| The craving to always look young and healthy motivates millions of women – and men – to look for treatments improving the appearance of their skin. While there's nothing unhealthy about wrinkles and sags - and a lot of people move serenely through life accepting the way they look – let's face it: society of today demonstrates that beauty matters. And looking our best can strengthen self-confidence.
If you have thought you have to accept wrinkles and sagging skin, here is what can be done: cosmetics and medical treatments may make your skin look healthier and younger at any age.
What makes skin age?
Have you ever wanted to know why some people boast great-looking skin in their 40s, while some 20-year-olds show signs of aging?
Your biological clock, which is set by your generic makeup, as well as your exposure to the sun cause your skin to age. Overexposure to the sun's rays, as well as smoking, environmental pollution and tension, cause your skin to age faster than you do. Your skin loses moisture and collagen - the connective tissue that makes skin firm and elastic. Consequently, you have to deal with wrinkles, fine lines, sagging and age spots, as well as an unbalanced distribution of fat.
Basics of skin care
Everyday use of moisturizing products and suncreams that protect the skin from UV-rays, both UVA and UVB, is one of the most efficient ways to prevent skin damage, rejuvenate skin and shield yourself from skin cancer. You should choose one with a sun protection factor (SPF) of at least 15. Start using sunscreen at an early age.
Antiwrinkle products
There are a great many non-prescribed products to reduce wrinkles. They commonly contain: alpha hydroxyl acid, or AHA, retinoids, antioxidants, or tropical growth factors. There are also prescription retinoid creams.
AHA creams can be used alone or combined with a retinoid to treat mildly damaged skin. They may improve the texture, make the skin firmer and more elastic by speeding up exfoliation and stimulating collagen. Retinoids work best when used with AHA products. If applied within a few years, they will continue to reverse skin aging, growth factors and antioxidants may also help to reverse environmental damage to skin.
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