We have reached the last instalment of this saga of 4 articles on how to take care of your skin… according to your age. The first was the 20s, then the 30s, then the 40s and now we are going to look at how to have a skin care in your 50s and beyond.
The structure of the skin changes with age, and the 50s of today are not the 50s of the previous generation. We want to keep looking beautiful and best of all: IT IS POSSIBLE.
When we reach this age, our skin undergoes some completely normal structural changes due to the menopause, as we have less hormones, the synthesis of collagen is greatly reduced and this causes a decrease in the density of our skin, the appearance and intensification of wrinkles, flaccidity…
Also, as we get older, our skin tends to become drier and less luminous, so we need to change the ingredients in the products we have been using up to now.
CHANGES ON YOUR SKIN CARE IN YOUR 50s
By the time we reach our 50s, we all surely have an established routine, minimum cleansing, moisturising and sun protection, in reality the steps are not going to change much but the ingredients in the products. At this age we have to opt for richer textures and more lipids in the formulations to maintain a good hydrolipidic balance.
- CLEANSING: In these four weeks, I have insisted a lot on the importance of cleansing for the care of our skin. There are two steps we can never forget, and this is one of them, for all skin types and ages. We should NEVER skip this step.
- TREATMENT: We need to focus on: antioxidants, hydration, firmness, wrinkles and depigmentation.
As antioxidants, the one we all know best is vitamin C. It will bring luminosity to the face, will help to even the tone and will help to synthesise collagen and elastin. It can be used in the morning and/or at night, but I usually recommend it in the morning because when we get up, we look tired and the vitamin C will help to improve the appearance and care of the skin and, in addition, for the night we have something more powerful.
Moisturising is also very important, because as we said before, as we age, the skin dries out and if we use active ingredients that retain water (such as hyaluronic acid), we will feel the skin much more comfortable and without tightness.
As for firmness, here we have a main active ingredient: collagen. By using a cream with collagen, we will give a helping hand to vitamin C, which is responsible for stimulating its synthesis. As you can see, it is not just one ingredient that is important, the ideal is to use different active ingredients that work in synergy and optimise each one of them. Do not you feel like putting on a collagen mask right now, relaxing and taking care of your skin for 15 or 20 minutes?
The anti-wrinkle component par excellence is retinol. Retinol will make a cellular renewal, that is to say, a chemical exfoliation, in this way, we will have a visibly improved skin and it will also help to improve the pigmentation of the skin, of course, it must always be used at night, starting with low concentrations a couple of times a week (until we have retinized skin) and we can increase the frequency and concentration and without forgetting the sunscreen the next day.
From the age of 50 onwards is the perfect age to start using depigmentation products. Exposure to the sun throughout life and hyperpigmentation of the skin is more common. With Caudalie’s Vinoperfect serum you will achieve a more luminous and even skin tone.
- SUNSCREEN: Once again I insist on this: no matter how well we are doing our routine, if we do not use sun protection on a daily basis, all the skin care is not going to help, as protection against the sun’s radiation is THE BEST anti-ageing treatment on the market.
This is just a brief overview of ingredients and how to use them, there are also many others such as niacinamide, shea butter, jojoba oil, bakuchiol, alpha, beta and polyhydroxy acids… that will be used to treat spots, wrinkles, and all kinds of signs of ageing, but if we stop to talk about each one of them we will never finish.
However, if you like this kind of articles, leave it in the comments and I can talk from time to time about a specific ingredient and see how and when it is used, what it is used for, with which other active ingredients it can be mixed, with which not… do you feel like it? ????
