The Importance of Constantly Stimulating Your Skin to Keep Your Deep Dermis Active
Did you know that stimulating the skin can help you to maintain a refreshed, bright and youthful looking complexion?
An Overview of the Skin Regeneration Process
Our bodies are constantly in a state of change, as the cells in our skin regularly replace themselves in order to maintain optimal skin health. During the regeneration process, our skin sheds older, dead skin cells to reveal new, fresh and healthy skin cells.
When we are young, this process happens naturally, with research showing that skin cell turnover typically occurs every 40-55 days. However, as we start to age, this natural process begins to slow down and it can take as long as 84 days for skin cells to turn over. This can cause a buildup of dead skin cells, which can eventually result in a complexion that looks dull and tired.
Why Stimulating the Dermis is Important
As the thickest layer of skin, the dermis both provides support to the epidermis and holds elastin and collagen, which keeps our skin strong and flexible.
Just as our skin cell regeneration process slows down as we age, so too does the production of healthy collagen and elastin. As both the quality and level of collagen can affect how our skin looks, ensuring that as much collagen as possible is being produced can help us to keep our skin looking healthy, resilient and youthful for longer.
How to Support Skin Regeneration and Collagen Production
There are a number of ways that you can support your body's natural skin regeneration process and maintain an active dermis.
1. Lifestyle Considerations
Firstly, it is important to ensure that you are making healthy lifestyle choices, including taking regular exercise, staying properly hydrated, and eating a diet filled with nutrients. It is also imperative to protect your skin against a number of environmental factors, including pollution, harsh weather conditions, and UV rays from the sun.
2. Skincare Products
There are a number of skincare products that can provide support to your skin during the cell turnover process. I recommend looking for products containing ingredients including hyaluronic acid for hydration and vitamin C for its exfoliation properties.
3. Skin Boosters
Skin boosters are injectable treatments that can enhance the hydration, elasticity, texture and overall appearance of your skin.
Ameela is a highly innovative injectable formulated with purified polymerised polynucleotides, which are essentially the building blocks of DNA and play a key role in cellular regeneration and repair. Polynucleotides can restore elasticity and firmness to the skin, whilst also protecting against cellular damage.
Profhilo is another effective skin booster treatment which is formulated with hydrating hyaluronic acid. When injected into the skin, Profhilo works to stimulate the skin's natural collagen synthesis process and can help to treat areas of the skin that are particularly prone to sagging and laxity, such as the chest, cheeks, neck and decolletage.
4. Skin Treatments
INTRAcel is a non-surgical, minimally invasive state of the art aesthetic treatment which rejuvenates, firms and tightens the skin. During INTRAcel treatment, a micro needling device is used to create micro-injuries to the skin in a highly controlled manner, which kick-starts the body's natural healing and regeneration processes during which the micro-injuries are filled with new elastin and collagen.
Additionally, radio frequency technology is used to heat highly targeted areas of the skin, which also stimulates collagen production and improves circulation. As well as lifting, tightening and contouring the skin, INTRAcel treatment provides an overall radiance boost.
There are a number of different methods you can use to stimulate the skin, each of which has its own benefits and can help to keep your skin's regeneration capabilities functioning properly. To find out more about how skincare products and treatments can help you to maintain a healthy, radiant and refreshed complexion, please don't hesitate to get in touch.