Wrinkles Not Your Cup of Tea?

Wrinkled skin? Feeling old?

You could inject deadly poisons into your head, pay big bucks for risky surgery or have your skin chemically peeled off. But if these attractive solutions are not for you, there may be a better choice coming direct from Germany.

According to a ScienceDaily article, "The non-invasive technique combines high-intensity light from light-emitting diodes (LEDs) and a lotion made of green tea extract. It works ten times faster than a similar anti-wrinkle treatment that uses LEDs alone..."

The idea is fairly simple.

It seems that high-intensity LEDs, the kind you find in the taillights of your car, can reduce wrinkles if used over a long period of time. The problem, of course, is that intensive light therapy can also cause cell damage. Antioxidants, on the other hand, can protect and repair skin.

Combine the two and -- voila! -- a low-risk, high-impact cure for aging skin.

The antioxidant being used in Germany is a derivative of green tea extract, and, apparently, it's quite effective. In one volunteer, the combination of LED light therapy and green tea lotion resulted in "less pronounced wrinkle levels, shorter wrinkle valleys, and juvenile complexion," in just one month.

Granted, it's not the fountain of youth. But who knows -- green tea and LEDs could be the next Retin-A.

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