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In an ideal world, the skin that you are born with as a baby would stay with you your entire life, making you look young forever. However, due to lifestyle, your genetic make-up and changes within your body caused by natural aging, your skin wrinkles, dries out, hardens and much more. To put it simply, your skin ages. While it is inevitable that this will happen to you, there are some anti-aging skin care tips you can follow to delay the process or at least slow it down.
To understand what type of anti-aging skin care you need to provide for your face, it is important that you understand how skin changes as you age, as well as how lifestyle affects the process. When you are born your skin is smooth and rejuvenates itself.
Changes begin to occur as a teenager, when your hormone fluctuate causing skin problems like acne. This usually eases around the age of 20, as skin returns mostly to normal. However, the rejuvenation period of dead skin cells slows during the 20s and even more so during the 30s. Wrinkles may begin appearing for individuals with unhealthy lifestyle choices, such as unprotected exposure to the sun, smoking or a poor diet, or a high level of facial animation.
During your 40s, hormonal changes again affect your skin as most women’s bodies prepare for or enter menopause. This causes the skin to become drier and less elastic. By the time you are in your 50s or 60s, some wrinkles will be present due to facial expressions and sun exposure over the years. However, skin can vary greatly from one individual to another during this time, as lifestyle choices and your genes will have an impact on how your skin looks.
By understanding the process skin goes through during a lifetime, you can understand what type of anti-aging skin care you need to provide over the years, as different ages need different things. Anti-aging skin care should really begin you are a teen. It is important during this time to establish the routine practice of daily washing your face, as well as providing the right treatment for any acne problems. By the time you’re in your 20s, you should be washing your face twice a day, as well as applying moisturizer and a good sunscreen such as Mexoryl XL to protect yourself from the harmful effects of the sun’s rays.
During your 30s, you may want to consider using your first anti-aging skin care products. Products that contain glycolic acid exfoliate (get rid of dry dead skin and help to show off the new skin underneath) and help the skin rebuild collagen. Topical vitamin C is another ingredient that helps to rebuild collagen. It is also important at this stage to begin routine screenings for skin cancer on a yearly basis and to adhere to a healthy lifestyle if you haven’t already. Late nights, poor diet, and not enough sleep will show much more on your face in your 30s than it did when you were younger.
In your 40s, you may need to consider changing products to clean and moisturize your face, as your hormones change your skin and often make it more sensitive. You may require more moisture so look for hydrating products that contain ingredients like sodium hyaluronate, glycerin that will help to maintain moisture and keep your skin looking youthful. In addition, you should ensure you’re receiving enough nutrients such as vitamin C, alpha lipoic acid, and more to fight free radicals that might contribute to accelerated aging. Finally, in your 50s and 60, make sure to continue cleansing, moisturizing and feeding your skin the nutrients it needs. As always, it’s just as important at this age to ensure you apply sunscreen each time you go outside to reduce your chance of skin cancer.
By learning how your skin changes and using anti-aging skin care tips as you age, you can have healthy, youthful looking skin for many years to come.