The Stages of Skin Aging from 20 to 50 and How to Effectively Combat Them

Over time, skin thins, sags... and wrinkles. What are the stages of skin aging from age 20 to 50? And how can you preserve your skin's youthful appearance? Answers.

Skin is a mirror of the passing years. Put like that, aging seems (almost) cool. This skin aging is inevitable because skin cells renew themselves less quickly over the years. The epidermis then loses its elasticity and collagen. But, good news: we can slow the effects of time on our face. And it's well known that to defeat an enemy, the first step is to know it well. So, how does our skin age from age 20 to 50? Here's an explanation.

20 YEARS : SKIN ALREADY LOSES 1% OF COLLAGEN

Skin aging doesn't wait. In fact, from the age of 20, the skin "slowly begins to dehydrate" and even "loses 1% of collagen," according to Elisabeth Bouhadana, Director of Scientific Communication at L'Oréal Paris. To avoid saying "goodbye" too soon to your baby skin, it's a good idea to adopt some good (preventative) anti-aging habits:

• Remove makeup and cleanse your skin every day, even if you're not wearing makeup. These treatments help remove pollution, impurities, toxins, and dead skin cells—enemies that accelerate skin aging. Even at age 20.

• Moisturize your skin to keep it supple and plump. This is the best skincare and anti-aging solution for maintaining plump skin and preventing dehydration wrinkles.

• Apply sunscreen before sun exposure, as UV rays are the primary cause of wrinkles.

For those with a sweet tooth, cut down on soda, coffee, and sugar. And for smokers, if you can, stop smoking, which accelerates skin aging and dulls your complexion.

30 YEARS OLD : THAT'S IT, SKIN CELLS ARE RENEWING SLOWER

30 is the turning point. Skin cells regenerate more slowly, and the skin produces less and less collagen. As a result, it begins to lose its elasticity and radiance, and small, superficial wrinkles may begin to form. These are primarily expression lines: frown lines, crow's feet, and nasolabial folds.

Apply a day and night cream daily to perfectly cleansed and makeup-free skin to combat the first wrinkles and restore radiance to your face. And don't hesitate to invest in a radiance serum that will save you on those mornings when your nights have been short. And yes, at 30, we live life in the fast lane. Finally, at 35, it's time to think about applying an eye cream daily. Because that's when the first wrinkles appear.

40 : THE AGE OF SKIN SAGING

In your forties, things generally take a turn for the worse. Your skin has lost even more collagen, and wrinkles are more pronounced. This is what we call sagging skin. So, it's time to pamper your skin with a more robust anti-aging treatment. We vote for lifting treatments. The other problem for those in their forties is the appearance of pigmentation spots. To avoid them, avoid sunbathing without protection and give your skin the effectiveness of an anti-dark spot serum.

50 YEARS : NEW CHANGES FOR YOUR SKIN

After the age of fifty, your skin becomes "mature." It is subject to the combined effects of intrinsic aging and menopause: facial contours are less defined, skin is drier and less firm, the mouth wrinkles, the chin sags, and nasolabial folds deepen even more.

At 50, targeted anti-aging treatment is a must. Morning and night. And for maximum anti-aging effectiveness, precede your treatment with a serum in the morning. All should contain cutting-edge anti-aging active ingredients.