GABA

A number of anti-wrinkle creams out there contain GABA. Is that a good thing? Is GABA really an essential ingredient in anti-aging creams? Or is it something that just adds to the cost of the product?

GABA is short for gamma amino butyric acid, a non-essential amino acid that naturally occurs in the body and serves to inhibit, rather than excite or stimulate, responses. Because of its relaxant properties,

GABA is effective in:
•    treating anxiety and sleep disorders
•    enhancing mood
•    the secretion of the human growth hormone (HGH)
•    calming the nervous system


Precautions and Side Effects

Side effects of GABA (as a dietary supplement) are rare and usually temporary. Some consumers report tingling sensations, drowsiness, and shortness of breath. However, GABA supplements must be taken with caution by people who have liver or kidney problems. If you are pregnant, your doctor may advise you not to take the supplement at all. To be always on the safe side, consult your doctor before taking GABA supplements, or any alternative medicine, for that matter.

GABA and Skin Aging

However, GABA may not be the solution to skin aging. It having muscle relaxing properties does not make it effective as a topical solution to reduce wrinkles. Manufacturers of wrinkle creams with GABA may try to dispute this, but currently, there are no studies proving that GABA works in roughly the same way as Botox which tames the muscles causing wrinkles. So claims that GABA works to reduce wrinkles (even if they are true) are not backed by sufficient clinical studies.

Wrinkle Creams With GABA

Just so you know, here are a few of the consumer's top choices of anti-wrinkle creams that contain GABA:
  
GABA may be an effective supplement for epileptic seizures, sleep disorders and anxiety. Perhaps, increasing your supply of GABA naturally may also help delay some signs of aging as it helps you sleep better and deal with stress better. This you can do by taking in foods that contain GABA, just like nuts, seeds, soy, whey, whole grains, and sea foods.

But whether or not you will want to use an anti-wrinkle cream with GABA is entirely up to you. Remember, it has not been clinically established that GABA does work to relax the muscles that are most likely to be affected by wrinkles, so focusing instead on products with ingredients that have been clinically tested and proven to effectively diminish fine lines and wrinkles may be deemed wiser.

Love your skin and it will love you back. When you want the best face cream for wrinkles, so that you can look younger, with a smoother and wrinkle-free skin (or reduce those ugly fine line and wrinkles) then you need to know how to do it right.