5 top tips for menopausal skin: 360 Skin Studio
Hormonal changes bring new skin challenges, but help is at hand.
If you’re a woman who is entering, or well into, the menopausal years, you may have noticed changes to your skin’s texture, pigmentation and sensitivity. Founder of 360 Skin Studio and advanced skin therapist, Carol Geal, says that declining oestrogen and progesterone cause reduced production of collagen and elastin which can show on the skin as wrinkles and sagging, dryness, melasma (pigmentation), increased sensitivity and adult acne.
“In over 30 years of working as a qualified beauty therapist, I’ve seen, massive changes in the options available to women wanting to reduce or avoid the effects of menopause on their skin.” These are Carol’s top five tips for menopausal skin:
- Use a gentle form of vitamin A in your moisturiser for repair and rejuvenation, both mornings and evenings. I recommend the Environ Step-Up System.
- To boost hydration to the skin, add hyaluronic acid as a serum to your skin either before moisturising or mix with your moisturiser as a ‘skin cocktail’. I use the Environ Intensive Hydrating Serum.
- For tackling melasma (brown pigmentation patches), use a concentrated vitamin C serum directly on the pigmentation as well as in your moisturiser, like the Environ Intense C Boost.
- Use a broad-spectrum SPF all year round because sunburn from UVB rays can occur in summer but UVA rays cause 90% of premature skin ageing throughout the year. Try Environ RAD Antioxidant Sun Cream.
- Come and see me for a skin consultation and have a bespoke facial using a combination of the modalities I have found give the best results. These include medical-grade LED, medical-grade skin peels, and vitamin infusions using sonophoresis, which is a sound wave that penetrates the serums deep into your skin. I offer a great skin reset package where you get each treatment over three weeks.
To learn more about what Carol could do for your skin, email carol@360skinstudio.nz, call 027 555 7350, drop in to see her at 360 Yaldhurst Road, Russley, or book an appointment online at the website.
