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Beauty at Every Age by Ronnie Kulanko -Esthetician

Spring has Sprung ! So has the sun ! We all want to be beautiful at every age . What is the largest organ on your body ? Is it your heart ? Could it be your brain ? The answer to both is no . Your skin is the largest organ on your body ! It is your first line of defense against infection , it helps to maintain your body temperature , and it protects all your other vital organs . Your skin is always working . Have you ever noticed how tired you are after a day at the beach ? Do you ever wonder why ? The reason for this is because your skin is working frantically to protect you from the harmful UVA and UVB rays ! The sun causes Intrinsic as well as extrinsic aging ! That ’ s right . It ages you inside as well as on the outside . Your skin has its own menstrual cycle as well . This process is called Desquamation . When we are young this process occurs approximately every twenty eight days . As we age this process slows down ;( It is basically this . Young skin cells are born deep down in the dermal layer of your skin . They are big and fat and round . Slowly they begin to rise to the surface and eventually they flatten , die and they are sloughed off as dead skin cells , and the process begins again . In youth , we are loaded with Collagen , Adipose tissue ( layer of fat ), and wonderful Elastin which makes our skin just pop right back to where it was , like a rubber band . As we age , not only does Desquamation slow its useful purpose , but the Adipose layer thins , and Collagen and Elastin production slow as well .

With summer quickly approaching it is more important than ever to protect the largest organ on your body ! Sunscreen , Sunscreen , and Sunscreen ! The sun is one of the most important factors on how we age . Inside and out .
The American Cancer Society ’ s estimates for skin related melanomas in 2014 are over 76,000 new cases ! These statistics rise each year . Approximately 10,000 are expected to die this year due to skin cancer . The risk of melanoma increases with age . It is also the most common cancer in young adults !
We should be cleansing , moisturizing , treating , and protecting our skin every single day 365 days a year . Drinking water also combats de-hydration . As we age and Desquamation slows it is even more important to exfoliate those dead skin cells off
manually ( gritty scrub ), or chemically ( beta-hydroxy acid ). A layer of dead skin cells hides the luminous skin underneath . Exfoliation removes that layer and also helps to quicken Desquamation at any age ! This is a good thing folks . We all have one face . It is the face that will stare back at us in the mirror every single day ! Protect that face and the largest organ on your body . Take that first step to be beautiful at any age !
A study was done on identical twins . This I would like to share with you . Same genetic make up . The same chronological age . The same everything .
What do you think made the significant difference you see here ?
This is a set of identical twins . They were born minutes apart . The twin on the right abused the sun . Notice all the dark spots all over her face . This is hyper pigmentation spots from the sun . Notice the deeper wrinkling and leather like texture of her skin . The UV light also decreased the twin on the rights skin elasticity , deepening her wrinkles .
The moral of this story ………. If you wish to be beautiful at every age . Protect the largest organ on your body , treat it well , and you will always enjoy the reflection that stares back at you in the This ‘ n That ♫

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