How much money do you spend a year on your skincare routine? If you are like most people, your skincare regimen can get costly. It is not easy affording the latest and greatest anti-aging products on the market. Sometimes, however, you feel like those products are a necessary evil. If you do not use them, you age faster. Who wants that? Hardly anyone. Given the popularity of anti-aging products, it is not surprising that advancements have been made. The newest cream can actually reduce common aging signs such as wrinkles and spots, and at the same time fight cancer.

This cream or drug is commonly used for chemotherapy. It is called fuoracil and was developed to fight cancer and tumors on the head and neck. However, when scientist began investigating the effects of the drug on the skin, they noticed that there was an obvious reduced in their patients’ wrinkles.

In particular, dermatologists were very interested in the effects of the drug. They focused on the before and after pictures that were taken of the chemotherapy patients. From the pictures they discovered that the larger and coarser wrinkles were seriously diminished. Also, the dark age spots of the patients seemed to be reduced. In addition, the overall skin color and appearance looked better. And, there was less sallowness, which is a common aging sign.

Another thing that is interesting to note is that the patients also recognized an obvious difference in their skin after receiving the drug. After 10 weeks, 19 out of 21 patients in one study said that they could see a noticeable difference. And, of those, 17 said they would do the procedure again.

What makes the drug so effective in terms of anti-aging? It actually damages the skin’s cells. Because of this, the body is forced to rebuild the skin. Usually, the skin is rebuilt in a very similar way as laser treatment. This is why during the treatment the patient’s skin will redden. Basically, it is a sign the treatment is working.

Because of the anti-aging benefits of the drug, there will most likely be a desire to obtain fluorouracil simply for cosmetic reasons. If this were possible, a person could apply the drug topically and receive the same anti-aging results as the chemotherapy patients. Not only would a topical cream help for anti-aging, but it would also help prevent certain skin cancers that may appear on our skin.