The 6 Simple Reasons to Master Skin Hydration After 40

Everybody knows what a well-hydrated skin looks like. We all visualize a healthy skin, with a younger, radiant look. Here’s a list of the 6 simple steps to master skin hydration after 40.

We also know that when our skin looks good, we receive many compliments and many times, what we are using on our skin that is reflecting all the beauty.

On the other hand, when we imagine what an aging skin looks like, what comes to mind are wrinkles, discolorations, fine lines.

Many times, could be sign of lack of hydration on the skin, reflecting back all these signs of aging.

Let’s take a look at some facts so we can master skin hydration.

The Key Factors that Influence The Level Of Hydration On Our Skin

The Number One Factor That Impact Skin Hydration is Age

The first signs of dehydration of the skin start during puberty. It’s when the early signs of hormone peaks take over during the teenage years.

What happens is that the oil glands, during this stage starts to produce more sebum. Then we see a drop of moisture that traps skin lipids, which naturally hydrate the skin.

To make it easier to visualize, think of a baby skin, which has plenty of lipids on the skin.

In teenage years, sebum production increases, and we see Trans-Epidermal Water Loss. (TEWL). A natural process of the skin that turns dry and even when presenting acne and oily.

It’s paradoxical for many of us, but acneic skin does present dry skin. This is because in teenage years the level of water loss is higher.

Water loss, means dry skin. Triggering the body to produce more sebum, and excess clog pores, which lead to breakouts.

This is why it’s important to know that Acneic skin is dryer than normal skin. So it’s imperative to keep the skin well hydrated.

This will control the sebum production.

The Hormone Drop Starts At the 40’s Influencing Our Skin Hydration

We all know that women during this stage o life start to have hormonal fluctuations, as well.

In this case, it is associated with the perimenopause.

Both men and women in their 40’s, suffer a radical structural change on the top layer of the skin.

So the appearance of the skin is dryer, making us address to, during this stage.

That is also a significant factor in terms of dehydration of the skin.

Season Impacts Skin Hydration

During summer and winter months we have a higher water loss from the skin when compared to fall and spring.

We have to bear in mind that even though many places have an air conditioner, the loss of water is significantly high. Air conditioners remove humidity from the air.

Skincare Products We Use Impacts Skin Hydration

As we know now, the best healthy, good looking skin are the ones which are well hydrated.

The products that we use is probably the most significant factor for hydration of the skin.

And to understand what we can do to improve the healthy look of our skin, we have to pay attention to three scenarios:

Avoiding irritants and drying ingredients

If possible, take a look at the ingredients list of the skincare products.

If they are OTC (Over The Counter) they would be in the box, which probably is gone already.

*Shame on them. Probably they don’t want you to know what’s in there and then you can realize what you pay for and the no results they are delivering) but this is another chapter.

SLS – Sodium Lauryl Sulfate and Benzoyl Peroxide are irritants and drying ingredients (in this order) that we have to be sure to avoid.

Other irritant ingredients are artificial fragrance, artificial colors, and denatured alcohol.

Irritants are big dehydrators of the skin.

Cleanser to Master Skin Hydration

A good cleanser will prepare the skin not only for better absorption of the upcoming nutrients, but also avoid dryness of the skin.

Using Hydrating cleansers, including for acne prone skin is one of the things to start the process of well-hydrated skin. There’s no such thing than a good cleanser step.

Let me share with you a perfect example of a cleanser that helps on the hydration of the skin. It’s the X3 Chamomile Balancing Cleanser.

Besides the benefits from chamomile and essential oils on it, the X3 Chamomile Balancing Cleanser also has Marine Peptides that help on improving the hydration of the skin is 128%.

The ingredients on the products we are using has a significant impact on the hydration on our skin. And to neglect them, can cause irreversible damage.

It’s not rare to see people, using skincare products, especially cleansers, to remove sebum from the face, and the skin, after some days, presented itself red, irritated and dry.

When asked about the components, most of the times people don’t know what are they. But when we take a closer look, Sodium Lauryl Sulfate (SLS) is the number one ingredient that causes irritation on the skin.

The final scenario to look at is to pay attention to the moisturizer that will increase skin hydration not only smooth skin texture.

Many times we have no idea the difference between them, thinking that as we are using a cream, we are moisturizing the skin. We are just smoothing the skin texture.

Creams containing petrolatum, mineral oil or lanolin, are ingredients that tend to irritate skin and the primary purpose in creams is to work as a filler and only smooth skin texture. There are no hydration properties on these ingredients.

Another perfect example of an excellent moisturizer is the X3 Firming Peptide Cream.

It has a fantastic combination of cutting-edge actives and natural ingredients, such as Jojoba seed oil, Marine Peptides, and powerful Antioxidants.

It is a unique Medical Grade formulation, delivering highly concentrated strength to activate the living cellular level of the skin.

Contain Lipochroman, which is the only antioxidant in the market able to fight against the three main free-radicals (Oxygen, Nitrogen, and Carbon).

Why this commitment with purity levels of ingredients and actives on skincare? You may ask.

The answer is that we want you to see quick visible results on your skin.

Medical Grade formulation skincare receives highly concentration levels of actives and ingredients able to penetrate the deep layers of the skin, so they can do the job where collagen and elastin are produced.

Let me give you another example of how this can relate to the hydration theme.

Our X3 Refining Glycolic Gel Pads is a good example that may lead people to ask, how can a glycolic gel relates to hydration.

The answer is that we surged our Medical Grade formula with marine peptides. So this particular natural ingredient can help to hydrate the skin. While the glycolic acid acts on skin promoting naturally hyaluronic acid production.

Clarifying that Hyaluronic acid plays an essential role in our skin as it can hold up 1,000x its weight in water, keeping our skin plump and hydrated.

That’s it, for now, my friends and looking forward to talking to you soon!

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