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Fine Lines

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Call us at 820.783.3600 for a Tip to Toe Consultation at Blue Medi Spa will reveal a personalized beauty plan for you to arrest the aging process and rejuvenate your skins appearance.

The aging process shares both genetic and environmental components.

Intrinsic or chronological aging is aging under natural / normal circumstances. Heredity, genetic factors, lifestyle and the general nature of an individual’s physiology determine the rate of intrinsic aging.

Extrinsic aging is damage caused by external factors, such as the sun or harsh environments. Normal aging is exacerbated by these additional conditions, which also can include poor health and lifestyle choices such as alcohol and smoking. Approximately 85% of visible aging is due to extrinsic factors. The skin’s texture and tone are diminished greatly by these influences.

Skin damage is a cause and a well substantiated aspect of aging as well as free radical damage.

Free Radicals being one of the principal mechanisms of aging, they are highly and indiscriminately reactive chemicals that can damage any structure in living cells. Skin suffers additional free radical damage from sunlight and pollutants. The cell membrane is especially vulnerable to free radicals because it contains unsaturated fatty acids, which are highly reactive. Free radicals make the membrane rigid, fragile and leaky, in other words, dysfunctional.

Which brings us to “personal hygiene and maintenance of your skin”. Greater emphasis is now placed on nutrition and supplementation in the maintenance of skin’s health. There are a few nutrients our bodies really need and don’t get nearly enough of. Antioxidants, cell growth factors and other high performance ingredients can protect the integrity of the skin but internal consumption of specific important nutrients appears to help mitigate some symptoms of aging.

Many of the external causes of aging skin are determined by the health and lifestyle decisions you make every day. Making unhealthy choices can cause prematurely aging skin, and this makes you look older, faster.

An important part of any anti-aging skin care program is to know what you may be doing that is harming your skin and speeding up your skin's aging process.

Here are 6 habits that contribute to aging skin, making you look older than your years:

1. Sun exposure: Sun exposure is very aging to skin. Unprotected skin that is exposed to the sun becomes more mottled in appearance. Freckles can turn into brown sun spots, the skin takes on a dry, leathery appearance, and wrinkles and sagging increase. The risk of skin cancer is significantly increased by sun exposure.

2. Exercise: Living a sedentary life contributes to aging skin, because exercise helps to tone your muscles and get your blood flowing. Exercise should be an important part of every anti-aging skin care program.

3. Alcohol use: Alcohol contributes to aging skin by dilating small blood vessels in the skin and increasing blood flow near the skin's surface. Over time, these blood vessels can become permanently damaged, creating a flushed appearance and broken vessels on the skin’s surface.

4. Stress: Maybe you’ve heard this expression: “Don’t frown, your face could stay that way.” Stress and worry cause frowning, and over time the muscles in the face actually conform to that movement. To help reduce aging skin due to stress, be aware of your stress level and try to vary your facial expressions during the day. A good anti-aging skin care program should include meditation, yoga, gentle exercise or other relaxation techniques. Keeping stress in check -- and frown lines and aging skin wrinkles to a minimum -- will help you look and feel younger.

5. Sleep: Too little sleep makes you look and feel tired. One of the first places lack up sleep shows up is on the face, with dark circles and bags under the eyes, and sagging skin. Lack of sleep is also a major factor in memory loss and symptoms of depression that include low interest in daily activities and negative thinking.

While some signs of aging skin are inevitable, there’s a lot you can do to look your best at any age. Taking good care of yourself is the most important step in your anti-aging skin care program.

6. Cigarette smoke:
Whether you smoke, or you spend time with a smoker, cigarette smoke is damaging -- and aging -- to your skin. Research has shown that exposure to cigarette smoke significantly increases skin wrinkles and dryness. This is partly due to the behavior of smoking, and also because cigarette smoke depletes your body of Vitamin C, which is a key ingredient for keeping skin plump and moist.