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Tuesday, March 4, 2008 |
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Some of you know what your skin type is but a lot of individuals really don't know. Some of you may be washing your face with too harsh of a product for your skin type. If you have oily skin and wash it with a harsh soap or over-wash it, it may become oilier. You skin will try to compensate for its loss of sebum (oil). If your skin is normal and you are over-washing it can seem dry and flaky. With these tips you can find your skin's true type category and treat it accordingly.
Skin-typing test: When you wake up in the morning, wash your face with a mild facial cleanser and pat dry. Do not apply ANY products (not even a toner!) and wait about an hour. Press a facial tissue or those special little oil-tissues to your forehead, nose, chin and cheeks to check for excess oil.
• If your skin isn't overly shiny from excess oil or too tight and dry from lack of, then you have Normal skin. Lucky you!
• If you have an oily T-zone (forehead, nose and chin) and are normal on the cheeks, you have one of the most common skin types, Combination skin.
• If your entire face is shiny with oil or an oily residue is left on the tissue from all section of your face you have Oily/Acne-prone skin. You may notice that you have a lot of breakouts and this is sometimes attributed to excess hormones. This can be corrected with medications received by a dermatologist or birth control from your OBGYN or physician.
• If your skin feels tight and has flaky areas that are remedied by moisturizer application - you have Dry skin. Dry skin appears to be more wrinkled and older without moisturizer. It tends to age faster as well. Your skin retains its youthful appearance with the help of its natural moisturizer (sebum) and regular exfoliation.
• If you find that your face and/or body "breaks out", produces red bumps or patches, irritable dry areas or stinging sensitive areas after applying some products or just for no reason at all, you my friend, have Sensitive skin. Sensitive skin can make your life difficult when it comes to cosmetics, skincare or just everyday personal hygiene.
Wrinkles caused by aging:
These wrinkles are skin folds caused by biological changes that take place inside the tissues; the tissue hardens, looses its elasticity and becomes dry. Wrinkles caused by expression lines:
These types of wrinkles are caused by frequent contractions of the muscles; these are folds or wrinkles that define the personality of individuals. Feelings such as anger, pain, impatience or happiness are expressed with muscular movements that leave marks on the skin when repeated frequently and intensity.
There are other secondary factors that can cause characteristic folds, furrows, and creases of the face. These include the constant pull of gravity, frequent and constant positional pressure of the skin of the face (e.g. during sleep) or repeated facial movements caused by the contraction of the muscles of facial expression.
Why do wrinkles appear?
Your skin starts to age and wrinkle when your skin cells are dying off faster than affect the mass of interlocking fibers. The support of the epidermis becomes like an old mattress - it loses it firmness and folds form where the epidermis then sink in - and that is the dreaded wrinkle.
When the thin net of elastic fibres of the dermis that lies beneath the basal membrane of the epidermis breaks, a wrinkle is formed. As the years go by we notice changes in the nature of the epidermis. The functions of the cellular system are disturbed and cellular renewal slows down. The skin only needs to be poorly moisturised for it to dry out and become lined. In other words the appearance of wrinkles and loss of firmness. Wrinkles and fine lines are the most easily visible signs resulting from the obstacle course the skin has to face. Helped along by sagging of the tissues, these wrinkles and lines result in the formation of a type of canvas covered with cracks of various depths. As time goes by, they deepen, reaching the dermis which is the skins supporting mattress. When the dermis looses elasticity it becomes slack and deeper wrinkles begin to form.
Facts:
As we age, communication diminishes within the skin, resulting in decreased collagen production and an accumulation of degraded elastin fibers. Peptides function as messengers in the skin, allowing the epidermis and dermis to more effectively communicate.
This may sound like small potatoes, but research is showing their effect to be quite significant. One peptide chain in particular, Palmitoyl pentapeptide-3 (Matrixyl), has been shown to decrease skin roughness by 13%, reduce wrinkle volume by 36%, and decrease wrinkle depth by 27%after four months of twicedaily applications on the face and neck.
Other peptides, including the synthetic peptide acetyl hexapeptide-3 (Argireline), are being used as a topical alternative to Botox. Rather than paralyzing facial muscles, these peptides gently relax facial muscles by interfering with nerve signals that tell the muscles to contract. Even though the results are mild in comparison to Botox, products containing these peptides can cause a noticeable difference on there own, as well as prolonging the results of Botox.
AH3 is one of the only ingredients in cosmetics today, which work in the same manner as Botox – only without the needles or the risk of damaging the skin and facial muscles. AH3 reduces wrinkles by inhibiting the release of Cholamine- a neurotransmitter that makes the facial muscles contract. Similar to Botox, AH3 relaxes facial tension, which leads to the reduction of facial wrinkles and lines but in a non-paralytic way. Also unlike Botox, AH3 can be used all over your face, neck and the rest of your body if you wish.
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