As a young child, all we all wanted was to get older and become an adult. Now that we’re adults, we realize the foolishness of those wishes. One negative side effect of aging, is that our skin ages as well. This means sun spots, hyperpigmentation, wrinkles, fine lines, and all other sorts of ways your skin will remind you daily that you’re aging. Luckily, we have a few things up our sleeve to help you reverse the natural aging of your skin.
Collagen and Elastin
These two things are what keep your skin looking young and fresh. As you age, your body naturally begins to produce less and less of both collagen and elastin. By the time you’re 30 years old, you’re losing 2% more every year. To prevent this, you have to let your body know that it needs to produce more. One of the most effective ways to do this is through micro needling and LED light therapy. These treatments flood your skin with collagen and elastin production, to make your skin look younger again.
Cell turnover
As you age, your body sheds the old layers of skin. Underneath those layers of dead skin, sits young and fresh looking skin. You want to promote cell turnover to speed up the shedding of the dead skin that is making your skin age. Increasing your natural cell turnover rate is done easily with a chemical peel, or a microdermabrasion treatment.
Sun protection
We all know the dangers of the sun! Excess exposure to the sun will result in increased aging in your skin. This is why you need to make sure you are wearing sunscreen every single day of the year. It doesn’t matter if it’s sunny or rainy outside, you need to be putting sunscreen on every single day, especially on your face where your skin is more delicate.
Antioxidants
Free radicals are in our environment, attacking your skin each and every single day. They work to mutate your cells, which causes them to function improperly or even die. While this may seem really scary, it’s really easy to combat these free radicals! Applying a topical antioxidant every day will get rid of that chain reaction before those important skin molecules are damaged and changed. This antioxidant can be easily added into your daily skin care routine, and can be a lightweight serum that won’t make your skin feel heavier or clogged up.
