Skin Matters
Monday, September 24, 2007
Chronological Aging - 40 to 50
This is the age of repair.
By the age of 50, your cell turnover rate is taking twice as long as it did at age 20. Old skin cells stay on the surface longer, and they mask natural skin color and radiance, looking dull and dry and accentuating the bags, sags, lines and wrinkles created by the underlying loss of even more collagen and elastin. The loss of your underlying structure also contributes to thinning of the epidermis, which can cause skin to look papery, and lead to drooping eyelids or neck wattles. Pigmentation in surface skin levels becomes uneven, creating shadows, blotches, dark circles under eyes, and age spots on the face and the back of hands.
"The really frightening thing about middle age is that you know you'll grow out of it." - Doris Day
By the age of 50, your cell turnover rate is taking twice as long as it did at age 20. Old skin cells stay on the surface longer, and they mask natural skin color and radiance, looking dull and dry and accentuating the bags, sags, lines and wrinkles created by the underlying loss of even more collagen and elastin. The loss of your underlying structure also contributes to thinning of the epidermis, which can cause skin to look papery, and lead to drooping eyelids or neck wattles. Pigmentation in surface skin levels becomes uneven, creating shadows, blotches, dark circles under eyes, and age spots on the face and the back of hands.
"The really frightening thing about middle age is that you know you'll grow out of it." - Doris Day
Labels: aging, skin care, skin damage
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