The Top 5 Reasons for Premature Aging of the Facial Skin
Premature aging of the skin can seem to happen overnight, with the appearance of a new winkle or an age spot. The facial skin is always exposed, hence is prone to damage from the elements. Facial rejuvenatiion treatment can reverse much of the damage from premature aging.
Things that can cause skin to age prematurely
Aging skin is a fact of life that few people escape. Some ethnicities age better than others, with fewer wrinkles and age spots, but all facial skin ages over time and can benefit from facial rejuvenation treatment. Some things that can speed up the aging process of facial skin include:
1. Sun exposure can advance the skin’s chronological age, causing age spots, wrinkles, a reduction in our skin’s elasticity, and sagging skin. Some experts estimate that around 70% of the skin’s actual aging process is dependent on how much sunlight our skin is exposed to through our lives.
The radiation from the sun increases the destruction of the skin’s collagen fibers, causing them to become rigid and fragile and destroying their basic structure in a process called solar elastosis. This speeded up oxidation process also damages the skin cells’ fragile genetic material, causing the cells to divide abnormally into pre-malignant and malignant skin lesions.
This results in rough, thin, wrinkled, aging skin. Extensive sunning of the facial skin can also cause damage to the oil glands that results in dry and sensitive skin.
2. Smokers have a 60% lower blood level of Vitamin C than non-smokers, which is the direct cause of premature wrinkles, smile lines, and fine lines above the lip. These wrinkles appear between 10-15 years earlier on smokers than they do on non-smokers.
Vitamin C is necessary for the production of the collagen fibers that create the elasticity of the skin that makes it look healthy and youthful. Without the proper amounts of Vitamin C, the skin of smokers ages prematurely.
3. Diet is another important facet of premature aging of skin. When one’s diet is filled with a lot of sugar, the connective tissue of the skin becomes rigid and loses its elasticity. A proper amount of protein in the diet is necessary for the production of hyaluronic acid, collagen and the elastin fibers that give the skin a healthy glow.
Antioxidants are necessary for combating the ravages of sun exposure, air pollution, and chronic diseases that deplete our skin’s nutrients and create premature aging. The antioxidants such as lutein, lycopene and beta-carotene found in fruits, vegetables, and especially in berries partially counteract this oxidative damage. Rich in Vitamin C, fruits and vegetables are critical for the production of collagen for the skin.
4. The way a person’s skin ages is also dependent on his or her genetics as how well the body repairs genetic damage and produces natural antioxidants is determined by the genes inherited from one’s parents.
5. Prolonged stress causes increased production of cortisol and adrenaline, which accelerate the aging process. Stress often interferes with sleep, causing a lack of deep sleep, when the pituitary gland secretes growth hormone, and an important factor in delaying the aging process and renewing tissues.
Facial rejuvenation treatment improves wrinkles and aging, and gives the recipeint a healthy, glowing skin.