Caring for your Skin in Menopause

1. CaringforyourSkininMenopause dermaskincare1.wordpress.com/2021/09/13/skincare-in-menopause/ Menopauseisaconditionthatoursocietydoesnottalkopenlyaboutit,butthisisarather significantperiodinthelifeofwomenwheneverythingischanging.Andleatheraswell. Of course, it is striking how clearly women’s problems in our world are ignored in general andhowlittleanyonetalksaboutwomenover50.Giventhatnowiswhenpeopleover50 are becoming more and more, and women spend a significant part of their lives in menopause. Thetwomostimportantfactorsinskinageingareultravioletraysandgravity,butanother factorcomesinto playduring menopause:a decreaseinestrogen levels. SkinProblemduringandaftermenopause Pigmentationandskincancer This has less to do with menopause than with age. Sun radiation, if this is your first time onthisblog,issevereandverydangerous,andsundamageaccumulatesovertheyears, resultingin, in fact,skin cancer and agespots. Ifpigmentationisanexclusivelyaestheticthing,whichmanydonotconsideraproblem, then skin cancer is already serious. Most often, skin cancer occurs in people over 60 yearsold,precisely becauseof theduration ofexposureto UVradiation. If you are far from menopause, then protect yourself from the sun with Sunscreen Gel. If you are already at an age at which you began to think about it, then still protect yourself fromthesunandcheckmolesfromtimetotime,primarilyifyouusedtolovetosunbathe. Brittlenessandbruising

2. Theskinbecomesthinnerandbloodvesselsmorefragile.Andthisleadstothefactthat damage and bruises appear on the skin from mild influences. And these injuries heal slowlyand poorly.Well,here’s to reconcile. Dryness Oftenduringmenopause,theskinbecomesdrier,andtheprotectivebarrierstopsworking well.Thisleadstowaterloss,morefrequentirritations,andmoresensitivityingeneral. Herethesolution,Ithink,isobvious:moisturizingandstrengtheningtheprotective barrier. Formoisturizing,youcanapplythebestvitamincserumthathelpsyouhydrateyour skin. Youcanusecreamswithfragrancesandessentialoils,asthesearepotentallergens.But ifthey donot causeproblems for you,then usethem foryour health. Wrinklesandlossoffirmness I have been thinking a lot about the concept of “signs of ageing” lately, and I find it very difficult totalkaboutit.Ontheonehand,Idonotthinkthatageingis somethingterrible andthat we need to fightit. Herehormonalchangesandaccumulateddamagefromultravioletradiation,andlifeare superimposed. During menopause, the production of collagen and elastin in the skin drops very sharply and therefore some women notice almost at one moment how something has changed. You can apply best vitamin c serum that helps to boost collagenproduction. Facialhair Again,fallingestrogenlevelsleadto“cohesion,”sotospeak.Andsomewomenmaystart to grow facial hair. It’s not that women don’t have facial hair. It just becomes thick, long and noticeable. If this does not bother you, you have reached a level that is not yet available to me, which is very cool. But I’m still at the level where I still want to remove verynoticeable facial hair. Here,themostreliableoptionislaserhairremoval.Itremoveshairpermanentlyanddoes not damage the skin. Electrolysis is also an option, but it is much more painful, and there aremuch fewermasters who cando it withoutconsequences. Hairlossonthehead Decreasedlevelsoffemalehormonescanleadtomalepatternbaldness.Itisalso,of course,influenced bygenes and sometimesirons deficiency. Hairsupplementswillnothelphere.Inmostcases,insuchasituation,eitherhormoneor surfaceagents suchas minoxidilare used, andtransplantation. Acne

3. Estrogenlevelsdrop,butandrogenslevelsmayremainhigh.Thisleadstooilyskin, enlarged pores and acne. In ageing skin, the pores, in principle, are often enlarged because there is no longer such a collagen framework that would “hold” them, and androgensonly exacerbate thisproblem. There is hardly a better solution than retinoids and niacinamide. Both of these ingredients areequallygoodagainstacneandsignsofageing.Acidsarealsoanoption.Peptidesare alsoanoption. Ingeneral,about whatacneis andwhatto dowithit, Iwrotehere. Sowhatisworthdoing Surfacehormones Inadditiontohormonesused internally,therearesurfacehormones.Andtheyshowgood results. That is, from them, the skin really looks younger. But you do not need to appoint themyourself either. Phytoestrogens Phytoestrogensarenotabadidea,butnotterrific.Phytoestrogensareagroupofnatural componentsthatmaysomehow affect hormonallevels.Sourcesofphytoestrogens include the most common foods: garlic, potatoes, soybeans, beans, coffee, rice, pomegranates,grapes,carrots.Themostcommonandstudiedtypeofphytoestrogenis isoflavones.Theyare foundin largequantities insoyand otherlegumes. When in this case I write “the most studied”, I do not mean to say that they are unambiguously useful and do something. There is a lot of research about them., but all thesestudiessofarindicatethattheremaybean effect fromthem,theremaybesome connection,but not a fact. Creams with phytoestrogens also exist, and the story is the same with them: maybe they work,maybetheydon’t.Buttheyprobablywon’tdoitbadly.Soifyoudesperatelywantto prolong youth, then use why not. In creams, soy, ginseng ingredients are responsible for phytoestrogens. Sportsandanactivelifestyle Of course, there is no question of killing yourself in the gym and records. You don’t have to run marathons and pull kettlebells. But playing sports is really very, very useful. Easy jogging,yoga,dancing,Pilates–everythingcountsandeverythingisfine.Playthesport youlike and enjoy it.It is most important. Psychotherapy Psychotherapistsandpsychologistsareveryhelpfulpeopleinalmostanysituation.And in a situation where such a global hormonal change occurs, even more so. Hormonal changes inevitably lead to emotional changes, and these changes are not always positive.

4. It is not at all a fact that you or the person next to you will need a long course of psychotherapy,butitis alwaysusefulto come,talk,discussyour concernsandlook at yourlife from a new angle.