Adjusting Your Skin Care to Fit Your Age

Are you looking for a way to slow down the effects of aging and restore a more youthful appearance? You'll need an effective strategy that combines a variety of treatment options, customized for your needs.

How to optimize your skin care to fit your age? This issue raises both much interest and much confusion. Some experts declare that the need to adapt a skin care routine to fit a particular age is marginal because the essential physiology of the skin does not change all that much. Others assert that your skin care routine should account for every hormonal change in the body, especially those associated with aging.

The truth is probably somewhere in the middle. The core mechanisms of skin physiology are the same at any age. Yet, many things do change, including metabolic rate, cell turnover rate, hormonal levels, accumulation of damaged cells and molecular garbage, prevalence of inflammation and so forth. Taking those into account is likely to provide extra benefits.

One of the biggest drawbacks to aging is that you lose pigment and color in your skin as you age, making you look pale and washed out. That is why making your skin appear lighter than its natural tone makes you look older. I can't count the number of times women have asked me how to add color and life to their face to help them look younger.

A perfect way to add color to your face is by "sculpting the face" blending multiple shades of foundation and powder in specific areas. The beauty of this technique is that it adds depth to the skin and shape to the face but looks completely natural. Adding dimension and color to your face will definitely give you that youthful glow you have been looking for.

How many of you have looked in the mirror and thought your face looked too full? Many women believe their face is too full (they think fat-not usually the case) and want to make it look slimmer. Believe it or not, it's simple to do. Keep in mind that you are just creating a subtle change, not performing surgery! By sculpting the face, you can slim down its appearance by using dark and light shades to subtly reshape it.