Doing Away With Greasy Cold Cream

These days it seems like whenever we ladies of a ‘certain age’ get together, one of the inevitable topics that comes up is how older women take care of their skin.

Many women are excited that their special skin care needs are getting special attention nowadays. Cosmetic research and medical research have combined to produce some of the most impressive products ever created for skin care.

However, scientists have invested so much research in learning about skin and how it works that we’re blessed with a whole new range of products and treatments especially for mature skin. Many of us like to think of our skin as ‘experienced, ‘ just like us. And what some of those experiences have been! We’re outside more, enjoying sports, traveling or sightseeing, but we’re also getting lots more exposure to harmful ultraviolet rays that can damage skin. We’re exposed to more pollutants in the air from dust and smog. Most of all, the fact that we’re juggling jobs and family responsibilities, household chores and social relationships just piles more and more stress on our bodies, including our skin.

Thankfully there are more options for restoring our poor, stressed-out skin. One of these is really exciting - treatment using intense pulsed light. These sessions are supervised by medical professionals and they’ve achieved some astounding results. Skin blemishes that we once couldn’t get rid of, like age spots, freckles and redness, can be reversed using these treatments. Even such unsightly things as spider veins can be reduced or eliminated.

Another treatment that’s made great strides is the whole realm of anti aging skin care products. Even 20 years ago we knew very little about things like antioxidants, collagen and the like. Now there are whole shelves full of these kinds of products in the health and beauty sections of department stores and drug stores.

We’ve tried many different brands of restorative products looking for the one that works best. And you know what we found out? It turns out that just as each woman’s skin is different - some dry, some oily, some combination or normal (lucky ladies! - so anti aging products work differently for each woman. So it isn’t a matter of which product works best, but which product works best for each individual woman.

Good skin care has become an even more important a part of our health regimen. Some women find it’s even more essential than wearing their favorite beauty perfume.