if you want to keep your youthful skin appearance, you need to know why
your skin starts to change as you age. I have listed some of the most
important things that affect skin appearance and some of the ways to
prevent the skin from aging too fast. The sooner you start applying
these ideas the longer you will keep your youthful appearance.
As you age here are some of the changes that will occur:
* Your top skin layer, epidermis, becomes thinner and more fragile
* Your skin becomes drier, since oil glands produce less oil
* The number of blood vessels decreases in your face and throughout
your body. Blood brings nutrients to your skin cells, giving your skin
a healthy and rosy look
* Less skin cells are repaired or replace quickly
* The sun and pollution start to show their effects on your skin by
breaking down collagen and elastin, which give your skin its elasticity.
* Your good or bad diet starts to show it effects on your skin.
Your bad diet did not provide the nutrients your skin needed to be
flexibly, hydrated, oxygenated, and healthy.
* The un-healthy skin products you have been using start to show their bad effects on your skin.
Now,
you can see that skin beauty is dependent on what kind of food you eat,
how you have exposed yourself to the sun and pollution, and what
chemicals your facial and skin products have. Excessive exposure to the
sun and pollution will damage your skin and accelerate its aging
appearance - age spots, blotches, wrinkles, roughness, sagging.
Here are some things you can do to slow down the aging skin.
* Use sunscreen every day - You can slow down wrinkle formation and
even prevent it, if you use sunscreen early in your life. Use sunscreen
that contains Zinc Oxide. It is better then those that have Titanium
Dioxide. Daily, use a broadband SPF 15 and for heavy out door sun
activities use SPF 30. If you wear makeup, put your sunscreen on first
* On hot days and even when it is overcast use your sunscreen and a hat. Stay in the shade when possible.
* Keep away from highly polluted areas and don't smoke. Smoking
changes the elasticity of the skin fibers leading to rough and wrinkled
skin.
* Get enough sleep. Your skin repairs itself when you sleep.
* When you sleep, don't sleep with you face into the pillow.
* Drink plenty of water. Your skin loses water during hot days and
needs plenty of water to keep hydrated. Water is found in raw fruits
and vegetables. Sodas, sugar drinks, tea, (except herbal teas) coffee,
or milk are not water. Rotate between buying and drinking Reverse
Osmosis and Distilled water.
* Minimize drinking alcohol.
Alcohol can lead to spider veins and broken capillaries. It also causes
your skin to become dehydrated.
* Eat more fruits and vegetables. They provide plenty of antioxidants, which protect you from sun and pollution damage.
* Take an antioxidant supplement, which should include up to 2000 mg
of vitamin C. You may have to take the Vitamin C separate.
Start
using these ideas and you will see improvement on your skin. This
improvement may take a few months to appear on your skin. Be patient
and persistent and you will be rewarded with good skin appearance.
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