What Makes Us Look Older?

Glowing and vibrant skin never goes out of style. Keeping a radiant look isn’t always easy in our busy world. There are reasons that your skin may have lost its youthful glow.  Our skin sheds dead cells every day, but as we get older this process slows down. These old cells that remain make our complexion lackluster.

There are a few things that add to this dullness. They include:

1. You are dehydrated and your skin is too. Dehydration slows the blood flow to the skin, affecting the color and texture.
2. You aren’t exfoliating properly or enough. Exfoliating helps to remove the old skin cells and allows for new ones to form, giving your skin more glow.
3. Lack of moisturizing is a problem. Your skin needs to be moisturized and nourished. If it isn’t the skin tone will be uneven and the texture will be a little rough, making you look older.
4. Stress makes us look older by causing more creation of cortisol that affects skin tone.
5. Being sleep-deprived will impact how we look. It is when we sleep the new cells are reproduced. If they don’t have the time and opportunity to do that, it just won’t happen.
6. If you smoke you are adding harmful substances that affect skin integrity and structure. These cause collagen breakdowns that will make your skin look waxy, sallow, and wrinkled.
7. Some makeup can be heavy in chalky powders that absorb oils from the skin. This will dry out the skin leaving it dull and adding to the formation of lines and wrinkles.
8. A poor diet will not only affect your health but it will affect the look of your skin. Eating plenty of vegetables and fruits encourages healthy skin.

There have been many advances in science and technology that allow for an improved look. The cosmetic and beauty industry has done much to bring about treatments that can improve the look and feel of your skin. There is even a growing understanding of tools and treatments that can help prevent or slow the look of aging.

The proliferation of treatments to help you look younger grows each day. Here are some of the more popular treatments that are used in the effort to turn back the clock on aging.

1. Botox is considered to be the fastest-growing treatment for lines and wrinkles. It is even being used to slow the progression of lines and wrinkles. There are other products that are similar to Botox, like Xeomin.
2. Laser resurfacing will remove old skin cells and encourage new collagen production to help your skin to glow and be more elastic.
3. Dermal fillers are great for adding volume in places that have lost it due to fat setting or disappearing. These can make your lips, cheeks, and other parts of your face look more full. They can also be used to reduce certain types of lines and wrinkles.

Other options to achieve your beauty goals are available at Northern California Wellness. To find out about the full range of treatments we have available to make you look younger, please our friendly and trained staff a call. For more information, contact us or schedule an appointment online. We are located at 877 Embarcadero Dr Suite 2, El Dorado Hills, CA 95762. We serve clients from El Dorado Hills CA, Folsom CA, Clarksville CA, Cameron Park CA, Granite Bay CA, Alder Creek CA, and Orangevale CA.