Anyone who wants great looking skin needs it, because prevention works so much better than correction. As an esthetician, I find that most women realize the importance of daily moisturizing, but most do not consistently exfoliate and use facial masks. These give you the visual benefit while moisturizing gives you the beneath the surface benefit. .
It’s true that when you’re in your TEENS AND TWENTIES, unless you’re an extreme sun worshipper most people don’t see serious signs of aging. However, your skin will begin to accumulate dead skin cells which will produce an uneven skin texture and you’ll begin to lose that natural, youthful, healthy radiance. Try to spend 3 minutes - twice daily on your skin; it only takes 21 days to establish a routine, and you’ll never be sorry.
In your Thirties in addition to the dull, tired looking skin, the skin around your eyes and mouth will begin to show those dreaded fine lines or if your skin is oily, you’ll get enlarged pores. Oily skin will need 100% oil free moisturizers with pore minimizers, while dry skin needs creams with extra hydration and combination skin will need lotions with anti-oxidants to keep your neck and face healthy and youthful looking. Everyone should also be using a twice daily eye cream for dry or combination skin and an eye gel for oily skin.
By the time you’ve reached your FORTIES, your neck and facial skin cells lose their strength because the collagen and elastin in your skin lessens, and your skin is unable to hold the moisture that helps keep it firm. Because of that lack of firmness, the tiny lines you saw in your thirties, deepen and become wrinkles; this is the age when you’ll begin to add anti-aging treatments to your routine. Your moisturizers should also contain anti-aging (elastin and collagen) and firming ingredients.
Your skin will become dryer in your Fifties, and it doesn’t matter what type skin you’ve always had. That loss of moisture you experienced in your forties, becomes more intense and that equals a slackening of the skin in the neck and jawline area and those wrinkles will become creases. So, your list of anti-aging, and lifting and firming ingredients will need to include vitamins and extra moisture to help give added strength to your skin.
In your SIXTIES and OLDER, the dark spots appear on your face, neck and hands. Your face and neck will show extreme loss of elasticity. Your relaxed skin will become sagging skin. Your forehead and above the nose creases will become furrows and you’ll need to add anti-age spot treatments to the strongest possible lifting and firming additives, in your twice daily skin care regime.
This article describes what you can expect if you get to that age group and are not using skin care at all. Of course a little skin care is better than none, but with the above information you’ll know what you need for your skin type and when you need more. Ultimately, using your full twice a day, skin care regimen will pay off with your skin always feeling firmer and looking younger than you really are.
