Effects of Aging
- The Epidermis gradually gets less translucent and does not retain water so well.
- All skin functions take place more slowly in mature skin.
- In addition, as most of us have been exposed to the sun to a greater or lesser degree over many decades, the 'damage' to the Dermis can now be seen even through the dry epidermis.
- This is why older skin looks dry, less radiant and less plumped out.
- This affects all races, but those who deliberately avoid the sun will tend to preserve their skins for longer.
- The rate at which our skin changes is dependent to some extent on what we inherited in the first place, how we treated it and how we looked after it.
