Skin care after 40 years
You need to take care of your skin from a young age. Moisturize, eat right, protect from the sun. After 40 years, wrinkles begin to climb at lightning speed, the body grows old – it’s time to take care of the skin even more actively.

We will tell you about the rules for skin care after 40 years at home, how to choose the right care and what cosmetic procedures are most effective.

Rules for skin care after 40 years at home

1. Hydration inside and out

With age, the skin becomes dry because the cells of the epidermis are no longer able to retain enough moisture. Many women over 40 experience a feeling of tight skin. To keep the skin moisturized, cosmetologists recommend drinking more water (at least 1,5 liters per day) and including foods rich in omega-3 acids (fatty fish, nuts, olive oil) in the daily diet. They have anti-inflammatory properties, nourish the cells from the inside and prevent the formation of wrinkles and flaking of the skin.

You need to moisturize the skin from the outside – choose good day and night creams.

2. Get enough sleep

Lack of sleep instantly affects the appearance – it is at night that the cells are restored most actively, replenishing the energy reserve. Those who work the night shift, do not sleep until the morning, often face the fact that the skin looks stale, becomes pale in color. Between 23:00 and 02:00 is the peak of the regeneration cycle. So, in order to preserve the youthfulness of the skin of the face and the body as a whole, go to bed no later than 23 pm and be sure to use a product that optimizes skin recovery – a night cream with a rich composition.

3. Connect Facial Gymnastics

Now face fitness is very popular – exercises for the face. Set aside just 5 minutes a day in the morning or evening for some effective exercises, and after 3-4 weeks you will notice amazing results. Facial fitness video tutorials can be found online. To make the skin look fresh in the morning, you can do facial fitness with an ice cube.

4. Eat mindfully

No wonder they say “you are what you eat”, health is very dependent on what and how we eat. Your plate must contain fats, proteins and carbohydrates.

The ideal food set for a woman after 40 contains omega-3 fatty acids (shrimp, salmon, dorado and other fatty fish) and antioxidants (vegetables, fruits) to fight free radicals.

5. Stay out of the sun

Walking in the bright sun is better not to abuse. UV rays destroy collagen and elastin: they accelerate skin aging. In addition, the sun can cause age spots. If you are on vacation in a hot country, do not forget to bring sunscreen with you and apply it to your skin as often as possible. It is also best to stay in the shade during the hottest time between noon and four.

Every woman should remember to protect her face from the sun. Make sure you have sunscreen in your makeup bag. For the city, a cream with SPF 15 (Sun Protection Factor) will be enough, outside the city or at sea – 30-50, – comments beautician Regina Khasanova.

Popular questions and answers

How to choose the right care?

Care begins in your bathroom – there must be a cleanser, tonic, cream on the shelf, this is the minimum basic set for every woman. Care begins with cleansing the skin – you can choose a foam, or a “wash” with a creamy texture. After washing, be sure to use a tonic to restore skin balance, ideally – a tonic with azulene (a component of essential oil obtained from chamomile flowers – Ed.), It is soft, gentle, – says Regina Khasanova. – Then there must be a cream, it can contain SPF, acids, vitamins, antioxidants – the richer the composition, the better the cream. The cream must be professional – this is called cosmeceuticals (this is active cosmetics developed at the intersection of two sciences – cosmetology and pharmacology – Ed.), Because the amount of active ingredients (moisturizing, brightening, leveling, etc.) they contain up to 20% , in non-professional – up to 2%. Yes, some professional creams are not cheap – but by smearing it in the morning, you will know that the product will definitely work. Also, the advantage of such cosmetics is that it is very economical.

As for evening care: wash off makeup, wash your face and apply face serum – it should also be of high quality, it should contain antioxidants, vitamin C, retinol (vitamin A), or you can apply a night cream. Every week, women after 40 need to do a roll, peeling gommage, I do not recommend scrubs – they injure the skin, especially coffee. Also, every week you need to apply a mask, also professional, it can be moisturizing or alginate. How to choose the right care – you need to focus on the acids in the composition, the active substances. Ideally, before buying cosmetics for home care, it is better to consult with a specialist, – says Regina Khasanova, cosmetologist.

What cosmetic procedures are the most effective?

I’ll start with a story about what happens to our facial skin – dystrophic changes in the skin, then – gravitational shift of soft tissues, loss of tissue volume, changes in the ligamentous apparatus. Age-related changes in muscles, skeletal changes also affect. After 35 years, the production of collagen decreases in women, and it is responsible for our tissue elasticity. Therefore, facial care after 40 years is very important: both basic care and procedures. You can do peelings: year-round – these are milk, almond, pyruvic, peeling with vitamin C and a number of other acids. If seasonal, when the sun is inactive, then retinoic or yellow.

You can also do biorevitalization in a course – these are injections. But there is one “but” – if the protein is not normal in a person, then there is no point in doing this procedure. First you need to normalize the protein in the body – after all, it performs a building function. Then you can do contour plastic surgery to replenish fat packages, it is also recommended to do contour plastic surgery in the lips of older women not for a fashionable shape, but for natural swelling, because over time the circular muscle of the mouth contracts and pulls inside the lips. That is why they become thinner with age. It is very useful to go for massages, a hardware procedure – microcurrents. Mesotherapy with vasoconstrictive drugs and vitamins is useful, – says beautician.

How to eat right?

Meals should be full three times a day without snacks. You can’t eat with snacks, because insulin resistance occurs (impaired metabolic response to endogenous or exogenous insulin – Ed.). Breakfast should contain fats, proteins, carbohydrates, lunch also, you can add freshly squeezed juices or fruit to it, for dinner there must be protein and fiber, no carbohydrates and fats. It is important to choose non-starchy vegetables for dinner: cucumbers, zucchini, arugula, spinach, eggplant, carrots. But starchy ones: potatoes, corn, legumes, pumpkin are best eaten for lunch, they should not be eaten in the evening.

In your diet, there must be fats – they perform a regulatory function, that is, they regulate the function of sex hormones. There should be both vegetable fats and animals. Vegetables are the most useful – they made a salad, seasoned with good oil – olive, sunflower. Some refuse cholesterol, but you need to know that our body definitely needs it, since it is a substrate for the formation of sex hormones. Dairy products are also needed – fat content should be at least 5%, low-fat foods are not absorbed by people.

Be sure to drink water throughout the day – one and a half to two liters, you can calculate your rate in a simple way – 30 ml of water per kilogram of weight. Many are not accustomed to drinking water, so that the habit of drinking water remains with you, drink from beautiful bottles, glasses, glasses, — the expert comments.

The cosmetologist advises to undergo medical examination every year, take tests and monitor the level of vitamin D, omega 3 in the body so that the cells are healthy and elastic. Be sure to drink water throughout the day – one and a half to two liters, you can calculate your rate in a simple way – 30 ml of water per kilogram of weight. If you follow the recommendations, your skin will thank you.

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