How To Navigate Anti Aging Skin Care Products And Treatments
START WITH KNOWING YOUR SKIN
Aging skin is completely normal and natural. Regardless of skin tone, skin type, or skin concern your skin will age as you do! Fortunately, there are many ways that you can prevent and diminish the signs of aging.
Considering that skin is the largest organ of your body, it is vital that you maintain it, and keep it healthy. Your skin constantly undergoes a process of shedding dead skin cells called “desquamation.”
This regenerative cycle is the nature of skin and varies according to age, chemical reactions, and the environment and climate that you are in. Some part of your skin is exposed year round, day in and day out.
This is why having a daily skincare regimen is so important, particularly when it comes to reducing fine lines, and other age-related changes.
Taking care of your skin is done mainly by cleansing, toning and moisturizing, to keep every layer clean, firm and hydrated. By taking care of your skin daily, you remove dead skin cells (an important step in the anti-aging process).
However, that doesn’t mean that you are taking steps to make your skin softer, plumper, and younger-looking. Two common and effective anti-aging products are exfoliators and facials.
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EXFOLIATORS
One skincare method that can give you radiant skin and has anti-aging effects is called, “exfoliation”. This process advances the production of new skin cells, increases collagen production and can reduce fine lines.
When you exfoliate – say, with our glycolic acid exfoliator – you remove dead skin on the outermost layers, diminishing harmful effects caused by external elements to the skin such as pollution, and weather. Exfoliation is a good skincare treatment especially with drying effects of the winter season.
Exfoliation also prevents the skin from absorbing unwanted particles that make it dry and irritated. When you apply pressure to your skin as you apply an exfoliator, it penetrates deeper which activates the tissues and improves blood circulation underneath the skin.
When the skin is properly massaged and relaxed – like when you use a jade roller – every cell regenerates and forms new structures of skin cells that have the complete nutrient formation to keep the overall skin texture fresher-looking and filtered from dirt and toxins, which also helps to prevent wrinkles!
The science behind eliminating dead layers of skin creates space for healthier cells and pores. Some other benefits of exfoliation include:
- Allows your skin to absorb moisture better
- Unclogs pores
- Prevents ingrown hairs
- Makes skin flawless and radiant
When the skin is well-conditioned, it is able to fight away the elements that harm it. Secondly, exfoliators eliminate bumpy skin caused by clogged pores.
Exfoliating is the power of natural scrubs focused mainly on conditioning the skin by stretching, cleansing, massaging, and smoothing it. Only select the type of exfoliator that your skin loves.
Do not apply body scrubs to your face! Body scrubs are not for everyday use, and often contain more abrasive elements that can scratch, cut and irritate your face.
Keep in mind that exfoliators are used for purifying, sanitizing, and clearing your skin. Therefore, using one every day can also make your skin more irritated.
FACIALS
A facial is the most used nonsurgical treatment for anti-aging. The intention of anti-aging treatments is to bring out the natural beauty of the skin from the way it is during its younger years.
When the skin is aging, fine lines and wrinkles, and overall dullness or drooping become more visible. But invasive treatments like plastic surgery, or expensive treatments such as Botox are not the only way to reduce the signs of aging.
The power of facials can have surprising effects on the skin, which is why they remain a top-rated treatment.
The concepts of facials involve the power of hydration and massage incorporated with various nutrients, technologies and scientific applications that compliment physiological components of the body with an emphasis on new collagen production.
Facials work through caressing the platelets, plasma, collagen, blood, and chemicals that exist in, on and below the layers of your skin activated cellular regeneration. Common facial procedures include microneedling, chemical peels, and laser therapies.
These treatments boost collagen production by penetrating deep into the skin. A chemical peel can also be an effective anti-aging skin treatment as it is the method of stripping off dead skin cells on the outer layer that forms wrinkles, fine lines, and even dark spots and discolorations.
These facial skincare treatments are mainly to reduce the effects of aging caused by exposure to harmful elements such as the sun’s rays, dust, pollution, and pigmentation and severe dehydration.
When you have a facial, the blotchiness in the skin will be eliminated, acne and blemishes will be reduced, and dark spots will fade resulting in smooth, glowing, younger-looking skin created by the formation of new and refreshed skin cells.
Botox injections are also facial classics that also make the skin look younger and plumper. These may be additive forms of skincare, but it is safer than surgical procedures. Hence, the results from botox and injectables are visible and also effective.
Another popular facial treatment is laser peel or laser vaporization. This is a light therapy procedure using light as energy to repair imbalanced and deficient skin cells.
The technique utilizes vibrating rays of light in a direct, focused and concentrated manner, slowly removing the damaged skin layer.
The application of light on the skin is similar to the microneedling procedure, which boosts the collagen content and increases the energy levels of the cells. Laser treatments also reduce skin swelling by improving lymphatic drainage making the skin smooth and flawless.
In addition to exfoliation and facial treatments, topical applications such as hyaluronic acid, anti-wrinkle creams, vitamin C, alpha hydroxy acids, and glycolic acid are also vital to increasing collagen production, reducing sun damage, and improving skin elasticity.
There are many ways where the skin is disrupted by uncontrollable situations such as stress, anxiety, poor diet, dehydration, and even the changing of seasons.
Therefore, it is always better to do your skincare routine daily even without professional or expert executions. Topical solutions such as creams, serums, toners, balms, and facial LED massagers can provide much-deserved pampering and facial rejuvenation.
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SERUMS
These products are rapidly becoming one of the most effective anti-aging treatments. Serums contain very concentrated ingredients that are proactive and are available for all skin types.
Serums contain anti-inflammatory qualities, they are gentle and comfortable to the skin, and are formulated with particular antioxidant ingredients designed to regenerate and renew cells. Most Serums contain Vitamin C, or hyaluronic acid which act as antioxidants making the skin brighter and smoother.
Through softening the skin, resulting from stripping of damaged skin cell layers and pigmentations, serums are an affordable and simply anti-aging treatment that can easily be done at home.
MOISTURIZERS
The most common products associated with skin care are water-based moisturizers. Anti-aging moisturizers and creams are on-point products specifically designed to treat and eliminate aging skin.
Creams deliver intense moisturizing care to the skin and some also contain exfoliating agents. However, their main purpose is to hydrate your face with the nutrients and protection it requires.
They also smoothen and soften the skin, diminishing fine lines and wrinkles.
EYE CREAM
The skin around your eyes does not produce the same hydrating oils as the rest of your face. This is why the skin around your eyes is the first to show signs of aging, and therefore the most important to address when you are concerned about aging skin.
The lines and skin texture surrounding your eyes needs constant attention. Eye creams control and regulate the level of pigmentation and hydration to reduce the signs of aging. Like serums, eye creams are formulated specifically to respond to the thinning of the skin surrounding your eyes.
They contain almost all of the same ingredients as anti-aging night creams and serums but with specific (often singular) concentrations and active ingredients.
TONERS
Toners are an essential step in anti-aging skincare. Do not skip them! Most toners contain hydroxy acids, hyaluronic acids, glycerin, and other nutrient-rich antioxidants known to prevent and eradicate fine lines.
These powerful acids act by improving the skin turgor which results in smoothing the texture of the skin. The formula contents of this light and often misty skin care build up elastin, reduce redness and inflammation and also promote circulation.
They also contain destroying effects to acne-causing bacteria, and have infrared that accelerates skin recovery from infections and impurities.
LIGHT THERAPY
Another new innovation are LED or light therapy treatments. These processes do not scrub, freeze, burn, or pinch your skin. Rather, they deliver a gentle formula similar to lasers. They reduce wrinkles and build collagen with lasting formations.
When selecting topical anti-aging treatments, choose creams, serums, toners, and balms that contain the following:
Resveratrol
Resveratrol is considered by the cosmetic world as a “longevity molecule”. It is an antioxidant that is proven effective to fight free radicals. Antioxidants in the body neutralize skin-aging molecules caused by the natural process of aging.
This powerful antioxidant works through the top layers of the skin that smoothens texture eradicating the fine lines and hyperpigmentation. It is best to apply resveratrol-contained products at night when your cells are at rest to maximize its benefits.
Resveratrol is anti-inflammatory, antibacterial, and antifungal. Therefore, it is safe for everyone without the risks of infection. Resveratrol inhibits the growth of acne-causing bacteria as it has antimicrobial properties known as benzoyl peroxide. This chemical reduces redness and acne scars, calms down the skin, and lightens dark spots making your complexion even brighter.
Retinol
Retinoid has been known in the skin care industry for a very long time. Similar to Vitamin A, Retinol is an acid that is formulated to neutralize free radicals which powerfully exfoliates in a gentle manner to your skin resulting to fade fine lines, wrinkles, acne marks, and blemishes.
It mainly stimulates the skin by boosting the collagen and strengthening the first layer of the skin which creates a finer texture.
SPF
One effective technique that is appropriately relevant to anti-aging is avoiding sun exposure. Use skincare topical products that contain at a minimum of 30. SPF ingredients provide a protective power to the skin from the sun’s damaging effects.
Sunscreens typically contain titanium dioxide that filters out the sun’s UV rays. SPF creates a resilient layer on the skin that contains carbon molecules that absorbs the light creating a barrier from permitting the sun’s ray’s damaging elements to the skin.
Some sunscreens also contain zinc oxide that gives a moisturizing effect and protective activities to the skin. Dermatologists suggest using products that have at least 30 percent to block at least 70 to 90 percent of the sun’s UV rays.
Choose an anti-aging treatment for YOUR skin
The best treatment is one that works with your skin type and stage in life. Depending on your skin profile, certain anti-aging products can make oily skin more prone to acne. While others can make your dry skin more irritated.
Whichever product you choose among what we’ve detailed above, the goal is not only to reduce fine lines and wrinkles but to compliment your skin type.
Genuine skin care creates the foundation of conditioned cells that releases hormones to make the outer skin layers healthy. Topical products on the other hand perfects the texture brought by the healing and regenerating effects of scrubs and massages.
Therefore combining scrubs and massages with serums, creams, or toners make the most effective anti aging treatment. For the best results, determine your specific skin goals, read the ingredients and apply regularly!
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