Cosmetic skin care to reduce skin ageing

As you age you will experience skin quality changes due to ultra violet radiation (UVR) from the sun as well as changes caused by the passing of time. Understanding your skin can be of great help when planning to rejuvenate your looks. Your skin has a number of important functions, it not only gives us our appearance and shape, it also protects your body from the environment, preventing excessive water loss from the body and protecting the body from infection.

Reduce skin ageing

As you age the collagen and elastin fibres in your skin degrade, and the quality of your body's hyaluronic acid is reduced. This results in decreased skin elasticity, roughness and dryness of your skin. Some of these factors contributing are difficult to change, such as your individual genetic code and biological clock, but there are lifestyle factors that you can control to reduce skin ageing.

Sun damage to the skin

Smoking and drinking, excessive sun exposure and stress, can all speed up your biological clock. However, of all these ageing factors, sun damage by UVR poses the greatest threat. In fact, UVR is thought to be responsible for 80% of skin ageing. Without sun damage, you would probably not develop wrinkles until you were in our 60s.

Slowing the ageing process and rejuvenating your skin

We can help you slow the ageing process and restore damage skin with a number of treatments and skin care programmes. Everyones’ skin is unique and that’s why we prescribe a tailored skin care routine to suit you. To start the process you will need to have an advanced skin analysis with our skin care expert Laura. It is the most accurate method to enable you to understand how well your skin is working.