Your daily skin care regimen and holy grail products may have shaved five years off your appearance, but if you haven’t been as meticulous in looking after your neck, there’s a good chance it’s been displaying everything your face has been trying to hide all along. Think wrinkles, fine lines and sagging, crepey skin.
How Aging Changes Skin
In your 20s or 30s, keeping wrinkles and fine lines at bay isn’t usually high up on your list of priorities. After all, a dot of eye cream here and a dab of serum there are all it normally takes for your skin to bounce back after a night out. However, the normal aging process affects your skin in a variety of ways and its effects begin to develop even before your midlife crisis rears its head.
“As part of the natural aging process, our body produces less and less of the key elements that keep us looking younger. Collagen protein provides firmness and support. Yet, by the time a woman reaches menopause, she has about 45 percent less collagen,” explains beauty chemist and skin care expert David Pollock. “Hyaluronic acid binds 1000 times its weight in moisture, hydrating the skin. However, by the time we are 50, we have about half the amount of hyaluronic acid we had when we were younger.”
What Causes Neck Wrinkles
Some of you may have started your skin care routines in your teens, but you might be guilty of overlooking your neck and chest. Turns out, there’s a reason we often hear that a woman’s age is seen in her neck. According to board-certified dermatologist Rhonda Klein, MD, MPH, FAAD, the neck should be treated the same way you take care of your face as it often shows age even before you sprout your first crow’s feet or laugh line.
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