Skin Antiaging and Total Skin Care

Skin antiaging is not as critical to longevity as other aspects of your health, but it is important in terms of how you feel about your appearance and the confidence you have in yourself. In this sense it IS important to you.

Causes of Skin Aging

• Sun exposure
• Smoking
• Alcohol consumption
• Exposure to cold
• Stress
• Lack of sleep
• Dehydration
• Lack of exercise

Physiological Causes of Skin Aging.

• Chemical cosslinking of collagen and elastin
• Loss of moisture and hydration capability of your skin
• Decrease in the rate of cell turnover and renewal

Total skin care is a process that will address all these issues. Some of the environmental causes of skin aging are easily avoided. Smoking, overexposure to the sun or cold, lack of hydration, and alcohol consumption are all things you can control.

There are products that will help address the environmental assaults on your skin, and I will be searching out and recommending the best ones, including a good dry skin care product that I feel are of great benefit to maintain properly hydrated skin.

Sunscreens, cold weather creams, and lip balms, are designed to protect against skin damage from the outside. However in keeping with the concept of total skin care, you need to use nutrition as well to promote healthy skin.

Nutritional Approaches to Skin Antiaging

You need a good general multi-vitamin/mineral supplement, as well as anti-oxidants, and essential fatty acids. These nutritional basics were mentioned in the the antiaging guide I wrote for this site.

The vitamins and minerals supply the nutrients the body needs to do its cell repair work. Antioxidants protect against free radical induced cell damage and cross-linking of proteins. Essential fatty acids are needed for proper function of your immune system and lack of them can cause problems with inflammatory reactions that affect your skin!

Needless to say foods that are cooked in or contain trans fats, or which say hydrogenated or partially hardened should be avoided. These fats are dangerous and cause free radical production in your body which can age your skin at a faster rate than normal.

Do’s and Don’ts for Skin Antiaging and Total Skin Care

• If you drink alcohol, do so in moderation
• Don’t smoke, and if you do try to quit!
• Use sunscreen during prolonged sun exposure
• Use cold weather protection, including creams and lip balm
• Keep hydrated internally by drinking plenty of water and externally with a good dry skin care product
• Get proper exercise, reduce your stress, and get plenty of good quality sleep
• Follow the nutrition guidelines in the antiaging guide

Skin aging is a complex subject, and rather than analyze it in detail, I will be update this site on a regular basis with information on cutting edge products you can use for total skin care and skin antiaging.

Nancy's Pure Healthy Skin Care page

Daniela's Anti Aging Skin Care page

Shy's site Makeup Notebook on all aspects of makeup


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