Skin Care At Any Age

How can we change our skin care routine to fit age related needs? This question may raise some debate as many of the experts say we should adjust our skin care as we get older, but others disagree. As in most things, the truth probably sits near the middle as there are valid arguments for each side. We land on the ‘change is good side’ of the debate.

Skin Care for 20 Something’s

Always use a sunscreen with at least a 30 SPF even if you use a makeup base with sun protection.  Stay out of tanning booths and unprotected sun because it will not only age your skin, but there’s irrefutable evidence that UV ray damage increases your chance of skin cancer multi-fold.  

In your 20’s, prevention and basic care are the keys. Our cell turnover is fast and oil is usually free flowing, so dry skin shouldn’t be an issue. Therefore, removing dead cells by using a gentle scrub product a couple times per week is suggested. The caveat here is that if overly oily and/or acne skin is present, using an acid-based solution to exfoliate makes some sense.

Cleanse morning and night, being especially conscious of getting all make up off in the evening (double cleanse may be necessary). Use creamy or milky cleanser’s for dry to normal and gels for combination to oily/acne skin. Follow by applying a day moisturizer that will protect and hydrate your valuable, youthful skin.

An eye cream, albeit an inexpensive one, can be lightly tapped on the under eye and lid both morning and night, gearing towards prevention of wrinkles and wear in the tender eye area.

Skin Care in Your 30’s

In our thirties, skin changes leading to aging can begin to show up. Skin regeneration may begin to falter as cell turnover rates begin to slow down. Now is the time to take your care up a notch, building on the basics.

Cleansing remains the same as your 20’s, as does dead cell removal based on skin type and challenges. To compliment the basics covered earlier, age appropriately upgrading moisturizers and eye creams makes sense here.

Also adding in serums, containing either Retinol or Vitamin C (or both) can go a long way toward paving the way to graceful aging. Retinol can only be used at night, most likely twice a week or so. Vitamin C can be used daily and applied either morning or night. Again, sun protection is paramount if you add in Retinol, as it reduces your skin’s natural resistance to the damaging rays.

Look Better, Feel Better, Live Better

Skin care is but one facet of our overall health, but from an appearance standpoint, a crucial one at that. If you’re 40 plus reading this, be patient as our next blog installment will address skin care in the 40’s, 50’s, 60’s, and beyond. In the meantime, anything from the 20’s and 30’s section is appropriate as a base of care.

       “Think how lucky you are that the skin you live in so

             beautifully holds the ‘You’ who's within.”
 

                                           Michael Tyler, The Skin You Live In  

PS: Does anyone out there have any practical skin care tips? Please, do share with us. Do you have any questions we might answer? As always, your input and questions are welcomed! Take good care (pun intended!).