Ever heard of Phytessence Wakame? If you're interested in good skin care you should have. No, I'm wrong. If you're interested in the BEST skin care products you should be familiar with Phytessence Wakame. Here's why.

This strange sounding substance (try saying Phytessence Wakame 5 times fast) is derived from kelp. It's a seaweed, or sea algae to be specific, that is found around Japan. It is a large part of the traditional Japanese diet, being eaten dried and fresh.

It is no coincidence that the Japanese consume a lot of Phytessence Wakame and they have some of the best skin in the world. It is prized by the Japanese for this reason.

Just why is it that Phytessence Wakame is so good for the skin, and works so well for the Japanese? What qualities does it have that make it one of the most important ingredients ever put into modern and effective skin care products?

Phytessence Wakame is packed with all sorts of wonderful substances that are good for your skin. It is rich in calcium, having 15 times more calcium than milk. It is also rich in minerals and vitamins and in particular the B group vitamins, especially vitamins B1, B2, B3, B6 and B12. These help to sooth inflammation of the skin.

It is also high in iron and potassium, and all these ingredients together combine to help maintain the skin's moisture balance, keeping your skin hydrated, which in turn keeps it looking young and healthy.

But equally important, if not more so, is the ability of Phytessence Wakame to perform a particular function for us that is of enormous benefit to our overall skin health. It helps inhibit the effects of hyaluronidase.

What in the world is hyaluronidase I hear you say? (I have very good hearing.)

Hyaluronidase is an enzyme that breaks down hyaluronic acid in our skin. And hyaluronic acid is very important to our skin. The effect of hyaluronic acid, when combined with elastin and collagen, is to maintain the smoothness and elasticity of your skin right into old age. It keeps your skin toned and looking youthful. It makes sure that your skin not only looks youthful, but is healthy too.

So you want plenty of hyaluronic acid. So if hyaluronidase breaks it down you don't want too much hyaluronidase. And if Phytessence Wakame helps inhibit the effects of hyaluronidase then it is doing a world of good work for your skin. It's helping inhibit one of the main factors contributing to skin decline with age.

You won't find much Phytessence Wakame in modern well known brands of skin care products, most of which don't work very well anyway. You need to look a little harder to find it, it's only in the best skin care products money can buy. And at a price that is pretty competitive to what you're probably paying for your skin care products right now.