For Best Results Start Early
May 06 '01
The Bottom Line Anti-aging cream only work if you use them everyday and for best results if you start early. Like many things in life, they take time to work.
At 25 I'm convinced that the cure to saying young is all about using moisturizer. Yes, I'm 25, I may be young in that group of people who seek out anti-aging lotions, but staying young works best if you start young.
First, a little bit why I think anti-cream lotion has been beneficial to me. Back in 1994 when I entered college, I had a terrible dry skin development on my face. It was red, it itched, and make me look...well even uglier than I already am. I had to get rid of it. Without discussing my particular problem with a Dermatologist, I decided to pick the first bottle off the Long's Drugstore shelf that I hopped would cure my wicked face. That lotion was Cetaphil Moisturizing Lotion, and I've been a consumer of theirs ever since. In fact, I use two of their products everyday. One Cetaphil comes in a bottle labeled in green, and the other in blue. On the outside, both bottles seem to be similar the same stuff, but the blue bottle contains lotion that is meant to not be washed out. The green bottle lotion is thicker and works better if used as a face-wash.
The first thing I do, is to apply the Cetaphil (green) immediately after taking a shower. I normally apply it to my arms (including shoulders) and my legs, since those are the most visible to others. I do this each time I take a shower, which is each day. So I go though this stuff quite quickly. After I'm dressed, I first apply the Green bottle to my face, and after a few minutes of rubbing it in, I wash it off. Then I apply the Blue bottle, to my face, and leave that in all day long.
To be 100% honest, this Cetaphil combination has saved me. My face is clear, smooth, and best of all, young looking. Yes, I know I'm 25, but normally a 25 year old, doesn't get mistaken for a 16 year old. Besides being carded constantly for alcohol and cigarettes (don't tell my mother!), I actually had a person the other day ask me if I should be in school instead of in the mall. This amazing ability to stay young, can only be attributed to one thing. Start Young!
Like so many things in life, if you want to be that which you were before, it's better to start then, instead of later. I grew up with my Mother putting on layer after layer of expensive cream to eliminate a few wrinkles here and there. Now I know it's true, that I have no idea if my efforts will pay off in later years, but so far, if I can be mistaken for a 16 year old, I must be doing something right.
Therefore my opinion is, not so much on a particular cream, but more on engaging in the effort to start early. I have never regretted the act of creaming my body each day. Yes, sometimes I get a few weird looks from my other male friends, but when they are mistaken as 30 year-olds and I am mistaken as barely able to drink beer, I'll be smiling.
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