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The Art of Great Skincare
The concept of skincare is simple, be gentle.Skincare is very important if you want to stay beautiful. Treat your skin with tender loving care and it is going to reward you with a fresher and more youthful appearance later in life. This simply requires getting to know our skin and looking after it. It is never too early to start skin care regimens. Protection(skincare) • The skin protects the body, both physically form bumps, shocks and water loss and chemically from infection and dehydration by means of the acid mantle. • The skin rids the body of excess waste and toxins through the production of sweat and sebum. How Skin Ages(skincare) • Your body is programmed to age and there is nothing you can do about your internal clock. The good news is there is a lot you can do to slow down the visible results of the process and keep your skin looking better for longer. • Exposure to UV light and pollution accelerate ageing due to the production of free radicals in the skin. Free radicals are rogue molecules that attack the collagen and elastin fibres as well as new skin cells as they form. • Genetics play an important role in determining how you will age. If your mother looked good well into her sixties, chances are high you will too, if you look after your, of course. What Gives Your Age Away(skincare) • The thinnest skin is on the eyes, lips, neck and the back of the hands; and the thickest on the palms of the hands and the soles of the feet. • Hands can give away age in a heart beat. Compared to the face, they have a thinner layer of skin, less fat to hide wrinkles, fewer oil glands to moisturize them and you can’t use makeup to conceal them. The secret to good looking hands is to take good care of them. Skin changes with age over a lifetime • Skin changes as we age. There is very little you can do about it, but if you take good care of yourself throughout your lifetime, you can reduce the visible effects of the ageing process. • Everyone’s skin ages differently depending on their genetic process, lifestyle choices, stress levels, exposure to things like ultraviolet light or harmful substances, and to just plain luck. • With age, the elasticity and strength of the skin declines. Coupled with the pull of gravity, this results in sagging and wrinkles. • Although some products claim to restore youth, there is nothing one can do to stop this decline. We can do skincare to help slow it down. One can preserve what one has by following a good care routine and minimize sun exposure. Different Age Appearances • If you are in you pre-teens, the skin looks clear, smooth, plump, wrinkle and blemish free. The reason for this healthy appearance is that the epidermis works efficiently; it is translucent and well hydrated. At this age, there is usually little or no apparent sun damage, but it is the time when the damage that will surface later is being done. • Girls that are in their early 20s have hormonal changes that can cause havoc with the skin. They cause an increase in sebum production, which often leads to breakouts, acne and shiny, oily skin. The twenties are a kind of transitional period. This is the time to establish a good skincare routine. Although the effects of the sun have not become visible, much of the harm will have already been done by the age of 18. • Towards the end of the twenties, the first signs of fine lines around the eyes and mouth usually appear as collagen and elastin start to break down the skin. There’s a significant drop in skin hydration, and adult acne may also occur, which is why exfoliation is so important now. • For Women that are entering menopause, if you looked after yourself in your younger years, you will see the benefits now. At this age natural ageing becomes more visible and deeper wrinkles, crow’s feet and frown lines become prominent. Skin loses its firmness as there is a significant decrease in dermal repair and cohesion between the skin’s layers. • Women that are 60 and over with decreased thickness of the dermis, decreased resilience of the skin and loss of subcutaneous fat, sagging and jowl-like wrinkles become apparent. You may also notice an increase in fine facial hair. Skin can appear sallow with uneven color and dark under eye circles.
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