The Best Daily Habits to Delay Premature Aging
It’s not only cosmetics that prevent premature aging. Here are some tips that you can apply or change in your daily life to delay the signs of aging and prevent wrinkles, fine lines, and dark spots from forming.
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That's why the first thing you need to do is protect your skin barrier to delay premature skin aging.
Proper cleansing that does not alter the barrier function is the best way to detox the skin every day by removing pollution microparticles.
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Daily habits to delay premature skin aging
We know that UV rays and sun damage are one of the biggest dangers when it comes to skincare and premature aging, but there are many other factors that affect us day in and day out.
Pollution, stress or even changes in diet can cause expression lines, blemishes, wrinkles and lack of elasticity in the skin. But don't worry, we know what habits you should follow or change in your lifestyle to slow down the passing of time on your face and avoid having to use an anti-wrinkle treatment prematurely.
Avoiding premature aging means knowing the causes. Our enemies are free radicals and all those processes that accelerate skin oxidation and water loss.
To prevent the skin from being sensitized to external aggressions, Cera Repair Barrier Cream works with a unique ceramide-based technology that supports the skin's natural barrier. Ceramides work to prevent water loss, shield the skin from external stressors, and help maintain skin strength, delaying premature aging and its causes.
Sun protection all year round
It’s not enough just at the beach or at the pool. We've already told you why it’s necessary to use sunscreen 365 days a year, but if you feel uncomfortable applying it outside of the summer, you can use moisturizers with SPF that will also protect you from the sun's rays and prevent premature aging at the cellular level.
Biotherm sunscreens not only protect from UV radiation but also from pollution, thus preventing premature aging of the skin, protecting it from this risk factor.
Proper and gentle cleansing is important to detoxify your skin. We remove daily pollution, sebum and dirt from the skin, but it is also essential to remove makeup and the sunscreen we have applied in the morning. For this we recommend Cera Cleanser Cream to Foam, which removes all this and light makeup, without altering the skin's barrier function.
Take care of your diet
Forget about miracle diets that can seriously worsen your health. It is best to maintain a balanced diet rich in healthy fats, vitamins and antioxidants. Because it's not so much about quantity, but the quality of what you eat.
Oily fish, nuts, avocado, eggs... These are the healthy foods for your skin that are miracle workers in your diet. You can also increase your intake of vitamin C, which you will find in fruits such as kiwi, strawberries or oranges, as it helps the formation of collagen and delays premature aging of the skin. Do not forget to drink water, between 1.5 and 2 liters a day, to keep your body hydrated.
Frequent hydration and consumption of foods rich in antioxidants delay the aging of the body and thus prevent premature aging of the skin.
Forget about tobacco
If you had considered quitting at some point, you now have one more reason to do so. Cigarette smoke reduces collagen and elastin levels and promotes skin dehydration, which is why smokers have more wrinkles. It is time to finally stop this unhealthy vice. There are classic spots on smokers' skin, toxins also accumulate in the skin making it duller, thinner and wrinkled.
And also alcohol
Don't worry, you can have a drink when you go out with friends, but making it a habit can affect your skin. Alcohol worsens the dilation of capillary vessels and generates more free radicals, the allies of premature aging. It also has an adverse effect on skin hydration.
Moisturize your skin
We will never tire of saying it. Proper hydration is the basis for taking care of our skin. In addition to drinking water regularly and cleansing your face properly every day (morning and evening), it is just as important to follow a moisturizing routine for the face, neck and décolleté, the areas where the signs of aging are most noticeable.
Use cosmetics with extra hydration and antioxidant nutrients, such as vitamin E, which increases the skin's natural defenses, neutralizing free radicals.
Don't take things so seriously
Don't let work or small daily problems take up much of your time and follow you wherever you go resulting in premature aging of your face. Many of the skin problems we suffer from - dryness, wrinkles, irritations, acne - are largely due to stress. And you've probably noticed it in times of stress. Learn a few relaxation techniques and put them into practice when you get home. Your skin will thank you.
Play sports
This is another useful way to release the tensions of everyday life, in case relaxation does not take away all the accumulated stress. During sports practice, blood circulation increases, which carries more oxygen to the skin capillaries.
The result? More nutrients for the skin, which will look younger and healthier. Of course, join a sport that motivates you, otherwise you’ll end up quitting at the first opportunity. Oxygenating the body makes the skin detoxify itself, moderateexercise also has a beneficial effect by delaying premature aging of the skin.
Get enough sleep
Although it is recommended to sleep between 7 and 8 hours a day, everybody is different. There are those who are fully rested with 6 hours of sleep and others who need more time to fully recover. But the question is not so much the hours, but the restorative sleep.
Nighttime is very important for skincare because, in addition to cell renewal, it prevents premature aging of the skin. In other words, proper rest means that you don't wake up looking tired, with dark circles under your eyes and with more than one wrinkle on your face.
What causes premature skin aging?
An abnormal barrier function causes the skin to be unprotected, taking care of it every day and ensuring this function will delay premature skin aging.
Oxidation is the process through which the skin ages and these oxidative processes are accelerated by lifestyle choices, the city we live in, etc.
External causes of premature skin aging
Every day we are confronted with them, protecting ourselves, repairing the damage and preventing them from remaining on our skin is all we can do to combat their effects.
Keeping our skin barrier strong and resilient so that it's able to cope with our daily life is the first step to prevent premature skin aging.
Pollution
It’s the second leading cause of premature skin aging. Preventing pollution from accumulating on the skin’s surface is not so simple because these are tiny particles.
You should use a cleanser such as Cera Cleanser Cream to Foam that is guaranteed anti-pollution and able to detoxify the skin. Pollution has an effect and is a factor responsible for premature skin aging in big cities.
Excessive sun exposure
It is the main cause of premature skin aging, photoaging causes multiple signs of aging in the skin and accelerates all oxidative processes. Naturally, it alters the skin's barrier function, causing blemishes, dehydration and wrinkles.
It accelerates the loss of hyaluronic acid, weakening the proper function of collagen and elastin, accelerating the loss of firmness.
Lack of nutrients
Providing the active ingredients, the skin needs to repair itself is key when creating a routine to delay premature skin aging and, why not, to reverse some of these effects.
Providing bioceramides, hyaluronic acid, vitamin C or retinol from the outside can help. They are effective supplements and endorsed by dermatologists, also at Biotherm we enhance the effectiveness of these active ingredients thanks to our Biotech Plankton™, which, due to its bioaffinity, enhances these active ingredients and improves their release into the skin.