Anti-Ageing: How important is Anti-Ageing

Do you know what your skin type is? oily? combination/normal? sensitive? dry? ageing/sun-damaged?

Know Your Skin Type

The first step is the all-important step. Find out what’s your skin type. Knowing your skin type helps you choose suitable remedies that tackle your skin problems directly.

Oily:
Skin shiny with pores, and is prone to blackheads and blemishes.

Combination/normal:
Skin with medium pores, a smooth and even texture, good circulation, healthy skin color, may be dry on the cheeks and oily in the t-zone.

Sensitive: 
Sensitive skin tends to be thin, with fine pores and frequently allergic and can be rashy.

Dry:
Feels tight on skin especially after cleansing the face. Fine wrinkles, flaking and red patches are signs of dry skin. Besides that, skin may appear ashy or dull from dead skin buildup especially in women.

Ageing or sun-damaged:
Feels tight with visible wrinkles, fine lines, sagging chin, slack skin tone especially around the cheeks and jaw line (with leathery texture and broken capillaries)

Skin care is one of the highest growths in cosmetics and toiletries products. Especially, anti-ageing and nourishing skin care products have good demand and forecast to be fast growing in the skin care segments. Consumers are now expecting more on exfoliating products in the market which are user friendly, suitable to be used on daily basis as well as to brightening and resurfacing. Since there is demand on anti-ageing skin care product, mean most of you as a consumer is more concern about ageing skin.

Anti-ageing is about Turn Back the Clock
Our outer skin layer become thins with ageing. Ageing is natural but undesirable for most of us. Unfortunately, we as a human must go through the process of ageing. But we always thinking of to turn back the clock or anti-ageing, it is process to slow, prevents, or reverses the ageing process.

Want your skin reverse back to flawless skin?

Signature of Ageing Skin
An ageing skin is easily identifiable by a few common characteristics. Sagging chin and spots on the face are common. Skin may become thinner and drier, and wrinkles begin to show. Around the eyelid, skin becomes loose and wrinkled, which often appears in a “crow’s feet” pattern. Besides that, the lower eyelid starts to become baggy and dropping. A grayish- white ring called arcus corneus or arcus senile begin to develop on the outer surface of the eye cornea. Also, loses of pigment on the coloured portion of the eye iris is common, and you can spot this easily with many elderly people with gray or light blue eyes.

 Do you have these on your skin?

Importance of Anti-Aging
Anti- ageing properties are important to slow or prevent or reduce the effects of ageing. It reduces signs of aging and revitalizes the skin. It reduces wrinkles and fine lines while at the same time smoothens uneven skin texture. Other benefits include reducing area under eye darkening, stimulate renewal of skin cells and restore skin elasticity release. Users on anti-ageing properties will also find dry skin being moisturized and a general healthier skin. It also protects against external or internal threats affecting ageing skin.

Do This and You can Reduce Ageing!
What can we do to reduce ageing? There are many simple daily habits you can develop. The obvious ones are of course regular exercise and avoiding too much sun exposure. Reducing stress and reducing caffeine (such as tea, coffee or Cola drinks) also helps in slowing ageing. Other than that, avoid high fat intake, reduce alcohol drinking and reduce cigarette smoking. Adequate sleep and by sleeping on your back, can also slow ageing. Another oft-overlooked aspect is overwashing your face. 

Change your daily habits to reduce ageing.

There you have it! A quick overview of ageing, what causes it, and how to prevent it.

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