We see wrinkles, sagging, patchy skin that points towards our aging body. And that is perfectly normal when you are in your fifties or sixties. But what happens when these signs confront you at an early age? You know that isn’t normal, and maybe your body is somehow suffering. And so, your skin is telling you to do something about it.

This leads us to two different types of skin aging, the normal skin aging happening at an appropriate ripe age. and the premature skin aging that occurs when your body suffers through adverse conditions.

There are can be many causal factors for premature aging and each of them is just as harmful as the previous one. Many people believe that aging happens only from the outside and work its way inwards. But that is barely the truth.

To understand this, let’s look at what skin actually looks like under a microscope.

Our skin is divided into three layers, the epidermis, dermis, and the hypodermis. These three layers are made up of different components that help to protect the cells, tissues, and organs inside. To break them a little,

We receive sunlight in abundance. And it is also helpful in the creation of vitamin D and other necessary compounds for our physical and mental health.

But, harmful ultraviolet (UV) rays being a part of the sunlight spectrum damage our skin from the inside out. In fact, it is one of the significant factors that affect the below-the-skin processes that affect the aging process.

For example, when UV-A and UV-B rays penetrate our skin, it induces the production of free radicals. That damages the protein fibers in the dermis layer and other cells as well hence increasing the aging process of our skin.

Moreover, it is the reason why our skin tans in an unhealthy way. It makes the significant signs of aging like wrinkles, fine lines, saggy skin, and dark patches more visible.

Studies have shown that good exercise routines help to keep your heart rate up, which generally tends to slow down as we grow old. It also helps in maintaining not just your physical health but also the health of every cell in your body.

Exercise helps skin stay healthy

Healthy cells mean less cell degradation and more cellular protein, which helps skin stay young. The study in European Health Journal showed that people who exercise regularly had longer telomeres which are structures at the end of chromosomes.

Our body tends to repair itself while we sleep, and that includes reparation of our skin. Hence the term ‘beauty sleep.’ Our body creates more collagen to help our skin remain soft and young. That needs about 7 to 9 hours of daily sleep.

But with our changing work schedules and lifestyle, we barely get about 5 to 6 hours daily, which limits the time of repair. The blood flow and collagen production decrease as opposed to normal, resulting in wrinkled looking skin.

Mental stress is known to affect our dietary and sleep patterns. It also affects our bodies negatively. So this added to the list of factors causing premature skin aging does not come as a surprise.

But did you know that mental stress also affects our cellular DNA structure? Studies show that stress tends to shorten the telomeres prematurely, which ages not only your heart but also your skin.

But instead of not protecting ourselves from these we tent to save ourselves from premature aging by setting on a journey to find the right kind of anti-aging treatment including the anti-aging creams and surgeries.

The answer is wrinkles of course, but you already knew it, right? And that is why, according to a study in the year 2017, people around the world buy more anti-wrinkle products as compared to any other anti-aging products. It takes almost half the anti-aging market sales followed by anti-stretch marks products and nature-based anti-aging products.

Let’s see some of the most popular solutions that we tend to use for taming and putting a leash on the process of aging.

The process of complete reversal of all signs of aging from our skin called anti-aging. This means that whatever damage your skin has suffered due to various skin aging factors will be repaired to make your skin flawless again.

Now, many products claim to be anti-aging, age reversals, and youth replenishers. They promise you a youthful-looking skin but forget to tell you how. That leads to a straightforward question that if you don’t know how a solution is solving your problem, then is it really solving your problem? Or is it all just a big hoax?

Yeah, this happens with us often that in a hurry to get rid of those wrinkles and fine lines, we forget to see what we are using and blindly trust someone else’s word for it.

If you have tried your hardest to control skin aging, then you might be familiar with these. The method of trying to monitor signs of aging through surgery of any kind that invades your body are called invasive procedures.

Botulinum Toxin (Botox), plastic surgery, injectable skin rejuvenation, and dermal fillers are some of the popular invasive procedures. But really, are they worth it when you can reduce the signs of aging without them as well. Not to mention these procedures are costly.

Peeling the uppermost layer of the epidermis using various chemicals to remove the signs of early aging and bring out the fresh new layer to look young. That’s the gist of chemical peels. It sounds painful no matter how you look at it.

And as we have discussed, the real damage is caused in the dermis because of which the epidermis tends to form wrinkles, then how is this process going to make you look young if it peels off the upper layer?

Hormone Replacement Therapy (HRT) is a process of changing your hormones to promote skin tightening. But we all know that hormones aren’t only responsible for the tightening of the skin.

Hormone therapy is bound to have its side-effects. Several scientific studies show that Undergoing an HRT procedure may increase the risk of a heart condition in both males and females. Along with that, the therapy on females also runs the risk of breast cancer.

There is too much on the line to choose this therapy for skin anti-aging.

All these procedures for anti-aging have their side-effects. And if not, then they are still scary enough to make us think twice before undergoing one. That being said, scientists are still looking for more definitive ways to bring a permanent solution for the process of skin aging.

Below we have discussed a few theories of various body factors and how they may affect the skin aging process positively.

Although invasive procedures and surgeries may give you fast and instant results for anti-aging your skin, they are not permanent. And hence people are more agreeable towards using anti-aging creams and serum, which may take time but it also gives them longer-lasting results.

Today about 60% of the worldwide cosmetic market is filled with anti-aging products. And with the growing population of aged people, it is bound to grow more. But people are still looking for a more skin-friendly, eco-friendly, and natural cure that will help them through the years.

Our body’s metabolic processes are the reason we gain energy to go through our day. Metabolism gives energy to various cell activities, cell elements, and molecules. But different factors affect the amount of energy each cell process is provided.

The failure of proteostasis and harmful environmental factors have a negative influence on the amount of energy transported to the cells. Along with that, it also results in excessive substance production like free oxygen radicals, and ototoxic molecules.

Free radicals, along with reactive oxygen species and diffusible peroxide harm the cell structure. And cause damages like carbonylation, oxidized necessary amino acids, and glycation.

That again results in aging our skin by producing wrinkles, fine lines, and patchiness.

Naturally, our body already has a way of regulating our metabolism through various nutrient-sensing pathways. These pathways control the amount of aldohexose, amino acid, nicotinamide purine dinucleotide (NAD+) and cAMP. These pathways are also responsible for regulating growth and aging, along with metabolic activities.

Studies show that in the future, it might be possible to use genetic or medical intervention in them, which will increase our lifespan and bring a reduction in age-related disease.

If the above give three processes, genome stability, metabolic physiological condition, and proteostasis fail to keep up because of any internal or external factor, then it can cause an imbalance of cellular physiological condition and cellular senescence.

Excessive mutation in the genome, production of ROS and defective protein damages the mitochondria. Mitochondrial harm then induces the rescue mechanism which opens the macromolecule response and mitophagy.

Mitophagy is a process where autophagy selectively degrades the defective mitochondria so that the dysfunctional mitochondria do not get accumulated. Studies show that autophagy helps in modulation of bioenergetics and survival within the neurodegenerative illness through the reduction of the oxidation-reduction process and its harm.

Similarly, senescent cells also secrete signal molecules enriched with matrix metalloproteinases and pro-inflammatory cytokines. It may attract mast cells that would clear out all the old cells with the help of scavenger cells. But this would lead to an abrupt deficient clearance of old cells. And it may cause further inflammation and damage to adjacent cells thus causing cell exhaustion which may result in aging.

For that reason, it is anticipated that the elimination of old cells using genetics or medicines may slower any age-related diseases.

As discussed earlier, autophagy helps modulate the bioenergetics and survival of degenerative cells through the decrease in the oxidation-reduction process. It also shields the cells against stress by associating in nursing activity through catabolizing intracellular parts to help preserve the energy balance.

All in all, it is pretty essential for our cellular well-being and hence our well being. But what’s good to know is that there are certain proposed ways that can enhance autophagy in our body.

Studies show that in different prototypes of animals with Parkinson, autophagy enhancers like rapamycin showed different positive effects.

I know, right! If there are natural products that help us reverse the signs of aging, then why should we invest in any other anti-aging products and treatments?

Most of them are popular and with extreme research, shows positive results for anti-aging properties with different aging models. Some examples are resveratrol, astaxanthin, catechin, curcumin, caffeine, and rapamycin. These all naturally available components show anti-aging activity in Drosophila Melanogaster (D. Melanogaster) and Caenorhabditis Elegans (C. Elegans).

So, back to the question of why use anti-aging creams, anti-aging serums, and anti-aging supplements if we can use natural resources. It is quite simple, actually.

The compounds found naturally are in their raw form, which is not only impenetrable but is also unstable. It makes them almost of no use for all its anti-aging properties because a volatile and impenetrable formula will only go to waste.

Like for example, Vitamin C is a powerful antioxidant that helps your skin by stimulating collagen production, neutralizing damage caused due to free radicals, and provides protection against harmful UV-A and UV-B rays.

But along with that, Vitamin C found in the natural compounds is in its raw, pure form which is sensitive to the process of oxidation. So ultimately, it may not be as helpful to your skin because of this instability.

It brings us to the topic of homemade remedies for anti-aging. We tend to think that since we get these anti-aging nutrients from different natural sources, why not use them topically.

And then we make homemade face masks and whatnot. But similar to vitamin C, other anti-aging ingredients in your remedy tend to either be unstable and impenetrable. Or they will need a catalyst to activate its anti-aging properties.

This blog has dedicated itself to helping people realize the way the anti-aging process works and how with simple tricks and products, you can hack it to look younger. We are going to bring a whole range of articles that will make you understand the nuances of our aging and what we can do to slow it down.

It is one place to know what you can do to stay and look younger. Right from which topical and supplementary products are most beneficial to what lifestyle adaptation will induce the natural anti-aging process, we have it all.

All you need to do is keep checking this website for new updates that will guide you to a newer, younger version of yourself.

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