Your skin changes as you get older. It naturally loses elasticity, you’re prone to getting more wrinkles, blemishes, and your skin can look a lot duller than it once did. But just because these things happen naturally, it doesn’t mean you need to live with them.
In fact, getting good skincare habits in early can help you push back the effects of ageing on your skin, and this article is going to look at a few ways you can do just that.
Cleanse and Moisturise Properly
Cleansing twice a day removes all of the buildup on your skin from the day and from when you’re sleeping. You don’t want to use a harsh cleanser as this will strip away your skin’s natural barrier and leave you with dry, irritated skin. You want a gentle cleanse followed by a moisturiser that is suited for your skin type. Apply it to your skin after cleansing to lock in moisture and avoid dry skin.
At night, opt for a richer moisturiser to help you boost moisture levels that can dwindle as you get older.
Protect Your Skin
Sun damage is one of the leading causes of premature ageing. Wrinkles, pigmentation, and loss of firmness are all linked to and accelerated by UV exposure over time. You need to wear daily SPF even on cloudy days or even days you don’t go outside much.
Your skin can be exposed to UV rays through the clouds and glass, so protection at all times will pay off in the long run. If you wear a wide-brimmed hat on particularly sunny days and sunglasses, you can protect the more delicate skin around your eyes too.
Support Skin From Within
Skincare isn’t just what you put on your face. Diet, hydration and sleep all show up in your skin over time. You need to make sure you’re drinking enough water to support healthy skin — your skin is around 64% water so it needs to be hydrated at all times.
From here, you need a diet rich in antioxidants and a balance of all of the nutrients your body needs to be healthy. A poor diet will show in your skin. Then you need to focus on keeping your stress levels low so that you can reduce the impact stress has on your skin in terms of breakouts, too.
Use Beauty Treatments
Not everyone needs all of the beauty treatments on the market, but there is likely going to be more than one that will be beneficial for you.
Alongside your at-home beauty treatments, you can book practitioners that can carry out treatments such as chemical peels, skin needling and laser resurfacing to target texture, tone and fine lines with more precision than creams or serums.
For deeper wrinkles or areas where skin has lost tone, treatments like Botox are commonly used to reduce the appearance of lines.
There’s not one right or wrong beauty treatment to choose from, but talking to a professional about what your skin needs, the goals from the treatment you want and anything else can help you unlock what the right ones for your skin are.
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