As we age, our skin health often deteriorates. Every day, our skin is exposed to a myriad of irritants and over time, if not cared for properly, these irritants can negatively impact skin health. Sun exposure, harsh chemicals, stress are just a few of the issues that cause our skin's elasticity to diminish over time. If you've recently looked in the mirror and wondered why your skin’s appearance looks dull and less vibrant than usual, it might be time to start thinking about how to increase skin elasticity.
Our Kate Somerville Skin Health Experts came together to share their top five tips on how to restore skin elasticity. Combine these tips with some of our top anti-aging skincare products to begin your journey to younger looking skin. Keep reading to discover how you can begin to improve skin elasticity and get glowing skin today!
What is Skin Elasticity?
If you're wondering how skin elasticity affects skin health, you're not alone. The loss of skin flexibility is inevitable in the aging process. However, you can increase your skin's resiliency to keep it healthy and firm in several ways. Skin elasticity is your skin's ability to stretch and return to its original form. This is most often seen when you stretch your eyelid to apply makeup and it returns to normal when you’re done. Loss of skin elasticity is when the fat, collagen, and flexibility in your skin breaks down. It can lead to sagging skin, which forms harsh lines and wrinkles on even the most youthful faces. Facial wrinkles and a loss of skin firmness are indicators of skin that’s aging. Wondering how to slow down this process and maintain the appearance of youthful skin? Skin elasticity can be improved with a few simple tips and tricks that work to help restore your skin to its original shape, one wrinkle at a time.
How to Improve Skin Elasticity
Not sure what helps skin elasticity? Below, we’ve outlined daily habits, ingredients, and products you can use to restore skin elasticity and help prevent unwanted wrinkles.
1. Hydrate Your Skin
Dehydration is one of the leading causes of unhealthy skin. But do you know how to diagnose skin dehydration? When skin is dehydrated, it begins to thin out. This causes sagging, and as a result, fine lines and wrinkle formation start to form. Skin can also appear dull and lifeless. One of the easiest ways to revive dehydrated skin is to drink a lot of water. Staying hydrated will help plump your skin up from the inside out.
To help improve skin hydration on the surface, our Skin Health Experts recommend adding a hydrating product to your daily regimen. Our DermalQuench Collection, including DermalQuench Liquid Lift® Advanced Wrinkle Treatment, delivers the power of a clinic oxygen booster treatment from the comfort of home for healthy, hydrated, glowing skin. Consider it similar to your own at-home oxygen facial!
2. Give Your Skin a Collagen Boost
When your skin experiences collagen loss, both the elasticity and the texture of your skin suffer. Collagen works to help skin cells bind to one another, strengthening your skin and increasing skin elasticity [1]. Stimulating collagen production with ingredients like retinoids can dramatically improve your skin's health quickly. Retinol-based products like the Kate Somerville DermaQuench Liquid Lift Retinol help to visibly improve skin texture, firmness, and hydration. Try pairing Kate’s Liquid Lift + Retinol with a collagen supplement for the ultimate skin boost!
3. Avoid Sun Exposure
Harmful UV rays can drastically affect the health of your skin. The UV radiation is extremely damaging and causes the collagen in your skin to break down quicker than usual [2]. This speeds up the skin aging process and can cause premature wrinkle formation and sagging skin.
Limiting sun exposure helps you maintain youthful skin while still giving you a necessary boost of Vitamin D. To best protect skin, apply a powerful facial sunscreen like UncompliKated SPF Makeup Setting Spray every morning to help minimize sun damage while also simplifying your skincare regimen.
4. Use High-Quality Skincare Products
Not all skincare products are created equally. To improve skin elasticity, use high-quality products with efficacious ingredients. Our DermalQuench Wrinkle Warrior® Advanced Hydrating Plumping Treatment is an oxygen-boosting treatment that combines the patented DermalQuench skin hydration delivery system with the revolutionary effects of Wrinkle Warrior®. The result? Instantly plumped skin and reduced visible lines and facial wrinkles.
5. Live a Healthy Lifestyle
To keep skin as healthy as possible, it’s important to maintain a healthy lifestyle, including adequate sleep, eating wholesome foods, and exercising regularly. These healthy habits can help increase skin elasticity.
We hope that these five tips for restoring skin elasticity will make it into your daily skincare routine. By incorporating these powerful skincare practices into your daily regimen, you ensure that your skin stays healthy and beautiful as you age. Curious to learn more skincare practices that improve the look and health of skin? Check out our top tips for how to keep skin young looking .
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