The impact of negative factors such as environmental pollution, sunlight, luggage of recent years leaves a mark on the face. The skin changes day by day, wrinkles appear and sag. But do not rush to grow old! There are many ways to help bring back youth, including home.
Why does the skin age?
Every year the skin ages - this is a natural process. With age, the body's ability to heal itself decreases, natural factors have a detrimental effect on the skin: bright sun, frost, high humidity. Free radicals play an important role in skin aging, cell destruction and irreversible changes in the body.
Among healthy cells and free radicals are substances called antioxidants - the main symbols that resist the aging process. Foods rich in antioxidants provide the body with protective substances that enter the bloodstream and maintain youth and beauty.
Methods of rejuvenating the skin
Proper nutrition and an active lifestyle help you look fresh, young and attractive at any age. With the help of rejuvenation operations, unwanted wrinkles can be removed, which is done in beauty salons.
Facial rejuvenation operations are performed in beauty salons.
Non-surgical skin grafting technology called Elos rejuvenation method is very popular. It activates the production of collagen, which gives an incredible result: the skin becomes elastic, wrinkles disappear, the plain of the face is compressed.
Modern cosmetology offers a variety of effective methods to remove the signs of aging from the skin:
- photoregeneration - deep light treatment of skin layers without ultraviolet radiation;
- fractional laser exposure - the top layer of the epidermis is selectively evaporated by the laser beam;
- mesotherapy - micro injections of a cocktail of hyaluronic acid, amino acids and other substances that are useful for the skin;
- biorevitalization - injections of pure hyaluronic acid;
- ozone therapy - oxygen-ozone mixture is injected subcutaneously or intradermally;
- LPG massage - skin massage, meanwhile, is performed by a special device invented in France;
- PRP-therapy or plasma-boosting - plasma isolated from the blood with a large number of platelets is injected under the skin.
Before undergoing any rejuvenation procedure, you should consult a dermatologist, because there are many contraindications to the use of apparatus procedures.
The list of aesthetic medicine methods is impressive, all of them effectively cope with the task of rejuvenation. But not everyone exists, for various reasons. You can protect a young face with the help of existing gentle home procedures.
Kind, old, time-tested methods of rejuvenation
To prevent all the unpleasant changes that occur with age and to stay as young and attractive as possible, your skin needs daily and gentle care. Periodic cleansing, nutrition, moisturizing and, moreover, facial gymnastics - this set of procedures will make you look beautiful every summer.
Use scrubs to clean. If your skin is oily, take a salt scrub every 10 days. To do this, add half a glass of nourishing liquid cream 350 g of sea or table salt. Rub the product into the skin in a circular motion, then rinse.
They work well by cleansing the skin with kefir, yogurt and sour cream. You should wet the sponge with liquid and wipe the face, neck and décolleté. Then wipe off the remnants of kefir with tonic. For dry skin, use warm olive oil as a cleanser. Pour one or two teaspoons into a small bowl and place in warm water for a minute. Moisturize with a stick and wipe your face.
A good "wash" in the morning - water with lime juice, lemon or apple cider vinegar: two teaspoons of juice in 200 ml of water. Instead of washing your face, it is useful to massage your face with a piece of ice. Can be prepared from infusions of plants or flower petals.
Anti-aging masks
Pamper your face and décolleté with a contrast wash - this is a gymnastics that provides good nutrition to the skin and improves blood circulation. Apply compresses and nourishing masks two to three times a week.
Contrasting wash with dilated capillaries is contraindicated.
- The grape mask will strengthen the skin, make it elastic, and even give it a matte shade: crush the grapes (200 g) and remove the seeds. Put a teaspoon of a little vegetable oil in it and thicken it with a glass of flour. Mix thoroughly, apply the composition on face, neck, décolleté for 25-30 minutes.
- Pasta paste will tighten the skin, improve the ovality of the face: wrap it in an informal, gray-brown coffee grinder (for dry skin) or add protein - for oily skin. Apply on face for 10 minutes.
- A simple and inexpensive mask will tighten the skin: rub two carrots, mix the pulp with a teaspoon of potato starch and yolk, apply oil on face and neck for half an hour.
- A good vinegar and honey mask: pour liquid honey (1 tablespoon) with cologne (50 ml), pour a teaspoon of vinegar. Dilute with tap water (0, 5 cups), apply on face, remove after 15 minutes.
- If you have old skin, an egg-lemon astringent mask will restore turgor: turn the protein into a cool foam, add the juice of one lemon, 2-3 drops of essential oil and one gram of talcum powder. Lubricate dry skin with a rich nourishing cream before applying. Apply the first layer, when dry, apply the second, then the third. After half an hour, remove the mask with a napkin dipped in water. The mask is very effective and should not be used more than once a month.
The mask makes the skin supple and elastic.
Like the face, the neck requires regular care, because it is able to give its true age to others. A proven remedy - a vegetable oil compress - will help revitalize the skin of the neck. Heat the oil to 40-45 degrees, fold the gauze several times, moisten and squeeze a little. Put a compress on your neck, put parchment paper or cellophane on top and wrap in a towel. Keep the compress for 20 minutes. Do not rinse off the remaining oils, just massage with your fingers.
Cream recipes
You can independently prepare lifting creams for face and décolleté care.
- Squeeze the juice from the dried aloe leaves; a teaspoon is required. Add half a teaspoon of rose petal tincture or rose water, a teaspoon of honey and 50 g of melted lard. Put in a water bath to melt the honey and butter. Cool the finished cream, transfer to a jar and store in the refrigerator. The cream nourishes the skin, makes it soft and elastic, smoothes wrinkles.
- Homemade egg cream will quickly increase skin elasticity: combine a yolk and a teaspoon of almond oil, pour a tablespoon of chamomile tincture, add a tablespoon of honey and half a teaspoon of salt. Heat a small spoonful of petroleum jelly, add to the mass. Mix all this thoroughly, put the cream in a jar and let cool. Use every night.
Treat your face regularly and with love so that it does not irritate you.