate.

In fact one of the more credible theories of aging is based on an increased inflammatory response leading to degenerative changes in the tissues of the body. Some feel that many of the conditions that afflict us as we age, including the superficial signs of aging, are associated with inflammatory responses. Various levels of chronic inflammation are associated with all the classic diseases of old age, including Alzheimer’s and muscle weakness.

So the idea of increasing inflammation on a chronic basis to decrease the long term effects of aging is ridiculous at best.

On the other hand the use of topical emollients, fancy creams containing antioxidants, seaweed, herbs, collagen ingredients, and other compounds to decrease aging, while having some merit, isn’t much better. The point is that compounds applied topically have limited abilities to reduce skin aging. In fact, it’s unlikely that any of these products provide more than a better look and feel but with still the same old tired skin underneath. The only true way of anti aging, is through your maintaining optimal health.