Fourth
decade of life is a crucial milestone, as round about this age most women feel that
their youthful looks are beginning to fade. Skin looses the spring of
youthfulness, complexion feels dull and the shape of the face starts to give in
to the force of gravity. When
you hit 40 it’s vital to reevaluate your beauty and skincare habits. During this fourth decade of life every youth
conscious person’s skin ethos should be - preservation and rebuilding of youth.
How does one go about doing just that? — Here’s a blue print to follow.
First Order of Business — Lets Put That Spring
OF Youth Back Into The Tired Old Skin
Skin stops making collagen and
elastin after 25 year of age, by the time you turn 40 considerable amounts of these
skin-plumping elements are depleted. As a results skin looks tired, saggy and
lack luster. This is about time when you change your daily skincare routine and
start to invest into youth building energy-based devises that can boost skin
collagen and make you look youthful again. Furthermore volume loss in the fat layers
and bone mass that has happened in the last 40 years of life has to be
compensated also with professional anti-aging treatments that can instantly
boost volume and deflating contours.
Skincare:
Look for daily skincare products loaded
with Vitamin C, A, and fruit acids. These products will help exfoliate the dull skin and add luster
and shin to the skin. They will also stir epidermis and dermis to help rebuilt fresh
collagen to plump up the skin to youthful levels.
Cleansers: Pick up a cleanser that can
gently exfoliate and compensate for the slowed down rate of cell renewal that
happens naturally around mid thirties. As we age dead skin cells pileup on the
top layer of skin and don’t slough off efficiently this contributes to dryness
and dull tone and even accentuates existing spots and wrinkles. Look for
products with fruit acids like lactic acid, salicylic acid or glycolic acid.
Day Time Skincare: The moisture-trapping
molecules in the dermis, like hyaluronic acid, start to diminish in the 40s.
These waning humectants trigger dehydration, while also predisposing skin to
volume loss by creating a collapsing or deflating reaction in the skin. To help
plump and rehydrate, start replacing what’s been lost with a skin hydrating
serum.
To
repair and protect, look for a serum rich in antioxidants, like vitamin C or E,
or epidermal growth factors to help stimulate collagen production. Most people
around 40 are also particularly concerned about the fine lines and wrinkles
that strain the eye area, using an eye cream containing the same ingredients
can help with improving the skin quality. When out and about add a layer of a
broad-spectrum UVA/UVB SPF 30 moisturizer.
Night Time Skincare: Regular use of a prescription
retinoid is like making a deposit in your beauty bank. Retinoids boost reserves
of collagen and elastin, preventing future sagging. Not only are they
antiaging, they also reduce acne, a bonus for women still suffering through
breakouts in the form of adult acne.
Clinical Treatments: Research into aging has
shown us over time that volume loss more than gravity lies at the heart of an aging
face. Volume loss in skin as well as the other layers of the face (namely fat
and bone) slowly leads to all signs of aging. With this volume loss we see
wrinkles, expression lines and facial contours changes.
To
plump up the skin and revive the youthful contours of face what are our best
choices?
Energy based devices: Research has shown
radiofrequency, ultrasound as well as different forms of lasers that can heat up the skin up to 42-45 degrees can boost collagen
and elastin production. Judicious use for such devices can help turn back the hands
of time in your favor. I am a big fan of such devices as they impart youth
without changing the natural shape of the face.
Dermal fillers: Volume loss in the mid face, temples,
as well as the dynamic areas of the face leads to deep grooves that run under
the eye, around the smile lines and corner of the mouth. Replacing the lost
volume with dermal filler injections can give instant and natural results.
