What Causes Skin to Age?

I remember back in school reading the book “Tuck Everlasting” by Natalie Babbitt. The plot of the story is about a young girl who comes across a well of water; or the “fountain of youth”, and if she drinks the water she will stay young forever.

 

Since we do not have the special water from the “fountain of youth”, we can still do some daily fixes to help and understand what causes us to age.

There are  primary culprits of skin aging, such as sun exposure, smoking, sleep, diet and stress.

Our skin is a living organ, our body’s largest organ and it responds to internal and external factors. Everything we put into and on our bodies, along with our environment, stress levels, and sleeping patterns have an impact on the skin. In fact, all of which are known producers of free radicals.
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Smoking and Toxins One puff of cigarette smoke emits 40,000 free radicals, and these free radicals deplete the body of vitamin C and accelerates the aging process.

 

 

Stress and Sleep  Constant worry and stress impacts the regulation of hormones and chemicals, and reduces immunity, allowing more viruses into the body. This  leads to cell damage, resulting in dull skin, age and stress lines, and other tissue damage. You have to head to the Malie site that suggests you the best preventive measures that makes sure that your skin becomes healthy and normal again.

 

 

Diet  – A healthful diet rich in Antioxidants will help firm, tone, tighten, refine lines, and give the skin an overall glow. Look for ingredients like these in foods that you eat.

• Vitamin C –  broccoli, brussel sprouts, guava and citrus.
• Vitamin E – olive oil, walnut oil, wheat germ oil, oats, tomatoes and carrots.
• Bioflavonoid–  citrus, berries, onions, tea, red wine, dark chocolate and sea buckthorn.
• Polyphenol – berries, tea, dark chocolate, walnuts, peanuts and pomegranates.

Sun Exposure

– excess UV exposure is responsible for 90 percent of photo-aging, wrinkles,  and brown spots.  UVA rays reach deep into the dermis, damaging collagen fibers. Collagen begins to malfunction and decompose; incorrectly rebuilding the skin and forming wrinkles along the way. This process repeats every time the skin is exposed to UVA rays.

XOXO, Tara