Premature Ageing, Causes and Treatment

Skin Premature Ageing -Causes

The biological clock of course is always ticking, but certain factors speed up the clock – hereditary factors and the force of gravity – pulling down the skin – which, of course, we cannot really avoid. But there are also outside factors that affect the speed of the ageing process – and these include stress (that classic word that is overused and miss understood), which may include physical or mental stress.  Diet also causes for speeds up the ageing process – poor diet, lack of nutritious foods, high fat and high sugar foods, over consumption of foods and irregular eating patterns also contribute to premature ageing. Alcohol is also another major causes in the ageing of skin – not only is this legal drug dehydrating but also lacking in nutrition. Smoking is also another major factor in the premature ageing of the skin – it dehydrates the system and causes fine lines around the mouth…. It also has other health damaging properties too diverse. Exposure to the damaging rays of the sun, are also another factor in speeding up the process of ageing the skin and much literature is available on this and the damaging effects of UV rays – both naturally and from artificial sources – such as Tanning machines.

So why do all of the above affect the skin this way? Because of free radicals are produced when the body from natural processes produces toxins, which are not expelled from the body, so they build up the toxicity of the body and age it at an accelerated rate. And talking of wrinkles – the  aged skin is sagging, due to gravity and the loss of collagen in the skin,  which in turn causes loss of skin tone and elasticity. Which in turn causes fine wrinkles that in time turn to deeper wrinkles caused by the above and the lack of moisture in the skin. Advanced aged skin has lost its structure, becoming fine (shows capillaries) and possible pigmentation. Mature skin can been seen on someone 18 years of age or 80 – its not the age of the person but the age of the skin itself.

Skin Premature Ageing Treatment –  Revive At A Spa

In this day and age with high pressure jobs, and stressful 24/7 lifestyles we need to find a little peace and tranquility – the spa is the place to go to relax, rejuvenate or simple to unwind. Since stress causes aging, busting stress will also bring back a youthful glow to your skin. It is commonplace for hotels to have spas, as guests staying in the business hotel to the leisure hotel are looking for a little piece of heaven. We have the appreciation of what these havens of calm can do for us – the Spa has come on a long way and now offers a huge range of styles of treatments and different product uses. In fact now there are treatments that come as packages to revive your sagging skin, not just of your face but your whole body, like wraps, massages, scrubs that target problem areas of the body while distressing you. We also have the express spa becoming popular. In your lunchtime

why not have a relaxing massage and a few fillers thrown in to get rid of your crows feet around your eyes! In the western countries they have gone crazy for lunchtime procedures for a more youthful looking skin. The beauty industry is driven by the needs of the guest – and it is estimated that one in three women over thirty (in the UK) are using anti ageing products, and compliment home use of products with various treatments for anti ageing. Home use products affect the top layer of the skin whilst salon based treatments work on the deeper layers of the skin

For one to have younger looking skin, it must have a youthful glow, smoothness, elimination of discoloration and a firmness about it. And most products available offer various claims around these criteria – salon based skin care treatments include Chemical peels, Microdermabrasion, Laser therapy and various injections of botox and other fillers – which literally fill in the gaps!

How to prevent premature ageing process

These various techniques boost the skin cells, renew the skin, or lighten the skin. But if that all seems a bit to high tech and drastic – lasers, needles; then why not settle for the classic facial – the combination of massage movements (defying the force of gravity) and the professional products that the Spa uses can have a wondrous effect on the skin and whilst much research and heated debate surrounds these anti ageing products and procedures surely getting a regular facial must have a benefit on the skin – from the relaxation angle to the products themselves. Huge amounts of research and money goes into developing new, bigger better products – containing a host of ingredients – from Vitamin A, which from its light inflammatory action plumps up the skin, to AHA (Fruit Acids), which shred the old dead skin cells to reveal new skin cells to Vitamin C, which has a brightening effect on the skin and boosts circulation and collagen production, so the thousand dollar question is does any of this really work?

Slow Down The Ageing Process

• Reducing or improving stress levels to a tolerable level is a positive step to slowing that clock down.
• Modest intake of food and a wide variety of foods will maintain an optimum weight and therefore slow down the ageing problem – the old proverbs – We are what we eat and beauty from the inside – are in fact very true.
• Eating plenty of anti oxidant fighting foods – ones containing Vitamins and minerals – for example green leafy vegetables, berries and oily fish.
• Using a high SPF factor sunscreen or sun block all the time – and wearing a brimmed hat to protect you from the sun – even on a cloudy day
• Drinking plenty of water to flush toxins out of the system and to cleanse the body – the aged skin is wrinkled mainly due to dehydration – water re hydrates the system.