All people can benefit from adopting skincare habits, but it’s especially important for people in their forties, a time when the skin’s natural elasticity and ability to heal itself begin to slow down.
Happily, there are a host of effective strategies that can help to slow down the decline and ensure that your skin looks as healthy and happy as it did during your twenties. And what’s more, as we’ll see below, none of the strategies is particularly difficult. Take them on board, and your skin will have just what it needs to be at its best.
Daily Sunscreen Use
The sun is sometimes your friend, but it can also be pretty damaging to your skin. Harmful UV rays can cause cumulative damage over time, resulting in wrinkles and sagging. The good news is that this is one of those things that’s easily preventable by wearing sunscreen. Most people think they only need sunscreen on those extra sunny days, or even just during the spring and summer months, but it’s important to wear it year-round. UV rays aren’t as strong on overcast days, but they can still cause damage!
Prioritize Sleep and Relaxation
Looking for an easy way to give your skin what it needs to be its brilliant, healthiest best? Then look at upgrading your sleep. This is one of the most effective ways to improve your skin, since it’s during your sleeping hours when your body does the busy work of repairing and protecting your skin. A few weeks of consistently getting a good night’s sleep can make a world of difference.
Find that difficult? Look at making a few changes. Adjusting your bedroom to be more sleep-friendly and putting together a restful pre-sleep routine will make it easier. Additionally, it’s worthwhile to adopt relaxation activities such as meditation, yoga, or breath work, since low stress levels have been connected with improved skin.
Upgrade Your Skincare Products
You can improve your skin significantly by making some lifestyle changes, but your skin will also likely need some additional help in order to be at its best. There are plenty of skincare products on the market that contain ingredients that have been shown to bolster the skin in ways that are especially beneficial to people in their forties. In a before & after skincare guide, you’ll often find ingredients like tallow, retinoids, peptides, and hyaluronic acid mentioned. Add them to your skincare stack, and you’ll notice a difference.
Get Serious About Your Diet
There are many good reasons to improve your diet, including just broadly supporting your overall health, but it can also make a significant difference to the quality of your skin. Some foods that have been linked to improving skin include leafy greens, avocados, fatty fish, bell peppers, and carrots. In other words, ingredients that you’d typically find in healthy meals.
And while we’re talking about things you should consume, let’s focus on a couple that you shouldn’t: alcohol and sugary drinks, for example, make it more difficult for your skin to look its best.