Aging – it’s something that happens to every one of us, and it cannot be mastered. Everybody is going to grow old, hopefully, and if anything it is a marker of experience and wisdom. But there may be certain aspects of the aging process which you are altogether less keen on, and for most people that is the physical side of it. It can certainly be upsetting to witness your own decay in the mirror, but even this deterioration may be managed and mastered if you know how. In this post, we are going to take a look at some of the things you can do in order to combat the physical appearance of aging as much as possible. By doing that, you might be happier with your overall appearance, and you might even feel considerably younger too. Let’s take a look.
Sun Damage
If you have managed to spend a lot of time in the sun in your early years, by the time you reach thirty you will likely have some considerable skin damage from doing so. Of course, the best way to avoid this is to make sure that you do not spend too much time out in the full blaring sun in the first place. But if you haven't managed to heed that particular piece of advice, then you might be keen to know what to do in order to reduce or reverse the effect the sun has had on your skin over the years. Fortunately, it’s never too late, and there is always something or other you can do to help fix such damage from the sun.
Firstly, be sure to go out and find a good after sun product, as you will find that even that can make a huge difference. Next up, moisturizing is bound to help, and in particular any product which has hydroquinone in it, as this helps to get rid of those dark brown spots and freckles which you might be trying to do away with. You should laos make sure that you drink plenty of water to stay hydrated – a piece of advice which will crop up again and again in skincare articles – as this makes a huge difference to how much of an effect the sun continues to have on your skin. By taking care of your skin in these ways, you can make sure that you are going to help reduce and fix any skin damage you might have. Reducing sun damage will work wonders in terms of helping you to keep looking young, so this is a vital thing to consider.
Thinning Hair
Although men with male pattern baldness are much more likely to go bald – and will do so at a much faster rate – the truth is that all human beings experience hair thinning as they grow older. You might well find this to be a particularly shocking effect, and it is certainly one of those signs which people do not tend to enjoy. However as with anything, it is entirely fixable, at least on an aesthetic front, and you don’t have to worry about losing your hair young even if you are already thinning out early on in life.
Of all the things you can do to combat thinning hair, one of the simplest and most effective is to be careful with how often you wash it. There is some evidence that standard home shampoos can aid in making the hair thin even faster is used too regularly. You really shouldn’t be washing your hair every day, and if you are it is a good idea to try and change that to every three or four days instead. This will ensure that your hair lasts much longer, and does not think out quite so much. In the meantime, you can help with hair that has already thinned by making it look more voluminous. There are many tricks to do that which your hairdresser will be able to show you, and it’s likely that you will find this to be all you really need to do in order to help out your hair on the beauty front. Do that, and you will find that it makes an enormous difference to how your hair looks.
Finally, make sure that you are managing your stress levels well. Stress is directly related to hair loss, in men and women of all ages, so the better you can handle the stressors of daily life, the more youthful you will continue to look, especially as it pertains to your hair. We will look into stress management in a little more detail shortly.
Neck Lines
A less spoken about sign of aging is necklines, and although they are less well known, they are equally as frustrating to have. If you have necklines appearing, you might well find yourself a little upset about it, as it is not one of the things that people tend to talk about as often as, say, wrinkles or crow’s feet. That makes it even more of a surprise, and not the good kind of surprise either. The good news is that, as with anything of this sort, there is always something that you can do to improve the appearance of your necklines, so you don’t have to worry about them getting too much worse or affecting how old you look too greatly.
In fact, if you take a look at this article on 12 expert tips for getting rid of neck lines, you will see that there are many ways to approach this issue, and that if one doesn’t work, you can always merely try another in its place. Many different serums and creams exist which you can make full use of in trying to reduce the appearance of your neck lines, along with other non-product solutions as well. Don’t worry about the look of your neck – there is always something you can try, and it’s one of the easier signs to fix anyway.
Dull Skin
All of the various signs of aging are caused by irreversibile natural phenomena of the human biology. Because they are irreversible, all you are ever doing is improving how they look, not what is actually happening – although you can always slow down the actual aging process by simply engaging in things which make you more youthful. More instance, the more that you manage your stress levels, the slower you age – regardless of what number your age currently is. That there are genuine ways to slow down aging is useful and good to know, and it’s also worth remembering that, just as it is possible to slow aging as a process, it is impossible to reverse it entirely and make it go backwards – much as we would often like to.
Something like dull skin is the perfect example of this. Your skin becomes more dull over the years because as you age, your cell turnover rate slows down. This ultimately means that the top layer of your skin gradually becomes duller and loses much of its youthful shine. Slowing down aging will help reduce this effect, but you can’t stop it altogether. However, exfoliating the skin on a regular basis with glycolic acid will help to get rid of any skin which is dull and dry, which will vastly improve the appearance of your skin to no end. You will also be able to make a huge difference by merely ensuring that, again, you drink plenty of water and remain careful in the sun and extreme temperatures. By managing dull skin, you’ll be able to keep your apparent aging to a minimum.
Dry Skin
Akin to dull skin, dry skin is another extremely common problem which comes with aging and which you cannot reverse entirely. However when it comes to dry skin you can actually do much more than you might think to improve its appearance, and that is good news if you are starting to worry about your own – as many people will by the time they are thirty. The most obvious way to combat dry skin is, again, to drink plenty of water, and yet so many people don’t follow this basic essential advice.
If you find that you do not drink enough water, you might want to think about making a water diary for your intake. Try to drink the recommended eight glasses a day, at least, and to make this easier carry a water bottle with you at all times. You will find yourself sipping from it without thinking about it, and it will absolutely make a huge difference to your skin. Likewise, it’s clear that moisturizing is a good idea for dry skin, but it only really works if you are also providing your skin with the water it needs to moisturize with. So make sure you are doing both if you really want to combat this.
So long as you manage to combat the above, your skin will look much younger, and you will feel considerably healthier as well.
