SKIN AGING

Various factors are responsible for skin aging:

 

• Physiological factors: with time, quantity and quality of collagen, elastine and hyaluronic acid fibers decrease. Skin begins to lose its firmness and its elasticity.
• Environmental factors: skin exposure to sunlight, stress and tobacco increase the production of the free radicals which accelerate skin aging process.
• Lifestyle factors: lifestyle and a poor skin maintenance regime can all be factors in aging the skin prematurely.

FOCUS ON HYALURONIC ACID

 

• Hyaluronic acid is a natural, major component of the skin.
• Its role: to hydrate skin, ensure its elasticity and its firmness in order to give a smooth and rounded appearance.
• With time, quantity of hyaluronic acid present in body decreases.

  Between 40-50 years old, the body loses 50% of its hyaluronic acid quantity*. This quantity deterionates with age: the upper and lower cheeks become sunken, wrinkles appear and the face's oval shape is lost, affecting its overall harmony.

• For several years, hyaluronic acid has been used in aesthetic medicine and also in medical fields such as ophthalmology, rheumatology, gynecology and ENT.