Aging skin: how to cheat age

Every woman understands that her appearance changes with age, and the maturity of the personality implies, among other things, the maturity of the skin. However, at a doctor's appointment at a cosmetology clinic, patients complain about the oval of the face losing its former clear contours, pigmentation, dull skin color and deepening wrinkles, hoping that the specialist will help slow down the fading. Although aging is a natural process that cannot be avoided, slowing down age-related changes, preserving beauty and freshness until the most mature years is not only possible, but necessary. To do this, there are quite a lot of modern procedures that will help to deceive the age a little and please the patient with the fact that the skin will age much more slowly.

The Essence of Skin Maturity

Mature is usually called the skin of women 35-45 years old. From this age, the production of collagen, a protein responsible for its elasticity, begins to decrease in the skin. The skin becomes drier and sluggish, small and deep wrinkles appear on it. Even normal skin, which has never caused problems to its happy owner, after 35 years begins to require special care.

Although at this age the skin may remain smooth and even, its deep structures, unfortunately, have already undergone changes: the concentration of steroid hormones is gradually decreasing, which reduces the rate of cell division of the epidermis.

After 35, the pace of the sebaceous glands slows down, so the skin becomes drier. The blood supply is somewhat worsened, due to which the skin seems less ruddy and elastic. Many women develop age spots.

Light moisturizing creams are no longer suitable for such skin. Now it is necessary to act on the deepest layers - the dermis itself, as a result of which it is time to use anti-aging products.

After the age of 40, collagen production almost completely stops. The amount of elastin in the skin also steadily decreases. During this period, menopause usually occurs and a hormonal shift occurs, which leads to a restructuring of the entire body. These hormonal changes are especially strong on the skin: brown spots, peeling and many other troubles appear; mimic wrinkles deepen, nasolabial folds are accentuated and (small wrinkles around the eyes.

At this age, there is a decrease in the secretion of sex hormones, which reduces the activity of metabolic processes in skin cells. Increasingly, they experience oxygen and nutritional hunger, the epidermis continues to thin out, and there are more and more wrinkles. Therefore, the choice of a cosmetologist should be anti-age cosmetics in combination with professional care and procedures.

The patient should be reminded that sun exposure also accelerates the aging process of the skin. Ultraviolet rays penetrate deep into the skin, destroy important components of cells, dry out collagen and elastin fibers. Therefore, with age, the number of days spent under the scorching sun should steadily decrease, and visiting the solarium should be completely abandoned.

Peculiarities of care for aging skin after 30 years

Skin aging processes are genetically programmed and begin imperceptibly from the age of 25. It is from this time that the renewal of skin cells slows down, the skin loses firmness and elasticity, the first wrinkles appear.

Skin aging is accelerated by factors such as sun, wind, cold, dry air and smoking. Most of these factors provoke the formation of free radicals - molecules that cause disruption of cell metabolism and contribute to the aging process.

With age, the rate of cell division of the basal layer of the epidermis decreases. As a result, the mechanism of formation of the epidermis is disturbed, the cells lack proper nutrition, their structure changes and toxins accumulate. Violation of the blood supply to the skin leads to a slowdown in the activity of the main cells of the dermis and the synthesis of its own collagen. There is an imbalance from the outer layers to the inner ones, which leads to an increase in the thickness of the keratinized part and a degenerative change in the dermis. All this leads to loss of turgor, flabbiness of the skin, fixation of hypermic wrinkles.

Any woman approaching the 30-year mark should know that skin care must now be daily and very thorough. It was during this period, with proper and complete care,

To begin with, we list the main skin problems characteristic of this age:

thinning, dry skin;
dull complexion;
first, still superficial, mimic wrinkles on the forehead;
“crow's feet” in the eye area;
changing the contours of the face oval.
Therefore, special attention should be paid to special procedures that strengthen the deep muscles of the face, and products that tighten the skin.

So, to improve the condition of the skin, it is necessary to use moisturizing and protective day creams in home care, as well as night creams - nourishing and denser in texture. The necessary ingredients in cosmetics should be:

ceramides (bind moisture, slowing down its evaporation from the skin surface);
collagen (moisturizes, improves skin elasticity, smoothes fine wrinkles);
coenzyme Q10 (fat-soluble antioxidant, activates the process of cellular respiration);
peptides (have a nutritional, protective, immunomodulatory effect);
proteins (have a tightening effect on the protein collagen-elastin structure of skin tissues, prevent premature wrinkling and skin aging).

When solving the problems of skin thinning and dull complexion, it is worth resorting to chemical peels with fruit acids and retinoids, biorevitalization, microdermabrasion (microskin resurfacing) and corneotherapy.

The word “corneotherapy” derived from two Latin words: corneum (“horny”) and therapy (“treatment”). The essence of corneotherapy is the development of cosmetic preparations that do not contain substances harmful to the skin and comprehensively protect it. Corneotherapy pays the greatest attention to the stratum corneum of the skin. Lamellar emulsions (structured lipids) are an innovative basis for corneotherapy preparations. The latter increase the skin's own regenerative potential and mobilize its internal resources.

In the fight against “crow's feet” care for the problem area must necessarily include concentrated serums, hydrolytic, collagen and placental masks. However, Botox injections will certainly give a faster and more noticeable effect, especially when it comes to mimic wrinkles on the forehead.

When changing the contours of the face, it is necessary to carry out various lifting procedures: mesotherapy, manual and vacuum massage, myostimulation, exposure to ultrasound, microcurrents and lifting preparations, photorejuvenation and laser resurfacing.

Age-related skin changes after 45 years

After 45 years, a significant physiological restructuring of the body inevitably occurs: the activity of protective systems decreases, the amount of collagen and elastin decreases (the skin becomes dry, thinner, loses elasticity, wrinkles appear, bags under the eyes), energy metabolism in cells decreases, blood microcirculation worsens and saturation of tissues with oxygen, hormone activity decreases, metabolism changes and the need for certain vitamins that the body needs to maintain health increases.

The condition of the skin after 45 years is determined by how much vitality is preserved in it, how well the skin was looked after in the past, and also by what the general condition of the body is. If the skin has not received the necessary care, then already after 45 years, age spots, ptosis (drooping) of the upper eyelid, wrinkles and bags under the eyes, sagging, sagging cheeks, deep nasolabial folds and pronounced mimic wrinkles await us.

Hormonal changes throughout life also affect the condition of the skin. Due to the natural decline of female hormones with age, the skin becomes thinner, dryer and covered with a network of wrinkles.

By the age of 40-50, the main task of skin care is to reduce the negative consequences of these changes: active skin nutrition, restoration of cellular metabolism and lipid levels. To prolong the youthfulness of the skin, you need to protect it from the negative effects of sunlight and ensure sufficient oxygenation.

After 45 years of age, daily skin care should include products and procedures with a pronounced regenerating, deep moisturizing, tightening effect. In skin care after 45 years, substances that can cause inhibition of the vital activity of skin cells and chemicals that destroy the lipid barrier should be avoided. In home care, the patient should be advised to use nourishing creams that contain hormones, extracts from the placenta, collagen and other substances for 10 days of each month.

Required makeup ingredients for this age:

Biosculptin (reduces sagging skin and double chin effect);
hyaluronic acid (deeply moisturizes the skin, stimulates regeneration processes);
DMAE (dimethylaminoethanol, which protects cell membranes, stimulates their functions, restores microcirculation in tissues, improves muscle and skin tone, promotes pronounced lifting);
liposomes (significantly improve skin firmness and elasticity, help smooth wrinkles);
polyunsaturated fatty acids Omega-3 and Omega-6 (participate in the construction of cell membranes and the lipid barrier of the epidermis, reduce skin sensitivity).

Of the cosmetic procedures, the most effective will be biorevitalization, microcurrent therapy, mesotherapy, oxygenation (hardware saturation of the skin with oxygen), plastic massage, median chemical peels.

For ptosis of the upper eyelid, wrinkles and bags under the eyes, a procedure such as Thermage should be used. To eliminate age spots, a photorejuvenation procedure is necessary. With sagging cheeks, modeling masks and various lifting procedures should be done. But if the patient wants to get rid of deep nasolabial folds, injection contouring is indispensable. In case of pronounced mimic wrinkles, injections of botulinum toxin will bring the best result.

The patient should be reminded that after 30 years it would be good to give up smoking, which leads to loss of skin tone. Nicotine affects the enzymes that regulate the elasticity of blood vessel walls and, as a result, provokes their narrowing, which is reflected in the complexion (it becomes gray) and the general condition of the skin.

For thousands of years, people have been constantly in search of effective methods to preserve the youthfulness of the skin. Today, the competent use of innovative methods of professional cosmetic care can make the biological aging of the skin less pronounced and insure against facial skin tightening operations. Modern professional preparations are able to have a quick and long-term effect, stimulate, activate and enhance the energy of cells without interfering with biological processes.

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