It seems that as long as humankind exists on Earth, the search for the fountain of youth will continue. Whereas people may love the wisdom and wealth that can often accompanying living longer and longer – they don’t always love the wrinkles and other troublesome conditions that can come along with aged skin.

As such, the attempts at looking younger and feeling great continue – with actresses in Hollywood often leading the way, since their faces are often their calling cards for helping them gain roles and stay in the business of looking good.

Floating around Tinsel Town and making their way around the world are facial treatments in the form of masks or solutions that sit on the skin, infused with hyaluronic acid, collagen and rose water to help provide skin with a deeply nourishing moisture that
it could lack. The ingredients penetrate the skin to help relieve it and give your countenance a refreshing rest from toxins in the environment.

At-home DIY machines and procedures are taking the place of some in-office treatments

Whereas some beauty treatments might always be best suited for the confines of medical spas or plastic surgery centers and performed by knowledgeable experts – such as injections of Botox and fillers – other treatments can be done at home.

Non-surgical facelift types of treatments are all the rage, especially ones that use micro-current technology that reportedly mimics the effects of getting Botox or a facelift – without having to go under the knife or brace yourself for the pain of a needle hitting the facial nerves.

There are also micro-dermabrasion machines that can be used at home, although the DIY method of doing so is not as strong as some of the machines found in cosmetic centers and at plastic surgery centers.

Certain other devices use LED light therapy along with the microcurrent technology in order to stimulate the production of collagen and provide a youthful appearance. The utilization of microcurrent technology isn’t necessarily new – but using it in at-home machines to lift the facial muscles is a newer venture that seeks to offer facial toning and the softening of facial expressions as we age.

Better Serums, Beautiful Faces

Serums have really become a buzzword in the beauty industry – and it turns out that some of those serums can really help improve how we look. As collagen and elastin decrease over time, the lessening amounts can make the skin look older.

Topical serums seek to reverse that notion by including ingredients like l-ascorbic acid,soluble proteoglycans, hyaluronic acid, and tripeptide within the solutions. Recent studies have discovered that some changes in collagen and elastin levels were actually reversed by topical serum application.

Not simply a beauty cream in name only, selective serums can protect the skin against reduction in collagen, elastin, and proteoglycan levels. Serums can also help increase the moisture in skin for up to six hours – nearly a full workday of coverage. Those who have participated in such studies noted that their skin looked brighter and felt more hydrated as a result – as well as noticing fewer wrinkles.

It turns out that some serums aren’t just whistling Dixie when it comes to helping hydrate the skin and increasing skin brightness and hydration.

Eating Mushrooms for Better Skin?

The latest trends in skincare don’t merely involve at-home treatments or the latest slick and silky serums. Instead, some of the best skincare tips are emerging from the foods we eat. The latest findings claim that eating mushrooms can assist us in countering the effects of aging.

According to researchers at Penn State University, mushrooms come complete with a couple of antioxidants that help to decrease stress in the body. Porcini mushrooms are a specific type of mushroom that enjoys a high level of the two very powerful antioxidants that lower the levels of oxidative stress in people.

As such, the porcini mushrooms with the higher levels of antioxidants – which is a  species of mushrooms that has gone viral in Italy, where people spend their free time searching for the gems – may help with younger-looking skin, but only if you consume
them raw.

Those who cook and consume the mushrooms will not have the same antioxidant level benefit that those who eat them in their natural states may experience. Researchers discovered that eating more mushrooms in general can help people take advantage of the antioxidant benefits which they provide.

Anti-Aging is the Future

Whether you are a beauty product fan who loves trying the latest serums and at-home devices to try and improve your visage – or a person who is on your way to the grocery store to start buying mushrooms in bulk – one thing is clear: You’re not alone in your beauty quest.