Three Ways Of Skin Aging
Three ways of skin aging: collagen, hyaluronic and regeneration way.
Collagen
Though many things contribute to younger, healthier appearances, one of the most important is collagen. Approximately 80% of our skin is collagen, and is what provides the basic structure. Collagen makes skin stronger, thicker and suppler, which is what makes skin smooth, firm and young looking. But unfortunately as we age our skin looses collagen and our bodies gradually produce less and less.
In young skin, the collagen framework is intact and skin retains moisture and elasticity making it resilient to the many facial expressions we contort daily. But, over time, this vital support structure weakens and wears down causing our skin to become less resilient and tone. Every time we smile, frown or squint, we add stress on the collagen in your skin. The effects of these facial expressions become cumulative and facial lines begin to appear.
Sags and Bags or skin laxity is caused by a decrease in fat cells under the skin, the loss of collagen and elastin support fibers, and gravity weighing on lax tissue.
As a result noticeable transformations begin to occur to the face such as:
– Brow ptosis (droop) the forehead sags and eyebrows drape over the eyelids
– Upper eyelid ptosis (droop) and or baggy upper and lower eyelids
– Temples become hollow
– Hollow look to the eyes
– Cheeks appear flattened as fat pads migrate south
– Distinct lines form from the nose to the mouth
– Jowls appear as jaw line disappears
– The upper lip thins and diminishes
Stimulating skin cells to produce collagen can partly reverse this process. Stimulating collagen synthesis in aged skin was shown to reduce wrinkles and improve skin texture.
First, Vitamin C is essential for the synthesis of collagen, a key structural protein of the skin. Adding Vitamin C to a culture of skin cells (fibroblasts) dramatically increases the synthesis of collagen. Secondly, Vitamin C is an antioxidant and can help reduce skin damage caused by free radicals. So, when Vitamin C is properly delivered to skin cells, there is a good chance to reduce wrinkles and improve skin texture by helping the synthesis of collagen.
Loss of Hyaluronic Acid
Hyaluronic acid plays an important role in the way our skin looks, feels, and functions. A natural complex sugar found in all mammals, hyaluronic acid is a major component of the connective tissue matrix in the dermis — the dense, inner layer of skin beneath the epidermis. This matrix is made up of hyaluronic acid as well as two connective fibers — collagen and elastin.
Hyaluronic acid retains water like a sponge, absorbing more than 1,000 times its weight. This helps to attract and maintain water, hydrating our skin, increasing its volume and density and helping to contribute to the skin’s overall appearance.
As we age and our skin is exposed to environmental pollutants and the sun’s ultraviolet rays, our cells gradually lose the ability to produce hyaluronic acid. Studies have shown that older skin typically has lower levels of hyaluronic acid than younger skin. As we age, our skin tissue becomes dehydrated and the collagen and elastin fibers lose their structure, resulting in a loss of skin volume and the formation of the facial wrinkles and folds that are common characteristics of aged skin.
Regenerative way
Can be described as the decline in the rate of dividing epidermis skin cells. With age, (after 37-40 years of age) number of female hormones decrease in the body. the skin becomes less elastic, and wrinkles appear. In some people aged skin becomes dry; with detached epidermal dull cells. To block this process you must use rejuvenating scrubs, nourishing creams and firming serums, which stimulate the restoration of the skin.
Skin aging, is also due to a hormonal change, it refers to the internal signs of aging. Hormonal changes cause the production of collagen to stop, elastin destruction begins and the deterioration of blood circulation weakens intercellular connections. The most active signs of skin aging occur among women in menopausal stage, because menopause greatly reduces the production of estrogen in the body.
The aging process has two components: Hereditary and Acquired
There are many hypotheses about the biological causes of this process.
The theory of errors
Various diseases and frequency of their appearance depends on age. Scientists have put forward the hypothesis that aging is the result of the accumulation of errors at the cellular level. External causes (ionizing radiation, toxic products, etc.) and internal causes (free radicals), provoke the theory of errors in the genetic program. These errors lead to a breach of lost cell functions and even to the synthesis of abnormal proteins.
The theory of the biological clock
The basis of this theory is that any living organism has a life. We know that each species has a maximum life expectancy. For turtles, an average life expectancy is 130 years, for humans – 120 years, for cats 20 years, and for mice- only 2 years. This suggests that life is kind of genetically programmed.
The assumption is well in line with the fact that the various cells that make up the fabric of the human body, reproduce themselves by dividing only a limited number of times. So, there is a biological limit of life.
Experiments conducted on cell cultures of different species of animals have shown that there is a maximum number of points by the cell. The hand skin cells taken from a newborn, is divided roughly 50 times, the 40-year old man – 40 times, 90 years old man – 30 times. Today, the number one tool for the normalization of the cells is Retinol – pure form of Vitamin A. It not only stimulates the activity of cells, but also normalizes their activity, preventing the appearance of age spots.
The main factors that accelerate the aging of skin:
– Free radicals made by UV exposure, which violate all metabolic processes
– Deficit of moisture in the skin
– Changing elastic properties of proteins
– Violation of physiological regeneration of cells
– Slows down metabolism by shortages of hormones, enzymes, vitamins, minerals
– Weakness of the blood vessels walls and the microcirculation of blood
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In the epidermis (upper layer of skin) there is a thinning of functionally active cells layer and thickening of the cornea layer, consisting of dead cells. An increasing cycle of change of epidermis cells to an average of 45 days while the normal cycle of 28 days. Dead cells flake off more slowly, remaining on familiar ground, causing peeling.
Dermis (middle layer of skin) also goes to a thinning process. Therefore, damage to the skin does not heal as quickly as in youth, the scars after injuries more visible.
There has been a quantitative and qualitative decline in activity of cells. As a change of collagen fibers, determine the elasticity of the skin, width and depth of the wrinkles. There is a reduction in the amount of water flowing through the vessels in the skin. There’s a reduction in the production of one of the main sources of moisture in the skin – hyaluronic acid. There are changes in the moisture barrier properties of the epidermis. All of this leads to dehydration, causing dry skin.
If we look at the skin under the microscope, we can see a network of microscopic deepening, consisting of small triangles that are easily banded with each other. When the skin is aging, the network of micro deepening disappears gradually yielding to small peripheral wrinkles. As a result, skin forms folds of flabby tissue.
Collagen
Though many things contribute to younger, healthier appearances, one of the most important is collagen. Approximately 80% of our skin is collagen, and is what provides the basic structure. Collagen makes skin stronger, thicker and suppler, which is what makes skin smooth, firm and young looking. But unfortunately as we age our skin looses collagen and our bodies gradually produce less and less.
In young skin, the collagen framework is intact and skin retains moisture and elasticity making it resilient to the many facial expressions we contort daily. But, over time, this vital support structure weakens and wears down causing our skin to become less resilient and tone. Every time we smile, frown or squint, we add stress on the collagen in your skin. The effects of these facial expressions become cumulative and facial lines begin to appear.
Sags and Bags or skin laxity is caused by a decrease in fat cells under the skin, the loss of collagen and elastin support fibers, and gravity weighing on lax tissue.
As a result noticeable transformations begin to occur to the face such as:
– Brow ptosis (droop) the forehead sags and eyebrows drape over the eyelids
– Upper eyelid ptosis (droop) and or baggy upper and lower eyelids
– Temples become hollow
– Hollow look to the eyes
– Cheeks appear flattened as fat pads migrate south
– Distinct lines form from the nose to the mouth
– Jowls appear as jaw line disappears
– The upper lip thins and diminishes
Stimulating skin cells to produce collagen can partly reverse this process. Stimulating collagen synthesis in aged skin was shown to reduce wrinkles and improve skin texture.
First, Vitamin C is essential for the synthesis of collagen, a key structural protein of the skin. Adding Vitamin C to a culture of skin cells (fibroblasts) dramatically increases the synthesis of collagen. Secondly, Vitamin C is an antioxidant and can help reduce skin damage caused by free radicals. So, when Vitamin C is properly delivered to skin cells, there is a good chance to reduce wrinkles and improve skin texture by helping the synthesis of collagen.
Loss of Hyaluronic Acid
Hyaluronic acid plays an important role in the way our skin looks, feels, and functions. A natural complex sugar found in all mammals, hyaluronic acid is a major component of the connective tissue matrix in the dermis — the dense, inner layer of skin beneath the epidermis. This matrix is made up of hyaluronic acid as well as two connective fibers — collagen and elastin.
Hyaluronic acid retains water like a sponge, absorbing more than 1,000 times its weight. This helps to attract and maintain water, hydrating our skin, increasing its volume and density and helping to contribute to the skin’s overall appearance.
As we age and our skin is exposed to environmental pollutants and the sun’s ultraviolet rays, our cells gradually lose the ability to produce hyaluronic acid. Studies have shown that older skin typically has lower levels of hyaluronic acid than younger skin. As we age, our skin tissue becomes dehydrated and the collagen and elastin fibers lose their structure, resulting in a loss of skin volume and the formation of the facial wrinkles and folds that are common characteristics of aged skin.
Regenerative way
Can be described as the decline in the rate of dividing epidermis skin cells. With age, (after 37-40 years of age) number of female hormones decrease in the body. the skin becomes less elastic, and wrinkles appear. In some people aged skin becomes dry; with detached epidermal dull cells. To block this process you must use rejuvenating scrubs, nourishing creams and firming serums, which stimulate the restoration of the skin.
Skin aging, is also due to a hormonal change, it refers to the internal signs of aging. Hormonal changes cause the production of collagen to stop, elastin destruction begins and the deterioration of blood circulation weakens intercellular connections. The most active signs of skin aging occur among women in menopausal stage, because menopause greatly reduces the production of estrogen in the body.
The aging process has two components: Hereditary and Acquired
There are many hypotheses about the biological causes of this process.
The theory of errors
Various diseases and frequency of their appearance depends on age. Scientists have put forward the hypothesis that aging is the result of the accumulation of errors at the cellular level. External causes (ionizing radiation, toxic products, etc.) and internal causes (free radicals), provoke the theory of errors in the genetic program. These errors lead to a breach of lost cell functions and even to the synthesis of abnormal proteins.
The theory of the biological clock
The basis of this theory is that any living organism has a life. We know that each species has a maximum life expectancy. For turtles, an average life expectancy is 130 years, for humans – 120 years, for cats 20 years, and for mice- only 2 years. This suggests that life is kind of genetically programmed.
The assumption is well in line with the fact that the various cells that make up the fabric of the human body, reproduce themselves by dividing only a limited number of times. So, there is a biological limit of life.
Experiments conducted on cell cultures of different species of animals have shown that there is a maximum number of points by the cell. The hand skin cells taken from a newborn, is divided roughly 50 times, the 40-year old man – 40 times, 90 years old man – 30 times. Today, the number one tool for the normalization of the cells is Retinol – pure form of Vitamin A. It not only stimulates the activity of cells, but also normalizes their activity, preventing the appearance of age spots.
The main factors that accelerate the aging of skin:
– Free radicals made by UV exposure, which violate all metabolic processes
– Deficit of moisture in the skin
– Changing elastic properties of proteins
– Violation of physiological regeneration of cells
– Slows down metabolism by shortages of hormones, enzymes, vitamins, minerals
– Weakness of the blood vessels walls and the microcirculation of blood
What happens to the skin in the aging process?
In the epidermis (upper layer of skin) there is a thinning of functionally active cells layer and thickening of the cornea layer, consisting of dead cells. An increasing cycle of change of epidermis cells to an average of 45 days while the normal cycle of 28 days. Dead cells flake off more slowly, remaining on familiar ground, causing peeling.
Dermis (middle layer of skin) also goes to a thinning process. Therefore, damage to the skin does not heal as quickly as in youth, the scars after injuries more visible.
There has been a quantitative and qualitative decline in activity of cells. As a change of collagen fibers, determine the elasticity of the skin, width and depth of the wrinkles. There is a reduction in the amount of water flowing through the vessels in the skin. There’s a reduction in the production of one of the main sources of moisture in the skin – hyaluronic acid. There are changes in the moisture barrier properties of the epidermis. All of this leads to dehydration, causing dry skin.
If we look at the skin under the microscope, we can see a network of microscopic deepening, consisting of small triangles that are easily banded with each other. When the skin is aging, the network of micro deepening disappears gradually yielding to small peripheral wrinkles. As a result, skin forms folds of flabby tissue.
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