HEALTHY LIVING


Our Face Changes With Age: How You Can Turn Back Time


These simple therapies can revive and restore your skin. :: BY LYNN ALLISON


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ging gracefully is a beautiful thing. As we gain wisdom, experience, and accomplishments, we also


acquire unattractive wrinkles and sagging skin — especially on the face. Age and gravity take a toll on our


appearance. That pleasant, plump look in our cheeks and forehead is replaced by droopy jowls and wrinkles. Even if you have great genes,


some changes in facial structure are unavoidable. “Your face loses fat and volume


with aging,” explains Ken Beer, M.D., a dermatologist in Palm Beach County, Florida. “This is much more apparent in women as they hit menopause. The next biggest change is loss of color and skin tone. This is the result of sun damage as well as intrinsic aging.” While some wrinkling and other changes are inevitable, there are several steps you can do to help revive and restore your aging skin, experts say. Examples include: Apply sun


protection.


Protecting your face from the sun is the


single most important way to prevent and slow premature aging,


according to skin experts.


Since most of the damage comes


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from ultraviolet A (UVA) rays, choose a sunscreen that says it protects against both UVA and UVB.


Use moisturizing creams. Apply moisturizer daily to soothe dry skin and reduce the appearance of fi ne lines and wrinkles. Retin-A has been shown to be eff ective in reducing wrinkles due to sun damage, Beer says, along with vitamin C. Products containing Retin-A and vitamin C can be found in pharmacies and on Beer’s website, Scientifi cRx.com.


Apply antioxidant lotions. Beverly Hills-based dermatologist Ava


Shamban, M.D., says you can repair aging skin by applying antioxidants directly to the face and neck. She likes vitamin C serums containing alpha hydroxy acid (AHA) that slough off dead skin and boost collagen production.


To make your own anti-aging mask


combine yogurt — which has natural AHA — with anti-infl ammatory honey, plus frozen strawberries and blueberries, which are chock-full of antioxidants. Place all the ingredients in a


blender, then apply to the face. Leave on for 15 minutes. “The antioxidants will penetrate and repair the skin,” Shamban says. Inject Botox. Botulinum toxin injections are popular and eff ective at treating expression lines in the forehead. They work by partially paralyzing the muscles so the skin smoothes out. Botox is the most common brand name used, but other injections include Myobloc and Dysport.


Take advantage of dermal fillers. Fillers, such as hyaluronic acid, are used to plump lines caused by decreases in collagen and fat. The prime target area includes the indentation lines that run from the nose to the outside of the mouth, called the nasolabial folds, according to pharmacist Suzy Cohen.


Fillers eventually fade, like Botox, and typically last about six months. Consider a face-lift. Anthony


Youn, M.D., a cosmetic surgeon from Detroit, tells Newsmax that since facial aging is a three-dimensional process, modern face-lifts consider fat distribution as well as “nips and tucks.”


In the past, plastic surgery


treatments focused on aging in two dimensions — lifting what has fallen, he says.


“Current treatments focus not only on lifting, but adding volume, the third dimension, to rejuvenate the face more naturally and accurately.”


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