The weather is warm and our spirits are focused on renewal. For our kids it’s mainly about baring more. But for those of us who in our more mature years-- the more we reveal the more we fret about revealing the signs of aging from the loose skin on our limbs to that of our faces.
Since I have changed to a more vegetarian diet – I have lost weight adding more stress to my attempts to look fresh and youthful.
The sign of skin sagging on the nasal labial fold (the vertical wrinkle on the sides of the mouth) had increased as my face slimmed and my skin did not. My upper eye lids had started to creep lower from a decade of long hours at a computer screen. Gravity's victory over my cheeks is visible in the elongating shape of once round pores. My skin is growing more pigmented as my skin cells forget the original programming of its melanin. Bumps and dints signal tired skin cells in my facial architecture. My fair skinned partner's skin grows increasingly red as his capillary wall weaken.
What can a surgery-phobe do to get back her skin's smoothness and tone?
Well this week I have changed my moisturizer, the shape of my eyebrows and promised to be more regular with my micro-current treatments.
The easiest step to take is to make sure skin cells are plump with a serum like Pure + simple’s Collagen Elastin Plus http://www.pureandsimple.ca/index.php?page=shop.product_details&flypage=shop.flypage&product_id=303&category_id=680&manufacturer_id=0&option=com_virtuemart&Itemid=27 that supports collagen (smooth and moist skin) and Elastin (skin elasticity) under a protective but cooling moisturizer like Just Pure’s Honey Neroli Facial Cream Light http://www.pureandsimple.ca/index.php?page=shop.product_details&flypage=shop.flypage&product_id=1356&category_id=409&manufacturer_id=0&option=com_virtuemart&Itemid=27.
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Reshaping your eyebrows is another unobtrusive and easy step to take to a younger look. To avoid looking dated it is important to change the shape of the brows according to the changes of the times and your face.
I am a prime example of living in a time warp. I have prided myself in the classic arch of my right brow. I have struggled many a morning to get my left one to look like it. This have been my look for the last 40 years. But I found out this week that the softer arch of my left brow was more flattering for my now more angular features. The wider curve gave me a softer, more youthful appearance.
Eyebrows left au natural may look charming on a smooth young face but on a face with growing "character", eyebrows with a clean shape can give a flattering frame to the eyes.
Take years off your face by tweezing the hairs on the bottom side of the eyebrows. It can visually reverse the drooping of aging eye lids.
To further lift those eyebrows and eyes try micro-current (it used to call non-surgical face lift). I have been very lackadaisical about my micro-current treatments. But as spring arrives and my face looks less vitalized than my spirits, I decide to give my treatments more priority to renew my skin's health and appearance.
Micro-current is probably the least aggressive of the safe anti-aging technologies like Intense Pulse Light (IPL) and Microdermabrasion. But it is also one that demands the most time of the client. It works on stimulating the facial muscles and the circulatory system that supports healthy skin cells.
The time commitment is not for everyone. For a successful result you need to have the treatments twice a week for the first month to month and a half. Then to maintain this more youthful look, you need to have monthly treatments. Personally I believe the celebrities who use this method are doing it more often so it is not a great endeavor if you have overwhelming time commitments at home and at work.
I am experimenting with supplementing the professional treatments with a home model like NuFace http://www.nuface.plazadiscounts.com/index.html But I will not have any news for a while.
For more anti-aging options that are safe and natural – return here next week.
