Being the largest organ you have and the bastion of defense against the enviroment, your skin, your primary defense, shields you from and absorbs a tremendous amount of abuse. Guarding your interior organs from harmful sun rays, hot and cold temperatures even water and not to mention those aggressive bacterias and viruses that are constantly assaulting you to make you very sick.
Not only does it absorbs these abuses, it must also repair itself when it endures harm by continually healing scratches, cuts and bruises. We take our skin for granted because of its size and our familiarity to it.... we all do.
No wonder that the taut, smooth skin that we all start with ends up looking like raisins as we grow older. But, you behaviors is only one component that dictates the degree and level of skin deterioration. No matter if you chose to live in a bubble, the effects of aging always has the final say by announcing itself as sags, wrinkles, discoloration and other blemishes that we all wish would never appear.
Intrinsic and Extrinsic are the two skin aging categories experts have divided this process into.
Intrinsic aging process is based on the effects your genetic makeup has on you has you mature. Example, some people develop gray hair as early as in their 20's and other show the signs of aging even earlier.
Extrinsic aging is a result of external factors such as the environment, our habits such as smoking or exercise. These results are more noticeable in your face. Extrinsic results are more often than not controllable through our behavior.
No amount of care can prevent the toll that aging will take on our skins exterior. In tomorrows post we will delve a little deeper
into the 5 primary ways you skin changes as you age. Keep reading.
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