Time brings plenty of changes, yet the desire to have healthy, good-looking skin transcends age. While some skin-care tactics – sunscreen and moisturizing – apply to skin of any age, baby boomers need to update their skin care and makeup strategies to ensure their skin stays healthy and youthful-looking as long as possible.


“Fine lines, wrinkles and discoloration are only the most visible symptoms of aging skin,” says Anna De La Crus, a skincare expert for glo therapeutics. “Others are less obvious but every bit as damaging. Dehydration, loss of elasticity and slower cell regeneration also affect skin health, and how good you look at any age.”


If you’re a baby boomer, it’s important to update your skin care and makeup regi- men to keep your skin healthy and look-


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ing its best. Here are four skin care se- crets every boomer woman should know:


1. It’s not the number of years, it’s how well you’ve cared for your skin during them.


Age causes certain changes in the skin; cell turnover and renewal slows down, skin cells become less adept at retaining moisture, and skin becomes more sensi- tive. Taking care of your skin throughout your life – moisturizing, exfoliating and using sunblock – can help skin stay healthier and more youthful longer.


“As we age, lifestyle habits start catching up to us, some of which have been dec- ades in the making before we see the visible proof,” says De La Cruz. “While it can seem as if a wrinkle appears over- night, there is no fountain of youth or in- stant cure.”


Oct/Dec 2014


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