Skin Care To Stay Young

 

The Old age is over the time of the decline of organs function - including the skin itself. This aging process is rapidly can be seen on the skin where the organs begin to have wrinkles, folds, the lines clearly on the face, decreasing skin especially on the chin. Skin on face seems to be drier, thin, rough, loose elasticity, the spots - patches of hyper pigmentation, and sometimes there is some shapes of tumors.

Before we talk more about skin care in old age, it is better you know the factors influence the process of premature aging of the skin.

  1. Sunlight is the most important factors of skin aging process. getting sunlight quite long and constantly will cause cumulative damage to the skin. It will look like on a farmer. The damage on collagen and elastic fibers that can cause wrinkles, folds, the lines on face, brownish / blackish spots - patches and tumor shapes that can be more malignancy. The Effect of sunlight is greatest around at 10:00 am until 15:00 pm. The existence of fog and pollutant (dust and smoke) may facilitate the absorption of light which is dangerous.
  2. Smoking can cause wrinkles on the upper lip and around the eyes. This is often seen at - heavy smokers. The presence of substances called bensopiren on cigarettes, the movement of the eyes to avoid the cigarette's smoke into the eyes, and movement on the mouth in smoking that can cause wrinkles.
  3. Changes in hormones, particularly: estrogen hormone for female.
  4. Stress
  5. Too much drinking alcohol, tea and coffee
  6. Weight loss too fast.
  7. The presence of sudden temperature changes without adequate protection of skin against the wind, heat, damp, cold, and air pollution.
  8. Missing teeth, especially canines can cause decrease in muscle around the mouth and cause wrinkles.
  9. The use of muscles that actually less necessary, for example: scowling and blinking in talking.
  10. Use cosmetics, whitening skin (bleaching preparations) that contain mercury or bismuth can cause a dry on skin. 
   

After knowing the factors, let us discuss about the care and treatment to slow the aging process

  1. Avoiding the sunburn on skin directly and wearing an umbrella, a wide brimmed hat, sunglasses, and wear sunscreen ingredients. The materials used for sunscreens containing: the acid - amino benzoic (PABA), bensofenon, homo-methyl salicylate, methyl Anthranilic
  2. Take normal rest time, get into the habit of regular exercise.
  3. Avoid smoking, drinking and strong-smelling foods, such as alcohol, coffee, strong tea, chili. Avoid sweet foods, foods high in fat and fried.
  4. It is advisable to eat foods containing protein, especially: pureness, unsaturated fat, low carbohydrate, 25,000 u vitamin A, vitamin B complex, vitamin C 500 mg, and vitamin E 800 u and minerals is sufficiently, for example: vegetables , fruits, seaweeds, beans, squash and seafood that contain iron, tough-skinned fruits, is very efficacious to smoothen the skin and as an antioxidant as well as increasing endurance and make the skin uneasy getting older.
  5. Drinking water every day at least 2000 cc.
  6. The skin should be kept clean without excessive cleaning. Should avoid excessive use of soap and using not too hot water. Soap and detergents can cause dry skin.
  7. Wearing cream moisturizer, both before and after making up. Do not forget to use eye cream on the area around the eye.
  8. On a dry skin moisturizer and can be provided with extracts of vegetable oil or a containing sesame, olive, peanut, and sunflower. Cream that contains the hormones estrogen, progesterone, and pregnenolone is lately to improve skin dryness and wrinkles
  9. To reduce wrinkles and lines on the face: by doing the massage on the spot (on forehead and neck, the movement is upward), the use of vitamin A acid, silicone injections, botulinum toxin injections, collagen injections, skin surgery, dermabrasion, and antioxidants used in topical (cream / lotion on face), especially vitamins C and E, to help cells repairing damaged skin from free radicals caused by UV radiation and smoking.
  10. If there is hyper pigmentation can be given Hydroquinone 2 to 5% salicylic acid or 10 - 20%.
  11. The tumor Shapes can be removed with kind of - surgical method.

This is the natural aging process which we can not prevent, but with a better pay attention to the skin, the aging process can be inhibited.