If we break skincare down into its basic components, you’ll understand a little more about how you can use a multi-focussed approach to genuinely looking years younger without going under the knife.
In our thirties, the moisture transfer between our dermis and epidermis slows down, and in our forties the collagen and elastin fibres become less elastic and break more easily, leading to sagging skin. With age, our skin basically becomes thinner and less elastic, and the fat pockets under our skin also diminish.
So what can we do that doesn’t involve general anaesthetic?
Actually, lots…
Eat your way to healthy skin.
Our bodies produce and maintain their own collagen and elastin stores – which basically forms our connective tissue – so going out of our way to consume foods and supplements that help our bodies to keep doing this will genuinely help slow down our body’s ageing process. And remember, you can have all the surgery you like, but if your body’s connective tissue is falling apart because of constant, poor lifestyle choices, you’re going to end up with bigger problems than wrinkles!
Collagen is the most abundant protein in the human body and basically holds the show together by means of our afore-mentioned connective tissue (think ligaments, cartilage, blood vessels…). High protein foods contain amino acids, the building blocks of collagen – which is why foods like legumes, soy, beef, poultry, fish and nuts are so good for us. The omega-3 fatty acids and zinc in fatty fish (salmon, sardines, tuna, anchovies...) help with skin moisture and cellular turnover, and dark leafy greens and berries have high levels of antioxidants which reduce the free radicals that age the skin. So eat up foks!
Do some research – transformative skincare is a thing!
Now let’s talk about the lotions and potions. Trust me when I say that the modern woman (and man) has a lot of incredibly effective creams and serums at their fingertips. It’s not just the top end companies delivering on anti-ageing promises anymore. There’s a lot of affordable products that deliver the latest in high quality actives that give a fantastic helping hand to your natural moisture, collagen and elastin stores.
Niacinamide, Hyaluronic Acid, Retinol, Glycolic Acid, Squalene…these are some of the best and most scientifically proven ingredients to look for when buying skincare that can truly make a different to what you see when you look in the mirror.
The facelift you have when you don’t want a facelift…
So if you’re doing your best to feed your skin from the outside and the inside with great skincare and collagen-building goodies, then the final, non-invasive frontier awaits!
The basic premise for non-invasive cosmetic treatments is often centred around damaging the deeper collagen and elastin layers to get them to re-grow with better strength and in greater numbers. This is the essence of our lost youth…the diminished number and quality of the deep connective tissue in our skin.
Ultrasound treatment like Ultherapy is probably the gold standard for these treatments, with your new and improved skin revealing itself after around three months. This is how long it takes for the new, deep tissue to develop and show its tightening and lifting effects on your outer skin layers.
Another exciting option and one of the newest jewels in the anti-aging world’s crown is Bio Remodelling. This is only newly available in Australia but its following overseas is enormous, thanks to some pretty incredible results.
You’ll enjoy your Bio Remodelling by way of 5 injection sites on each side of the face, where ultrapure Hyaluronic Acid (HA – this occurs naturally in our bodies) is delivered into the tissue, giving it a super hit of moisture from the inside. The HA then moves around under and through the skin tissue, somewhat like honey, revving up our collagen and elastin stores to boot. Unlike fillers that basically sit in little chunks in any areas that you’d like to fill or contour, Bio Remodelling actually shows your skin how to move backwards along its own timeline so you’re not at risk of looking like anything but your beautiful, younger self!
So there’s lots you can do if you’d like to turn back the clock a few years but don’t have the big bucks or the desire for a hospital stay. And there’s also a lot to be said for ageing gracefully and embracing what those years of life experience reflect in our faces – so wherever you sit on that continuum, there’s a happy place to be found for each of us!
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