| Millions of people - both women and men - crave to always look young and healthy. There is nothing unhealthy about wrinkles and sags, and a lot of people move serenely through life accepting the way they look. However, society of today demonstrates that beauty counts. And looking our best can strengthen self-confidence.
If you've reckoned you have to accept wrinkles and sagging skin, here is what can be done: skin care products and medical treatments abound to make your skin look much younger and healthier at any age.
How does your skin age?
Do you why some 40-year-olds have great-looking skin, while some 20-year-olds show signs of aging?
Your skin ages according to your biological clock, which is set by your generic makeup, and your exposure to the sun. Excessive exposure to the sun, as well as smoking, tension and pollution, cause your skin to age quicker 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, sags and age spots, as well as an uneven distribution of fat.
How to take care of skin?
Everyday use of moisturizing products and suncreams protecting the skin from UV-rays, both UVA and UVB, is one of the most efficient means of preventing skin damage, rejuvenating skin and protecting yourself from skin cancer. You should apply one with a sun protection factor (SPF) of at least 15. Begin using sunscreen when you are young.
Antiwrinkle solutions
There are many non-prescribed products for reducing wrinkles and fine lines. These "cosmeceuticals" typically contain: alpha hydroxyl acid (AHA), retinoids, antioxidants, or tropical growth factors. Prescription retinoid creams are also available.
AHA creams can be used alone or combined with a retinoid to treat minor skin damage. They may improve the texture, quality and elasticity of your skin by speeding exfoliation and stimulating the production of collagen. Retinoids work much better when applied with AHA products. If used within a few years, they will keep on reversing skin aging, antioxidants and growth factors may also help reverse environmental damage to skin.
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