Just about everywhere now you’re reading about antioxidants, and you’ll see plenty of claims about antioxidants in eye wrinkle creams. Of course the best eye wrinkle creams all use anti oxidants.

But what are anti oxidants, what do they do and why are they used in the best eye wrinkle creams?

Antioxidants are chemicals that usually occur naturally in our body that help fight the effects of free radicals. Free radicals are nasty chemicals that damage lots of things in our bodies, including our skin. Free radicals are produced when we do such bad things as smoke or eat the wrong foods. And free radicals can also be produced by a number of other natural ways, like from sunlight.

Free radicals damage our skin by causing oxidation and breaking down the skins structure and leading to skin damage and loss of elasticity. Anti oxidants found in anti eye wrinkle creams and other anti wrinkle creams all help by fighting the effects of aging of the skin.

And it’s not just the anti wrinkle creams that add to our store of antioxidants. We can do a lot ourselves, like eating foods rich in antioxidants like fruit and vegetables. Combine a diet rich in antioxidants with use of a high quality eye wrinkle cream and we can help ourselves in a number of different ways, both for our general health and for our eye and skin care.

Notice that many of todays film stars seem to look extremely young for their age. This may well be due to plastic surgery, but many also put it down to a great diet rich in fruit and vegetables and antioxidants, and lots of exercise. Recently Susan Saronden has said just that.

There are 3 vitamins in particular that are often found in the best eye wrinkle creams, and other anti wrinkle creams for that matter. These are vitamins A, C and E. Each of these have been extensively scientifically tested to establish their role in the health of our skin, and are an important part of any skin care routine.

Vitamin C, for example, helps our skin health in many ways, including protecting it from sun damage, to a degree. It can also help strengthen the skin and reduce any incidence of skin inflammation.

Vitamin E can also help protect the skin from damage from the UVA rays of the sun, and this helps protect us from the aging effects of the sun on our skin as well. Vitamin A can help lessen the effects of free radicals from stress and lubricates the skin naturally.

Viatmin A can, in particular, help in the production of collagen that aids in the elasticity of our skin.

So good eye wrinkle creams should include a range of antioxidants like Vitamins A, C and E. The best eye wrinkle creams though also include a range of other antioxidants as well, which we’ll look at in another article.

But remember, our diet is also a principal source of antioxidants, so if you’re serious about your skin care regime don’t neglect your diet. Make sure you find out more about the great fruit and vegetables available, and take advantage of the antioxidants found in them. Oh, and don’t forget regular exercise too, that’s helps.

Combine all these with a strong skin care regime and one of the best eye wrinkle creams and you’ve got all bases covered.