When my mother was my age, skin care and other personal care products weren’t very advanced. They were pretty much made out of the same ingredients and women just slathered it on, hoping against hope that it would work to stop the inevitable lines and wrinkles.

In the past 5 years, skin care has gotten a lot more sophisticated. Companies are doing their “due diligence” with research and development into products that actually will do something to slow down the aging process in our skin.

Sunblock is just one example of this new technology that seeks to protect our skin from environmental damage like too much sun. Scientists have also discovered new ways to increase the production of collagen and elastin in our skin which declines as we get older.

You might already know that it’s important to be taking antioxidants to protect the inside of your body from free radical damage but did you know that you can protect your skin by applying antioxidants to the outside of your body? Vitamin A, C and E have become very popular ingredients that many skin care manufacturers are putting in their products but be careful. Just because a skin product lists vitamins on the the label doesn’t mean that the ingredient is active in the product. It must be in an active form to be effective on your skin.

Scientists have also perfected the way your skin receives the products that you put on your face. They call this the delivery system and it’s very important that the product you put on your face penetrates into the layers of your skin for it to be effective.

Spas have become popular in recent years because they have developed methods and equipment that can deposit products deep into the layers your skin. People feel refreshed and renewed after spending an afternoon at the spa because their skin has been nourished by the high quality products that the spas use.

But now there’s one skin care company that’s developed a handheld device which the average person can use to affordably duplicate the spa experience at home. It’s called “the smallest wrinkle iron in the world” that uses positive and negative electrical charges to take impurities out of your skin and replace it with the nourishment your skin needs. This device can also be used to “iron out” cellulite and stimulate hair follicle growth on your head.

It’s amazing what science has done to help baby boomers fight the battle against the aging process. New technology is advancing so rapidly that it might be able to put the plastic surgeons out of business someday!

For more information about new skin care technologies mentioned in this article, check out http://www.healthy-living-for-moms.com/antiaging_antiwrinkle_skin_care.html .