Though we can’t stop time from passing us by completely, non-surgical treatments and lifestyle adjustments may help slow facial aging. This article investigates these possibilities as well as discussing recent research in facial rejuvenation.
G3 products were proven to successfully reduce ageing parameters like wrinkles, spots and rough skin in 86 female volunteers over an 11-year period, resulting in rejuvenating effects which made participants appear nine years younger.
Moisturize Daily
Face skin is more delicate than that on other parts of your body and needs to be regularly moisturized in order to look its best. Direct sunlight, wind gusts and harsh cleansers can sap away natural oils from your body’s outermost layer, leaving it dry and irritated. Moisturizing daily can alleviate these symptoms while making you appear younger as well as strengthening its barrier function against harmful toxins entering through pores in skin barrier cells. Select a moisturizer suitable for your skin type and use both morning and night for best results.
Skin that has been properly moisturized appears fuller and smoother, and many moisturizers contain ingredients that help reduce fine lines and wrinkles.
Protect Your Skin from the Sun
While soaking up some vitamin D can do wonders for both your mood and skin health, too much exposure to ultraviolet (UV) rays from the sun can be hazardous to its long-term wellbeing. UV rays not only cause deadly forms of skin cancer but can also hasten photoaging.
UV rays can penetrate even on cloudy days and reflect off surfaces such as water, snow, light clothing or windshields, potentially penetrating deep into skin layers. Artificial sources that emit UV radiation include tanning beds or sunlight-emitting products (like sun lamps).
One of the key steps you can take to reverse an aging skin face is protecting it from sunlight. This includes using broad-spectrum sunscreen with at least an SPF 30 all year long on any exposed areas, ideally at least 15 minutes prior to going outside and regularly throughout your day.
Exposure to sunlight leads to the degradation of collagen and elastin – two vital building blocks of skin tissue. This results in wrinkles, fine lines and uneven pigmentation which over time may lead to dark spots (melasma), freckles, red patches (porphyrins), as well as white spots on arms and hands (idiopathic guttate hypomelanosis).
Though UV protection and lifestyle modifications can help delay these signs, the most effective method for combatting facial aging is prevention and early intervention with treatments like dermal fillers and microneedling. If signs of aging do become evident however, an anti-age serum containing retinol (a vitamin A-based ingredient which promotes cell turnover) could provide assistance; many over-the-counter products offer this solution, as well as prescription strength products available online or via subscription services.
