Menopause and Anti Aging
Life is an exciting business, and most exciting when it is lived for others. -- Helen Keller
Is your age catching up with you? See the onset of wrinkles, drooping and sagging skin, and other signs that show your age? For those who are forty five and beyond, you can't help but notice the changes on your skin. These changes occur over time, but most women complain that they show up rather suddenly. You may wake up one morning to discover sun spots that were never there, or those once fine lines around your eyes now appear deeper.
What Causes Your Skin To Age During Menopause
Unfortunately, menopause is inevitable. During menopause the hormonal changes that occur can have a significant impact on our skin. Menopause triggers a number of interesting changes in the body, and most of them are initiated due to these hormonal changes in the body from estrogen. Causes of skin wrinkles during post menopause is thinning of the skin which causes it to wrinkle, ultra violet rays damage collage and elastin, the two ingredients that give the skin elasticity. Symptoms of wrinkles during post menopause include, dry, itchy skin, feelings of ants crawling under the skin, scaly peelings, lack of elasticity, poor healing of bruises, scrapes, and surgery.
What to Expect With Your Skin During Menopause
Most women complain that wrinkles first appear in the delicate tissue around their eyes which are called "crow's feet" or smile lines. Next to show damage are the cheeks and lips. In many ways women can bring on more wrinkles or worsen the ones they already have such as frowning, not keeping your skin from getting dry, smoking, poor diet, poor muscle tone, stress, improper skin care, sun exposure, and exposure to environmental pollutants.
Recommendations
Even though aging is an inevitable part of life, we can approach it gracefully. We can accept our age, and also use a pro-active approach which can help us look as vibrant and youthful as possible. There are several anti-aging remedies that have been helping women turn back the clock for years:
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