When shopping for anti-aging products and wrinkle creams, you cannot just buy the cheapest product on the shelf and expect it to work as well on your skin as the top name brand products. What is the difference? Some products have certain ingredients that have been proven to aid in the improvement of skin in various ways.

When comparing the ingredients and researching what they do, we found interesting results. We have found that there is a difference in products and we also found that some ingredients work better than others.

We have put together the top six ingredients found in wrinkle creams. These top six ingredients have been shown to fade wrinkles and reverse aging lines. The list below helps consumers understand the difference between all the products today that are supposed to give the same results.

Retinol: this is a type of Vitamin A and it has been used in wrinkle creams for many years. It continues to show up in the newest products on the market because it works. How it works is that it neutralizes particles called 'free radicals' that break down your skin and cause aging.

Coenzyme Q10: this is a naturally occurring type of enzyme. It acts like a 'food' for cells, helping them regulate their production of energy. Studies have shown that it can relax those tiny lines around your eyes by helping make the skin cells around your eyes more healthy.

Tea Extract: The extracts provide antioxidants directly to the local area of the skin for which it is applied. Tea extract has been shown to sooth inflammation that cause long term skin damage.

Alpha Hydroxy: This is an acid used in exfoliation products, stripping the very top layer of dead skin to reveal more fresh, lively looking skin. Exfoliation is a great process to perform periodically. It keeps facial skin looking fresh and new.

Copper Peptide: This is required of our bodies to stay healthy. Over time, tiny invisible wounds caused by environmental conditions, such as the Sun, or extreme cold, damage skin and speed up the aging, because skin does not get to heal properly. Copper peptides increase the speed skin heals from wounds. This process rejuvenates skin and allows the skin to heal from the environmental damages it faces daily.

Kinetin: existing naturally in all living things for growth, this substance is great for focusing on brown spots and wrinkles on the skin. Scientists believe that Kinetin promotes collagen growth and increases the speed of growth, healing and evening out wrinkles and age spots.