What Kind Of Makeup Should I Use On Dry Flaky 70 Yr Old Skin

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I'm seeing it more and more in my function: women over 70 coming in to accept corrective procedures and to hash out good pare care. We are living longer and improve, and then naturally women want to look as good as they feel.

They're primarily interested in not-invasive procedures with little hazard and lilliputian recovery. Even so, ane of the most important conversations we accept is the one virtually proper skin care and products in mature skin. The "anti-aging" products and suggestions made for a 50-yr-erstwhile woman may cause problems in more than mature skin, so it's important to know how your peel—and the care you should pursue—has inverse with age.

Hither are a few tips for caring for maturing skin:

Avoid drying out skin.

Mature pare is very dry with picayune natural oil production. Avert drying it out further past cleansing gently and sparingly. Washing in one case a solar day—or once every other day—is fine. Also, exist sure to use creamy cleansing products.

Add together a thicker moisturizer at dark.

Look for products with highly emolliating ingredients such equally shea butter, ceramides, hyaluronic gel and petrolatum. For very dry out peel on the body, look for a product with Urea to assist gently exfoliate the dry skin, but also hydrate the sensitive skin underneath.

Exist careful not to over-exfoliate.

Although the skin'southward natural ability to exfoliate and gently slough some of the surface dead skin cells is reduced with age, mature skin becomes thinner and more fragile. Strong facial scrubs and brushes may do more harm than good past beingness too annoying. A ameliorate option is to use a buffered glycolic acid containing cream to help exfoliate and gently hydrate at the same time. Exist sure to wait for 1 that is gentle with a lower percentage of glycolic acrid.

Don't take super-hot showers.

Hot water will strip the skin of natural oils and since mature pare is producing far less than it did in the past, hot water can make the skin very dry and itchy. The best mode to care for skin is to reduce the h2o to warm, minimize harsh cleansers and soap and moisturize the skin immediately after the shower or bath with a quality moisturizer to lock in they hydration.

Don't start Retin-A.

Unless you have been using Retin-A for years, starting it on mature skin may be a mistake. Once more, the consequence is irritation. Even though Retin-A is the gilt-standard of anti-aging skin care because it's scientifically-proven to stimulate collagen production and normalize the surface of the peel, it can be very irritating and drying to the skin. Since mature skin is naturally dry anyhow, most women over 70 who take never used it before will need to avoid the Retin A.

Dr. Elizabeth Tanzi is Founder and Director of Capital Laser & Skin Care and Clinical Professor of Dermatology at the George Washington Medical Center.