The Face Aging Process
The twenties
In your twenties, your fibroblasts (cells deep within the
skin) are in optimum conditions, continuing to produce new collagens (proteins)
and elastins (substances to give elasticity to the skin) to support your skin.
Your sweat and oil glands keep your skin moist and lubricated. The blood in
your tissues gives your skin a healthy glow. Even when you contract your facial
muscles as you smile, the temporary folds vanish once you relax your facial
muscles.
Your skin simply looks gorgeous and stunning! Continue to
protect and maintain your skin before it is too late.
The late twenties
In your late twenties, superficial lines begin to appear on
the forehead and at the corners of your eyes. Tiny blood vessels start to surface
on your cheeks and your nose.
Your first wrinkles may appear around age 30—for some, even
well before that.
The thirties
In your thirties, there is a slight drop in the renewal rate
of your skin cells. The accumulation of dead skin cells makes your skin look
less fresh and drier. You need to scrub your face more often to get rid of the
dead skin cells.
Your fibroblasts become less active in producing collagens
(proteins) to support your skin, which by now may look less resilient. Dynamic
muscles due to muscle motion begin to form in the expression areas of your
face. In your late thirties, the fat layer under the skin begins to thin out,
creating slight hollows around your eyes, on your cheeks and your temples. Due
to a lack of support of the skin, there is sagging around the eyes, on the
cheeks, and along the jaw lines.
If you are a sun worshiper, you may have a crosshatched and
cobble-stoned look on your face, folds at the corners of your lips, uneven skin
texture, and pigmentation.
The forties
In your forties, the rate of skin aging accelerates due to
the slower rate of skin cell renewal, the loss of fats, and the shrinkage of
bones. In addition, gravity pulls your skin downward, lowering your eyebrows,
and making the tip of your nose droop, too—thus changing the overall physical
structure of your face. Such changes are gradual and almost unnoticeable to
you, but maybe apparent to others. More obvious signs of aging continue to
appear: bags under your lower eyelids; vertical lines between your eyebrows;
and deep-set wrinkles on your forehead.
The damaging effects of photo aging from the sun have become
more evident:
Formation of hyperkeratosis (raised
spots of thicker skin)
Freckles becoming old spots
Skin texture turning tough and
leathery
Formation of basal cells and even
malignant melanoma cancer cells
The fifties
In your fifties, the physical structure of your face further
diminishes due to continual loss of bone mass, elasticity, fat, moisture in
your skin, as well as the gravitational pull.
Your face may assume a crinkled appearance: crosshatching on
your cheeks; folds and wrinkles on your neck; deep-set lines around your mouth
extending to your chin; vertical lines extending up from your lip line;
drooping eyebrows and eyelids; and smaller as well as thinner lips.
The sixties
Your face may have become rectangular or trapezoid in shape.
Make yourself look younger and healthier for longer.
Nora Wise
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