For centuries Japanese women have had youthful and healthy skin even when they were past their middle age.
This is not the result of the consumption of regional foods like sushi.
Rather this Japanese characteristic is the result from the utilization of a special substance the Japanese use as skincare.
This substance comes from a certain chemical usually found in seaweed.
However, this seaweed is not ordinary, rather it is only available inside the waters that surround the long islands that lie east of Russia and China.
Since ancient times, Japanese females will use a plant based paste as skincare and apply it to their faces.
Nowadays, the essential compounds of the sea weed's structure are isolated to create skincare and other health care products.
Also, the same product usually possess other health care ingredients.
For instance, some of these seaweeds contain an ingredient known as "Xtend-TK".
This organic ingredient causes the epithelial cells to dry.
However, this product sometimes contain alcohol, and alcohol rich lotion and cream do not produce healthy skin tissues.
Many of the health care and skin products nowadays are composed of synthetic ingredients rather then organic and natural ingredients.
This reflects the Western society's mentality to use innovative chemistry.
Yet, there are still many people who follow this ancient culture and continue to use natural products and/or Japanese skin care products, which often produce far better results than any skin care products produced in a laboratory.
In fact, recently natural products are rapidly growing in popularity.
Today other remedies must be used to use such products.