Wednesday, October 29, 2008

What Can I Expect Without Proper Skin Care?

By Andi Bradshaw

Maintaining clear, healthy skin is why you should bother and because prevention is easier than correction. Working as an esthetician, I know that most womrn understand the need for twice daily moisturizers, but many still don't realize the importance of using exfoliators and facial masks. Moisturizing provides under the skin benefits while twice weekly exfoliating gives you immediate topical results.

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.

When you're Thirty-something, you'll begin to see fine lines around your mouth and eyes in addition to having tired, dull looking skin. For those with oily skin, your pores will enlarge, those with normal or dry skin will experience patches of flakiness. You'll need to look for an anti-oxidant in your sun screen and/or moisturizer.

When you're Forty-ish, you'll experience a reduction of collagen and elastin in your skins cells; which holds the moisture that helps to keep skin firm. The lack of firmness results in a deepening of the fine lines you saw in your thirties and they'll become wrinkles. To help combat that effect, you should include anti-aging or lifting and firming treatments (collagen and elastin) to your twice daily moisturizer.

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.

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