Skin Health In your 40s: Microdermabrasion is The Investment You Should Be Making In Your Skin

Let’s put the cards on the table: we are all going to get wrinkled eventually, some sooner, some later. Those of you that are being predisposed to get wrinkles later are either genetically blessed with oily skin, or take very care of yourselves. Many of you will ask why should we fight nature, when wrinkles are part of the aging process and if we want to age gracefully, we need to accept the fact that our skin is eventually going to fail us.

Well I do not agree with this notion, simply because we do not live in an era where nature can take its course and do its thing in the right time; instead, technology hits us so hard that in this battle we lose a few priceless years of beauty and wrinkle-free faces. Luckily, technology is a two-way path, so we can get back some of the stolen years through various anti-age technologies like creams and procedures.

Air pollution, junk food, stressful life, and a lot of low-quality makeup takes its taxes on our skin daily. So when you reach 40 and start noticing the first fine lines on your face, it will soon hit you; you need to do something to keep your skin’s health on track. A lot of women that have already went through such period swear by the great microdermabrasion results.

Microdermabrasion is a procedure of peeling off the outer layer of the skin using diamonds or microcrystals. The procedure is done once a month, or once in two months depending on how damaged your skin is. Microdermabrasion results in revealing the younger, softer and healthy-looking skin of your face. Besides this main effect, the side advantages you get as part of the microdermabrasion results include decreasing the appearance of scarring, pore size and reduction of superficial hyper-pigmentation (also known as age spots). Generally, this procedure is painless and it is rather inexpensive, but then again it all depends on the clinic you choose.

Another approach towards better, softer and wrinkle-free skin in your 40s, is to take matters into your own hands and stop the process from the very beginning. Meaning, start leading a healthier life and commit to your skin. If you are in your late 20s and early 30s, this is the right time to start. Experts from L’Oreal Paris, the famous makeup and face care brand, advise all women (and men) to drink at least 8 glasses of water a day, eat a lot of fresh fruit and vegetables rich in antioxidants (ingredients that fight against aging process) and avoid the main enemies of healthy skin: cigarettes and passive smoking, alcohol and junk food. Regular sweating, meditation and proper face care routines are also advisable.

So, do not neglect your skin; as much as you want to lie to yourself that a few fine lines (at the age of 40-45) do not mean a thing as long as you are healthy and happy, sooner or later they will take their tax on your confidence and mood. To all women in their 40s out there: as long as you can walk in high heels, your face needs to be as soft and smooth as a baby’s tush!