Through every stage of life our skin changes and we develop new concerns and insecurities along the way. Rather than staring at yourself in the mirror and tearing yourself apart over small blemishes, try to remind yourself skin care is a journey full of ups and downs. When we are babies, we are too young to appreciate the effortlessly clear skin we have naturally, and as we grow up, we can’t help but find a new flaw to fixate on. Accomplishing your skin care goals can be challenging alone, so leave it to your skin care experts to get you on the path to skin success. In honor of National Love Your Skin Day, we thought we could highlight the importance of loving your skin through every age.
Beginning of Your Journey
At Live Young Wellness Spa, we will begin with a Visia Skin Analysis to analyze your skin age based on thousands of other people of the same age and gender and depict the areas that need improvement. This analysis will specifically highlight your spots, wrinkles, texture, pores, UV spots, brown spots, red areas, and porphyrins. One of our providers will go in depth explaining your results on every skin concern and review treatments that will target your desired areas. At Live Young Wellness Spa, we have patients of all ages, and we love seeing you fall in love with your skin again. One of the beauties of the aesthetics world is guiding someone through a personalized plan with proper skin care maintenance to reveal radiant skin later. The start of your skin care journey is just as beautiful as the finish.
Childhood
Remember the days you didn’t have a care in the world? The mornings you would wake up and get dressed and look in the mirror and not have a single doubt in your mind. Those were the days. As children, we have ultra-soft and smooth skin that produces collagen abundantly. During this time, your collagen production is the highest it will be in your entire lifetime. This allows your skin to have rapid cell turnover and skin renewal, which explains the smooth texture and skin clarity. Unfortunately, we don’t have the ability to truly appreciate the beauty of our young and healthy skin at this age.
Adolescence
As you are going through puberty, your hormones can trigger an overproduction of oil in your skin creating breakouts. At this stage of life, it can be difficult to clear your breakouts because teenagers are often inconsistent with their skin care regimen. Skin care maintenance is something we put a heavy emphasis on at Live Young Wellness Spa. It’s a necessity to be consistent with your skincare routine and adolescents are often forgetful when it comes to cleansing and moisturizing their faces. Our skin care experts recommend a simple skincare routine at this stage because there is a higher chance of consistency. As breakouts become common during this time, insecurities can develop. Try to remind yourself that it’s just a phase and it won’t last forever.
Middle Age
Many people tend to notice a change in their appearance again during the middle of adulthood. Common skin concerns you may be experiencing are thinning, sagging, wrinkling, age spots, and dark spots. After your mid to late 20’s and late 30’s your collagen production decreases, and after that you lose about 1% of your collagen every year. Collagen levels will drop substantially by age 40, and this is a major component of aging. At Live Young Wellness Spa, we recommend utilizing laser treatments to reverse signs of aging and being religious about your skincare routine. Our injectors can also analyze your skin and inject neurotoxin and fillers into desired areas to reduce fine lines and wrinkles making them appear less noticeable. It’s important to understand environmental factors such as sun damage, pollution, stress, and gravity contribute to the aging process as well. Sun exposure is the biggest environmental factor that causes skin aging, so wearing sunscreen and shielding your skin from the sun can help you age gracefully and prevent further damage. Aging can be frustrating but try to focus on taking precautions and following skin care advice from our experts, so your age feels like just a number!
Old Age
Growing old comes with an increase in fine lines, wrinkles, increasingly thinner skin, and a decline in elasticity from the minimal amount of collagen. It’s common to develop dryer skin because of the lack of oil production, so moisturizing will be essential. As you age, we hope you feel better knowing you are not alone on this skin care journey, our skin care experts will be with you along the way. Aging is inevitable, but you do have some control over your skin age. You could be 60 years old but look 10 years younger! The secret lies within consistency with skin care maintenance. If you prioritize your skin health early on your skin will age like fine wine! At Live Young Wellness Spa, we understand the various stages of your skin can be difficult, but we are here to help every step of the way. We are in Flower Mound, Castle Hills, Allen, Prosper, and Argyle, and coming soon to Fort Worth, TX!
