Skin care over 50

Introduction: this is why the right care for mature skin is so important

You shouldn’t worry about your skin only when the first wrinkles appear. But mature skin needs special care. We give you tips on the right products for skin care over 50. In addition, you can find out everything else you need to know about our largest organ.

Skin care over 50 – here’s what you need to look out for

The most important means for well-groomed mature skin are actually quite simple: plenty of oxygen and fluids. Make sure to exercise regularly in the fresh air and drink plenty of water. This acts like an anti-aging cream and leaves your skin glowing. Sleep and a healthy diet also work wonders for your skin. In addition, you also need to know that mature skin produces less sebum than that of teenagers. Therefore, make sure to use moisturizer regularly. Next, it’s worth taking a look at your cosmetics cabinet: your products should match each other. Don’t just take care of your skin on the face, but also care for your body regularly with the right creams and oils so that your skin doesn’t become chapped. Your hands and feet are particularly susceptible to this because they are exposed to a lot of stress. You should regularly check the expiration date of all products. We recommend that you dispose of opened tubes after a few months, as bacteria can easily accumulate there and damage your skin.

What does skincare look like for mature skin over 50?

Do without many ingredients

Especially with increasing age, more allergies can develop. To avoid this, you should reach for natural ingredients without many additives. Especially perfumes or alkaline substances in skin care products cause allergies. Even with natural products, you should make sure that the pH value is neutral to the skin, i.e. as close to 7.7 as possible. Particularly acidic or alkaline ingredients attack the natural acid protection of your skin, which is already weaker with age.

Care for your skin regularly

Wash and go doesn’t work so well for skin care over 50. In the shower, shampoos and soaps dissolve the natural oil film that protects your skin. Therefore, to prevent it from drying out, it’s your turn to care for it after washing. Prepare your skin for this by removing dead skin flakes. This is particularly easy to do with a facial cleansing brush. Then apply a cream that should have a lipid content of at least 40%. For mature or generally drier skin, you need a fat content of up to 70%. Ingredients that absorb well into your skin and are stored in the cells are, for example, urea or hyaluronic acid. Your skin can also absorb fats from vegetable oils well.

Special sun protection

Mature skin not only becomes more transparent, but also more sensitive to light. That’s why you don’t get as even a tan as you used to, get sunburned more quickly and age spots appear. Therefore, you should be more careful with sunbathing and use sunscreen that has a high UV protection. Also make sure that sunscreen products do not contain any ingredients that cause skin irritations or allergic reactions.

Identify problem areas

Where is your skin particularly dry? Make sure that you moisturize your skin. Impure skin areas need special cleansing. Stand in front of the mirror and identify your skin’s problem areas so that you can care for them individually with the right product.

Live healthy

Some people are said to have a “natural glow” – they simply look healthy, even though they don’t seem to use many products. That’s why proper care from the inside is important, especially as you get older. Of course, this means avoiding alcohol and cigarettes, both of which have a negative effect on your skin. Smoking causes blood vessels to constrict and your skin’s blood supply to deteriorate. This leads to discoloration and wrinkles. Excessive alcohol consumption, on the other hand, dilates blood vessels and makes your skin appear blotchy red. At the same time, alcohol dehydrates your skin, making it saggy and less elastic. In the long run, skin diseases can also be the result.

Beauty sleep

Not only do you need enough sleep to be in a good mood, your skin also needs this recovery time. Too little sleep will cause your skin to dry out, and no one will think it’s chic to have dark circles under your eyes after a short night. Especially as a way of skin care over 50, restful sleep is important because it releases a growth hormone that helps your skin to regenerate.

Ensure good circulation

Fatigue is especially noticeable on the face, where your skin is thinner than on the rest of your body. Therefore, perform regular facial massages, starting from the center and working outwards. While you can apply pressure with your fists in the area of the lower jaw, you should only use your ring fingers in the sensitive region around the eyes, because you apply less pressure that way. A facial massage promotes blood circulation so that you regain your color. It also helps the lymphatic tissues remove toxins, so your skin looks fresher again.

What skin care over 50 as natural cosmetics is available?

Care from the outside

If you are looking for a suitable cream to care for mature skin, you should pay attention to natural ingredients such as collagen or aloe vera. Especially in the area around the eyes, you should use oil-based care products, because this is where the first wrinkles appear.

Care from within

Vitamin preparations also contribute to a well-groomed mature skin. A lack of nutrients first shows up where cells renew themselves most quickly, and the body cells that regenerate most often are our skin cells. So when you take care of a healthy vitamin balance, you also make your skin glow from the inside out at the same time. Capsules, powders or tablets containing B vitamins, zinc, collagen or hyaluronic acid are particularly useful.

Skin care from the kitchen cupboard: apple face mask

Simple, yet so relaxing: for this quickly mixed face mask, you’ll need 2 sour apples, 4 tablespoons of milk, the white of one egg, and a tablespoon of honey. The apples are peeled and grated into small pieces, milk and honey are made lukewarm in a water bath and mixed with the apple puree. Then the beaten egg white is folded in and the mask can be applied to your face for 10 minutes. The malic acid cleanses your pores and the egg white shrinks them, while the milk and honey soften the skin and provide it with valuable nutrients.

What is the best care for mature blemished skin?

Causes of oily mature skin

Everything has its pros and cons. If you struggled a lot with oily skin and pimples in your younger years, you may actually have an advantage with mature skin. Because even over 50, your sebaceous glands still produce more oil than other people, preventing you from getting wrinkles. Nevertheless, your skin loses elasticity, so you should focus on products that tighten the skin but are less oily. A mask made of cucumber slices, which you simply apply for some time, will give you a new lease of life.

Blemishes in mature skin

Stressful periods, an unhealthy lifestyle, the menopause – all of these can cause you to suffer from pimples, blackheads and the like, even with mature skin. Mature skin is also noticeable through larger pores, which in turn promote impurities. You can find a few general tips for the care of blemished skin here. Next, we’ll show you what you need to pay special attention to when caring for mature skin with blemishes.

Cleansing for impure mature skin

Especially for oily mature skin, it is important that you do not use aggressive cleansers. It’s best to choose a product that contains only mild surfactants so that it doesn’t attack your skin’s natural oil layer too much. If you have combination skin, we recommend that you cleanse only the oily areas so that dry areas don’t dry out even more. We also recommend exfoliating once or twice a week to remove dry skin layers. However, only if your skin does not have inflamed pustules, because you will do even more damage with a peeling.

Care for mature blemished skin

In contrast to dry, mature skin, oily and blemished skin tends to tolerate fewer oils as it ages, as it already has enough of them. Hyaluron or lactic acid, for example, are suitable moisturizers. In addition, you should rely on anti-inflammatory active ingredients such as panthenol or bisabolol.