The 360 Approach to Slowing Down the Signs of Ageing

Although you’ll need medical-grade skincare with key active ingredients to tackle specific skin issues, remember that you can still save money on other parts of your skincare routine. You can buy over-the-counter SPF and cleansers and combine these with medical-grade products – just make sure they are suitable for your skin type.

Mid-depth layer of the skin: Caring for this layer requires treatment that goes a little deeper. In-clinic treatments like micro-needling and medium-depth chemical peels are great for this layer. They help to stimulate collagen and elastin, increase blood flow, and encourage the skin to heal and renew itself.

The deepest layer of skin: Profhilo and skin boosters are injectable treatments that penetrate to the deepest level and offer amazing results. They boost hydration as well as collagen and elastin production to keep this layer healthy and doing what it should. These treatments give your skin an underlying healthy glow.

Superficial and deep fat: This layer is what gives our faces that plump, youthful volume. To get the best results for this layer, soft tissue fillers are used to help to define your face shape and to restore some of the volumes we lose as we age.

Muscle: As we get older, we develop lines and wrinkles due to muscle contraction and changes in our skin. Anti-wrinkle injections are the most effective way to reduce lines and wrinkles by relaxing these muscles.

Hydration: It’s easy to forget to drink water when we’re busy, but staying hydrated has so many benefits. It helps flush out bacteria and nasty things from our system, carries nutrients to our cells, aids digestion as well as keeping joints, organs and tissue protected and healthy. Try to drink at least eight glasses a day.

Gut health: Having an unhealthy gut can cause all sorts of skin conditions, from acne and inflammation to rosacea and eczema (I’ll go into more detail about gut health in next month’s blog – so stay tuned.) Taking care of ‘good’ gut bacteria with prebiotics and probiotics will make a big difference, as well as maintaining a healthy diet.

Work it out: Regular exercise – even if it’s just taking a walk every day – helps keep both your body and mind healthy. Try to reduce stress where you can, and get plenty of sleep!