WHAT HAPPENS TO YOUR FACE AS IT AGES

30

THE skin becomes less firm and springy as production of collagen (which keeps it strong) and elastin (which keeps it bouncy and pliable) starts to decrease, a process which will only pick up speed from now on.

NOW IS THE TIME TO: Start using a night cream with retinol — a form of Vitamin A — to firm skin and clear pigmentation.

40

LINES and wrinkles become more obvious — even when the face is still. Pigmentation marks, age spots, broken thread veins or a general light mottling, become more obvious.

NOW IS THE TIME TO: Consider Botox and fillers to soften wrinkles.

50

THE fat pads that give a face its youthful contours start to shrink, so the face starts to look gaunt. Without that plumpness, skin starts to sag.

NOW IS THE TIME TO: Boost depleted collagen levels with microneedling and lasers.

60+

LINES and wrinkles are more obvious. Skin looks drier and doesn’t reflect the light so well as it loses its ability to retain moisture.

NOW IS THE TIME TO: Work on the skin’s condition with injectable moisture treatments.