We all know it is coming but no one can prepare you for the intense changes menopause brings in the texture, structure, and appearance of your skin. Your skin has gone through a lot by the time you approach menopause, nearly five decades of unpredictable weather, acne, makeup, moisturiser, smiles, and tears.
It's not a surprise that as you get closer to menopause, your skin won't likely resemble your youthful skin's dewy appearance. But, let's be honest: your youthful skin probably wasn't entirely flawless either. We all deal with skin issues throughout our lives and why should menopause be any different?
The good news here is that it is truly not very difficult to combat the signs of aging that happen to your face once you understand what your skin’s needs are!
A clean, minimalistic, and effective routine that targets your skin concerns is ALL you need!
How Does Your Skin Change During Menopause?
As you become older, your skin often changes as a result of two things: extrinsic, or intrinsic factors. Extrinsic factors include pollution, stress, and sun exposure that can cause your skin to age.
Contrarily, intrinsic factors that cause skin to age over time include the depletion of collagen. Collagen is the protein that gives our skin its strength and flexibility and hence a loss of it through a long period of time can cause our skin to look and feel older.
As your skin changes during perimenopause and menopause, your body declines the production of estrogen in your ovaries, but the production of androgens i.e. male sex hormones like testosterone, remains the same.
Estrogen drives the creation of both collagen and elastin in our bodies. These proteins are required to make your skin hydrated and healthy. Hence, this sudden imbalance results in dry skin on your face, body, and everywhere else.
While these processes are not fully reversible, there is a lot that can be done to help you revive your glow using the right ingredients, products, and routines. The easiest method to handle the outward signs of menopause is to switch to organic and clean skincare that is designed for women with aged skin.
If you want to know more about how your skin ages and general tips you can follow to keep it healthy, read our blog on achieving ageless skin.
Here are some changes in your skin that you might notice and how you can improve them:
Sagging Skin, Fine Lines, and Wrinkles
A common sign of aging, wrinkles, sagging skin, and fine lines, is a direct result of losing collagen in your skin. It is said that women lose about 30% of their collagen in the first five years of menopause.
What can you do?
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Incorporate Vitamin A in your skincare:
Rosehip Seed Oil is nature’s Vitamin A and the answer to all your skin’s anti-aging woes. Rosehip Seed Oil increases your cell turnover, making your skin smooth and texture-free while minimizing the appearance of fine lines and wrinkles.
Empress Naturals’ Anti-Aging Skincare Range with 100% Pure and Organic Rosehip Seed Oil is all you need for the perfect minimalistic routine.
Dull and Dry Skin:
Menopause-related sudden skin changes can come as an unpleasant shock. Nobody wants their skin to be dry, dull, and irritated, after all. As described earlier, the amount of estrogen in your blood lowers as you age, and the collagen formation in your skin slows.
What can you do?
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Opt for gentle cleansers : Choose gentle cleansers instead of abrasive ones to avoid drying your skin out. Make sure to use a mild, non-foaming cleanser that is creamy in texture and leaves your skin feeling hydrated.
- Up your moisturizing game: It's important to use moisturizers that give your skin its moisture back. Choose products with clean, sustainable and environmentally friendly ingredients, like the Empress Naturals AM Serum that moisturizes your skin from within and leave no greasy residue.
If you want to know more about how you can combat itchy and dry skin cause due to menopause, make sure you check out our blog.
Hyperpigmentation and Dark Spots:
With thinning skin, the appearance of dark spots and hyperpigmentation tends to get elaborated. Scars and spots might take longer to disappear because of delayed cell renewal.
What can you do?
- Target the root cause: To avoid hyperpigmentation from occurring, visit your dermatologist and try to understand why it occurs. Targeting the root cause of your hyperpigmentation will save you a lot of time, money, and effort. Using ingredients that specifically target hyperpigmentation, like licorice extract in the Empress Naturals Luxe Night Elixir will improve your chances of targeting dark spots at the root.
Breakouts and Adult Acne:
Due to the increased prevalence of androgens in comparison to estrogen, pimples and blemishes are frequently a typical occurrence. Our skin's ability to replace old tissues and regenerate new ones depletes as we become older. The combination of illness and congested pores is optimal.
What can you do?
- Add mild anti-inflammatories to your skincare regimen: Rosehip Seed Oil, Argan Oil, Geranium Oil, etc are abundant in antioxidants, work as anti-inflammatory and rejuvenating agents to speed up the cell turnover process in your skin.
Try Empress Naturals Luxe Night Elixir, which is designed for all skin types and has the ideal anti-inflammatory ingredients!
Empress Naturals’ Menopause and Perimenopause Skincare and Wellness
At Empress Naturals, we believe in year-round wellness and skin nourishment, healing, and repair focused on perimenopause and menopause care. Our Rosehip oil-based skincare line is meticulously formulated by industry experts that cater to the specific needs of mature skin ensuring ageless radiance and luminous skin.
Our Best-selling products - Anti-aging Face Serum and Luxe Night Elixir Serum are all you need to cover the essentials when it comes to aging skin.
Our mission is to provide 100% pure and organic skincare products that make you feel incredible in your skin, regardless of what stage it is at. We carefully cultivate our ingredients from sustainable farms worldwide that harvest the highest quality without the use of hazardous preservatives or pesticides. Our products are non-toxic, clean, cruelty-free, and formulated with 100% Organic ingredients.
Experience the power of clean skincare and wellness with Empress Naturals.
*Disclaimer: We highly recommend that you contact a trained health professional, before introducing any products into your routine especially if you are pregnant or breastfeeding.
