As age number increases, body’s metabolism rate changes as we age. Thanks to technological advancement and rising health awareness, human’s life expectancy at birth has been prolonged as compared to 20 years ago from 67 to 73.
Source: https://www.who.int/data/gho/data/indicators/indicator-details/GHO/life-expectancy-at-birth-(years)
What is premature skin aging?
Premature aging refers to our skin shows sign like fine lines and wrinkles, sagging, hyperpigmentation, dryness, itchiness, and so on in 20s or early 30s.
What causes premature skin aging?
Here are the common factors we come across:
· Stress
· Lifestyle (smoking, alcohol consumption, imbalance diet, sleeping late, insufficient water intake)
· Exposure to UV and pollutants
How to delay skin aging?
1. Skincare routine
Understand your what your skin tells you. Dry? Irritation? Are you using the product that suits your skin?
Always use mild cleanser to prevent natural oil from the skin being stripped off.
Serum carries nutrients to skin helps to hydrate skin, promote skin cell renewal, smoothen fine lines and protect skin from free radical damage.
Keep your skin moisturised using face oil or good moisturiser that give protection to skin and stay hydrated.
And - use sunscreen and reapply every 2-3 hours!
From personal experience, skincare routine can be simple, relaxing and effective – as long as you apply the right product! You may check out our skincare products to learn more about how they can help in delaying skin aging.
Skincare products with natural ingredients (and no synthetic chemical) are gentle to skin, ease absorption and bring nutrients that works well on skin (without burdening your liver). For those in great skin condition with glow without doing much – it is advisable to still maintain proper skincare routine because your great conditions deserved to be protected, which will further delay aging.
2. Maintain balanced diet & healthy lifestyle
Besides external care, internal care is also important. Keeping a balanced diet is one of the factor helps to delay skin aging and stay healthy with sufficient nutrients including antioxidants that out body needs. Smoking can damage collagen and elastin on skin, while excessive alcohol dehydrate skin. Adequate sleep is important. Body is to rest from 11pm for gallbladder and liver to start regulate, cleanse and detox. And exercising is always the key to a healthier you.
3. Manage stress
It is common to have stress in our daily life, knowingly or unknowingly. Mindfulness keeps awareness and stay afresh on what is happening. Ways to manage stress can be exercising, meditation, walking, do nothing, housekeeping, usage of essential oil that calms the senses, and so forth. Choose the way that you feel comfortable with and your body will like it.
It takes effort and consistency to see better skin and healthier you. It is in your hands how you want you to be. 😉
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